Photoshop scripts within Actions

Ok so I am currently trying to run a photoshop script within an action specifically Image processor.
I can include the script by importing menu item although evyerthing i run the action i have to set up the script aka choose folder locations etc.
My question.. is there a way to set the defaults so that the action automatically runs the script?
Please help its driving me mad!

Not sure what you mean exactly, but that the dialog is raised when you trigger Image Processor seems as expected.
Why an Action anyway and not a proper Script for the whole operation?

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I am new to this whole scripting for photoshop and hope someone could help me along.
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CLS
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IF %mnd%==04 SET maand=April
IF %mnd%==05 SET maand=Mei
IF %mnd%==06 SET maand=Juni
IF %mnd%==07 SET maand=Juli
IF %mnd%==08 SET maand=Augustus
IF %mnd%==09 SET maand=September
IF %mnd%==10 SET maand=Oktober
IF %mnd%==11 SET maand=November
IF %mnd%==12 SET maand=December
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JJMack wrote:
I still do not understand you showed part of a dos bat file that copies a single psd file from one remote ip resource to a different remote ip remote resource before the copy some non english message is displayed. the copy is done which should put out a message one file copied then the original file is deleted off the first remots resource hidding the delet message. I see nothing to do with Photoshop nothing that dose any resize and don't understand why you would slow down the copy by transporting the data across the network twice once woul be faster. I would set up a remote process where remote resource 1 would do the copy to remote resource 2. At first I tought you were describing a server batch update process the would run on some schedule. Now it looks like distrinuted remote users are moving a file from one machine to an other. Where does the resize come in where does Photoshop Scripting come in?
SET sourceDir=\\172.16.200.9\...
SET destDir=\\172.16.200.155\...
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ECHO .
COPY "%sourceDir%\%maand% %jaar%\%dag% %maand%\*.psd" "%destDir%\%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%"
ECHO Y | DEL "%destDir%\%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%\dve standaard.psd" > NUL
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Right now the resizing is done maunually. This is the work procces; there are a bunch of .psd files created these get saved in ..\\ntsrob22s\vormgeving\TV\!BrabNieuws 2007\dve\february 2012\07 february\.
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IF %mnd%==02 SET maand=Februari
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IF %mnd%==09 SET maand=September
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IF %mnd%==12 SET maand=December
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ECHO .
COPY "%sourceDir%\%maand% %jaar%\%dag% %maand%\JPEG\*.jpg" "%destDir%\%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%"
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What i would like to create is that after they have created all the PSD files and they are aproved, all they have to to is run a Photoshop script or extension that opens all the PSD's that are in the 'today' folder -> then resizes those to 720*576 and save them in the \\media-storsvr\dve\BRABANT NIEUWS\"todays month"\"todays date" and overwrites if there is one with a simular name already.
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