Save as EPS without Artboard - Extendscript on CS4

Hi,
I have a Javascript (Extendscript actually) to resave hundreds of single-artboard EPS files with specific settings using EPSSaveOptions. E.g., I set the Preview to be BWTiff.
It works fine except that I can't find a way to save the artwork only without the artboard.
So after the resave, all the EPS files are about A4 size.
Anybody got any ideas?

Thanks a lot
I'm working too with hundreds Eps files.
I tried
myDoc.cropBox=myDoc.geometricBounds
which seems also correct.
Your syntax helped me to find this one
I do not understand why I can't change the value like
myDoc.cropbox(0) = 100
I hoped to define an area a little bigger than the exact size of the cropBox on the basis of the geometricBounds values
Best regards
Patrice Brel

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