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--- manual:Scripting [2021/10/06 02:35]
peternlewis [Using the Clipboard]
+++ manual:Scripting [2023/09/12 22:43]
peternlewis [Controlling Keyboard Maestro Engine via Scripting]
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 </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]].
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 end tell
 </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:

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