| AA Standard / Premier Version History |
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| Version History |
Release Date |
| Version 5.5.2 - Current Version |
12/17/09 |
| Version 5.5.1 |
10/12/09 |
| Version 5.5 |
07/18/09 |
| Version 5.0.2 |
12/03/08 |
| Version 5.0.1 |
10/23/08 |
| Version 5.0 |
08/13/08 |
| Version 4.5.2 |
05/08/08 |
| Version 4.5.1 |
03/12/08 |
| Version 4.5 |
02/25/08 |
| Version 4.0.1 |
10/30/07 |
Version 4.0
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09/29/07 |
Version 3.5.1
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05/01/07 |
Version 3.5
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03/07/07 |
Version 3.0.3
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11/16/06 |
Version 3.0.2
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09/16/06 |
Version 3.0.1
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07/10/06 |
Version 3.0
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07/01/06 |
| Version 2.5 |
01/06/06 |
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| Version 5.5.2 -
Current Version |
| New Features & Enhancements |
- Now the Run Stored Procedure command has no upper limit on the length of the Procedure name.
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| Bug Fixes |
- On Vista, the Automation Anywhere exe stops working when the machine resumes from hibernation. Fixed.
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| Version 5.5.1 |
| New Features & Enhancements |
- Enhanced Web Recorder with pattern based data extraction. Now, you can extract web data with same pattern spanning across multiple pages with an ease. (Available in Premier)
- Now variables can be passed as command line arguments to the task executable created using Task to Exe functionality.
- Added nested loop support for the Read from CSV/Text feature using session functionality. Now another CSV/Text file can be read while processing the first CSV/Text file.
- Added nested loop support for the Database commands using session functionality. Now you can retrieve data using nested loops from different databases.
- Improved Extract Data functionality which allows you to import the data directly to CSV from the SQL query.
- Added support for SSL for the Send Mail functionality.
- Now user-defined variables are sorted alphabetically for easier searching when F2 is pressed.
- Enhanced Variable Manager which now allows you to copy and paste variables from one task to another.
- Enhanced IF Variable functionality with the support for special characters like Newline and Tab as a value.
- Added Advanced View for the If Web Control Exists functionality with the support for user-defined tag attributes. Now, you can add/edit/delete the tag attributes used to search for a particular control in the web page.
- Now using the Copy Task feature, you can copy the tasks created in older versions and open the copied task in the latest version.
- Improved Wait for Screen Change feature where the ‘relative to window’ functionality is no longer dependent on the window location.
- Enhanced Text control capturing logic in web recorder.
- Completely redone help file.
- Now Workflow Designer has a new look.
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| Bug Fixes |
- In certain cases, Excel instance remains open after executing the task. Fixed.
- Copy Files command used to always treat the value of ‘Destination File(s) / Folder’ as a folder and not as a file. Fixed.
- In Send Mail using the HTML editor, creating a hyperlink on an image or a text was not allowed. Fixed.
- If the file is blank, the task used to terminate after executing the Read from CSV/Text command. Fixed.
- When the Navigate URL command follows the Extract Source option, sometimes it doesn’t work as expected. Fixed.
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Version 5.5 |
| New Features & Enhancements |
- Enhanced Read from CSV/Text feature which now processes text
files as well. Now it supports user-defined separator as well in
addition to Comma, Newline and Tab.
- Added a new feature of SFTP which lets the user establish a secure
connection with the server.
- Added support for Microsoft Exchange Server in Send Email functionality.
- Added support for Bulk Edit for commands like delay and insert
keystrokes. Now, you can select multiple instances of the command
and edit it in one go.
- Added support for Change Window Title using which the window
title in multiple commands can be changed to a new one. You may
edit the title in the ‘Group by Windows’ tab of the editor by double
clicking on it.
- Now all the variables are local to the task.
- Web Recorder:
- Completely redone Advanced View with the support for user-defined
tag attributes. Now, you can add/edit/delete the tag attributes
used to search for a particular control in the web page.
- Added a new functionality of Get URL in Manage Web Control to
get the URL of a link and save it in a variable.
- Added a new command Extract Source which will extract the page
source and save it in a variable.
- Added ability to record in web pages that are already opened
with Automation Anywhere.
- Improved Web Recorder capturing functionality with highlighting
of the captured control for visual validation.
- Added preview functionality in the Web Recorder while extracting
a table.
- Enhanced Web Recorder that supports onClick event of <TD> tag.
