Render PDF to Image and Mail

I have been trying save the following workflow as a Folder Action Plug-in:
1. Render PDF Pages as Images (To produce a jpeg of a PDF)
2. New Mail Message (To create an e-mail with the jpeg attached)
3. Send Outgoing Messages (To send the e-mail)
When I test the folder, the system appears to skip the Render PDF step and goes straight to creating and sending the e-mail without an attachment. If I save the workflow as an Application it will work, but not as a Folder Action Plug-in. Any idea why not?

I once posted a VI to create PNG files from LaTeX commands where I used Ghostscript to convert from eps to png. It turns out, with only a very minor modification the subVI will also convert PDF to PNG. Try this out. You can install Ghostcript and then add the path to gswin32c.exe to the path control (if you install to the default location you shouldn't have to change anything other than drive letter).
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
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EPStoPNG.vi ‏38 KB

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