Programmatically Open Macro in KM Editor

[erock4]

I have an external script that uses AppleScript to list all my macros and trigger them. Is there a way to open the macro in the Keyboard Maestro editor instead of triggering it? I tried to look for this in the AppleScript dictionary but wasn't sure if this is possible

[noisneil]

How about this?

MACRO: Go To Macro by Name (Spotlight)

MACRO: Go To Macro by Name (Spotlight) NOTE: Do not double-click the package file "Spotlight Search Prompt Resources.pkg" It won't hurt anything, but you'll get a very misleading error message. The error message will tell you that the file is corrupted. It's not corrupted. I shouldn't have used a package file to store resources. It doesn't hurt, but it's obviously confusing. Please just move the package file somewhere, usually in your Documents folder or a subfolder. Then leave it as is. DO …

[Zabobon]

@erock4

AppleScript... Is there a way to open the macro in the Keyboard Maestro editor instead of triggering it?

Yes. The AppleScript is very simple:

tell application "Keyboard Maestro"
  editMacro "Macro Name or UUID"
end tell

You can also pass a Macro Name or its UUID into the AppleScript by using a Keyboard Maestro Variable something like this:

EXAMPLE Open Macro In Editor with AppleScript.kmmacros (3.1 KB)

set kmInst to system attribute "KMINSTANCE"
tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
  set MacroToEdit to getvariable "LOCAL__Macro Name" instance kmInst
end tell

tell application "Keyboard Maestro"
  editMacro MacroToEdit
end tell