Duplicate selected pages but not place them at the end of a document

Hi Bryan,

Try this script to see if this what your looking for.....in the script's interface you can select a page or a range of pages and then a insertion point for those pages.

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if (app.documents.length == 0){  
alert ("Please open a document, select an object, and try again.");  
exit();  
}  
  
  
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;  
var myPage = myDoc.layoutWindows[0].activePage;  
//var myPageId = myPage.id;  
var myDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"Duplicate Pages",canCancel:true});  
  
  
with(myDialog.dialogColumns.add()){  
with(borderPanels.add()){  
staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Duplicate pages from " });  
var myIntBox = integerEditboxes.add({editValue:1, smallNudge:1, largeNudge:10});  
staticTexts.add({staticLabel:" to"});  
var myIntBox2 = integerEditboxes.add({editValue:1, smallNudge:1, largeNudge:10});  
}  
with(borderPanels.add()){  
staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Insert after  " });  
var myIntBox3 = integerEditboxes.add({editValue:1, smallNudge:1, largeNudge:10});  
}  
}  
        
var myResult = myDialog.show();  
var pages = app.activeDocument.pages;  
 
 if(myResult == true){
  
var myNumber = myIntBox.editValue;  
var myNumber2 = myIntBox2.editValue;  
var myNumber3 = myIntBox3.editValue;  
  
if (myNumber < 1 ) {  
alert(myNumber + " is invalid number.");  
exit();  
}  
if (myNumber2 < 1 ) {  
alert(myNumber2 + " is invalid number.");  
exit();  
}  
  
if (!(pages.item(myNumber-1).isValid)) {  
alert("Page number " + myNumber + " doesn't exist");  
exit();  
}  
  
  
if (!(pages.item(myNumber2-1).isValid)) {  
alert("Page number " + myNumber2 + " doesn't exist");  
exit();  
}  
  
  
if (!(pages.item(myNumber3-1).isValid)) {  
alert("Page number " + myNumber3+ " doesn't exist");  
exit();  
}  
  
  
  
var i=myNumber;  
var j=myNumber2;  
var b=0;  
  
  
if (myNumber3==0){  
for (i; i <= myNumber2; i++) {  
pages.item(i-1+b).duplicate(LocationOptions.BEFORE,myDoc.pages.item(0+b));  
b++;  
}  
}  
  
if(myNumber3>=myNumber2){  
for (i; i <= myNumber2; i++) {  
pages.item(i-1).duplicate(LocationOptions.AFTER, myDoc.pages.item(myNumber3-1+b));  
b++;  
}  
}  
  
  
if ((myNumber3<=myNumber2) & (myNumber3!=0)){  
for (i; i <= myNumber2; i++) {  
pages.item(i-1+b).duplicate(LocationOptions.AFTER, myDoc.pages.item(myNumber3-1+b));  
b++;  
}  
}  
  
if((myNumber2 < myNumber) &(myNumber<=myNumber3)){  
for (j; j <= myNumber; j++) {  
pages.item(j-1).duplicate(LocationOptions.AFTER, myDoc.pages.item(myNumber3-1));  
}  
}  
  
if((myNumber2 < myNumber) &(myNumber>myNumber3)&(myNumber3!=0)){  
for (j; j <= myNumber; j++) {  
pages.item(j-1+b).duplicate(LocationOptions.AFTER, myDoc.pages.item(myNumber3-1));  
b++;  
}  
}  
  
if((myNumber2 < myNumber) &(myNumber3==0)){  
for (j; j <= myNumber; j++) {  
pages.item(j-1+b).duplicate(LocationOptions.BEFORE, myDoc.pages.item(0));  
b++;  
}
}
}  
  
myDialog.destroy(); 

Regards,

Mike