- Added new commands ‘Go Back’ and ‘Search by Caption’
- Enhanced String Manipulation feature with the support for Newline character as a separator.
- Added a variable support for the task name in the Run Task feature.
- Improved performance of the Run Script command.
- Enhanced File and Folder trigger types with the support for File
Modified action.
- Configurable option for double click on the task. Now, you can
choose to run the task or edit it by double clicking on it from
the console.
- Added variable support for all the Prompt actions.
- Added variable support for the From field in Send Email functionality.
- Enhanced ‘If File Date’ command with an ability to validate how
long ago the file was created or modified.
- Now the List Value type variable can be made random.
- ‘If Ping Successful/Unsuccessful’ commands support machine name
in addition to IP address.
- Added a new functionality of Pass variable as argument in the
Run Task feature. Now, multiple variables can be passed to the
called task using this option. The modified values of the variables
are available in the caller task upon successful completion.
- Enhanced Message Box functionality with a configurable scrollbar
option.
- Enhanced ‘Manage Windows Control’ feature with an Advance View
that gives the user ability to manually select the control as well.
(Available in Premier version only)
- Added variable support for Before and After fields in Files/Folders
feature.
- Added a new command Save Spreadsheet in Excel for saving the
spreadsheet.
- Added variable support for X and Y coordinates of Mouse Move
functionality.
- Added variable support for the hyperlink in the HTML format for
the Send Email feature.
- Added a new system variable $Trigger Value$ which contains the
actual value for which the trigger is fired.
- Enhanced Group by Windows functionality to work with task created
using Web Recorder.
- Now the Task Editor can filter Web Recorder commands as well.
For example, Keystrokes filter recognizes ‘Set Text’, ‘Type’ and
‘Append Text’ commands.
- Added one more type of loop 'Each row in a CSV/Text file' for
processing a CSV/Text file opened via Read from CSV/Text feature.
Each column value is stored in a new system variable $Filedata
Column$.
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| Bug Fixes |
- ‘If Web Control Exists’ didn’t work as expected in some cases.
Fixed.
- Some times list variable was not working properly inside the
loop. Fixed.
- While playing certain tasks, the line number displayed in Run
Time Window was incorrect. Fixed.
- While copying and pasting a task that has Insert Keystrokes command
with a variable in it used to break the variable. Fixed.
- In Web Recorder, after capturing the control, the dialog box
wasn’t getting the focus back. Fixed.
- Unable to stop the task with many Run Task commands. Fixed.
- Web Recorder hangs on chat windows. Fixed.
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Version 5.0.2 |
| New Features & Enhancements |
- Now Create Exe feature supports double byte Operating Systems. (Available
in Premier version only)
- Enhanced Excel actions which now support Excel Macro-Enabled
workbook(.xlsm) and Excel Binary Workbook(.xlsb).
- Now the Application Path option supports the network drive
if the user wants to move Automation Anywhere instance on a network
drive.
- New and improved help file.
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| Bug Fixes |
- Variable operations didn’t work as expected with negative values.
Fixed.
- In rare cases, Web Recorder task stopped execution after looping
for many times. Fixed.
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| Version 5.0.1 |
| New Features & Enhancements |
- Enhanced Web Recorder that will detect the server error while
recording and provide you with an option to continue or stop.
- Now the web recorder commands can use the same IE window that
has been launched by Automation Anywhere.
- Added variable support for the session name in Loop command
for Each Row in Excel Dataset option.
- Added variable support in Insert Mouse Click command for Mouse
Position (x, y). This lets you click on the nodes that are equidistant
from each other, for example, with lot of convenience.
- Enhanced Send Email functionality with HTML support for the
message body. It also supports a variable with the html code
in it.
- Added support for HTTPS links in the Find Broken Links command.
- Enhanced Add-ins support in Excel. Now, loading of Add-ins
are optional for better performance.
- Enhanced security for Manage Windows Control commands while
capturing and setting a password field. It displays ‘*’s while
setting the value. (Available in Premier
version only)
- Added support for making the Go Green image in outgoing emails
optional.
- Improved error handling – the task will not hang if the internet
connection is lost
- Now, Launch Website command is compatible with the latest Firefox
browser update (3.0.1).
- Email address syntax verification.
- Added functionality for the Task Exe to extract all the necessary
data under a temporary folder in case the user doesn’t have the
administrative privileges and to boost the reliability. (Available
in Premier version only)
- Improved performance and reliability of web recorder for finding
controls in case of dynamically generated pages.
