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Automation Star

 

 
 

         Detailed feature list

 
 
 
Feature Description
Task creation No programming required. Create any task in just minutes using our forms based task editor.
Reliability & accuracy Reliability and accuracy certified. Our vigorous testing and reliability certification is unmatched in the industry.
Schedule task Scheduling capability to run tasks at pre-defined times. Our Scheduler offers many scheduling options. You can schedule
  • Daily (every day or only weekdays or every 2 days for example)
  • Weekly (certain days of the week, for example every Monday)
  • Monthly (certain day of month, for example 1st June & 5th November)
  • One time only
  • When computer starts
  • When you logon
  • When computer is idle

You can also schedule a task multiple times.

Edit tasks Edit recorded tasks or create new tasks with simple forms.  No programming required. More than 100 powerful actions to choose from like
  • File monitors
  • Files/Folder actions
  • Windows actions
  • Conditional actions
  • Loop actions
  • Internet actions
  • Ftp actions
  • ...and a lot more.
Pre-defined automation templates Automation Star features many pre-defined automation forms. Just select a few options and save the task!
  • Automate Copy task with numerous options
  • Automate FTP
  • Custom Email
  • ...and many more
Variable support

Variables let you run the same task again & again with different values, without changing the task. Three different types of variables are supported.

  1. Task variables:  These variables are dynamically generated when a task runs.
  2. System variables: These are pre-defined variables like date, clipboard, etc.
  3. User variables: These are variables that you can define as per your need.
File Monitoring You can monitor a File or multiple Files for size, timestamp, or simply if they exist.  If the monitoring condition is met, you can run other tasks in sequence or in parallel.  The filename(s) that satisfy the monitoring criteria are stored as variables for use in other tasks.
Directory Monitoring You can monitor a Directory for changes in its size, timestamp, or simply if it exists.  If the monitoring condition is met, you can run other tasks in sequence or in parallel.  The directory that satisfy the monitoring criteria are stored as variables for use in other tasks.
Subdirectory Monitoring You can monitor a directory's subdirectories for size, number of files within them, timestamp, or simply if they exist.  If the monitoring condition is met, you can run other tasks in sequence or in parallel.  The subdirectory names that satisfy the monitoring criteria are stored as variables for use in other tasks.
Task Sequences Using this feature, you can create few simple tasks and re-use them within a large complex task. Task Sequencing makes task management easier.  You can run these tasks in sequence and conditionally move on to the next task or exit the sequence depending on exit code.
Interoperability Support for other applications: The process task allows you to run batch files or any other scripts. This allows you to perform even more complex tasks.
Email notification Profiles Email notification allows you to send status mail when task finishes.  You can specify different email notification settings for each task, depending on exit code.  You can define content of the status email. Default email template contains:
  1. Task Name
  2. Task Description
  3. Task Status
  4. Last Run Time
     
Task management Organize tasks into various directories. For each task you can specify description/notes. Each task also shows total keystrokes and mouse clicks, etc.
Export task as TXT file You can export a task into a text file. In the Editor use File->Save as txt file to export your task.

 

 

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