All the actions that work in snapActions also work in Richard Lynch's Hidden Power
Actions (HPA) interface.  The XML specs file for snapActions contain all the 
information you need to install the same with HPA.  You must know how to install 
actions with HPA to make use of this information.  Read "advanced.rtf" that came with
the HPA installation in Photoshop Elements's folder to learn how to install actions.

Once you understand how to install actions in the HPA interface, use the following 
information to extract the relevant data for the HPA interface.

The relevant entries in the XML specs file are in a block enclosed by <action> 
</action> tags.  For example:

<action>
<atn_name>buds_mitered.atn</atn_name>
<action_name>african_mahogany</action_name>
<action_desc>African Mahogany Mitered</action_desc>
<img>UIImages/mitered/afma.gif</img>
</action>


You then copy and paste the text within the matching tags to the appropriate section 
of the HPA index.html file.  The matching tags are <atn_name></atn_name>, 
<action_name></action_name>, <action_desc></action_desc>, and <img></img>.

For example, using the information above, you would create the following lines in the 
appropriate HPA index.html file:

<tr>
<td><a href="playaction(buds_mitered.atn,african_mahogany)"><font size="-2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">African Mahogany Mitered</a></font>
</td>
</tr>

If the action comes with a Jpeg preview image (extension .JPG), you can also use it 
with HPA.  You will need to copy the JPG file to the appropriate HPA set sub-folder 
and rename it to the appropriate JPG file name (e.g. 1.jpg, 1s.jpg, 2.jpg, etc.).  Of 
course, if you're comfortable with editing HTML, you can edit the HPA html files to 
use GIF files as previews.

I know these instructions are probably not as clear as you'd like if you're not 
familiar with HTML files.  My goal is to let users who already know how to add 
actions to HPA to extract the relevant information from snapActions, not to provide 
step-by-step instructions on how to edit HPA files.

Ling Nero