This task will (1) close all Task Builder windows, (2) close the Task Administrator window, (3) stop the AutoMate Event Monitor and the AutoMate Service, and (4) allow you to edit your ATL file with your favorite editor (you need to configure (or disable) this at the end of the task).

This task uses the nice new action "AutoMate > ShutdownAutoMate".

It will not stop currently running tasks (except perhaps those in TB windows), so you will need to add code if you want to do this. Alternatively you could set the corresponding option in the ShutdownAutoMate action, but note that this task would not run any of the remaining steps in that case.

I recommend that you create a shortcut to this task for whenever you want to stop Automate. You cannot run it from a Task Builder window unless you change the task to allow for this (so that it doesn't close your Task Builder window).

To restart Automate, just start Task Administrator. It will automatically restart the service and the event monitor.


Task Steps: (Right click, Select All, Copy to copy to the clipboard. Steps can then be pasted into the AutoMate Task Builder)
<AMMESSAGEBOX WINDOWTITLE="Stop AutoMate" BUTTONS="none" ICON="information" MODAL="NO">The status messages for this operation will be displayed in the upper-right corner of the screen so that you can see any &quot;file not saved&quot; prompts from running programs. </AMMESSAGEBOX> <AMMESSAGEBOX WINDOWTITLE="Stop AutoMate" BUTTONS="yes_no" ICON="question" ONSECONDBUTTONCLICK="stop" POSITION="upper_right">Stop AutoMate?</AMMESSAGEBOX> <AMWINDOWCLOSE WINDOWTITLE="Stop AutoMate"> <!--- ######### Close Task Builder Windows ######### ---> <AMIFWINDOWEXISTS WINDOWTITLE="*AutoMate * Task Builder"> <AMVARIABLE NAME="currentWindow" PRIVATE="YES"></AMVARIABLE> <AMLOOPWINDOWS RESULTVARIABLE="currentWindow" INCLUDE="*AutoMate * Task Builder"> <!--- need the extra blank lines when displaying the message boxes so that the "Information icon" is completely displayed ---> <AMMESSAGEBOX WINDOWTITLE="Stop AutoMate" BUTTONS="none" ICON="information" MODAL="NO" POSITION="upper_right">Closing &quot;%currentWindow%&quot;... </AMMESSAGEBOX> <!--- can't just request the window to close -- need to focus the window first so that the user sees the prompt if a task has not been saved ---> <AMWINDOWFOCUS WINDOWTITLE="%currentWindow%"> <AMWINDOWCLOSE WINDOWTITLE="%currentWindow%"> <AMWAITFORWINDOW ACTION="close" WINDOWTITLE="%currentWindow%"> <!--- give each TB instance some time to update its Registry settings, etc. ---> <AMPAUSE SCALAR="3"> <AMWINDOWCLOSE WINDOWTITLE="Stop AutoMate"> </AMLOOP> </AMIF> <!--- ######### Close the Task Administrator Window ######### ---> <AMIFWINDOWEXISTS WINDOWTITLE="AutoMate * Task Administrator"> <AMMESSAGEBOX WINDOWTITLE="Stop AutoMate" BUTTONS="none" ICON="information" MODAL="NO" POSITION="upper_right">Closing Task Administrator window... </AMMESSAGEBOX> <AMWINDOWCLOSE WINDOWTITLE="AutoMate * Task Administrator" AM_ERRORS=""> <AMWAITFORWINDOW ACTION="close" WINDOWTITLE="AutoMate * Task Administrator"> <AMPAUSE SCALAR="3"> <AMWINDOWCLOSE WINDOWTITLE="Stop AutoMate"> </AMIF> <!--- ######### Stop the AutoMate Event Monitor and the AutoMate Service ######### ---> <AMMESSAGEBOX WINDOWTITLE="Stop AutoMate" BUTTONS="none" ICON="information" MODAL="NO" POSITION="upper_right">Stopping AutoMate Event Monitor and AutoMate Service... </AMMESSAGEBOX> <AMSHUTDOWNAM AM_ERRORS="20282" AM_ERROREXCLUDE="YES"> <AMWAITFORPROCESS ACTION="end" PROCESS="AMEM.EXE"> <AMWAITFORPROCESS ACTION="end" PROCESS="AMTS.exe"> <AMWINDOWCLOSE WINDOWTITLE="Stop AutoMate"> <!--- ######### Edit the ATL file ######### ---> <AMMESSAGEBOX WINDOWTITLE="Stop AutoMate" BUTTONS="yes_no" DEFAULTBUTTON="2" ICON="question" ONSECONDBUTTONCLICK="stop" POSITION="upper_right">Edit the ATL file?</AMMESSAGEBOX> <AMRUN FILE="N:\Apps\VSE\win\vs.exe AM6Taskfile.atl" DEFAULTFOLDER="C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Network Automation\AutoMate 6">

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AutoMate Pro 7.1.1.0 (Medium isolation level)
WinXP Home sp3, "Classic Theme", 120 DPI

Edited: 10/04/2006 at 10:52 AM by Pete