Kai: Do you still want a test file? It sounds like you’re getting exactly the same results I was. However, I downloaded your simplified script, changed the object style and layer names to match the stuff I wanted to move, and it seems like it’s working fine. That may be all I need to solve my problem. Thanks!

I tried the latest version and I’m still getting inconsistent results, but now in a different way. I’m finding that the objects with the object style I’ve selected are consistently moving to whichever layer I select. However, I also find that some other objects that don’t have that style are also moving to the selected layer.

Additionally, there seem to be certain layers where if I try to move objects to the layer with the script, I get an error with each object that says “Error: Cannot move locked items to a new layer,” even though none of the objects I’m trying to move are locked. However, then it goes ahead and moves the object to the layer anyway. (Here it seems like writing a line into the script to suppress error messages could be useful.)

I’m sorry I’m not able to post a sample file online, but the policies of the company I work for wouldn’t permit that. This seems like it will be a very useful script once it’s debugged. I wish I had the programming skills to help more!

Thanks, Oleh! I renamed the “Index” layer (to just “Layer 2”), and I even renamed the object style for good measure to not have “index” in the name of it, and now I’m no longer getting the JavaScript error.

However, I’m still getting inconsistent results. Whenever I run the script, some frames successfully move to new layers and some don’t, and it’s not always the same ones. I can’t figure out what the pattern is! They are all definitely text frames with the same object style applied to them. One thing I do notice is that it seems to work more consistently when I’m moving objects up in the layer stacking order as opposed to down. When I move them up, they all seem to go up, but when I move them down, some get left behind.

Hi Kai. I tried what you suggested and it did still return the same error, but I will wait and see if Oleh has any ideas. Thanks!

Thanks, Kai. I have an 11-page document with four layers in it: “DataFrame,” “Index,” “Layer 1,” and “Feature Boxes.” I have 10 different object styles in this document including one called “BB18 Index Frame.” I would like to move all the text frames in the document that have the “BB18 Index Frame” onto the “Index” layer, but when I try to do that with the script I get the JavaScript error. I’m also noticing that if I try to move all those objects to other layers, I get inconsistent results—some move and some don’t. I check to make sure that they all really do have the object style and they do, and there are no style overrides. Also, the layers are all unlocked.