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manual:Scripting [2021/10/06 02:24] peternlewis [Executing Scripts] |
manual:Scripting [2023/09/12 22:43] peternlewis [Controlling Keyboard Maestro Engine via Scripting] |
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| ^ Setup Option ^ Choices\\ (Default shown first) ^ | ^ Setup Option ^ Choices\\ (Default shown first) ^ | ||
| | Script location | Execute text script (type or paste script into Action text field)\\ Execute script file (This may be faster if it is a compiled script file `.scpt`) | | | Script location | Execute text script (type or paste script into Action text field)\\ Execute script file (This may be faster if it is a compiled script file `.scpt`) | | ||
| - | | Script Results | Ignored.\\ Displayed in a floating window.\\ Displayed briefly in a Notification.\\ Typed in the current text field that has focus.\\ Pasted in text field that has focus.\\ Saved to a Keyboard Maestro Variable.\\ Saved to the System or Named Clipboard.\\ Ignore Results and run //Asynchronously// (the script runs while the macro continues on to the next //Action//.) | | + | | Script Results | Ignored.\\ Displayed in a floating window.\\ Displayed briefly in a Notification.\\ Typed in the current text field that has focus.\\ Pasted in text field that has focus.\\ Saved to a Keyboard Maestro Variable.\\ Saved to the System or Named Clipboard.\\ Ignore Results and run //Asynchronously// (the script runs while the macro continues on to the next //Action//). | |
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| For more information about using the Clipboard in scripts, see: | For more information about using the Clipboard in scripts, see: | ||
| * [AppleScript Clipboard Commands suite](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/reference/ASLR_cmds.html) | * [AppleScript Clipboard Commands suite](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/reference/ASLR_cmds.html) | ||
| - | * [Shell Scripts Pasteboard Commands: pbcopy, pbpaste](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/pbpaste.1.html) | + | * The unix man pages for pbcopy, pbpaste. |
| ==== Automating Applications and Adding Functionality to Keyboard Maestro ==== | ==== Automating Applications and Adding Functionality to Keyboard Maestro ==== | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | The CODE{{{do script}}} will not return until the macro is finished executing. | + | The CODE{{{do script}}} will not return until the macro is finished executing. The [[action:Return_Result|Return Result]] action can be used to return a result to the AppleScipt. |
| You can pass an optional parameter using the CODE{{{with parameter}}} clause, which you can read in the macro as the [[token:TriggerValue|%TriggerValue% token]]. | You can pass an optional parameter using the CODE{{{with parameter}}} clause, which you can read in the macro as the [[token:TriggerValue|%TriggerValue% token]]. | ||
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| end tell | end tell | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| + | or process tokens with: | ||
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| + | <code applescript> | ||
| + | tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" | ||
| + | process tokens "%LongDate%" | ||
| + | end tell | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | The `calculate` and `process tokens` commands can also take an `instance` parameter (v10.0+) to specify the instance for local variable access. | ||
| You can ask Keyboard Maestro Engine to find strings in other scripts: | You can ask Keyboard Maestro Engine to find strings in other scripts: | ||
manual/Scripting.txt ยท Last modified: 2023/10/04 04:27 by peternlewis
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