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--- Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2018/03/18 04:33]
peternlewis Keyboard Maestro editor
+++ Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2018/04/14 10:43]
MartinPacker [5. Create Macro Group and Macros]
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 ===== 5. Create Macro Group and Macros =====
+Before you use a macro group you probably want to check if it exists. The following example tests for the macro group's existence, based on a Keyboard Maestro input variable containing the macro group name -`macroGroup`.
+(This test is case-insensitive. For example macro group "Firefox" could also be specified as "firefox".)
+```applescript
+tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
+	set macroGroup to getvariable "macroGroup"
+end tell
+tell application id "com.stairways.keyboardmaestro.editor"
+	if exists macro group macroGroup then
+		return true
+	else
+		return false
+	end if
+end tell
+```
 Here is a full example that creates a macro group called "Multiple Clipboards" and then creates 9 macros with hot Control-C and action to copy the clipboard to a named clipboard with name "Clipboard N" (where N is 1-9) and another set of 9 macros with hot key Control-V and action to paste from the named clipboard "Clipboard N"

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