Actiona Wiki - en:actions

actionbeginprocedure

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Begin procedure This action allows you to start a procedure declaration. A procedure contains actions inserted between a Begin procedure action and a End procedure action. A procedure can be called using a Call procedure action or any "If true/false/etc" parameter. When the actions contained within the procedure have been executed the execution automatically jumps after the action that made the procedure call.

actioncallprocedure

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Call procedure This action allows you to call a procedure. A procedure contains actions inserted between a Begin procedure action and a End procedure action. A procedure can be called using a Call procedure action or any "If true/false/etc" parameter. When the actions contained within the procedure have been executed the execution automatically jumps after the action that made the procedure call.

actionclick

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Click This action allows you to simulate a mouse click (left, middle or right click) at a specific position on the screen. You can simulate a single click (press and release) or a continuous press that can be released in a later action. Standard parameters

actioncode

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Code This action executes Javascript (Ecmascript) code. When possible, prefer using an action instead of writing code because it is much more readable. For more information about the Actionaz code system please read the code section of this wiki. Standard parameters

actioncommand

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Command This action allows you to execute a detached command. In other words it can start a program like Firefox or LibreOffice. The action starts the program exactly as is the user had clicked on it. Note : this action will execute the command and wait until it is done before passing to the next action. To execute a command without waiting for its termination, use the

actionconsole

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Console This action allows you to print a message into the execution console. This allows you to keep a trace of executed actions and is mainly useful during script creation. Standard parameters Input parameters Text The text that will be shown in the console

actioncopyfile

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Copy file This action allows you to copy the data contained in a file to another. Standard parameters Input parameters Source file The source file to copy the data from. Destination file The destination file to copy the data to. This file will be created by Actionaz, if the file already exists it will be overwritten.

actioncursorpath

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Cursor path The action Cursor path allows the user to define a path which will be followed by the mouse cursor on the screen. This action can be used to move a graphic element from the system after an held click (icon, window) or even for an other application, to simulate a move when the mouse is used in this case (video games for instance).

actiondatainput

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Data input This action prompts the user to enter some data using a dialog box and to store the result in a variable. Standard parameters Input parameters Question The question asked to the user. Data type The data type. Default value The default value shown in the dialog box.

actiondetachedcommand

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Command This action allows you to execute a detached command. In other words it can start a program like Firefox or LibreOffice. The action starts the program exactly as is the user had clicked on it. Note: this action will execute the command and will pass to the next action without waiting for the command to finish or the program to close. To execute a command and wait for its termination, use the

actionendprocedure

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End procedure This action allows you to end a procedure declaration. A procedure contains actions inserted between a Begin procedure action and a End procedure action. A procedure can be called using a Call procedure action or any "If true/false/etc" parameter. When the actions contained within the procedure have been executed the execution automatically jumps after the action that made the procedure call.

actionexit

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Exit Actionaz This action exits Actionaz directly. No confirmation message is shown and the process automatically closed. Standard parameters This action does not have any parameters Exceptions * Bad parameter * Code error * Timeout

actionfindimage

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Find image This action allows you to search for an image on the screen, within a window or within another image. [Added in Actionaz 3.2.0.] Standard parameters Input parameters Source The source of the image where to search. * Screenshot (search on the screen)

actiongoto

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Goto This action allows to jump to another line or label of the script. Standard parameters Input parameters Line The line or the label of the script where you want to jump. Exceptions * Bad parameter * Code error * Timeout

actionkey

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Key This action allows you to simulate a key press or release. This action should not be used to write text, to do so you should rather use the Write text action. You could use this action to trigger a keyboard shortcut (F5 to refresh a Web page, Escape to exit a dialog box

actionkeyboardkeycondition

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Key condition This action allows the user to check if a key combination is pressed or not. [Added in Actiona 3.10.0.] Standard parameters Input parameters Keys The key combination that has to be checked. To set this field just click on it and press the wanted key combination.

