How to use dragged file trigger to open file in an app

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Hello,
I often want to open a file in an app which is not the default.
For example, my default PDF reader is PDF Expert, but I sometimes want to open the PDF in another reader for example Preview or Skim etc
I want to create a palette of "Open in" macros to allow me to drag the file onto the corresponding macro on the palette instead of having to right click on file → open in → look around for the app I want.
Which actions should I use in that macro ?
Below is my unsuccessful attempt at opening the dragged file in the PDF Reader app called Highlights
thanks in advance for your time and help

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Open PDF in Highlights.kmmacros (25.1 KB)

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Your Macro is fine but you have an extra space after %TriggerValue% which is what is stopping it working. i.e. you have it written as "%TriggerValue% " instead of "%TriggerValue%"

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I am an idiot !! thank you so much !

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Not at all. It is very easy to make typing mistakes. I only spotted it because I selected all the text in that field.

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It would be nice to be able to see somewhere practical implementations of the dragged file trigger. I am sure that there are many uses that I could not even imagine.

For example, would it be strictly limited to file manager (Finder, Pathfinder, Forklift, etc) palettes or are there other uses ?