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--- Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2018/04/14 14:42] – Added snippet to test for existence of a macro group MartinPacker
+++ Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2018/04/14 23:02] (current) – Removed script from Section 4 because it won't even compile. JMichaelTX
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 ===== 4. Get and Create Variety of Editor Objects =====
+FIXME [JMichaelTX:  This script removed pending review & update].
-```applescript
-tell app "Keyboard Maestro"
-   properties of group "Enabled"
-   properties of smart group "Enabled"
-   make new smart group with properties {name:"Enabled", search strings:{"enabled:yes"}}
-   set search strings of smart group "Disabled" to {"enabled:no"}
-   set enable of macro group "Turn Off" to false
-   set name of macro 1 to "Great!"
-   tell macro group "New Stuff" to make new macro
-   set color of action 1 of macro "Bright" to "red"
-   select action 1 through 3 of action 2 of macro "Working"
-   set selection to global macro group
-   move first action of macro "Source Macro" to end of actions of macro "Dest Macro"
-   move macro "Macro33" to macro group "Test4"
-   move (every macro of macro group "Test4" whose name starts with "Macro3") to macro group "Test3"
-   move macro 2 of macro group "Test3" to macro group "Test4"
-   delete second action of macro "Target Macro"
-   duplicate every macro group whose name starts with "Test"
-   set m to duplicate action 1 of macro "Macro33" to after action 2 of macro "Macro32"
-   duplicate (selected macros) to macro group "Test4"
-end tell
-```
 ===== 5. Create Macro Group and Macros =====
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 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 `Firefox` could also be specified as `firefox`.
+(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"
+  set macroGroup to getvariable "macroGroup"
+  if (macroGroup = "") then error "[ERROR]" & linefeed & "Invalid Macro Group Name. KM Variable \"" & "macroGroup" & "\" was empty or undefined."
 end tell
-tell application id "com.stairways.keyboardmaestro.editor"
+tell application "Keyboard Maestro" -- Editor
-	if exists macro group macroGroup then
+  if exists macro group macroGroup then
-		return true
+    return true
-	else
+  else
-		return false
+    return false
-	end if
+  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"