Error "Found no macros with a matching name" with do script [XML form of the macro] from the AppleScript Editor

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1

I copied the entire XML tree, omitting the descriptive portion in the head and tail of the body.

However, the script below throws the error in the title. Why?

set x to 964
set y to 419
tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" to do script "<array>
	<dict>
		<key>Activate</key>
		<string>Normal</string>
		<key>CustomIconData</key>
		<string>KMEP-ToolbarCustomize</string>
		<key>IsActive</key>
		<true/>
		<key>Macros</key>
		<array>
			<dict>
				<key>Actions</key>
				<array>
					<dict>
						<key>Action</key>
						<string>Click</string>
						<key>Button</key>
						<integer>0</integer>
						<key>ClickCount</key>
						<integer>1</integer>
						<key>DisplayMatches</key>
						<false/>
						<key>DragHorizontalPosition</key>
						<string>0</string>
						<key>DragVerticalPosition</key>
						<string>0</string>
						<key>Fuzz</key>
						<integer>15</integer>
						<key>HorizontalPositionExpression</key>
						<string>" & x & "</string>
						<key>IsActive</key>
						<true/>
						<key>IsDisclosed</key>
						<true/>
						<key>MacroActionType</key>
						<string>MouseMoveAndClick</string>
						<key>Modifiers</key>
						<integer>0</integer>
						<key>MouseDrag</key>
						<string>None</string>
						<key>Relative</key>
						<string>Window</string>
						<key>RelativeCorner</key>
						<string>BottomLeft</string>
						<key>RestoreMouseLocation</key>
						<true/>
						<key>VerticalPositionExpression</key>
						<string>" & y & "</string>
					</dict>
				</array>
				<key>IsActive</key>
				<true/>
				<key>ModificationDate</key>
				<real>776103894.95478904</real>
				<key>Name</key>
				<string>Click Template</string>
				<key>Triggers</key>
				<array/>
				<key>UID</key>
				<string>1434BD9A-DF0D-472F-AB74-D0F1390D1A07</string>
			</dict>
		</array>
		<key>Name</key>
		<string>Test and Debug</string>
		<key>UID</key>
		<string>0056D82C-1CAD-4CF8-81AC-188206398729</string>
	</dict>
</array>"
2

You've included the Macro Group info in there as well (top and bottom) -- try

set x to 964
set y to 419
tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" to do script "<array>
			<dict>
				<key>Actions</key>
				<array>
					<dict>
						<key>Action</key>
						<string>Click</string>
						<key>Button</key>
						<integer>0</integer>
						<key>ClickCount</key>
						<integer>1</integer>
						<key>DisplayMatches</key>
						<false/>
						<key>DragHorizontalPosition</key>
						<string>0</string>
						<key>DragVerticalPosition</key>
						<string>0</string>
						<key>Fuzz</key>
						<integer>15</integer>
						<key>HorizontalPositionExpression</key>
						<string>" & x & "</string>
						<key>IsActive</key>
						<true/>
						<key>IsDisclosed</key>
						<true/>
						<key>MacroActionType</key>
						<string>MouseMoveAndClick</string>
						<key>Modifiers</key>
						<integer>0</integer>
						<key>MouseDrag</key>
						<string>None</string>
						<key>Relative</key>
						<string>Window</string>
						<key>RelativeCorner</key>
						<string>BottomLeft</string>
						<key>RestoreMouseLocation</key>
						<true/>
						<key>VerticalPositionExpression</key>
						<string>" & y & "</string>
					</dict>
				</array>
				<key>IsActive</key>
				<true/>
				<key>ModificationDate</key>
				<real>776103894.95478904</real>
				<key>Name</key>
				<string>Click Template</string>
				<key>Triggers</key>
				<array/>
				<key>UID</key>
				<string>1434BD9A-DF0D-472F-AB74-D0F1390D1A07</string>
			</dict>
		</array>"
3

It made no difference. Is this a bug, I wonder ? This is version 6. However, the "do script" entry of the app's AppleScript Dictionary for KM explicitly mentions the plist as an arg.

4

Keep trimming entries off the top and bottom until you get to just an array of actions:

set x to 964
set y to 419
tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" to do script "<array>
					<dict>
						<key>Action</key>
						<string>Click</string>
						<key>Button</key>
						<integer>0</integer>
						<key>ClickCount</key>
						<integer>1</integer>
						<key>DisplayMatches</key>
						<false/>
						<key>DragHorizontalPosition</key>
						<string>0</string>
						<key>DragVerticalPosition</key>
						<string>0</string>
						<key>Fuzz</key>
						<integer>15</integer>
						<key>HorizontalPositionExpression</key>
						<string>" & x & "</string>
						<key>IsActive</key>
						<true/>
						<key>IsDisclosed</key>
						<true/>
						<key>MacroActionType</key>
						<string>MouseMoveAndClick</string>
						<key>Modifiers</key>
						<integer>0</integer>
						<key>MouseDrag</key>
						<string>None</string>
						<key>Relative</key>
						<string>Window</string>
						<key>RelativeCorner</key>
						<string>BottomLeft</string>
						<key>RestoreMouseLocation</key>
						<true/>
						<key>VerticalPositionExpression</key>
						<string>" & y & "</string>
					</dict>
				</array>
"

Sorry -- but I'm not awake enough to test-run random XML :wink:

5

If the script starts with <dict> then it must be an action. This is not an action.

If the script starts with <array> then it must be an array of actions. This is not an array of actions.

So if you want to execute a sequence of actions by using do script, the second array shown in your script is the one you want. The one that is an array of action dictionaries.

6

Perhaps something got lost in the posting there ?

I wonder if the two gaps, created by Discourse processing of XML (or HTML) tags,
were meant to be filled with:

<dict>
and
<array>

?

7

Yeah, fixed. I guess it decided they were meant to be HTML tags?

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