Windows Automation integration

What the Windows Automation package does

Helps to automate windows applications

Namespace

Robomotion.WindowsAutomation

Latest version

0.21.10 (55 versions published)

Written in

C#

Categories

Automation & Workflow

Windows Automation nodes (44)

These are the node IDs an agentic flow or an RPA bot uses, exactly as they appear in the Flow Designer and in flow code.

Platforms

The Windows Automation package runs on Windows robots. It is Windows-only: a flow that uses it builds anywhere but fails at run time on a Linux or macOS robot, so schedule it on a Windows robot.

How to install the Windows Automation package

1. Open Packages in the Robomotion Flow Designer.
2. Search for Windows Automation or Robomotion.WindowsAutomation, then click Install on its card.
3. The Windows Automation nodes appear in the node palette for everyone in the workspace, because installation is per workspace.

From a terminal, the Robomotion CLI installs the same package:

robomotion install Robomotion.WindowsAutomation

Templates that use Windows Automation

6 ready-made templates use Windows Automation nodes in their flows. Open one to start from a working flow.

• Every customer from a CSV

  The Windows Recorder's customer task run for every row of a CSV file, each typed value replaced by the row's field, with a Catch that logs a row the app will not take and goes on with the next.

• Putting it together

  One flow over three systems. Headless Chrome reads today's web orders from Acme ERP Web, the finance system is asked about each customer over Remote Desktop, and the orders with nothing overdue are entered into Acme ERP for Windows, line by line, with a report at the end.

• Windows dialogs and grids

  A flow that signs in to Acme ERP for Windows, waits for its orders grid, reads it with Get Table Data, exports the orders on hold through the Save As dialog, and closes the app answering its "Save changes?" question.

• GUI Testing Calculator

  Drives the Windows Calculator through native UI automation to validate arithmetic. A concrete template for end-to-end GUI testing of desktop apps.

• Print Current Week's Calendar

  Generates an HTML page for the current week and sends it to the default printer. Useful for team dashboards or physical planning boards.

• Send Text to Notepad

  Opens Notepad and types a provided string into its editor window. Demonstrates how to pair Application.Launch with keyboard automation.

Related integrations

Packages that share a category or keywords with Windows Automation. It is filed under Automation & Workflow.

• Java AutomationJava Access Bridge is a technology that exposes the Java Accessibility API in a Microsoft Windows DLL, enabling Java applications and applets that implement the Java Accessibility API to be visible to assistive technologies on Microsoft Windows systems.
• ApifyRun Apify Actors, get dataset items, and automate web scraping workflows
• Bika AIConnect to Bika AI and manage spaces, database records, and attachments
• Home AssistantConnect to Home Assistant and control your smart home devices, services, states, and events
• Image AutomationImage Automation package helps you to automate graphical user interfaces
• InstagramComprehensive Instagram automation package for profile data, posts, stories, highlights, reels, followers, and media downloads using Instaloader

Windows Automation documentation

The Windows Automation package reference on docs.robomotion.io documents each node and its properties.