Setting a KM variable with Applescript

[macrolide]

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.

Returns the Error:

osascript[1091] <Error>: The function ‘CGContextErase’ is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.

How can I fix this?

[DanThomas]

See if this helps:

Choose Filepath(s)

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/Application Support/Keyboard Maestro/Keyboard Maestro Actions folder before re-installing it) [image] Choose File(s).zip (10.7 KB) [image] Custom Keyboard Maestro Plug-in NAME Choose filepath(s) VERSION 0.3 Adds custom prompt text SYNOPSIS Launches an OS X file chooser Returns…

[JMichaelTX]

@macrolide

How can I fix this?

Two suggestions:

1. Test the script running in the Script Editor
2. 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, all you need is this:

tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
	setvariable "chosen_file_name" to fname
end tell

If the KM variable doesn't exist, it will auto-create it for you.

[ccstone]

Hey @macrolide

Let’s clean that up and make it more reliable shall we?

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# Use a home-based-path.
set strPath to "~/Documents"

# Expand the path to a full POSIX Path with System Events.
tell application "System Events" to set strPath to POSIX path of disk item strPath

# Wrap your choose-file in a tell-block that returns you to the front application.
tell application (path to frontmost application as text)
   set fileAlias to choose file with prompt "Please choose a file:" of type ¬
      {"png", "svg", "jpg", "gif", "jpeg"} default location strPath
end tell

# Self-explanatory.
tell application "System Events" to set fname to name of fileAlias
tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" to setvariable "chosen_file_name" to fname
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-Chris

[macrolide]

@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

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Thanks @ccstone