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To place a library item inline, you have to select the text (this is one of the few cases where a selection is necessary).

Here's an example. I created a text frame with five em-spaces in it and selected them. Then I ran this script with a single library open:

myLib = app.libraries[0];
myAsset = myLib.assets[-1];
myAsset.placeAsset(app.documents[0]);

And whango-pango, it worked.

You'd have to do something like this:

myLib = app.libraries.item("NameOfLibrary.indl");
myAsset = myLib.assets.item("MyGraphic");
app.findPreferences = app.changePreferences = null;
myFinds = app.documents[0].search(^m^m^m^m^m, false, false, undefined);
for (j = myFinds.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
  app.select(myFinds[j]);
  myAsset.placeAsset(app.documents[0]);
}

That should do it.

Note the need to include the .indl on the library name; it is easy to be confused by the name on the tab not corresponding to the name used in scripting.

Dave