[mac OS/AS] how do I apply a paragraph style using applescript?

Question

I got the new way to talk to a labeled text box down but can't seem to figure out how to word it to apply a paragraph style

set AttGet to "Try to put this text in"

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"

activate

tell document 1

set contents of text frame 1 whose label is "Attention getter" to AttGet --YES

--here is how we used to do it in earlier CS versions (CS2 & 3)

set applied paragraph style of every paragraph of parent story of text frame "Attention getter" to "Paragraph Style X"

-- that errors so i tried these to no avail!

--set applied paragraph style of every paragraph of parent story of text frame 1 whose label is "Attention getter" to "Paragraph Style X"--FAILS

--set applied paragraph style of contents of text frame 1 whose label is "Attention getter" to "Paragraph Style X" --FAILS

-- set applied paragraph style of text of text frame 1 whose label is "Attention getter" to "Paragraph Style X" --FAILS

end tell

Muppet_Mark-QAl63s · Accepted Answer

Why not set a reference to the frame if found by the 'whose' filter then use that?

set AttGet to "Try to put this text in"

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5"

activate

tell document 1

try

set AttGetTF to the first text frame whose label is "Attention getter"

log AttGetTF

set contents of AttGetTF to AttGet

set applied paragraph style of every paragraph of parent story of AttGetTF to "Paragraph Style X"

on error

display dialog "Text Frame \"Attention getter\" NOT found?" giving up after 3

end try

end tell

Mary Posner · Answer

Your original statement: set applied paragraph style of every paragraph of parent story of text frame "Attention getter" to "Paragraph Style X"works for me in CS4. Are you really trying to do this for CS2, as the "tell app" line says, or are you in CS4?If it's CS4, is the paragraph style you're referencing part of a paragraph style group? That would make it error if you don't include a reference to the style group name.

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