- Improved Web Recorder functionality with an ability to edit
the ‘Go Back’ command through the editor.
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| Bug Fixes |
- In some cases, deleting an ‘IF’ block and saving the task pops
up “Invalid Syntax: Please insert an ‘If’ command” error. Fixed.
- WPA.exe is not being deleted from the Task List after the exe
of the task is done. Fixed.
- Improved validation messages for Copy Files command.
- In debug mode, sometimes the nested loops functionality was
not working as expected. Fixed.
- Though "Watch Sub Folder" check box is unchecked
in FOLDER trigger type, trigger was getting fired. Fixed.
- In rare cases, ‘convert to if web control’ was not working.
Fixed.
- While using the ‘Extract table’ option of web recorder and
saving it to the csv file, the entered filename was getting captured
in the task. Fixed.
- Variables are not recognized in an exe if we have used Run
Task command in loop. Fixed. (Available in
Premier version only)
- In rare cases, Web Recorder task stopped execution after looping
for a few times. Fixed.
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| Version 5.0 |
| New Features & Enhancements |
- Enhanced support for Event based triggers. Added various types
of trigger that can monitor the state and performance of the
machine like CPU usage, free disk space as well as process count.
Also, added triggers that monitor a particular process or a service.
- Added ‘Printers’ commands like Get Default Printer, Set Default
Printer and Remove Printer.
- Added ‘Services’ commands like Start Service, Stop Service,
Pause Service, Resume Service and Get Service Status.
 Go
Green – Some actions in Automation Anywhere can help save the
environment like Auto Shutdown computer. To increase awareness
about global warming and help Automation Anywhere users choose
actions that help save the environment, these actions are marked
with green icon. - Security enhancements: Automation Anywhere has always set new
standards in secure automation with innovations like secure auto
login and more. This release adds many more security features
setting new standard in secure automation.
- Added keystrokes encryption capability to protect any sensitive
data from appearing as plain text in the editor. This will
significantly improve security.
- Added a new feature of disabling the user's ability to interact
with the computer via keyboard and mouse in case of Auto Login
while your task is in progress for enhanced security. This
setting can be found under Properties > Security > Auto
Login Advance Settings.
- Added keystrokes encryption capability to protect any sensitive
data from appearing as plain text in the editor. This will
significantly improve security.
- Added support for <div>, <label> and <span> tags
in the Web Recorder.
- Now Windows 2008 is supported.
- Added support for Reading from CSV file.
- Now ELSE IF action is supported with IF.
- Added support for a single hotkey function like F1, F2, etc.
for ease of use.
- Added new Create File Shortcut and Create Folder Shortcut actions
under Files/Folders.
- Loop action now has Continue functionality.
- Added new conditions ‘IF Service Running’ and ‘IF Service Not
Running’ under IF/Else to decide the flow of task depending upon
the status of a particular service.
- Enhanced Web Recorder for faster and more reliable automation.
- Added a new feature of String Manipulation that takes a source
string, boundary keywords and gives you a filters string as a
result. This is very helpful if you need to retrieve a substring
from a string.
- Now you can specify where you would like to store Automation
Anywhere tasks. You may change the path via Tools > Options > Advanced
Settings > Application Path at any time. If users would like
to share their task, you can specify a shared drive for all your
tasks.
- Web Recorder now has a new action called Navigate URL through
which a new website can be loaded in the already opened browser.
- Now by right clicking on any web recorded action, it can be
converted into the ‘If Web Control Exists’ block from the editor.
- Enhanced Message Box functionality that has custom caption
capability with variable support.
- Added variable support for session name in Excel.
- Added a command ‘Get Active Window Title’ in ‘Window Actions’.
- Improved performance of Run Script command. This allows faster
execution with legacy or custom scripts.
- Added support for child and hidden windows in IF Window Exists
and IF Window does not Exist conditions.
- Create Exe now supports scripts as well. If task includes Run
Script action, the script is also included in Exe. This will
make it easier to port complex automation across many computers
even tasks include external scripts. (Available
in Premier version only)
- Added a new functionality of Activate Sheet in Excel by specifying
either the name or index of the sheet.
- Added support for Add-ins in Excel. Now Excel actions can work
with Excel Add-ins as well.
- Close spreadsheet action has additional option so that you
can specify if you want to save the spreadsheet or not.
- Improved validation in Variable manager for better user experience.
- Enhanced Variable Operations with a larger text area for easy
comparison.
