Running AI Action in script works differently than running it with keyboard shortcut.

[rcraighead]

I have a simple action the runs the "Unite" Pathfinder (tooltips calls it "Unite" while the Action calls it "add"). Running this action with an assigned Shortcut leaves the selection selected. But when I run the same action from a script the selection is lost. Why is that?

Dropbox - Unite Action.aia

app.doScript ("Unite", "AI Actions_KM" );

[CarlosCanto]

my selected items remained selected here Ray. I'm on Windows 10, CC2019.

[rcraighead · Accepted solution]

Thanks for checking, Carlos.

Your comment made me think to test more thoroughly. I typically run scripts via Keyboard Maestro Macros. Sure enough, running the script directly works fine… running it through Keyboard Maestro loses the selection.

EDIT:

Turns out an Applescript will work properly from Keyboard Maestro:

tell application "Adobe Illustrator"

  activate

  tell current document

  do script "Unite" from "AI Actions_KM"

  end tell

end tell