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> A new message was posted by Casey D'Andrea in
> 
> InDesign Scripting --
> Retaining/Inheriting when replacing images - AS.
> 
> I just realized something. My current script is setup to fit the image in the
> frame proportionally. So all I need to do if add an if statement that
> determines whether or not the frame already contains an image or not.
> Something like this?
> 
> if exists page item 1 of item 1 of selection = true then
>   place theFile on myBox
> else 
>   place theFile on myBox
>   fit myBox given proportionally
> end if 

You are close... Do you know the "try .. end try" statement ?
If not, please, download the AppleScriptLanguageGuide.pdf at
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScript
LangGuide/AppleScriptLanguageGuide.pdf>


tell application "InDesign 2.0.2"
    set myDoc to active document
    tell myDoc
        try
            set PageItem1 to page item 1 of item 1 of selection
            place theFile on myBox
        on error
            place theFile on myBox
            fit myBox given proportionally
        end try
    end tell
end tell