Un Anchoring objects in Indesign CS2 Using Apple script

Hi all,
I need to Un achor the object. I have the script which will un anchor the Text Frames but in case of
Rectangle i'm not able to unachor. My script will find out the Anchrored Text Frames and place its
contents to its position and then delete the frames. I can find out the Anchored Rectangles but i
cannot get its contents. Can anyone help me out to do this?
Thanks,
Jacintha

Hi,
I can select the page item ,If i ask for page items and its parent. but not getting its contents.
-- aframe is text frames in document
set Conts to paragraphs of page item i of aframe
set contents of first insertion point of parent of page item i to Conts
I need to get the contents of anchoring objects and place it in its position and then delete the anchoring object. Tried working on above code but not able to get its contents. Any solution?

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