Open File with Application in Automator - Bug???

I have created a simple workflow to open a text file with TextEdit. It seems to work once, then subsequent times the workflow goes to the point that TextEdit opens but the file doesn't open along with it.
I have encountered the same type of problem when trying to open other files with other applications - the applicaton opens but the file is not passed along with it.
I am only using two actions:
(1) Get Specified Finder Items
(2) Open Finder Items
I noticed there is another Finder action that doesn't seem to do anything called "Get Selected Finder Items"
Am I doing something wrong?
Help....

I'm not sure about your main problem, but I can tell you about the "Get Selected Finder Items" action.
That action refers to the items you have selected in the Finder. Selected items in the Finder are highlighted. So, if you haven't selected anything in the Finder yet, then the action will not have anything to give the workflow.
In essence, this action allows you to specify an item (or items) each time you run a workflow merely by selecting an item in the Finder, instead of having to specify an item permanently in the workflow. That is, you don't have edit the workflow in order to use it for another item. So you don't need multiple copies of the workflow, each specifying a different file or set of files.
Hope that clears up the mystery of that action.
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