Execute Autoit Script
Description
Execute AutoIt Script runs an AutoIt script within a workflow to automate Windows GUI interactions such as clicking buttons, filling forms, and navigating windows. Use this step when your automation involves legacy desktop applications that lack APIs. The script can generate output fields using a specific console syntax, making results from the AutoIt execution available as data for subsequent workflow steps.
Configurations
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Step name | Specify the name of the step as it appears in the workflow workspace. This name has to be unique in a single workflow. |
| Left Panel | |
| Left Navigator: | |
| Get Input Fields | Click and select the input fields from the list to add in console. |
| Write to Console: | |
| Write Value to Console | Click to write output field and output value to console in given syntax. Syntax to write value: ConsoleWrite(\"<<>>FieldName::FieldValue<<>>\") |
| Write Variable to Console | Click to write the variable and assign to a Process Studio field in given syntax. Syntax to write variable: $var="Field Value" ConsoleWrite("<<>>FieldName::" & $var & "<<>>") |
| Right Pannel | |
| Autoit Script Tab | A console to write value, variable or use input fields in AutoIT Script. |
| Fields Tabel | The Fields table displays a list of output fields extracted from script. It also allows users to add metadata such as descriptive names for each field. |
| Field Name | Displays name of the fields extracted from the script. for example, from ConsoleWrite "<<>>FieldName::FieldValue<<>>") |
| Rename to | Optional new name for the field. Used when you want to display or reference the field using a different name. |
| Type | Select data type of the field. Supported types are: - String - Date: Supported formats: - yyyy-MM-dd - dd/MM/yyyy - MM/dd/yyyy - dd-MMM-yyyy - yyyyMMdd - dd-MM-yyyy - yyyy/MM/dd - dd.MM.yyyy - MMM dd, yyyy - dd MMM yyyy - Boolean - Integer - BigNumber - Binary - Timestamp: Supported formats: - yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss - yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss - yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss.SSSX - MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss - dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss - Internet Address |
| Length | Specify the length of the field: - Number: Total number of significant digits - String: Maximum number of characters - Date: Length of the printed date output |
| Precision | Specify the number of digits to display after the decimal point. This applies only to numeric types. -Number: Defines floating-point precision. - Other types: This setting is not used. |
| Replace value ‘Fieldname’ or ‘Rename to’ | Select Y (Yes) to find an existing field in the input stream that matches Fieldname and replaces its value. Select N (No) to add a new field to the output stream. |
| Action Button | |
| Get Output Fields | Click Get Output Fields to see all output field details in field table. When the Get Output Fields is clicked, the tool scans the entire script and looks for statements in the following format: ConsoleWrite("<<>>FieldName::FieldValue<<>>") ConsoleWrite("<<>>FieldName::" & $var & "<<>>") It parses these statements, extracts the FieldName, and populates the Fields table accordingly. |