How do I get the path of a document open in Preview using AppleScript?

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Published on 2010-03-05T21:13:21Z Indexed on 2010/03/16 12:26 UTC
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I have tried this but it doesn't work:

tell application "Preview"
    set myfile to path of document 1 of window 1
end tell

I have verified that my Preview is scriptable (NSAppleScriptEnabled).

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