Action Photoshop

Hello all,
Well i need to convert Ai and Psd images to Bmp images.
I did one script but i can't run the action in Photoshop, when the scripts
arrives in this point it's stoped.
Maybe someone know how to do this without Photoshop
Thanks for the help.
And bellow my script.
tell application "Finder"
activate
if not (exists disk "Share Name") then
mount volume "afp://Bla.Bla/nonono"
end if
tell application "Finder"
activate
set disco to name of startup disk
set lar to name of home
set caminho_lar to disco & ":users:" & lar
set pasta_inicio to "Bordado"
set pasta_meio to "Bordado2"
set pasta_fim to "Bordado3"
set caminhodapasta to disco & ":users:" & lar & ":Desktop:"
set caminho1 to folder "Desktop" of folder lar of folder "Users:" of startup disk
set the pasta_inicio to the folder "Bordado" of folder "Desktop" of folder lar of folder "Users" of startup disk
set the pasta_meio to the folder "Bordado2" of folder "Desktop" of folder lar of folder "Users" of startup disk
set the pasta_fim to the folder "Bordado3" of folder "Desktop" of folder lar of folder "Users" of startup disk
set arquivos to every item of pasta_inicio
copy arquivos to lista
repeat with i from 1 to the count of arquivos
set arquivos to item i of lista
--Mover para apasta do meio
move every file of pasta_inicio to pasta_meio
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS"
activate
do action "Bordado" from "Bmp"
end tell
set prontos to select (every file of the pasta_meio)
move prontos to pasta_fim
end repeat
end tell
activate
end tell

Hello Colin,
First i need to know what you need to do, what your action do ex. Convert the image? open and do something , save and close?
I have here one script that, open one separated file pdf and covert to psd.
I will send you bellow
property speak_alert : false -- if true, the script will speak the alert. If false, the script will display an alert dialog
property dialog_timeout : 30 -- set the amount of time before dialogs auto-answer.
property copychecksindicator : false
property itemcheck_delaytime : 2
property foldercheck_delaytime : 3
property speciallabelindex : 7
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
if copychecksindicator is true then
set the added_items to my checkaddeditems(the added_items)
if the added_items is {} then return "no vaild items"
end if
tell application "Finder"
activate
--DEFINIçÕES DE CAMINHOS
set disco to name of startup disk
set lar to name of home
set caminho_lar to disco & ":users:" & lar
set pasta_inicio to "1-inicio"
set caminhodapasta to disco & ":users:" & lar & ":Desktop:"
set caminhomeio to caminhodapasta & "2-meio"
set caminhofim to caminhodapasta & "3-fim"
set caminho1 to folder "Desktop" of folder lar of folder "Users:" of startup disk
--PASTA ONDE OS ARQUIVOS SERÃO COLOCADOS
set the pasta_inicio to the folder "1-inicio" of folder "Desktop" of folder lar of folder "Users" of startup disk
--PASTA DE TRABALHO DO PS
set the pasta_meio to the folder "2-meio" of folder "Desktop" of folder lar of folder "Users" of startup disk
--ABRE A ROTINA DE CÓPIA E TROCA DE NOME PARA CADA ARQUIVO
set arquivos to every item of pasta_inicio
copy arquivos to lista
repeat with i from 1 to the count of arquivos
set this_file to item i of lista
set nomealvo to the name of this_file
-- display dialog nomealvo
select this_file
set alvo to move this_file to caminhomeio
set name of alvo to "alvo"
--CRIA PASTA COM NOME ORIGINAL DO ARQUIVO PARA RECEBER O MATERIAL CONVERTIDO
set xanadu to make new folder at caminhofim with properties {name:nomealvo & "_folder"}
--CHAMA ACTION NO PS
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS"
do action "Pdf" from "Pdf to Psd"
end tell
--COPIA ARQUIVOS CONVERTIDOS PARA A PASTA COM O NOME DO MESMO
set prontos to select (every file of the pasta_meio)
move prontos to xanadu
end repeat
end tell
end adding folder items to

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