actionkillprocess

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Kill process This action allows you to close a running process using its process identifier. This identifier can be retreived using the "Process id" parameter of the Command action. Standard parameters Input parameters Process identifier The process identifier of the process to close.

actionloop

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Loop This action allows you to loop over a part of the script. This action will jump to a specified line or label of the script a certain number of times. Standard parameters Input parameters Line The line or the label to jump to. Amount of times

actionmessagebox

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Message Box Try it The action Message Box allows you to display a message. This dialog box pauses the script execution until the user chooses one of the options. ===== Standard parameters ===== ==== Input parameters ==== == Message == The message you want to display in the dialog box. == Title == The title of the dialog box (window title). == Icon == The icon displayed in the message box. This list contains the st…

actionmovecursor

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-28T21:40:22+00:00

Move cursor This action allows you to move the cursor on the screen. It can be used with a Click action, allowing to move the cursor while pressing a button. This can allow you to select text. (new Mouse()).position() Standard parameters Input parameters

actionmultidatainput

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Multi data input This action asks the user to select one or more items from a list and store the selection in a variable. [Added in Actionaz 3.3.0.] Standard parameters Input parameters Question The question asked to the user. Mode The display mode.

actionnoop

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No operation This action defines an empty zone in the script. It can be used as a target for conditional actions like Variable condition or Time condition. It an also be used to define a delimitation line or a label. Standard parameters This action does not have any parameters Exceptions

actionnotify

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Notification This action shows a system notification. Standard parameters Input parameters Title The notifications title. Text The notifications text. Advanced parameters Input parameters Delay Delay before closing the notification. The operating system uses this as a hint only.

actionopenurl

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Open URL This action allows you to open an URL with the default associated application. For a web address this is a browser. Standard parameters Input parameters URL The URL to open. Five protocols are supported: * http:// (standard web page)

actionpause

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Pause This action pauses the script execution for a specific duration. Although it is possible to pause the script execution using the "Common" tab, using this action to do so is much more readable. Standard parameters Input parameters Duration

actionpixelcolor

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Pixel color This action allows you to check the color of a pixel on the screen. This can be used to check for the presence of some element on the screen, or wait for an application to be started. Standard parameters Input parameters Pixel The coordinates of the pixel to check and the color to compare it with. By default the selected color is set when choosing the coordinates. You can change the color to compare to by clicking on the "Choose

actionplaysound

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Play sound This action allows you to play a sound file or a sound stream. (like a web radio) Standard parameters Input parameters File/URL The sound file or the URL of the audio stream to play. URL Check this box if the previous parameter represents an

actionreadbinaryfile

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Read binary file This action allows you to read a binary file. Such a file contains data that cannot be read using a text editor, such as an image, a sound, etc. Standard parameters Input parameters File the file to write. Output parameters Variable

actionreadclipboard

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Read clipboard This action allows you to read the clipboard content and store it into a variable. Standard parameters Output parameters Variable The name of the variable where the clipboard content will be saved. Exceptions * Bad parameter * Code error * Timeout

actionreadenvironmentvariable

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Read environment variable This action can read the value of an environment variable. It can also read all the environment variables, and put them in an array. Added in Actionaz 3.6.0. Standard parameters Input Parameters Mode You have the choice between two modes :

actionreadinifile

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Read INI file This action allows reading from an INI file. An INI file is a configuration file often used to save an applications settings. Standard parameters Input parameters File The INI file to read. Mode The file reading mode: only one parameter or the whole file. [

actionreadregistry

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Read registry This action allows you to read a value from the registry. The registry is a database used by Windows to store configuration data. Standard parameters Input parameters Key The key to read from. Sub-key The sub-key to read from. Value

actionreadtextfile

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Read text file This action allows you to read a text file. Standard parameters Input parameters File The text file to read. Output parameters Variable The name of the variable where to store the text that has been read. Advanced parameters Input parameters

