Am using Applescript ( OS X 10.10.5 ) to bring up a choose file dialog and get the chosen filename into a KM variable, so that the filename can be pasted into a textfield. [image] Returns the Error: osascript[1091] <Error>: The function ‘CGContextErase’ is obsolete and will be removed in an upcom…

Hey @macrolide Let’s clean that up and make it more reliable shall we? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Use a home-based-path. set strPath to "~/Documents" # Expand the path to a full POSIX Path with System Events. tell application "System Events…

See if this helps: [image] Choose Filepath(s) Plug In Actions UPDATED TO VER 0.3 ( adds custom prompt text for the choose file(s) dialog) Section on Custom Plugins in KM Help File: (note that to update a plug in action you must manually remove it from the ~/Library/Ap…

[image] macrolide: How can I fix this? Two suggestions: Test the script running in the Script Editor If you set a KM Var in a script, then you do NOT need to return the results of the Execute Script to the same KM Var name, like you are doing with chosen_file_name In fact, in your script, …

[image] JMichaelTX: tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" setvariable "chosen_file_name" to fname end tell Still getting that OSAScript error. Don't know whats the difference in the script that @ccstone suggested... It works Thanks @ccstone

Setting a KM variable with Applescript

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Setting a KM variable with Applescript

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