Merge Multiple working Macros not working

Questions & Suggestions
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Hi,
have multiple macros all working perfectly.

  1. Open Screenshot
  2. Copy its contents
  3. Bring focus back on Word on other screen and go down a line
  4. Paste then move the mouse back to other screen

Ive tried to copy as well as create from scratch a single Macro that does all and can't get past the 1st step. Ive added Pauses in between anything to no avail.

Any ideas where I might be going wrong?

Thanks in advance

Todd

2

Can you post the individual macros? How many are there? It's pretty hard to help without seeing exactly what your macros are doing.

-rob.

3

sure can is there any specific way of posting my macros? like I said there is only 4

4

4 paste.kmmacros (3.0 KB)
3 word.kmmacros (3.2 KB)
2 Copy.kmmacros (2.2 KB)
1 Open Screenshot.kmmacros (2.5 KB)

5

and this is my attempt at putting all in to the 1 macro

notice the numbers are the order in which they need to go
All Above.kmmacros (6.6 KB)

Thank you

6

Thanks ... so you're saying the merged one won't even open the Screenshot app? It stops on the first action?

-rob.

7

It opens Screnshot app then does nothing else

8

I can sort of confirm your claim. What it does for me is open the Screenshot app then, since you specified a timeout of 20 seconds, it waits 20 seconds then triggers a failure with a message. It triggers a failure regardless of whether I succeed at taking a screen shot or not. I have no idea why it's failing. But I don't use that app, because if your goal is to take a screenshot, then (I believe) you are doing it wrong. You should use the built-in KM Screen Capture action. You can do that with a single action instead of 12 actions.

9

Thanks @Airy I'll check it out. Like I said it works when I have each action in a seperate Macro. I just select 1 button on my Streamdeck, then the next for another 3 times and have no issues.

10

Screenshot is a background-only app -- it never actually "comes to the front" (try it in eg the Finder -- the Finder's menu bars remain after launching Screenshot), so KM doesn't know the "Activate Screenshot" has completed successfully. Eventually it times out and errors, stopping your macro dead.

Simple fix -- click the action's "Options" button and select "Set Action Timeout..."

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...and change the settings to:

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You can play with the number of seconds to make sure Screenshot has enough time to launch before the Return key is pressed.

Is there a particular reason to be using Screenshot, though? KM has its own, comprehensive, "Screen Capture" action that will save you a lot of trouble (and there's always the shell's screencapture utility if you want more options, search the Forum for how to use it).

11

Thanks @Nige_S for the comprehensive explanation.

I wasn't aware of Screen Capture and will use that in the future.

Cheers

Todd