// unlink_textframes.js 
// 
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;  
var myLayerName = "unlinked textframes"; 
try{ 
	var myLayer=myDoc.layers.add({name:myLayerName});  
} 
catch(error){ 
	myDoc.layers.item(myLayerName).remove(); 
	var myLayer=myDoc.layers.add({name:myLayerName});  
} 
var myStories = myDoc.stories;  
var Slim = myStories.length;  
for (j = 0; Slim > j; j++) {  
	var myFrames = myStories[j].textFrames;  
	var Flim = myFrames.length;  
	for (k = Flim-1; k>= 0; k--) {  
		myNewFrame = myFrames[k].duplicate();  
		myNewFrame.move(myLayer);  
	}  
} 

// unlink_textframes.js  
//  
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;   
var myULName = "unlinked textframes";  
var myLLName = "linked textframes";  
 
// add new layer "unlinked textframes" 
try{  
	var myUnlinkedLayer=myDoc.layers.add({name:myULName});   
}  
catch(error){  
	myDoc.layers.item(myULName).remove();  
	var myUnlinkedLayer=myDoc.layers.add({name:myULName});   
}  
 
// check if layer "linked textframes" exists 
// if not then add it 
try{  
	var myLinkedLayer=myDoc.layers.item(myLLName);   
	myLinkedLayer.name; 
}  
catch(error){  
	var myLinkedLayer=myDoc.layers.add({name:myLLName});   
}  
 
var myStories = myDoc.stories;   
var Slim = myStories.length;   
for (j = Slim-1; j>=0; j--) {   
	var myFrames = myStories[j].textFrames;   
	var Flim = myFrames.length;   
	for (k = Flim-1; k>= 0; k--) {   
		myNewFrame = myFrames[k].duplicate();   
         myNewFrame.move(myUnlinkedLayer);   
         myFrames[k].move(myLinkedLayer); 
     }   
}