Paste a Vector Smart Object into Photoshop

I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to paste a vector smart object from illustrator into photoshop without the dialog box coming up that has you accept the size/placement of the object.
I am able to do this using the code the scriptlistener plugin spits out but not without it. Unfortunately I'm running into a few problems with using the code the scriptlistener spits out so I was just wondering if anyone knew of a way to do it without that.
Thanks!

This is the best I could come up with...
pasteSO();
function pasteSO() {
var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();
desc3.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID('AntA'), true );
desc3.putClass( charIDToTypeID('As  '), stringIDToTypeID('smartObject') );
desc3.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('FTcs'), charIDToTypeID('QCSt'), charIDToTypeID('Qcsa') );
var desc4 = new ActionDescriptor();
desc4.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Hrzn'), charIDToTypeID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
desc4.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Vrtc'), charIDToTypeID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
desc3.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Ofst'), charIDToTypeID('Ofst'), desc4 );
try{
executeAction( charIDToTypeID('past'), desc3, DialogModes.NO );
}catch(e){}

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