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--- Scripting [2015/12/15 19:34]
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+++ Scripting [2017/04/04 20:26]
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-===== Scripting on OSX Using Keyboard Maestro =====
+{{:scripting-icon.png?nolink|}}
+===== Scripting on OS X Using Keyboard Maestro =====
+While the number of, and power of, native Keyboard Maestro Actions is vast, sometimes you may need to do something that Keyboard Maestro is not well suited to do.  But Keyboard Maestro has anticipated, and provided for this, by providing a number of Execute Script Actions, all of these available from the Execute category in the Action List:
+==== Execute Script Actions ====
+{{:km-7.1-execute-script-actions.png?nolink|}}
+For example, the [[action:Execute_an_AppleScript]] Action:\\
+{{:km-7.3-execute-script.png?nolink|}}\\
+Note that the script can be either embedded in the _Action_, or in an external script file, linked using the _Execute Script File_ choice.
+The Actions for the other script languages are very similar.
+:!:  **For more details about scripting, see the [[manual:Scripting|User Manual Page on Scripting]]**
 ----
+==== AppleScript ====
-==== Set Keyboard Maestro variable using AppleScript. ====
+* [[AppleScript]] -- Using Keyboard Maestro Variables in AppleScript.
+* [[action:Execute an AppleScript|Execute an AppleScript]] action.
+----
+==== JavaScript ====
+* [[action:Execute a JavaScript For Automation]] action -- shows how to get/set Variables.
+* [[action:Execute a JavaScript in Safari]] action.
+* [[action:Execute a JavaScript in Google Chrome]] action.
+* [[action:Execute a JavaScript in Custom Prompt]] action.
+* [[JavaScript for Automation]] -- Provides an introduction to JXA and comparison with AppleScript.\\
+----
+==== Shell ====
+* [[Shell Scripting]] -- Using Keyboard Maestro Variables (TBD)
+* [[action:Execute a Shell Script]] action.
+----
+==== Swift ====
+* [[action:Execute a Swift Script]] action.
+----
+==== Automator ====
+* [[action:Execute an Automator Workflow]] action
+----
+===== See Also =====
+----
+----
-<code>
+==== Forum ====
-# Keyboard Maestro — Set value of variable "<variable name>"
-set myText to "whatever"
-tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
+- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/create-text-expansions-macro/3302|Create Text Expansions Macro]]
-  if variable "myKMVariableName" exists then
+- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/create-text-expansion-from-selection-macro/3329|Create Text Expansion From Selection Macro]]
-    set value of variable "myKMVariableName" to myText
+- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/add-the-contents-off-the-clipboard-as-a-unicode-expansion-to-typinator/3614/2|Add the contents off the clipboard as a Unicode expansion to Typinator]]
-  else
+- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/search?q=Scripting|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Scripting]]
-    make new variable with properties {name:"myKMVariableName", value:myText}
-  end if
-end tell
-</code>
-==== Get Keyboard Maestro variable using AppleScript. ====
-<code>
-# Keyboard Maestro — Get value of variable "<variable name>"
-tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
-  if variable "myKMVariableName" exists then
-    set myAppleScriptVariableName to value of variable "myKMVariableName"
-  end if
-end tell
-</code>

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