Bookmark Open File Action not working on MAC OSX

We are getting the following error when trying to open different files that start find in Finder:
could not find an application to open the file 'xxxxx'
We tried a simple MAC OS Application.app file, a terminal app script and in both cases we get the above error. These same files start up without issue on a click in Finder.
The Open File action "DOES" work on an Microsoft Office File... but does not work for a Mac Application.App file or a AppleScript script file.
Can anyone share how to get Open File to work with some type of script file or application file on the MAC OS with Adobe Reader 11 ?

We ended up having to create an App on the MAC OS with an "associated" file type and then use the Bookmark Open File Action on files of that type. This followed what worked for opening Office files on the MAC from the Bookmark Open File Action.
My question was ... on Windows we could use the Bookmark Open File Action to open up "applications" or "bat scripts" directly... but this does not appear to be supported on the MAC. We could not "start" an app or a script directly from the Bookmark Open File Action. We had to set the action to open a file and then handle that file in the associated application we created for that filetype on the MAC.
Thank you for your question,
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