How to get last selected menu item

[griffman]

There are some threads here that make it seem that's either impossible, or only doable via AppleScript or perhaps Javascript. Links:

Can We Use KM Variable with Action "Select or Show a Menu Item"?

Thanks Chris. As always you're quick to reply. But, as you say, "UI-Scripting is not for the faint of heart". That's much more complicated than I want to pursue. I was just trying to add some actions to make it easier for others to customize. I did the search you quoted, and actually it came up with a very interesting hit at the top: Feature Request - Allow using variables in “Select or Show a Menu Item” action Another KM user make the same request (as I did) about a month ago! So, @Pet…

How do I use a variable in a regex?

Trying to have select a document under the “Open Recent” menu in Word. It works if I use the menu select command with File -> Open Recent -> ^myFile.+ However, if I do the same thing but try to replace “myFile” with a variable myTemp, thus writing: ^%Variable%myTemp%.+ …it doesn’t work. Syntax issue?

Hope that helps;

-rob.