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| + | ====== How to create action steps in AppleScript ====== | ||
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| + | <color red>**Note**</color>: AppleScript is deprecated as of Indigo 7.4 | ||
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| + | The following AppleScript code snippit illustrates how to make action steps using AppleScript. | ||
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| + | <code>tell application "IndigoServer" | ||
| + | set actionGroupName to "New Action Group from AppleScript" | ||
| + | -- First, we create a new action group. It could also be a trigger action or time date action | ||
| + | make new action group with properties {name:actionGroupName} | ||
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| + | -- Because Action Groups, Trigger Actions, and Time Date Actions can all have multiple | ||
| + | -- Action Steps, the AppleScript terminology to address each step is a bit | ||
| + | -- strange. Think of it as an array of action steps. | ||
| + | -- | ||
| + | -- If you create a time date action or a trigger action, one empty action step created | ||
| + | -- automatically, so you'll want to set that one up first. However, if you're creating an | ||
| + | -- Action Group, you have to create the first step yourself. In this example, we'll have it | ||
| + | -- toggle the state of a light. | ||
| + | -- | ||
| + | -- This step is necessary because it's an Action Group and they don't have | ||
| + | -- a step created when they are created. | ||
| + | make new action step of action group actionGroupName | ||
| + | -- The rest of these steps are common regardless of which type you create | ||
| + | set action type of action step 1 of action group actionGroupName to controlLightOrAppliance | ||
| + | set device name of action step 1 of action group actionGroupName to "Office Lamp" | ||
| + | set device action of action step 1 of action group actionGroupName to toggleDevice | ||
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| + | -- Create another action step, which is synonymous with clicking the | ||
| + | -- "Add New" button on any Actions or Action Group definition tab. Here, | ||
| + | -- we'll pass in a list of properties so we can do it all in one statement. | ||
| + | -- And, for this step, we'll have it set a variable. | ||
| + | make new action step of action group actionGroupName with properties ¬ | ||
| + | {action type:modifyVariable, variable action:setValue, ¬ | ||
| + | variable name:"tempVar", variable value:"variable value here"} | ||
| + | end tell</code> | ||