Creating a Script with Wizards
Automating tasks in Easy Automation is pretty simple. All you need to do is create an automation script to tell the Script Manager what it needs to do. Start by right clicking on the Script Manager icon.



That will present you with the Script Manager's menu. When you see that menu click on "Automate a New Task."



The menu that pops up shows you a list of the wizards Easy Automation can use to create scripts. A wizard is like a small program that will interact with you and then build an automation script for you. This allows you to take advantage of the power of the automtion scripts, without spending the time to write them by hand. You can build scripts by hand as well. That is covered in the Script Editor section of the help.

Here is a list of the wizards and what they do.
  • Record Interactions with an Application - this wizard will run the recorder and allow you to record your interactions with a another application. For more information see Recording.
These wizards are not available in the free version
  • Act as Webserver - this wizard creates a script that will make Easy Automation act like a webserver and share out a directory of files. It looks for an index.hmlt in the shared directory to display as the index.
  • Make Sure a Server is Working - this wizard creates a script that will ping a couple of webserver on a schedule and if the pings fail it will e-mail someone and let them know.
  • Create Typing Shortcuts - this wizard will build a script that allows you to create short phrases that in turn will be expanded into longer typed strings. This can save you a lot of time by doing your typing for you. For Example, you could map "!add" to:

    John Smith
    111 Somewhere Drive
    Austin, TX 78717

    Then in any application you could type !add and it would automatically be replaced with the address.
  • Create Keyboard Mappings - allows you to map on key on your keyboard to another. Very handy if you don't like the layout of your keyboard.
  • Run Application on Event - this wizard allows you to run applications on your computer in response to events. For example, you could set it up to run notepad when you hit ctrl-n on your keyboard. Or you could have it copy a file to a back-up folder when the file changes.
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