Returning a value when triggering a macro via a script

[DanThomas]

Unfortunately, a Custom HTML Prompt can't trigger a macro and receive a response - not even via AppleScript.

HOWEVER, I have a reasonably easy solution, which I'm writing up right now. But here's the gist:

HTML Prompt: Wait Until window.KeyboardMaestro.Trigger('macro') Completes

I'm not sure if anyone else mentioned this or not. You could have the macro use "Execute a JavaScript in a Custom HTML Prompt" to tell the prompt that the macro has set the variable. So rather than have the prompt wait in a loop for the variable to be set, it would trigger the macro and not do anything else. When the macro sets the variable, it can execute a Javascript function in your Custom HTML Prompt, like this: [image] And in your "variableHasBeenSet" function, you can read the variable…

I'll post a complete example later this morning, which includes an asynchronous method so you can "await" the response.