CS3 Print Routine (VBScript)

I'm trying to write a fairly simple print routine that will ask a user for a folder and then print every ID file in that folder to a PDF using a printer preset. Here's what I have so far:
Set myInDesign = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.CS3")
sDirName = InputBox("Folder to convert?")
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fldr = fso.GetFolder(sDirName)
Set fls = fldr.Files
For each aFile in fls
strFileName = CStr(aFile)
Set myDoc = myInDesign.Open(strFileName)
myInDesign.ActiveDocument.PrinterPreset = "small"
myInDesign.ActiveDocument.PrintOut False
myInDesign.ActiveDocument.Close
Set myDoc = Nothing
Next
Set myInDesign = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing
I'm getting this error on the PrinterPreset line:
#438 - Object doesn't support this property or method
I'm sure I found this somewhere in my searching, but I guess it's wrong. Does anyone know what the actual syntax is?
Thanks!

Document - and myInDesign.ActiveDocument - don't have PrinterPreset property
from VB6 ObjectBrowser:
Sub PrintOut([PrintDialog], [Using])
Member of InDesign.Document
Prints the Document(s). / PrintDialog: Whether to invoke the print dialog as Boolean / Using: Printer preset to use as idPrinterPresetTypes enumerator or PrinterPreset
so, you need to delete this line and in next line add second parameter - printer preset you want to use
call myInDesign.ActiveDocument.PrintOut(False, myInDesign.PrinterPresets.Item("small")
robin
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