Specify the following properties to run an application.

Device

Select the device where you want to open an application.

Action

Select the action to perform.

Executable

• Specify the path to the application to execute. You can use local drive path or network path.

• For the built-in Windows applications, you can specify the process name, such as calc.

  The following example provides several ways to start the Calculator application.

  • calc
  • calc.exe
  • C:\\Windows\\System32\\calc.exe
  • C:\Windows\System32\calc
  • C:/Windows/System32/calc
  • C://Windows//System32//calc.exe

  Specify the network path as follows:

  \\MyServer\shared\reportform.exe

Working Directory (optional)

Specify the path to the application's working directory. For example, you can use this path if you have applications with the same name located in different folders.

Arguments (optional)

Specify any arguments for the application if necessary. For example, if you specify "kofax" for a web browser application, the browser opens the https://www.kofax.com web site.

The following example shows Windows step properties that help you open the text.txt file located in C:\Temp using the Notepad application.

• Action: Execute

• Executable: notepad.exe

• Working Directory: C:\Temp

• Arguments: text.txt

When working with Windows applications you can use the following actions on the Component Action menu.