Using gradients in actions

I recently wrote myself an action that includes a gradient layer (two colours in radial so one colour is in the centre and fades to another on the outer edges)
The gradient's position is exactly as I want it when I reun the action on horizontal images, but doesn't work on vertical, as the gradient stays horizontal when the action is run, and so the edges are more or less lost.
This might be a daft question, but is there anything I can write into the action so it knows when it's running on a vertical picture, and when it's running on a horizontal one, so the gradient layer will have the corresponding position? Or is this (as i have a feeling it might be) a case of inserting a stop, and message telling the user to manually adjust the angle of the gradient before continuing?
Thanks for your help

More info:
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/conditional-actions-creative-cloud.html
http://www.peachpit.com/podcasts/episode.aspx?e=4fd81f08-5835-4137-bced-fc2d0324c923
Also, a script would work as well:
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/if_action

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