CS3/4 JS: PDF preset problem

I'm having a hard time with an option in the pdfExportPresets. I can change almost everything, but not ExportLayersOptions. I'm trying this:
p = app.pdfExportPresets.item ('[Press Quality]').duplicate();
p.exportWhichLayers = ExportLayerOptions.exportVisibleLayers;
For good measure I tried the numeric enumeration as well: p.exportWhichLayers = 1702393452, but that didn't improve things. All the other options that I tried worked fine, it's just this one that's stuck at Visible & Printable.
Any comments welcome.
Thanks,
Peter

Hi Loic,
Is beforeClose cancelable?
Try:
alert(myEvent.cancelable);
If false, you can't prevent default behavior.
@+
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