Forcing actions to execute sequentially

[JMichaelTX]

@eurobubba

I could have sworn I saw something here recently about forcing actions in a macro to execute sequentially, i.e. each action waits for the previous one to complete before continuing, rather than execution of different actions overlapping.

That is, in general, the behavior of a KM Macro, with the exception of system events that some Actions send, like:

• Copy
• Paste
• Type a Keystroke
• Some Select a Menu
• etc

So, the technique I use is to put a Pause after any Action that I know (or suspect) might not wait for the application or system to complete the system event. To that end, I use the following:

• Create a global KM variable "DND__PauseStd", and set to 0.1 sec
  • You can set this in the KM Prefs Variables Panel, or via an Action in a standalone macro
• Then, at the top of every Macro, I insert:
  
• Then, wherever I think I might need a pause, I insert:
  
  • This can be over-ridden for specific cases that might require longer pause

Both of these Actions are stored in my MACRO: [KMFAM] Favorite Actions and Macros for quick and easy use.