Running photoshop script or action from Bridge

My general question is: is there a way to select a number of files in Bridge, then run a script on all of them? I'm interested in this regardless of whether it really answers my more specific question.
My more specific need is: I want to be able to convert raw files to jpeg, using automatic camera raw settings, by selecting the files in Bridge and running a single script.
Thanks,
Mike

I have a slight change to this question.
I make changes to photos in Camera RAW (exposure, white bal, etc.)and save the changes.
I have an action that I run from Bridge by selecting individual photos, running an action from Bridge using Batch. The action opens each .CR2 selected photo, resizes it, and saves as a jpg in another folder.
For some reason, the saved photos are not reflecting the changes I made in Camera Raw.
I constructed the action by recording the opening from Bridge into Camera Raw, and then clicking Open Image.
The action applies all the custom settings I used in the initial image when recording the action to each photo.
Any suggestions on how to solve the problem.
Thanks for any help.
Steve

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[email protected] wrote:
> I have an action that calls the following bit of javascript. When I run the action on a single file I have no problem. When I run the action using Batch from Photoshop CS3 I don't have any problems. When I run the action using Batch from Bridge CS3, I get prompted with a dialog box at line 2, I have to hit Enter to get past line 3, and have to hit Enter after the last line. Can anyone explain why the behavior would be different depending on where it's called from? How can I modify the javascript to get around this?
>
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