Batch/action resizing & renaming

I'm having trouble trying to fully automate the following task:
1. Resize open image to 800x600 resolution
2. Save as a copy, appending "_800" to the filename.
2. Crop with 300x300 px and 72 dpi tool.
3. Save as a copy, appending "_300" to the filename.
4. Resize image as 125x125.
5. Save as, appending "_125" to the filename.
I'd like to do this for all open files.  I'd like all the images to be saved in the same folder (much easier to upload to my website this way).
I've been able to halfway do the above, using actions and batches, but I can't seem to get 100% there.  I can create one action that does the above steps, except I can't change the filenames properly.  When you specify a different filename in a "Save As" action, it saves as that exact filename for each subsequent file, overwriting it each time.
I've tried to run a batch command using the above action, and overriding "Save As".  Except that you can only specify one suffix, and overriding "Save As" also overrides the "Save as a Copy" part, so I end up with "Picture_800", "Picture_800_800", and "Picture_800_800_800".  Plus, I'd rather be cropping and resampling the original image, not the 800x600 res image.
I've considered breaking up the above into 3 actions, using a batch process for all open files on each one.  But the batch automatically closes my files after it runs (closing is NOT part of the actions), so I'd have to manually reopen the files between batches.  Ugh!
Got any ideas?

I got ideas. You can process the image in three passes, using the batch function's naming area to give them the proper name.
Or you can use the output settings area of save for web to do it. Of course with only one slice for your image, SFW seems to ignore it's own naming conventions, so you can fudge it. Maybe creating a rollover state or whatnot would work too, but I got it to work fine by just adjusting the canvas height by one pixel relative (anchor bottom) and then using the one pixel selection tool (positioned at the top of the image), then invert that, then create a solid fill layer, then create a layer slice, then hide the solid fill layer and save for web adjusting the output setting for your first image (_800), making sure to only save user slices./ Then reset the history and resize, and repeat. Works a treat.
As far as the same destination folder (where exactly does this yet to be created 125^2 image reside?), I'll leave that to scripting.
Mylenium -- what am I doing wrong where one slice is ignored by the output template?

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