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My first try was:

try {
 myFormatsFrame = myTempGroup.textFrames.item('FormatFrame');
 ppos = 0;
} catch (e) {
 myFormatsFrame = mySource;
 ppos = j + 1;
}

But, even though the frame I'm looking for doesn't exist in myTempGroup, JavaScript ploughs merrily on by simply making myFormatsFrame undefined.

OK:

myFormatsFrame = myTempGroup.textFrames.item('FormatFrame');
 ppos = 0;
if (myFormatsFrame.constructor.name != "TextFrame") {
 myFormatsFrame = mySource;
 ppos = j + 1;
}

But that doesn't work because you can't get myFormatsFrame.constructor.name because myFormatsFrame is undefined.

OK:

myFormatsFrame = myTempGroup.textFrames.item('FormatFrame');
 ppos = 0;
if (myFormatsFrame == undefined) {
 myFormatsFrame = mySource;
 ppos = j + 1;
}

But that doesn't work. Apparently undefined is not able to be equated to some other undefined.

SO:

myFormatsFrame = myTempGroup.textFrames.item('FormatFrame');
 ppos = 0;
try {
myFormatsFrame.constructor.name;
} catch (e) {
 myFormatsFrame = mySource;
 ppos = j + 1;
}

And that doesn't work either. Perhaps I need to try to assign the constructor name to a variable to trigger the error.

I'm starting to lose my cool:

myFormatsFrame = myTempGroup.textFrames.item('FormatFrame');
 ppos = 0;
try {
myTemp = myFormatsFrame.constructor.name;
} catch (e) {
 myFormatsFrame = mySource;
 ppos = j + 1;
}

doesn't work either.

Aha! Let me try to get the label of it. That'll work if it's really there. Means an interaction with InDesign, but hey, we're scraping the barrel here:

myFormatsFrame = myTempGroup.textFrames.item('FormatFrame');
 ppos = 0;
try {
myTemp = myFormatsFrame.label;
} catch (e) {
 myFormatsFrame = mySource;
 ppos = j + 1;
}

WORKED! Hallelujah!

However, the script has crapped out further on, so there's still more work to be done.

Dave