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In the UI of v2.0.2 the vaue of the column width updates dynamically as you change the number of text columns. But that must be some kind of calculation that's done only in the UI. If you change text column count in a script and then ask for the fixed width, you don't get the correct results.

In case anyone else needs to do the math, here's what I came up with:

tell application "InDesign"
	set theTarget to item 1 of the selection
	set {y1, x1, y2, x2} to geometric bounds of theTarget
	set nCols to text column count of text frame preferences of theTarget
	set gutterWidth to text column gutter of text frame preferences of theTarget
 set colWidth to	(x2 - x1 - (gutterWidth * (nCols - 1))) / nCols
end tell