action help needed

@Markmartini 

Create a new action set and action. Stop recording before any actual action steps are recorded. Use the action panel menu to "Insert Menu Command". Insert File>Open and add an "Insert Stop" message with your custom text, check the box for "Allow Continue" when entering your message. I am guessing that the next action step would be an insert File>Place command.

Actions cannot have custom dialogs. That is something only scripts can do. an action will only stop when a tool or function itself requires an input, but that may require to run the action in step-by-step mode and not suppress dialogs.

Mylenium