actionsendmail

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Send e-mail This action allows sending e-mails. It needs to connect to a mail server (SMTP). Added in Actiona 3.9.0. Standard parameters Input Parameters Server name The name of the mail server (SMTP). Can be the one from your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

actionstop

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Stop This action stops the script execution. Actionaz will stay open and any message shown in the console will be kept. Standard parameters This action does not have any parameters Exceptions * Bad parameter * Code error * Timeout

actionsystem

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System This action allows you to close a session, restart or shutdown the computer. Standard parameters Input parameters Operation The operation to perform: * Disconnect: closes the current session * Restart: restarts the computer * Stop: shutdowns the computer

actiontextinput

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This page is redirected to actiondatainput.

actiontexttospeech

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Text to speech This action reads some text using speech synthesis. It uses the text to speech features provided by the operating system, so its quality can vary. [Added in Actiona 3.10.0.] Standard parameters Input parameters Text The text to read.

actiontimecondition

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Time condition This action allows you to compare the actual date to another one. This allows you to schedule the execution of an action or of a whole script. Standard parameters Input parameters Date The date that should be compared with the current date

actionvariable

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Variable This action allows you to define a variable with an initial value. Although it is possible to declare variable using the code system, this action allows to do so using a more visual method. Standard options Input parameters Variable The variable name.

actionvariablecondition

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Variable condition This action allows you to compare the value of a variable to another variable or fixed value. Depending on the result the execution can jump to another line or label. This action represents the base of all conditional instruction. This action works with numerical or text values.

actionwebdownload

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Web download This action allows you to download a web page or a file from the web. Standard parameters Input parameters URL The URL of the page or file to download. Destination The destination where to store the downloaded data: file or variable.

actionwheel

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Wheel This action allows you to simulate the mouse wheel. You can use it to scroll a page on a browser or on a text editor. To zoom in or out in some applications you could use the Key action to press the Control (Ctrl) key. Standard parameters Input parameters

actionwindow

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Window This action can execute an operation on a window such as resizing, moving, closing, etc. Standard parameters Input parameters Window title The title of the target window. A button allows you to select a window to get its title. Operation

actionwindowcondition

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Window condition This action allows the user to check a condition in a specific window. It permits notably to check if a window exists or not. Standard parameters Input parameters Window title The concerned window title.The user can select an existing window by using the cross-shaped button on the right of the text field.

actionwritebinaryfile

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Write fichier binaire This action allows you to write a binary file. Such a file contains data that cannot be read using a text editor, such as an image, a sound, etc. Standard parameters Input parameters File The name of the file to write. Data

actionwriteclipboard

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Write clipboard This action allows you to set the clipboard value. Standard parameters Input parameters Value The value to write. Exceptions * Bad parameter * Code error * Timeout

actionwriteinifile

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Write INI file This action allows you to write en entry in an INI file. An INI file is a configuration file often used to save an applications settings. Standard parameters Input parameters File The INI file to write to. Section The section where to search for the data.

actionwriteregistry

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-02-13T11:23:30+00:00

Write registry This action allows you to write a value to the registry. The registry is a database used by Windows to store configuration data. Standard parameters Input parameters Key The key to write to. Sub-key The sub-key to write to. Value

actionwritetext

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Write text This action allows you to simulate a text writing. Standard parameters Input parameters Text The text to write. Advanced parameters Pause between characters The amount of time to wait before writing each character. [Added in Actionaz 3.5.0.

actionwritetextfile

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Write text file This action allows you to write a text file. Standard parameters Input parameters File The name of the file to write to. Text The text to write. Advanced parameters Input parameters Mode The write mode: * Overwrite the file content

exceptions

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Exceptions Exceptions are events which can happen during the running of a script. Some actions define specific exceptions. List of standard exceptions Incorrect parameter This exception happens when an incorrect value is inserted in a parameter of the action. * Default action : stop the running execution