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 | **Password**,​ Semi-permanent variables | • Available to macros but not displayed.\\ • Not directly accessible via AppleScript.\\ • Concealed in password fields in Prompt For User Input actions.\\ • Not saved to disk. | | **Password**,​ Semi-permanent variables | • Available to macros but not displayed.\\ • Not directly accessible via AppleScript.\\ • Concealed in password fields in Prompt For User Input actions.\\ • Not saved to disk. |
 | **[[#​Instance_Variables_v8|Instance]]** Variables (v8+)\\ Auto-deleted when Macro terminates | • Name must begin with "​instance"​ (case insensitive).\\ • 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.\\ • These Variables are private to each execution of the same Macro, even when running simultaneously.\\ • Accessible by [[action:​Prompt_for_User_Input|Prompt For User Input]]\\ • As of v8.0.3, is accessible by scripts (when used in an Execute Script Action).\\ • Accessible by [[action:​Custom_HTML_Prompt|Custom HTML Prompt]] (v8.0.3+).\\ • Accessible by AppleScript with the instance specifier. | | **[[#​Instance_Variables_v8|Instance]]** Variables (v8+)\\ Auto-deleted when Macro terminates | • Name must begin with "​instance"​ (case insensitive).\\ • 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.\\ • These Variables are private to each execution of the same Macro, even when running simultaneously.\\ • Accessible by [[action:​Prompt_for_User_Input|Prompt For User Input]]\\ • As of v8.0.3, is accessible by scripts (when used in an Execute Script Action).\\ • Accessible by [[action:​Custom_HTML_Prompt|Custom HTML Prompt]] (v8.0.3+).\\ • Accessible by AppleScript with the instance specifier. |
-| **[[#local_variables_v8|Local]]** Variables (v8+)\\ Auto-deleted when Macro terminates | • Name must begin with "​local"​ (case insensitive)\\ • Restricted to the specific Macro it is in.\\ • //Not// available to any of its Sub-Macros\\ • Same accessibility as Instance Variables. |+| **[[#Local_Variables_v8|Local]]** Variables (v8+)\\ Auto-deleted when Macro terminates | • Name must begin with "​local"​ (case insensitive)\\ • Restricted to the specific Macro it is in.\\ • //Not// available to any of its Sub-Macros\\ • Same accessibility as Instance Variables. |
 | **[[manual:​Dictionaries|Dictionary]]**,​ Permanent, global in scope. | • Accessible basically Everywhere, including Scripts.\\ • Dictionaries consist of the //​Dictionary Name//, One or more pairs of //Key Name//, and //​Value//​.\\ • Although Dictionaries are sort of like structured //​Variables//,​ they are kept in a separate category called //​[[manual:​Dictionaries|Dictionaries]]//​. | | **[[manual:​Dictionaries|Dictionary]]**,​ Permanent, global in scope. | • Accessible basically Everywhere, including Scripts.\\ • Dictionaries consist of the //​Dictionary Name//, One or more pairs of //Key Name//, and //​Value//​.\\ • Although Dictionaries are sort of like structured //​Variables//,​ they are kept in a separate category called //​[[manual:​Dictionaries|Dictionaries]]//​. |
  
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