WinAutomation for Windows
- By Softomotive
- Trial version
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Key Details of WinAutomation
- Record Windows macros and automate repetitive tasks through a visual interface without writing code.
- Last updated on
- There have been 7 updates
- Virus scan status:
Clean (it’s extremely likely that this software program is clean)
Editors’ Review
The utility WinAutomation lets you create automatic system and file processes--or jobs--that can help you alleviate the pain of performing multiple menial tasks like renaming files, sending e-mails, and merging Excel files. The 30-day full-featured trial provides a generous opportunity for users to test-drive the app, create some sample jobs, and see whether WinAutomation can help with your common PC tasks.
WinAutomation includes decent in-program help, as well as additional support information on the publisher's Web site. Getting started will still be the biggest problem for new users, however, and the program could benefit with a more robust tutorial, especially one that includes sample jobs that users can edit and play with. Also, the program would benefit from tooltips or other integrated support that explicitly describe how each possible "action" works.
Once you get the feel of creating new jobs and defining parameters through the drag-and-drop interface of the job editor, it's easy to create basic processes, but there's still a steep learning curve before you'll be able to perform advanced automation tricks. One simple example of how WinAutomation can work--we created a job to track all of the file information about applicant resumes in a WinAutomation data table, then rename those files, and move them to a new folder. We were even able to display that file information in a pop-up window when the job runs.
All in all, WinAutomation is a powerful, well-organized application that advanced users who want to create their own PC macros will appreciate. The trial installed and uninstalled smoothly, with no artifacts left behind. As mentioned, the program requires a bit of a time investment to learn how to use it fully and could some more integrated help features, but those who stick it out will likely be pleased by the software's abilities.
What’s new in version 5.0.1.3787
- Automatically fill and submit web forms with data from local files.
- Scrape web sites and data extract from any web page into Excel or text files.
- Prerecorded mouse clicks and keystrokes via mouse recorder and keystroke recorder sent to any desktop application.
- Retrieve and parse your emails and update a database with the data contained in the emails.
- Copy, move, edit, rename, compress, uncompress and manipulate files and folders in any possible way.
- Automate your FTP transfers: Download and upload files or entire folders at schedule.
- Launch applications, move, resize, close and manipulate windows, take screenshots.
- Read and write data to automate Excel files, connect to SQL databases and manipulate text files.
- Include logic to automate even the most complex tasks.
- Convert your tasks into your very own applications that you can share with others, with the press of a button.
- Run any task using the built-in task scheduler, when you press a hotkey, when a file is created or deleted, when your site is down or when you receive an email.
- Combine all the above to design custom tasks for your specific needs.
WinAutomation for Windows
- By Softomotive
- Trial version
- User Rating
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