Open Step
Opens an application on the Automation Device or locally. For example, a headless terminal is opened on the local device if its driver is enabled on the local device.
Properties
- Device
- Select the device where you want to open an application.
- URI
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Specify the path to the application or a website to open. Use forward slashes in the path. For example:
- C:/Program Files/SAP/FrontEnd/SAPgui/saplogon.exe
- ="C:/Program Files/SAP/FrontEnd/SAPgui/saplogon.exe"
- https://www.google.com
- about://version
See Access Websites in Desktop Automation for more information.
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For the built-in Windows applications, you can specify the process name, such as calc.exe.
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To open built-in Excel, specify the following:
excel://new to create a new spreadsheet
excel://<full path to spreadsheet>/<spreadsheet name>.xlsx to open an existing spreadsheet
For more information, see Built-in Excel.
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For the RDP connection, specify the following:
rdp://<username>\<domain>:<password>@<hostname>?<param1>=<value1>&<param2>=<value2>
Where available parameters are:
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d: domain (or type domain as part of username in URL)
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g: desktop geometry (WxH)
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a: connection color depth
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Z: specify a number of seconds to wait before dismissing an extra screen during login (see below)
For example: rdp://admin:AdminPassword@Server1
If the system you are connecting to is configured to show an extra screen when the user logs in, set a number of seconds to wait before dismissing the extra screen during login in the Z parameter, such as rdp://admin:AdminPassword@Server1?Z=3. If this screen is not dismissed, the action may fail.
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Also use the Open step to work with cookies in the Desktop Automation built-in browser. See Cookie Management in the Desktop Automation built-in browser for more details.