Set doc.rulerOrigin to 0,0 Illustrator CS4 js

Hi, I need to set doc.rulerOrigin to 0, 0 in Illustrator. How can I do it.
Thank you very much for your help.
Yulia

#target illustrator
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
with (docRef) {
pageOrigin = [0,0];
rulerOrigin = [0,0];

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