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Get @Mentions Tweets and Populate to Excel
This sample task connects to your personal or company Twitter account, reads all tweets in the @Mentions tab, populates them in an Excel spreadsheet by Date Created, Twitter Message, and Twitter User, and sends an email notification with an Excel attachment. This task allows you to automate the monitoring of all activities related to your Twitter account on a regular basis without having to logon to Twitter or manually parse through large volumes of data.
Create/Send Encrypted AS2 Message
This sample task demonstrates how AutoMate creates an AS2 message containing an XML file attachment called book.xml, encrypts the message using a certificate native to AS2 and digitally signs the message using a certificate and key. The AS2 message is then transmitted over the internet (EDIINT).
Send Email To SMS
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can use the Send Email action to send a short email and have it delivered to a mobile phone as SMS.
Create AD (Active Directory) Users From .CSV File
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can create AD (Active Directory) users from a .CSV file.
Remove Extension From File Name
This sample task will demonstrate how to remove the extension from a file name using the ExtractFileName(), Left() and InStrRev() functions.
VMware: Create and Manage your VM Snapshots
This sample task creates new snapshots of your VM(s) every day, and then deletes snapshots that are older than 10 days.
SharePoint: Download File(s) From Shared Documents
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can download a single file (document) and all files stored in the 'Shared Documents' library of SharePoint. This task is referenced in the December 2010 Newsletter.
Send Email SMTP For AOL, GMAIL, HOTMAIL, And YAHOO
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can send email using the SMTP servers of the various webmail services (AOL, GMAIL, HOTMAIL, YAHOO).
Delete Last Line of a File (vbscript)
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can delete the last line in a text file using vbscript.
Create File of a Specific Size
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can create a file with a specific size using the fsutil utility.
Connect Terminal: Determine if Line is Busy
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can determine if a telephone number is busy.
Check for Files That are Zero Bytes
This task will loop through a folder and check for any files that are zero bytes or empty using the function FileLen() to get the size of the file. An IF conditional is used to evaluate whether it is less than 1 byte in size. If the file is 0 bytes a message dialog will be displayed that the file is zero bytes in size.
Rename File to its Parent Folder Name
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can rename a filename to its parent folder name.
Even / Odd Number Determination
Sometimes, AutoMate users need to determine whether a number is odd or even in an AutoMate task. For example, some tasks should only execute on even days. In other cases, a user needs to know whether there is an odd or even number of files in a given folder before looping through them.
Process Status Report Task
This task retrieves the status of approximately 200 backend database processes from 15 UNIX machines and generates web report listing the status of all processes on each backend machine.
FTP - Loop Through Currently Uploading Files
This task will demonstrate how AutoMate can download a file that is still being uploaded to an FTP folder. AutoMate sends the long_list command to the FTP server folder you are looking at, creates variables for the file name and size, and then loops through the size of the file every 15 seconds to see if the size is still changing.
FTP - Delete Files Older Than 30 Days
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can delete files older than 30 days via FTP.
Clean Windows Temp Directory
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can clean out the Windows temp directory using the Delete File and Remove Folder actions.
FTP - Download Newest File on FTP Server
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can download the newest file via FTP.
FTP -- Download Files Where Filesize is Greater than Zero
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can download files greater than zero bytes via FTP.