Using a brush within an action

I'm trying to find a way to incorporate a brush into my action without actually having to stop and using the brush and then continue. More specifically, I would like to apply the art history to the entire image as a step within an action, but I want it to automatically be applied without me having to actually brush it.
Is there a way to do this?

What about using snapshots, and copy/paste, instead of the history brush?
Or, you could use a path that crosses the canvas and stroke it with a very large history brush. To apply a path to an action use the action flyout menu "insert path".
I'd probably just copy/paste and arrange layers, avoiding the history panel altogether.

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A beginner question.
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hi carlos,
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AS
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Exception
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when others then raise;
l_body CLOB;
l_body_html CLOB;
l_vacancy_desc VARCHAR2(350);
to_headline varchar2(200);
to_org varchar2(100);
l_vacancies_desc varchar2(2000);
to_workspace_id number(22);
CURSOR vacancies_data IS
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ou.org_name to_org
from VACANCIES v,
Org_UNITS ou
where
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and v.public_email_sent_date is Null
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BEGIN
BEGIN
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loop
BEGIN
l_vacancy_desc := ' ' ||
vacancies_rec.to_org || ' ' ||
vacancies_rec.to_headline || ' ';
-- l_vacancy_desc :=
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l_vacancies_desc := l_vacancies_desc || l_vacancy_desc;
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END LOOP;
END;
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'<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
body{font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
 font-size:11pt;
 margin:30px;
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span.sig{font-style:italic;
font-weight:bold;
color:#811919;}
</style>
</head>
<body>'||utl_tcp.crlf;
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|| '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
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||utl_tcp.crlf
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||''
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p_from => '[email protected]',
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Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
ORACLE_HOME = /oracle
System name: Linux
Node name: node
Release: 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5
Version: #1 SMP Mon Sep 20 07:12:06 EDT 2010
Machine: x86_64
Instance name: instance1
Redo thread mounted by this instance: 1
Oracle process number: 25
Unix process pid: 5092, image: (J000)
*** 2011-07-12 09:45:03.637
*** SESSION ID:(125.50849) 2011-07-12 09:45:03.637
*** CLIENT ID:() 2011-07-12 09:45:03.637
*** SERVICE NAME:(SYS$USERS) 2011-07-12 09:45:03.637
*** MODULE NAME:() 2011-07-12 09:45:03.637
*** ACTION NAME:() 2011-07-12 09:45:03.637
ORA-12012: error on auto execute of job 19039
ORA-20001: This procedure must be invoked from within an application session.
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ORA-06512: at "APEX_040000.WWV_FLOW_MAIL", line 325
ORA-06512: at "APEX_040000.WWV_FLOW_MAIL", line 367
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ORA-06512: at line 1
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much thanks Peter

I think that might help...
http://www.easyapex.com/index.php?p=502
Thanks to EasyApex..
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export ORACLE_SID=SIDNAME
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus "/ as sysdba" << EOF
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EOF
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v_sid varchar2(15);
v_serial varchar2(15);
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