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| | **Global**, Permanent variables | • Available Everywhere, including Scripts and Preferences. | | | **Global**, Permanent variables | • Available Everywhere, including Scripts and Preferences. | | ||
| | **Password**, Permanent variables | • Available to macros but not displayed.\\ • Not directly accessible via AppleScript.\\ Displayed in password fields in Prompt For User Input actions. | | | **Password**, Permanent variables | • Available to macros but not displayed.\\ • Not directly accessible via AppleScript.\\ Displayed in password fields in Prompt For User Input actions. | | ||
| - | | **Instance** Variables (v8+) | • Restricted to a specific execution sequence.\\ • Available to Macro where it was created, AND Sub-Macros in that Macro, for a given execution instance of the main macro.\\ • So these Variables are private to each execution of the same Macro, even when running simultaneously.\\ • Available to [[action:Prompt_for_User_Input|Prompt For User Input]]\\ • As of v8.0.3, is available to scripts (when used in an Execute Script Action), [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt|HTML Prompt]] | | + | | **Instance** Variables (v8+) | • Restricted to a specific execution sequence.\\ • Available to the Macro where it was created AND Sub-Macros of that Macro, for a given execution instance of the main macro.\\ • So these Variables are private to each execution of the same Macro, even when running simultaneously.\\ • Available to [[action:Prompt_for_User_Input|Prompt For User Input]]\\ • As of v8.0.3, is available to scripts (when used in an Execute Script Action), [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt|HTML Prompt]] | |
| | **Local** Variables (v8+) | • Restricted to Macro where it was created\\ • //Not// Available to any of its Sub-Macros\\ • Available to [[action:Prompt_for_User_Input|Prompt For User Input]]\\ • As of v8.0.3, is available to scripts (when used in an Execute Script Action), [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt|HTML Prompt]] | | | **Local** Variables (v8+) | • Restricted to Macro where it was created\\ • //Not// Available to any of its Sub-Macros\\ • Available to [[action:Prompt_for_User_Input|Prompt For User Input]]\\ • As of v8.0.3, is available to scripts (when used in an Execute Script Action), [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt|HTML Prompt]] | | ||
| | **[[manual:Dictionaries|Dictionary]]**, Permanent, global in scope. | • Available Almost Everywhere, including Scripts, but //not// Preferences.\\ • Dictionaries consist of the //Dictionary Name//, One or more pairs of //Key Name//, and //Value//\\ • Although Dictionaries are like //Variables//, they are kept in a separate category called //[[manual:Dictionaries|Dictionaries]]//. | | | **[[manual:Dictionaries|Dictionary]]**, Permanent, global in scope. | • Available Almost Everywhere, including Scripts, but //not// Preferences.\\ • Dictionaries consist of the //Dictionary Name//, One or more pairs of //Key Name//, and //Value//\\ • Although Dictionaries are like //Variables//, they are kept in a separate category called //[[manual:Dictionaries|Dictionaries]]//. | | ||
manual/Variables.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/29 04:44 by peternlewis
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