status of QuickTime recording

I need some help in retrieving the status of a QuickTime recording. In viewing the dictionary of QuickTime Player 7, there is a ‘state’ property of a recording document. However, when I use this, I receive a AppleEvent handler failed message. Here is an example:


tell application "QuickTime Player 7"
	set recState to state of first recording
end tell

What am I doing wrong? Thanks

No one has any ideas?