@Vanitha – what do you want exactly?
An MSO with 1 state (not possible, an MSO needs at least 2 states) that holds the group?

An MSO where every part of the group get its own state?

Uwe

@Vanitha – To help you we will need some code from you. At least a snippet of an working example (the one you converted a single text frame into an MSO).

Uwe

@Vanitha – I did not test your code, but I can show you an code example that generates an MSO out of a selection. It is working with groups and single objects selected (that is a special case). There are no tests for a valid selection, but I give you hints in the code what is missing:

var d=app.documents[0];
var MSOlength = d.multiStateObjects.length;
 
if(app.selection.length ===0){alert("You have nothing selected. STOP!"){exit(0)}};
 
//We have to add some more tests for the validity of a selection:
//Do not add selection to an MSO, if the selection is text, if it is locked, if it is an anchored object 
//etc.
 
var sel = app.selection;
 
//Adding an default MSO with 2 default states,
//each contain 1 default rectangle 
//at position (upper left corner) [0,0]:
var MSO = app.documents[0].multiStateObjects.add({
    name:"MSO"+"_"+(MSOlength+1)
    });
 
//Adding all selected objects to a seperate state:
for(var n=0;n<sel.length;n++){
    MSO.addItemsAsState(sel[n]);
    };
 
//Special case: selection length = 1:
//We add another state and set the geometric bounds of its default rectangle 
//to the geometric bounds of the selected object:
if(sel.length===1){
    MSO.states.add();
    MSO.states[-1].pageItems[0].geometricBounds = sel[0].geometricBounds;
    };
 
//Cleaning up:
 
//1. Removing the 2 default states:
MSO.states[0].remove();
MSO.states[0].remove();
 
//2. Renaming the states:
for(var n=0;n<MSO.states.length;n++){
    MSO.states[n].name = "State "+(n+1);
    };

Adding objects (also groups) to an already existing state inside an MSO is a different case.
I still don't know if you want to add each object of a group to its own state. Would you please answer that?

Uwe

@Vanitha – What kind of object is an "answer"? I guess it could be a text frame or a group. Could it be a couple of objects? If so, do they go all together in one single state?

If so, group all objects that define an "answer", create a new MSO, add that group to the MSO with addItemsAsState().

The MSO now has 3 states. Remove the first state and then set the geometricBounds of the default rectangle of the first state (formerly the second default state) to the geometricBounds of the group.

If the "answer" is a single object (no group) you simply add that single object to a new MSO. Again: remove the first state, set the geometricBounds of the default rectangle of the first state (formerly the second default state) to the geometricBounds of the single object you detect as "answer".

I hope I understood your basic situation.
If not, can you provide a simple sample as an IDML file somewhere to download?

Uwe

@Vanitha – I can only repeat what I said in my answer #7 in more detail:

0. Store the geometricBounds of "theAnswer" in a variable:

var theAnswerGB = theAnswer.geometricBounds;

1. add a new MSO

1.1 without setting any properties besides "name".

1.2 leave the geometricBounds alone

var theMSO = thePageRef.multiStateObjects.add({name:"multiState"+cnt});

2. then add the "answer" as new state (see my code in #5):

theMSO.addItemsAsState(theAnswer);

3. then get rid of the first default state of the MSO:

theMSO.states[0].remove();

3.1 you now have an MSO with 2 states:

state 1: a default empty rectangle at position [0,0] (upper left corner)

state 2: your "theAnswer" object

4. and now the trick: set the default rectangle of state 1 to the geometricBounds of "theAnswer":

theMSO.states[0].pageItems[0].geometricBounds = theAnswerGB;

5. Finally rename the states of the MSO:

theMSO.states[0].name = "m1";
theMSO.states[1].name = "m2";

I think the core of this is:

1. Do not set the geometricBounds of the MSO during creation of the new MSO

2. Use "addItemsAsState()" instead "addItemsToState()" for adding "theAnswer" to the new MSO

Hope this helps,

Uwe

@Vanitha – without seeing your InDesign file I cannot help with that any further.

If you could provide a single page (IDML export) with "theAnswer" beeing a group, I could dig deeper into the problem.

Uwe

@Vanitha – I sent you a private message.

Uwe

After inspecting the problem group, I have to tell you, that the height of that group = 0 (when calculated in geometricBounds).

You cannot apply a height of "0" to an MSO.

GeometricBounds of problem group:

45.0541666666667,

17.8809523809524,

45.0541666666667,

19.5178571428571

VisibleBounds of problem group :

45.0333333333333,

17.8809523809524,

45.075,

19.5178571428571

So, instead of using the geometricBounds properties, we should use the visibleBounds properties to determine the size of the MSO (its geometricBounds).

Uwe