- Variable support for filename in ‘Log to File’ action.
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| Bug Fixes |
- Improved validation messages for ‘Each File in a Folder’ loop.
- In some cases variable in IF Windows Exist command was not
working. Fixed.
- Improved wildcard support.
- ‘IF variable’ didn’t work as expected in some cases. Fixed.
- In IF action, <> is not working as expected. Fixed.
- In rare cases commands from editor get deleted after saving.
Fixed.
- If exes run locally in some cases variables used to get overwritten.
Fixed. (Available in Premier version only)
- In Manage Windows Control, previously captured text was visible
when a new control was captured. Fixed. (Available
in Premier version only)
- Improved validation in ‘If Application Running’ command.
- User was not allowed to enter a source string with more than
one $ sign. Fixed.
- ‘Wait for Window’ and ‘Wait for Screen Change’ commands were
not displayed in Group by Window view. Fixed.
- When selecting a drop down where the Text is null and index
is 0, recording is done fine, however, during playback, it gives
an error “Control not found”. Fixed.
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Version 4.5.2 |
| New Features & Enhancements |
- Log to File action now supports milliseconds in timestamp.
This will allow users to measure performance at milliseconds
level.
- Added advance button for Command button in web recorder. Now
user can search command button based on name, caption and index.
- Added option to open website in existing browser.
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| Bug Fixes |
- When auto login unlocks the machine, it was not able to access
network resources. Fixed it.
- Date comparison and date operation was not working as expected.
Fixed it.
- If you open CSV file using Excel and close it, it used to give
save as dialog. This was hindering automation. Fixed it.
- In web recorder action, if a link is set to match based on
URL in some cases it didn't work. Fixed it.
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| Version 4.5.1 |
| New Features & Enhancements |
- Added support for nested tables in Extract Table functionality.
- Now Run Task action supports filenames with $ signs in Create
Exe feature. (Available in Premier version
only)
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| Bug Fixes |
- In Auto Login, a task containing a keystroke in IE used to
take longer to play back. Fixed.
- In Auto Login, a task containing Run Task with a variable used
to show error "Variable not found". Fixed.
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| Version 4.5 |
| New Features & Enhancements |
- Added over 25 new actions for Windows Controls for background
execution. Now you can access many common Windows controls like
Drop down, Radio button, Check box, List box, Tree Control, Status
Bar, command Buttons, etc. Using these new actions you can get
total number of items in a drop down or select a specific item
in a drop down or click a Submit button and so on. This feature
takes reliability of automation to a new level. All of these
actions can also happen in background offering a huge leap in
reliable automation. (Available in Premier & Enterprise Versions
only)
- New Auto login model allows you to automatically login even
if computer restarts.
- Now Create Exe and Remote Deployment allow nested Run Task
support. With this feature even if your task calls another tasks,
which calls other tasks and so on, you can create a deployable
single exe file that will automatically account for all dependencies.
(Available in Premier & Enterprise Versions only)
- Enhanced support for databases. Now you can run stored procedures
in databases from Automation Anywhere.
- Send mail action supports attachments. Now for example Automation
Anywhere can send reports as attachment in an email.
- Wait for screen change action is enhanced to include a Window
name. So now you can monitor changes in a specific window and
not just screen at large.
- Enhanced wild card support in all actions allows more choices
on how you use wild cards.
- New Interactive action added that allows you to ask end user "Yes/No" type
of a question and decide path of the task based on it.
- You can now assign null values to variables.
- Web recorder is now easily accessible from Start Page and 'New'
dialog.
- Performance improvements in data extraction module allow faster
data extraction.
- Performance improvements in web recorder allow significant
speed improvements. For example, 'If web control exists' actions
can now find controls almost instantly. Even if there are hundreds
of links in page, Automation Anywhere can find the required link
almost instantly.
- Web data extraction from a drop down allows additional option
to continue in the event of an error in a web page.
- Made quite a few usability improvements.
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| Bug Fixes |
- In case of nested loops, "Exit loop" was exiting
from all loops. Now it just exits from immediate loop.
- In rare cases regular keystroke action was not working correctly
with web recorder task. Fixed it.
- If user has used Wild card in IE window, the logic to check
if web page has loaded was not working correctly. Fixed it.
- Data extraction from a drop down on a webpage was possible
only from Index 1. Now it supports Index 0, i.e. 1st value as
well.
- In some cases the progress window shows wrong total number
of lines. Fixed it.
