IDCS5: How to access selected layers in layer panel

It seems the way to access the selected layers in layer panel has been changed in CS5.
Here is a link to the code that worked with CS4, but it is not working on CS5.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1304622#1304622
Is there some way to find out how it works in CS5?
Thanks.

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