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| - | **A _Plug In Action_ is Contained in a Folder**,\\ **Whose Name:** | + | **A _Plug In Action_ is Contained in a Folder**, **Whose Name:** |
| - Should generally closely match the action name | - Should generally closely match the action name | ||
| - Must be made up of only ASCII alphanumerics, underscores and spaces. | - Must be made up of only ASCII alphanumerics, underscores and spaces. | ||
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| ^ URL | URL for the author or this action \\ **Optional** | | ^ URL | URL for the author or this action \\ **Optional** | | ||
| ^ Help | A short (Tool Tip) explanation of this action \\ **Optional** | | ^ Help | A short (Tool Tip) explanation of this action \\ **Optional** | | ||
| + | ^ HelpURL | A URL for the Help link for the action (v11.0+) \\ **Optional** | | ||
| ^ Results | **What to do with the output of the script if any**.\\ Possible Values:<WRAP> | ^ Results | **What to do with the output of the script if any**.\\ Possible Values:<WRAP> | ||
| * None | * None | ||
| * Window | * Window | ||
| * Briefly | * Briefly | ||
| + | * Large | ||
| * Typing | * Typing | ||
| * Pasting | * Pasting | ||
| * Variable | * Variable | ||
| + | * AppendVar | ||
| * Clipboard | * Clipboard | ||
| - | </WRAP> Multiple values can be used, separated by a bar (%%|%%), the first specified value is the default \\ **Optional** | | + | * File |
| + | * Asynchronously | ||
| + | </WRAP> Multiple values can be used, separated by a bar (%%|%%), the first specified value is the default. If output is going to a clipboard or a file, the results can be an image. \\ **Optional** | | ||
| ==== Plist Parameters ==== | ==== Plist Parameters ==== | ||
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| - | _Parameters_ are passed to the script via _environment variables_ with names starting with KMPARAM‗, similar to how variables are passed to shell scripts with the Execute Script action. | + | _Parameters_ are passed to the script via _environment variables_ with names starting with KMPARAM‗, similar to how variables are passed to shell scripts with the Execute Script action. |
| - | So a parameter named "My Text" would be in an environment variable KMPARAM‗My‗Text.\\ | + | So a parameter named "My Text" would be in an environment variable KMPARAM‗My‗Text. Note that `spaces` in the variable names _must_ be replaced with `underscores` in your script. |
| - | Note that `spaces` in the variable names _must_ be replaced with `underscores` in your script. | + | |
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