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AppleScript [2018/07/03 21:29] JMichaelTX [Using AppleScript to Get and Set Keyboard Maestro Variables] |
AppleScript [2025/02/27 01:45] (current) peternlewis [Local & Instance Variables] |
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| Keyboard Maestro Version 7.1 introduced a streamlined way to Get and Set Keyboard Maestro Variables from AppleScript. | Keyboard Maestro Version 7.1 introduced a streamlined way to Get and Set Keyboard Maestro Variables from AppleScript. | ||
| - | In AppleScript, you can tell the application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" to: | + | In AppleScript, you can access Keyboard Maestro variables like this: |
| - | getvariable <KM Variable Name> | + | ```applescript |
| - | setvariable <KM Variable Name> to <New Value> | + | tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" |
| + | set v to getvariable "<KM Variable Name>" | ||
| + | setvariable "<KM Variable Name>" to "<New Value>" | ||
| + | end tell | ||
| + | ``` | ||
| where both the `<KM Variable Name>` and `<New Value>` are text values. | where both the `<KM Variable Name>` and `<New Value>` are text values. | ||
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| - | To get or set [[manual:Variables#Instance_Variables_v8|Local or Instance Variables]], you must pass the macro execution instance to the `getvariable` or `setvariable` command. The instance is passed in to your script via the KMINSTANCE environment variable (v8.0.3+). | + | To get or set [[manual:Variables#Scope|Local or Instance Variables]], you must pass the macro execution instance to the `getvariable` or `setvariable` command. The instance is passed in to your script via the KMINSTANCE environment variable (v8.0.3+). |
| - | + | ||
| - | * //Local Variables// are denoted by a Variable with the prefix of "Local". | + | |
| - | * //Instance Variables// are denoted by a Variable with the prefix of "Instance". | + | |
| ```applescript | ```applescript | ||
| - | ### Requires Keyboard Maestro 8.0.3+ ### | ||
| - | |||
| set kmInst to system attribute "KMINSTANCE" | set kmInst to system attribute "KMINSTANCE" | ||
| tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" | tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" | ||
| - | set kmLocalVar1 to getvariable "Local__SomeLocalVariable" instance kmInst | + | set v to getvariable "Local__SomeLocalVariable" instance kmInst |
| setvariable "Local__FromAS" instance kmInst to "Variable set in AppleScript." | setvariable "Local__FromAS" instance kmInst to "Variable set in AppleScript." | ||
| end tell | end tell | ||
| - | log kmLocalVar1 | + | log v |
| ``` | ``` | ||
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