//ReleaseInLineOrAnchoredObjectAtSamePosition.jsx 
//Uwe Laubender 
/** 
* @@@BUILDINFO@@@ ReleaseInLineOrAnchoredObjectAtSamePosition.jsx !Version! Sat Jan 21 2012 13:25:59 GMT+0100 
*/ 
 
//For InDesign CS4, CS5, CS5.5 
 
//DESCRIPTION:Releases an selected inline or anchored object. Does not change position of the object. Undo in one step. 
 
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll; 
 
if(parseFloat(app.version)<6){ 
    alert("Your InDesign app version should be version 6 (CS4) or above!"); 
    exit(); 
    }; 
 
if(parseFloat(app.version)>7.6){ 
    alert("Script is not tested for InDesign above version 7.5 (CS5.5)"); 
    exit(); 
    }; 
 
if(app.selection.length === 1 && ancestorIsCharacter(app.selection[0])){ 
    app.doScript(_ReleaseInlineObject, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, [], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Release inline object"); 
    } 
    else(alert("Select an inline or anchored object you want to release!")); 
     
 
function _ReleaseInlineObject(){ 
 
    var _oldRulerOrigin = app.documents[0].viewPreferences.rulerOrigin; 
 
    app.documents[0].viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.SPREAD_ORIGIN; 
 
    var _sel = app.selection[0]; 
    var _selBounds = _sel.geometricBounds; 
    var _releasedObject = _sel.duplicate(); 
    _sel.remove(); 
 
    _releasedObject.geometricBounds = _selBounds; 
 
    app.documents[0].viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = _oldRulerOrigin; 
 
    //If you want to work on with the released object, we select it: 
    app.select(_releasedObject); 
 
}; 
 
//If ancestor of _object is Character, function returns "true": 
function ancestorIsCharacter(_object){ 
     
    if(_object.parent instanceof Character){return true}; 
     
    while(_object.parent instanceof Group){ 
        _object = _object.parent; 
        if(_object.parent instanceof Character){ 
            return true}; 
        }; 
    return false; 
    }; 

...  
var _selBounds = _sel.visibleBounds;   
var _newBounds = [_selBounds[1],_selBounds[0]]; 
var _releasedObject = _sel.duplicate(_newBounds);  
...