Hey Everybody, I am a beginner at using KM, but am learning a lot just from lurking on the forum. i am programming a macro in which i need to manually enter information before the rest of the macro enters the rest of the variable information. My problem is that the box will close before i am fini…

!!!!!! There it is! there were two macros running that for some reason closed the window.... of course looking through those macros didn't tell me anything as to why it would cause that window to close, but now it is working with those two disabled. THANKS MUCH EVERYONE WHO HELPED!

Both the dialog boxes will close after a few seconds. will post the macro with the actions expanded, but it exhibits the same behavior regardless of its being enabled or disabled.

This was the way that i originally had it set up, but the window would close before i could fill it in, which is why i went for two prompts

[Screen Shot 2021-04-04 at 2.46.05 PM] The Prompt For User Input Boxes close after a few seconds regardless of the Pause until commands. I also checked to see whether i have a timeout selected, but it is set to 99 hours... it seems like that wouldn't be the issue

Hi @blaine.misner , have you tried this suggestion? [image] SLWorona: Click the gearwheel in the upper-right corner of the Prompt action and see if you have a Timeout set. Also, it's best to upload your macro for others to try out on their computers to see if the same thing happen on other ma…

@martin i did. see my post above. it says 99hours which to me means that it shouldn't be timing out after a few seconds as to posting the macro.... i don't know how to do that. will gladly if someone can tell me how

[image] blaine.misner: @martin i did. see my post above. it says 99hours which to me means that it shouldn't be timing out after a few seconds Ah. Sorry. I missed that. For uploading a macro, see: How_to_PostUpload_Your_Macro_to_the_Forum There is a macro for doing that: UPLOAD KM Macro t…

In the image you posted originally there were 3 Pause Until actions, but in this one there are just 2 and they are now disabled (unlike in the original). I’m afraid I can’t offer help if you keep moving the goalposts...

Let's isolate the issue: Can you create a macro that only contain the "Prompt for User Input" action (create from Action list) and trigger it, and see if the prompt auto-close ? If it still auto-close, could be some compatibility issue between KM and mac os. What version of KM and mac os you are …

@macdevign_mac i am on km9.2 osx10.15.7 i did as you suggested and created a macro with just the Prompt for User Input. it also closes after a few seconds. is there a mac preference that I need to change?

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martin April 4, 2021, 7:24pm 12

Ah. Sorry. I missed that.
For uploading a macro, see:
How_to_PostUpload_Your_Macro_to_the_Forum

There is a macro for doing that:
UPLOAD KM Macro to New or Existing Topic - Macro Library - Keyboard Maestro Discourse

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