Problem passing variable from KM to AppleScript ... despite reading the WiKi

Questions & Suggestions
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KBM 11.0.4, Sonoma
objective: move notes around in DevonThink.
Very simple 2 action macro.
I tested the link and it works.
There must be something obviously wrong with the AppleScript syntax.
thank you very much

tell application id "DNtp"
set theURL to getvariable  "KM_input_DT4_group_link"	
	if (selected records) is {} then return
	set theDestination to get record with uuid theURL -- item link of destination group
	move record (selected records) to theDestination
end tell

ZZ Test DevonThink Move.kmmacros (5.0 KB)

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Your variable "KM_input_DT4_group_link" doesn't match what you set in your previous action "input_DT4_group_link".

Also, you need to tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" to get /set variables, like it is explained in the documentation:

tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
    set v to getvariable "input_DT4_group_link"
    setvariable "input_DT4_group_link" to "New Value"
end tell
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3

thank you very much. I don't understand this line, "New Value" in particular

I run both scripts in sequence ?

4

No, the first line is to show how to "GET" variables from KM, and the second is how you can SET (change) them using AppleScript. This is independent of whether you decide to "ignore results" or save them to a variable in your KM "Execute AppleScript" action.

5

If the DevonThink part of your script is correct, then this is how you can pass your "input_DT4_group_link" variable to AppleScript:

tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
    set theURL to getvariable  "input_DT4_group_link"
end tell

tell application id "DNtp"
	if (selected records) is {} then return
	set theDestination to get record with uuid theURL -- item link of destination group
	move record (selected records) to theDestination
end tell
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6

thank you VERY much for your crystal clear explanations. I misread the WiKi and thought I had to add KM_ to the variable.

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7

I've got this saved as a Favourite:

Execute AppleScript.kmactions (1.0 KB)

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That way I don't forget the magic needed to get and set local KM variables (and there's no problems caused if you include the instance reference when working with globals).

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thank you very much

9

Unfortunately, ver 2 does not work either

Conversion from RTFD to Pages $wip ver 2.kmmacros (27.7 KB)

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Answered in the other thread and it's probably best to continue this over there.

But, for completeness:

This is not how you concatenate strings in AS -- you use the & symbol. So if you want to add ".pages" to the of myVar it would be

set myVar to (myVar & ".pages")

But using the ~ symbol for "starting at my home directory" doesn't work in AS. The easiest way round that is to "Filter: Standardize" your path in KM to give an absolute POSIX path -- and you might as well add ".pages" to the KM string before you do that then pass the complete absolute POSIX path to your AS.

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all clear. thank you very much !