Trying to load this macro but it says invalid file Cannot Import Macro File

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1

The script contents is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>DKMMacros</key>
    <array>
      <dict>
        <key>Actions</key>
        <array>
          <dict>
            <key>MacroActionType</key>
            <string>PauseUntil</string>
            <key>ActionParameters</key>
            <dict>
              <key>ConditionType</key>
              <string>FoundImage</string>
              <key>Fuzziness</key>
              <integer>20</integer>
              <key>Image</key>
              <data>
                iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAwAAAAB+CAYAAACTQXaiAAAMTWlDQ1BJQ0MgUHJvZmlsZQAASImVVwdYU8kWnltSIQQIhCIl9CYISAkgJYQWQHoRRCUkAUKJMSGo2NHFFVy7iGBZ0VUQxQ6I2LAri2J3LYsFlZV1cV3sypsQQJd95XvzfXPnv/+c+eecc2fuvQMAvZMvleahmgDkSwpkcaGBrAkpqSxSN8CAHiADY+DCF8ilnJiYSADLUPv38uYmQJTtNUel1j/7/2vREorkAgCQGIgzhHJBPsQHAcBbBFJZ
              </data>
              <key>SearchArea</key>
              <string>FullScreen</string>
              <key>Timeout</key>
              <real>60.0</real>
            </dict>
          </dict>
          <dict>
            <key>MacroActionType</key>
            <string>MoveAndClickMouse</string>
            <key>ActionParameters</key>
            <dict>
              <key>RelativePosition</key>
              <string>Center</string>
              <key>ClickType</key>
              <string>Left</string>
              <key>Target</key>
              <string>FoundImage</string>
            </dict>
          </dict>
          <dict>
            <key>MacroActionType</key>
            <string>Pause</string>
            <key>ActionParameters</key>
            <dict>
              <key>Duration</key>
              <real>0.3</real>
            </dict>
          </dict>
        </array>
        <key>Enabled</key>
        <true/>
        <key>Name</key>
        <string>Click Resume Button</string>
        <key>Triggers</key>
        <array>
          <dict>
            <key>MacroTriggerType</key>
            <string>HotKeyTrigger</string>
            <key>HotKey</key>
            <string>⌘⇧C</string>
          </dict>
        </array>
        <key>UUID</key>
        <string>EF274D6C-1C9A-42F6-841F-EXAMPLEMACRO001</string>
      </dict>
    </array>
    <key>Version</key>
    <integer>2</integer>
  </dict>
</plist>

how can this be resolved?
It the file in an invalid format?

2

I take it that you have the mystery macro only in xml form.

It looks as though the macro is a simple one that is concerned with clicking on a found image, so it might be easiest just to replicate it from scratch. See the wiki for more.

A tip on posting xml or other code: you can preserve the formatting by adding a line containing three backticks (```), before and after the code.

3

We won't be able to tell until you upload the file here, to this forum.

4

I updated the file with the correct syntax.
I could replicate it but it if would be a very simple error that would save a lot of work.
As newbie i find it highly complicated to set the macros up.

5

Please zip the actual macro you're trying to import, and upload it here. That will be the quickest way to get answers to your question.

-rob.

6

You might find this wiki page helpful for How to Post/Upload Your Macro to the Forum.

7

As you may have realised from replies, it's normal for macros to be uploaded in Keyboard Maestro's format rather than to be shown as XML.

Importing macros in XML format is possible, but is not straightforward. If anyone here wants to experiment with that, this post by @Nige_S suggests to me that the problem may be with missing macro group information in the header.

If that were the only problem, you would still have to tweak the macro, I suspect. I note the presence of “EXAMPLEMACRO001”, so I take it that it is an example that you have found somewhere. Note that the macro will have been set up for an example image, too—so don't expect it to work with just any image that you throw at it.

It might help if we had information about the origin of the XML and what you want to do with the macro, although I have to say I am not too hopeful, for the reasons that I have just mentioned.

Gain some basic experience by making a few very simple macros, and your knowledge will build over time.

8

Agreed.

Although syntactically correct plist xml, your plist has a couple of semantically odd KM keys.

"TimeOutAbortsMacro" is a valid KM xml key.

Your xml uses Timeout.

For the MacroActionType, MouseMoveAndClick, "Fuzz" is a valid KM xml key.

Yours uses Fuzziness.

If I copy and paste just the Actions array into an empty macro in the KM Editor, the only action that pastes correctly is "Pause for 1.5 seconds".

The whole thing should paste.