- In rare cases the task file was getting corrupted. Fixed it.
- If a SQL query returns 0 rows and the task uses dataset variable,
it didn't work. Fixed it.
- In some cases extra TAB key was inserted in the task. Fixed
it.
- If task is open in 2 editor windows, there were some issues.
Fixed them.
- In previous version it was not possible to drag and drop an
action at line #1 (the very 1st line). Now you can.
- In Excel actions now when you close a workbook, Excel process
also closes.
- In Web recorder sometimes unexpected dialogs were creating
problems. Fixed it.
- In rare cases 'Loop for each folder in a folder' action used
to show error "Object variable not set". Fixed it.
- In Excel, get cells used to get all values correctly, but in
some cases it also showed additional formatting characters. Fixed
it.
- In Files->Print File->Advanced View->Date setting
was allowing only one value when you select between dates option.
Fixed it.
- In case of nested loops, the counter variable was not getting
incremented correctly. Fixed it.
- During task editing if you recapture control; it used to reset "time
to wait for" field. Fixed it. Now original value is preserved.
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| Version 4.0.1 |
| Bug Fixes |
- In few cases disabled 'End if' action was not working as expected.
Fixed it.
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| Version 4.0 |
| New Features & Enhancements |
- Added a new feature of Excel Integration with actions to Create
Spreadsheet, Open Spreadsheet, Close Spreadsheet, Get Cells,
Set Cell, Goto Cell, Run Excel Macro within the task and even
Delete Cells. Sessions base allows you to work with multiple
spreadsheets.
- Added 'Windows Action' command like Activate Window, Maximize
Window, Minimize Window and Resize Window.
- Automation Anywhere 4.0 uses a new version of SMART Automation
Technology. The improved technology gives even more intelligence
to your automated task, making them more reliable and easy for
you to create.
- New Windows actions like Get Text, Get Check Box Status, Get
Radio Button Status allow you to work directly with fundamental
Windows controls.
- New Interactive actions like Prompt for File and Prompt for
Folder allow you to ask user for a file or a folder name while
the task is running.
- New Variable Operation allows you to perform many arithmetic
operations with variables. You can add, subtract, multiple, divide
and more. It also allows date arithmetic. This makes it easier
if you want to generate report for last month or for yesterday.
- Enhanced the Loop action by adding Nested Loops. Now you can
have any number of nested loops.
- Loop action now supports ‘Each Row in Excel Dataset’ option.
With this features you can easily loop through each row and column
in Excel.
- Now ELSE action is supported with IF.
- Added many advanced IF conditions like ‘IF Web Control Exists’,
‘IF File Size’, and ‘IF File Date’. ‘IF Web Control Exists’ can
be easily used to see if certain conditions exist on a webpage
and decide the flow of task depending on that.
- IF command now supports trapping the return values of VBScript
and Java Script in a Variable. This makes it easier to integrate
other scripts with Automation Anywhere. IF Variable action now
allows comparison of Null Values.
- Significantly improved Task Editor usability by adding drag-n-drop
feature. Simply drag the action where you want to insert it.
If you want to move actions within the task editor, simply drag
and drop as well.
- Enhancement to Run Script command. Run Script now allows execution
of VBScript and JavaScript files irrespective of the path where
they exist. It also supports of trapping the return values of
VBScript and JavaScript in a Variable.
- Added new OpenFile, OpenFolder actions in Files/Folders. Also,
enhanced the Advanced Options in File/Folder action to incorporate
'Before than' in the Date Format.
- Added option in ‘Launch Website’ to allow tabs support for
IE7.
- Enhanced the Variable Manager by adding new System Variable
called Excel Column.
- Now you can find any text within the task using the find box
or using a shortcut 'Ctrl + F'. This will make it easier to identify
specific action you are looking for.
- Also enhanced Tools > Options Settings. In Email Notification,
now authentication of outgoing Mail Server (if required) allowed.
- Enhanced advance settings option for not recording mouse moves.
Now avoid unnecessary mouse moves by not recording mouse moves.
More advanced users can also choose to record just keystrokes
or mouse click.
- Added configurable option to define Internet Timeout. If you
have slower connection or a large file to download, you can increase
this configurable setting.
- Recent Tasks moved to File Menu and new shortcut key 'Ctrl
+ E' added to open new editor.
- Added new "Right Click" key in Insert Keystrokes.
- Added Variable support in Delay command. Now you can define
a variable for a delay. Just by changing value of the variable
you can control speed of the task.
