Unthread text frames indesign

hi
i develop an indesign extension with CS extension builder 2 and flashbuilder 4.6.
how to unthread text frames ? i don't find any method or property in textframe class...
thanks
Simon

hi
thanks for your reply but it doesn't work because i want to keep the text in all textframe. I found a solution in 2 time duplic and remove :
function unstory(qui:Document){
for each(var stori in qui.stories){
   if(stori.textContainers.length>1){
duplic(stori);
remov(stori);
function duplic(myStory){
                              var myTextFrame;
                              //Duplicate each text frame in the story.
                              for(var myCounter = myStory.textContainers.length-1; myCounter >= 0; myCounter --){
                                        myTextFrame = myStory.textContainers[myCounter];
                                        myTextFrame.duplicate();
function remov(myStory){
                              //Remove each text frame in the story. Iterate backwards to avoid invalid references.
                              for(var myCounter = myStory.textContainers.length-1; myCounter >= 0; myCounter --){
                                        myStory.textContainers[myCounter].remove();

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