Applescript Save As PNG without dialogs

Does anyone know how to force the dialogs that sometimes appear when applescripting a save as PNG to never ever appear? The Photoshop CS4 Applescript ref doc doesn't mention any options about this.
Thanks in advance,
- Alex Zavatone

Well, this is an old post, but maybe someone else needs the answer. Here's what worked for me:
set destinationfolder to "MyHardDrive:MyFolder:"
set currentFilepath to destinationfolder & "MyFileName.png"
set saveOptions to {class:PNG save options, interlaced:false}
save current document in file currentFilepath as PNG with options saveOptions appending no extension with copying
Applescript won't tell you if the destination folder doesn't exist. Instead, the save dialog box will pop up.

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