- Extract Data feature added to Web Recorder. Extract Data allows
you to capture any text, images and values from a website into
a specified program like word, clipboard, etc. It also offers
more advanced data extraction where you can specify to extract
data before and after a specified keyword. For example, from
“Price: $450 USD” if you want to extract $450, you can specify
to extract a word that comes between “Price:” and “USD”.
- Another enhancement to Web Recorder is Variable Support in
Extract Table. Now you can extract all/multiple tables from a
particular website by defining a variable. So instead of writing
multiple commands for download of multiple tables, variable support
has made extracting multiple tables easy.
- Enhancement in Play Sound action to incorporate Media Files.
- Now a progress bar is shown when task runs. This makes it easier
to see how far task has run at any given time.
- Added “Alt-GR” key to support many European keyboard layouts.
- Enhanced wild card support. Now you can specify wild card '*'
in the beginning of the window titles in commands like Keystrokes,
Mouse Clicks, etc.
- Option to specify a configurable string to unlock the computer
in Tools->Options->Auto-login. This will allow you to click
extra dialog box, etc. that may come when you auto-login in the
corporate network.
- Now Double Byte OS is supported in Premier and Enterprise version
for distributing Exes.
- If your task uses a script, it is now supported in distributed
Exes.
- In ‘IF Application Running’, matching is now done only with
Exe name instead of matching with whole path. This makes it easier
when Exes are distributed if the application path is different.
- Increased the length of the filename box in Variable Manager
to accommodate longer file paths.
- To make Exes (generated using Automation Anywhere ‘Create Exe’
or ‘Deploy’) more portable, dependency on Zip.dll, unzip.dll
and MsComCtrl.ocx is removed. This will make it even easier to
deploy and run Exes on remote machines.
- In 'Wait for Window' command the maximum number of seconds
was only 999. Increased the limit to 99999 seconds.
- To give more flexibility, the the 'Name' field in the Manage
Web Controls action is now editable for the 'Link' control.
- In the help file, added more examples and explanation for many
actions and tools.
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| Bug Fixes: |
- Fixed bug in Filtering option of Task Editor. Now Open Program/File,
Zip and Unzip is not shown when filtered by Mouse Click.
- When Error occurred in Window Does Not Exist, it did not show
current window title. This is now fixed and current window title
is shown.
- If database SQL query returned 0 rows and if you try to access
Dataset Column variable, the task used to stop. Fixed the problem.
- Under some cases prompt command displayed old variable values.
Fixed it. Now it shows the correct values of the variable.
- In ‘Create Exe’ feature, ‘Show Errors’ preference setting was
ignored. Now if you uncheck ‘Show Errors’, exes will not show
errors if an error occurs.
- In Web Recorder ‘Show Errors’ preference setting was ignored.
Now if you uncheck ‘Show Errors’, Web Recorder will not show
errors if an error occurs.
- With enhanced Extract Table technology fixed some bugs where
the import table did not import the data correctly.
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| Version 3.5.1 |
| New Features & Enhancements: |
- Added a new "Wait for Screen Change" command in the
Task Editor. With this Automation Anywhere can compare screen
images and perform an action if screen image has changed.
- Significantly improved response time for hotkeys. Now when
you press a hotkey, task runs instantly.
- Improved web data extraction capability to identify and extract
many more types of tabular data. Also web data extraction now
automatically removes unnecessary spaces when it extracts data
from web.
- Enhanced Trigger capability so that all types of file/folder
changes are now recognized. Triggers are now able to recognize
if files/folder change on shared drives or if FTP or other 3rd
party applications modify the file/folder.
- Increased limit in Wait for Window command from 999 seconds
to 99999 seconds. This helps long running tasks.
- 'Find broken links' command was enhanced to remove unnecessary
spaces in log file.
- Automation Anywhere used to start in the middle of the screen.
Now it remembers the location where it was closed the last time.
This will allow user to customize their screen space.
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| Bug Fixes |
- In some cases even if the unzip command runs successfully it
used to log an error in the log file. Fixed.
- It was not allowing to schedule the task on windows 2000 if
the password was not provided. Now it allows it.
- In some cases zip file was not zipping the folder structure
correctly. Fixed.
- Random delay didn't work correctly in debug mode. Fixed.
- If Ping command didn't work correctly in Windows Vista due
to change in Vista OS. Fixed.
- Sometimes in Tools->Options->AutoLogin settings the password
was not shown correctly. Fixed.
