Flexi-deck offers a Command Line Interface.
This can be used to open projects, menus or invoke macros.
This can be used from within Automator, Applescripts or user written applications, albeit a programming API is planned for a future release.
You can get instructions on how to use the command line arguments by invoking Flexi-deck with the argument "--help" within a terminal window.
Drag the Flexi-deck application into the terminal window to automatically create the path to the app, leaving you to amend '/Contents/MacOS/Flexi-deck [options]' to the path.
Here is the output when you do:
Usage: ../mac-debug-qt551/Flexi-deck.app/Contents/MacOS/Flexi-deck [options]
| Parameter |
Options |
Description |
| -h, --help |
|
Displays this help. |
| -v, --version |
|
Displays version information. |
| -o, --open |
<menu name> |
Open the specified menu if it's closed |
| -c, --close |
<menu name> |
Close the specified menu if it's opened |
| -t, --toggle |
<menu name> |
Toggle visibility of the specified menu |
-r, --open-persistently
|
<menu name> |
Persistently opens the specified menu if it's closed |
| -m, --macro |
<Macro path> |
Executes a macro with the specified path. Any currently running macros are canceled. The macro is assumed to be in the active project unless its path starts with @global, indicating a macro in the global library, or @builtin, indicating a macro in the built-in library. |
| -f, --macro-file |
<File path> |
Executes the macro in a fdmacro or fdmacros file. Any currently running macros are cancelled. |
| -x, --cancel |
|
Cancels the currently executing macro. Cannot be combined with -m or -f. |
| -w, --wait |
|
Waits until the macro is finished before exiting. Has no effect if not used with -m or -f. |
| -s, --suppress-errors |
|
If an error occurs while executing a macro, suppresses any error dialogs from opening in the app. Has no effect if not used with -m or -f. |
| -p, --project |
<project name / path> |
Specifies which project to use when combined with -o, --open-persistently, -w, -t, or -m. A project can be specified by name or partial path. When omitted, the active project will be used.
|
| --soft-match-project |
|
When used with --project, will attempt to match a project by name if matching by path fails. |
| --list-menus |
|
Lists all menus in all open projects in json format. Cannot be combined with any other option. |
| --list-macros |
|
Lists the full path of all macros in all open projects in json format. Cannot be combined with any other option. |