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manual:Scripting [2021/10/06 02:25]
peternlewis [Executing Scripts]
manual:Scripting [2023/09/12 22:43]
peternlewis [Controlling Keyboard Maestro Engine via Scripting]
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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>​
 +
 +or process tokens with:
 +
 +<code applescript>​
 +tell application "​Keyboard Maestro Engine"​
 +  process tokens "​%LongDate%"​
 +end tell
 +</​code>​
 +
 +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