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The thing is, in the object model, there is no such thing as "an anchored object" for such a method to operate upon.

The way to find out if an object is anchored is to check to see if its parent is a character. Or, you can use more esoteric methods like asking for myObj.anchoredObjectSettings.anchorPosition -- if that gives you an error, the object is not anchored.

I supposed that there could be a generic method that did this, but it would have to be prepared to give error messages if called for an object that was not anchored.

Now that raises a point: in the UI, it looks as though inline objects are just a special case of anchored objects, but Release doesn't work for inlines.

We could write a script that would work for inlines, too. This method gets the job done:

//DESCRIPTION: Test for Anchored Object Release method

Object.prototype.releaseAnchored = function() {
	if (this.parent.constructor.name != "Character") throw "Holy Cow!"
	this.select(SelectionOptions.replaceWith);
	var myBounds = this.geometricBounds;
	app.cut();
	app.paste();
	app.selection[0].move([myBounds[1], myBounds[0]]);
	return app.selection[0]
}

app.selection[0].releaseAnchored();

I'm not sure why you wanted to use another layer.

Dave