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Automation is the process of having a computer do a repetitive task or a task that requires great precision or multiple steps, without requiring human intervention.

Automation is the process of having a computer do a repetitive task or a task that requires great precision or multiple steps, without requiring human intervention.

The term was originally used to refer to the operation of machinery without human supervision, frequently in manufacturing processes.

It is now used to refer to a variety of processes, including:

Examples of Stand-Alone Automation Tools

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Delphi and Excel.FormatConditions

I am having problems setting up Conditional Formatting from Delphi XE2 using Early binding with Excel 2010 The Macro I am trying to reproduce is as follows: Selection.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlCellValue, Operator:=xlGreater, _ …
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How to make JScrollPane/JTextPane "Intelligent"

So, i have a situation where, a scrollbar needs to scroll automatically when meets a certain logical situation. In my case, i have few lines written on JTextPane, and i am highlighting the words.So, when the point is reached,where the text is not…
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Automating button click for the Windows Security popup with Python

I'm using the win32gui library to get a handle to the Windows Security popup and use win32con to click the "Install" button within but without success. Has anyone done this before successfully in Python? I know I can always install the certificate…
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How to give input to python console and validate the output programmatically?

For this sample program N = int(raw_input()); n = 0; sum = 0; while n
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Sikuli logging settings

I'm using sikuli-script.jar in my java application. It writes a lot of logging messages in the console. So, I want to disable logging or change the logging level. How I can do this? What logging library is used there and how it can be configured?
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Find components of external java applications and use them

My problem looks like: I have an external application written in java which I start. Next is to start my application. It should find the JTextFields of external application and set proper text values for them. At the end, fires the JButton which is…
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Automatically filling out web forms and returning the resulting page

This is my first time posting here. I greatly appreciate any and all guidance on this subject. I'm trying to make a program that automatically fills in web forms and submits the data, returning the resulting page to the program so it can continue to…
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StaleElementReferenceException: Element is no longer attached to the DOM: Selenium

I am completely new to automation testing. After referring some tutorials, I have created an automated test case. The test case I try to automate is to check whether the sorting worked correctly after I click on one of the headers of a table. My…
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Flash Automation using Selenium web driver

We are trying to automate a web application which has Flex based functionality using Selenium web driver. We are struck here as we learnt that we need to rely on third party extensions to get this done. We explored few options like: 1.Robot…
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How to automatically launch iOS application when a bluetooth connection is established?

So basically what I want to do as the title says is when I have a bluetooth connection established to my iOS device, an application should automatically start. How can I do that? Observation: GameKit is used for the connection.
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Formfields.BookMarks.get_Item().Checkbox.Value doesn't work (automation word)

I'm trying unsuccessfully to change the value of a word Checkbox (from developer tab) via automation in C#. I've tried different ways but the only one I always find when I search on internet is : find the name of the checkbox by clicking on…
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XStream short dynamic aliases

I want to have short names for classes, now i can do it with aliases XStream x = new XStream(); x.alias("dic", Dic.class); but i have to define alias manually for every class, is there any way to configure xstream to do it automatically?
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Automation of Xcode project for iOS

I did 4 iphone application for different different categories of industry. Now I want to make more application for same category. So I want to know about how to make an iPhone project using any other scripting .. eg.. applescrippting, command line…
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Automation scripts: is it possible to find particular text on the screen?

I am creating automated scripts using T-Plan Robot, a Java based tool which logs into an SUT machine. Currently the way I'm handling where the mouse cursor should click is by using mini screenshots of locations using a "waittomatch" or "compareto"…
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Delete a file after user download prompt

I think this is pretty simple. My program will create an Excel file on the server using Automation. After that, I want to force the user to choose whether or not to download it, then, regardless of the choice, delete the file so it won't just take…
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