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| Version 3.5 |
| New Features & Enhancements: |
- Automation Anywhere now supports Windows Vista.
- Added unique auto login feature. Auto Login allows scheduled
tasks to run even when computer is locked. When Auto Login is
enabled, Automation Anywhere will unlock the computer if it is
locked, run the task and lock it back. This works great when
you have to run few reports in middle of the night, but you cannot
leave your computer unlocked.
- All tasks and exes are now stored in My Documents for easy
backup etc.
- Insert Keystrokes, Insert Mouse Click and Close Window command
now supports wild card in the Window Titles. For example now
you can specify "Microsoft - Excel*"
- Nested-If is supported now. You can insert as many levels of
If commands within another IF commands in your task.
- Web recorder now allows easier selection from the drop down
list on a website. You can simply specify what values or index
value you want to select.
- Web Recorder now supports iFrames controls.
- Now when you rename or copy the task, new task is automatically
selected for easy editing.
- Previously in IF conditions you can wait for up to 999 seconds
for condition to be true. Now that limit is increased. Now tasks
can wait for up to few days for IF conditions to be true. This
is very useful for long running tasks.
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| Bug Fixes |
- Import Table in Web recorder was not importing the data in
correct format in some instances where Java script code was involved.
Fixed.
- In some instances drop down menu was not getting recorded correctly
using Web Recorder. Fixed.
- Automation Anywhere used to error out if the value of the variable
itself had a $ in it. Fixed.
- List variable used to increment every time it was used inside
the Loop. Fixed.
- MsgBox command did not display the long string correctly. Fixed.
- The task used to stop after executing an Escape keystroke.
Fixed.
- In Files/Folders command it used to change the sub command
selection once you save the task or edit it. Fixed.
- In some cases the "Enable this task to run with other
similar files flag" used to make hotkey selection disappear.
Fixed.
- If the task name is too long, it used to overlap the Task Report
section in the General Properties. Fixed.
- If task is waiting for the condition to be true in IF command,
it did not stop when you hit Escape. Fixed.
- It used to show empty title while capturing some controls using
Web Recorder->Manage Controls. Fixed.
- Import Table did not import in desired format if the imported
data had double quotes and comma. Fixed.
- If you insert an empty IF condition then in Debug mode it did
not work correctly. Fixed.
- $Table Column$ system variable sometimes did not give correct
values in Debug mode. Fixed.
- Renaming a task folder had some issues. Fixed.
- FTP was not using the correct Port number. Fixed.
- In some cases creating folder on a network drive was not working.
Fixed.
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| Version 3.0.3 |
| New Features & Enhancements: |
- Added more intelligence to Web recorder. Now no matter how
web sites change or even if there are similar looking controls,
web recorder can identify the correct control. This new intelligent
pattern matching technology significantly improves reliability
of web automation.
- Improved Data backup template. Added new features and usability
improvements.
- After web recorder finishes the task, IE toolbar is loaded
to make it easier for user to use that window.
- Better command access in Editor by displaying all sub commands
in the left hand command window.
- Added more examples and detailed description in help file.
- Improved usability for few templates.
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| Bug Fixes |
- Fixed a problem where multiple actions selection was slower.
- Task involving double click on desktop was not executed correctly
through debug mode. Fixed.
- The extra space at the end of the Window name in If command
was trimmed previously which caused the command to fails in some
instances. Fixed.
- In few instances, deleting the actions in the Editor, incorrectly
re-assigned the line numbers. Fixed.
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| Version 3.0.2 |
| New Features & Enhancements: |
- All templates were significantly improved. Now templates features
new user interface and many new features.
Web recorder now supports dialog boxes while recording for e.g.
dialog boxes like login box, security certificates, JavaScript
boxes, download file, save file boxes etc.
- In web recorder, added ability to go "back" in the
Internet Explorer page during recording.
- Web Recorder->Find Broken Links now supports a single click
test to check entire website for broken links. It crawls and
find all pages and checks all links in all pages.
- FTP command has now 'Test Connection' button to test the connection
at the time of task creation.
- FTP command now supports deleting and renaming files.
- FTP Get File and Put File options are enhanced to supports
getting and putting multiple files as well wild card support.
- Changed the Advanced layout of FTP command for Connect option.
- Before executing any System commands like 'Restart', 'Shutdown'
etc. it prompts the user and if unanswered for 30 seconds it
executes the command.
- Better user interface for advanced layout of Files/Folders.
