Export single Pages (as PDF) from a .indd file

Hi folks
i use ID CS2 and i'm trying to export single pages from an indd file (using C#).
i tried to make an example first and thats my code so far:
[CODE]
InDesign.Application App = (InDesign.Application) COMCreateObject("Indesign.Application");
InDesign.Document doc = App.ActiveDocument;
InDesign.Page page = (InDesign.Page)doc.Pages[1];
doc.Export(IdExportFormat.idPDFType, @"C:\indesignTestFile.pdf", false, "[High Quality Print]", "Some Comment", true);
[/CODE]
Now it says that the IdExportFormat command is not known.
any suggestions would be very great.
kind regards

thx for the quick answer. this piece of code is from a sample and i changed id to this one:
in the very top of the program - using InDesign (so that the idExportFormat works)
doc.Export(idExportFormat.idPDFType, "C:\\indesignTestFile.pdf", false, //object using)
now i have no idea what i should enter at object using
could you explain that to me a little bit further? do i have to make a constant var that has the value 1952403524 and then use idExportFormat.idPDFType as well or idExportFormat(1952403524)?
i haven't progged a while and i feel a little bit dumb right now =D so sorry for this newbie questions.
thanks for your help, i realy appreciate that
kind regards

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