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Thiyagu,

The error message ("Object is invalid") points to a text frame -- probably the first paragraph in that text frame. You must try and anticipate as many errors as possible in a script. In your script, possible errors are a layer and a swatch that may not be present, or a problem with some text frame that you try to do something with (maybe it's empty, or locked, or anything else that prevents it from being processed).

Below is a version of your script that tries to get around errors: if a layer doesn't exist, it is created, same for the swatch. The script also creates a layer to which obstinate text frames are moved. When the script finishes it alerts you if it encountered any problems.

Peter



#target indesign;

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

if (myDoc.layers.item ('ANNO') == null) 
   myDoc.layers.add ({name: 'ANNO'}); 
var myNewLayer = myDoc.layers.item ('ANNO');

if (myDoc.layers.item ('errors') == null) 
   myDoc.layers.add ({name: 'errors'}); 
var errorLayer = myDoc.layers.item ('errors');

if (myDoc.swatches.item ("IE-Black") == null) 
   myDoc.colors.add ({name: "IE-Black", /*more features*/}); 
var mySwatch = myDoc.swatches.item ("IE-Black");

for (i=0; i<myDoc.textFrames.length; i++) 
   try 
      {    
      if (myDoc.textFrames[i].paragraphs[0].fillColor == mySwatch) 
         myDoc.textFrames[i].itemLayer=myNewLayer 
      } 
   catch(_) 
      { 
      myDoc.textFrames[i].itemLayer = errorLayer 
      }

//myNewLayer.visible=false;

if (errorLayer.textFrames.length > 0) 
   alert ('Some text frame(s) could not be processed.\r(See error layer.)'); 
else 
   errorLayer.remove();