Trying to launch modal window in safari with Applescript

Hello,
I am writing a web-based app that needs to launch a modal browser window from an applescript file. No addressbar, no toolbar, etc. (the pc side uses a .vbs file to do the same thing.) It's like a popup, but this is from my app. Im not launching it from another web page.
I can do it with applescript and "System Events" :
tell application "Safari"
activate
make new document with properties {URL:"http://IPADDRESS/default.aspx"}
do JavaScript ("self.resizeTo(500,480);") in document 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "B" using {command down, shift down}
keystroke "/" using command down
keystroke "|" using command down
end tell
end tell
But this affects the entire Safari application so new windows opened by the user appear the same way. I need it to only affect the window that is opened. I tried some JS "toolbar=no" type commands but it did not have any effect. I must admit my JS and AS is very basic at this point so it could have been poor syntax..
Can any of you fine folks suggest a way to do this?

It's not what you want to hear, I'm afraid, but as far as I know there's no way to directly access placeholders other than the title and body in Keynote.
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