Hi there

Select your multistate, then in the Object states panel, click through til the state you want - it's basically like a group within a group - so keep on clicking until you highlight the part you want!

Tim

Ahh I see! Sorry about that!

I am also looking for some programming advice!

Good Luck!

@Priyanka – you did not mention a specific scripting language.
In ExtendScript (JavaScript) you can set the "active" property of the 3rd state of your MultiStateObject to value "true".

//ExtendScript (JavaScript) example

//Make sure a MultiStateObject is selected; nothing else, then run this JavaScript:

app.selection[0].states[2].active = true;

The expression from left to wright (for lurkers who never saw a line of code):

app => application (that's InDesign, of course)

selection => your current selection in the UI (could be one item, could be many)

[0] => index number 0 is the first item in your selection; be cautious with the expression "first", it depends on the InDesign version what that does exactly mean, if you selected more than one object

states => obviously the "state" object (always with the plural "s", it's the collection of all states in that selected MultiStateObject)

[2] => index number 2 is the 3rd element of the states collection

active => property for the active status; boolean, could be "true" or "false"

= => with the "=" sign, you are setting the value

true => the value of the property; self-explanatory, I hope…

; => end of expression, all that comes after is a different expression.

The different parts are held together with a dot-notation. The index  is directly glued to its object, no dot notation between object and index.

If you want learn more about ExtendScript and the InDesign DOM see Jongwares' documentation at:

http://www.jongware.com/idjshelp.html

Uwe