Opening Smart Obect layers in Camera Raw

Hello all,
I've been working on a Photoshop CS3 JS script that parses art layers in files checking for Smart Objects. When a Smart Object layer is detected, the script opens the embedded file to ascertain the original resolution/pixel dimensions. I'm using executeAction to perform the "Edit Contents" action...
>var id1 = stringIDToTypeID( "placedLayerEditContents" );
>var desc1 = newActionDescriptor();
>executeAction(id1, desc1, DialogModes.NO);
Which works perfectly... unless the embedded file is a RAW file or a TIFF/JPEG with Camera Raw settings, causing it to open in Camera Raw rather than as a temporary .psb document. In those cases, the script hangs once Camera Raw becomes active.
Does anyone know of a way to take further action in such cases, if only to cancel out of Camera Raw. Or, is there any method to inspect a Smart Object's contents before opening it to determine whether it is a RAW file or has XMP data?
Any assistance is much appreciated.

> Which works perfectly... unless the embedded file is a RAW file or a TIFF/JPEG with Camera Raw settings, causing it to open in Camera Raw rather than as a temporary .psb document. In those cases, the script hangs once Camera Raw becomes active.
>
> Does anyone know of a way to take further action in such cases, if only to cancel out of Camera Raw. Or, is there any method to inspect a Smart Object's contents before opening it to determine whether it is a RAW file or has XMP data?
Try exporting to a file then sniffing the file for XMP data. Basically, look for
a string that looks like this in the exported file:
     frog-x.jpg
-X

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