- Using 'Automate Data Backup' template, you can zip the backup.
- Now you can save the task in editor using the shortcut 'Ctrl
+ S'.
- Many performance enhancements were implemented like when you
right-click any folder in the tree view it does not refresh the
list view. When you click on a task in 'Recent Tasks' and if
that folder is already open, it does not refresh the list view,
simply selects that task etc.
- IF command used to allow only 3 digits of wait time for the
condition to be true. Now it supports 5 digits.
- Find Broken Links command was enhanced to check bookmarks.
- Enhanced 'Message Box' command so that if other dialog boxes
are open it shows up on top of all windows so that user knows
it is waiting for input.
- Added few validations to variable manager screen.
- Web recorder was enhanced to support more types of image links.
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| Bug Fixes |
- When 'Stop Task' command is executed, now it stops the task
completely i.e. Including repeats set using repeat property set
in main Automation Anywhere window.
- In debug mode Stop Task did not stop the task. Fixed.
- In debug mode, zip/unzip commands did not work. Fixed.
- In debug mode, F5 key did not work correctly in some cases.
Fixed.
- When you close editor window, it used to open the main Automation
Anywhere window. Fixed.
- 'Message Box' command used to cut some uppercase characters.
Fixed.
- In some cases List variable was not working in Web Recorder.
Fixed.
- Fixed a bug in Web Recorder for playing of links that were
not visible, for e.g. present under some drop down etc.
- Fixed a bug in 'Send Email' command where it used to close
the window when ENTER key was hit in the message area.
- Fixed a bug in Send Email command where it used to skip the
first line of the message area.
- Fixed a bug in playing Import Table feature of Web Recorder
where if the CSV file is already open, it used to end the task
without any message.
- Fixed the bug in CHM Help file where the search functionality
was not working
- Fixed few bugs in 'Import Table' feature of 'Web Recorder'.
It is more reliable.
- Fixed a bug in IF command when under some cases, after copying,
it used to disappear when you save the task.
- Fixed a bug in Manage Controls of Web Recorder where any page
launched from there, did not support navigation in that page.
- Fixed a bug in Web Recorder where some of the controls were
not getting recorded correctly.
- Fixed a bug in 'Web Recorder' where 'Loop for each row in Internet
Explorer window', did not work correctly in Debug mode.
- During Web Recording if you click on a link which opens the
download dialog box and then press cancel in that dialog box
and then click on any link or control on the webpage, it returned
error, "object or variable not set". Fixed.
- Fixed a bug where it used to stop the task when it comes across
a null value while executing 'Loop for each row in dataset'
- In command dialog, if 'Examples' or 'How to use' link is clicked;
it used to minimize the command window. Fixed.
- When you collapse any folder in folder tree view, now it refreshes
the list view.
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| Version 3.0.1 |
| New Features & Enhancements: |
- Help file was improved to add more examples for each command.
- Insert mouse move command now uses 'capture' feature instead
of specifying coordinates.
- Added performance improvements to start Automation Anywhere
faster.
- Added separate dialog box for Wait command.
- Many small usability improvements.
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| Bug Fixes |
- Arrow keys didn't work in trigger and schedule tab. Fixed.
- If you open or save a tasks in 3rd level sub folder, it used
to show error. Fixed.
- Few minor bug fixes in web recorder.
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| Version 3.0 |
| New Features & Enhancements: |
- Award winning, redesigned user interface makes it even easier
to automate task.
- New Web recorder tool significantly improves web automation
reliability
- An auto-response capability allows you to trigger task in response
to many events like opening of new windows or when new file is
created etc.
- New Internet automation templates allow easy web data extraction.
- Added new startup page to make it easier for beginners to get
started quickly.
- Many new automation commands like Manage web controls, test
all links, more loop and if commands, Import table etc.
- Historic and detailed task log is now available. When task
fails you can also see which line it failed.
- Many Bug fixes and usability improvements.
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| Version 2.5 |
| New Features & Enhancements: |
- New CHM help file allows searching in help file.
- Added more IF and Loop commands.
- Added database commands.
- Added feature to rename the task from general properties.
- Added better support for remote access software.
- Uses next version of SMART Automation Technology engine. Tasks
automatically adjusts to even more changes.
- Added more advance options for FTP command.
- Added more file/folder commands.
- Improved Task to Exe capability.
- Added more features in variable manager.
- Added more configurable options.
- Many Bug fixes and usability improvements.
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