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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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Excel VBA: Wait for JavaScript execution in Internet Explorer

I am trying to do some web scraping in Excel VBA. Here is the part of the code that I am having trouble with: IE.Navigate URL Do DoEvents Loop While IE.ReadyState <> 4 Or IE.Busy = True Set doc = IE.document After running this doc contains html…
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Deleting Sharepoint Files using XMLHTTP

Following on from this excellent piece of work, here: Batch copy files to SharePoint site I can now upload my zipped files to Sharepoint with a click of a button. My problem is now thus: How do I delete the files I upload using the same method? I've…
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Assert element color in Selenium IDE

I'm trying to setup a test automation that will assert an element color when clicked. However, I couldn't find the right way to do it. I'm a selenium newbie, I have tried every possible way to do it but failed. HTML:
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Run VBA code automatically after running a filter

I've got a code written that categorizes employees along with their qualifications. In order to weed out employees with unwanted qualifications I have applied a filter to each column that titles the category of their qualification. I've written my…
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Open excel with EPPlus without saving to file

Rright now I'm opening excel using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(fileInfo); to open my package after saving it to a file. Is it possible to open excel without having to save the file to a location? I would like the user to decide whether or…
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Automation testing with instruments on device

I am trying to follow this post to run UIAutomation scripts on iOS devices from command line, but i can't make it work. This is the command i am currently using : instruments -t…
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Writing code to record user events and play back using Java

I want to develop a app which monitors the mouse events like click,movements and keyboard inputs. The app should run in background. By using some special keys combination, the app will start record the events and after that we have to play the same.…
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Automation Of Adding New Group Member in Google Apps--Using Google Script

I am trying to accomplish what I imagine would be a fairly simple automation in Google Apps, but I am new to Google Scripts and am having trouble figuring out how the triggers to execute the script work. Here is some pseudo code describing what I…
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How to get access to the VSTO Application object of multiple instances of Visio 2010 using C#?

Does anyone know how to get access to the VSTO Application object of multiple instances of Visio 2010 using C#? Marshal.GetActiveObject() only returns the active instance. There are forum posts on how to get multiple Application objects for all…
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Use browser to run custom JavaScript on page (client side) to simulate clicking? How to do?

I want to automatically grab some content from a page. I wonder if it is possible: Run my own written JavaScript on the page after the page is loaded (I use FireFox. I don't have the ability to change content of the page. I just want to run JS on…
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Sikuli in Java - How do I capture the screenshots/Png?

public class MyFirstSikuliTest { public static void main(String[] args) { App.open("C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"); Screen s = new Screen(); try{ s.click("How do I take the screenshot and pass the…
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Android sendevent is really slow - how to speed it up?

I am doing some ui automation, and I am able to store screen touches using getevent, but when I try to send this using sendevent, it takes a really long time, making it hard to actually replay the inputs. I have already trying loading the script…
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httrack follow redirects

I try to mirror webpages recursively starting from URL supplied by user (there is a depth limit set of course). Wget didn't catch links from css/js so I decided to use httrack. I try to mirror some site like this: # httrack -r6…
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Does Outlook embed a MessageID or equivalent in its email elements?

I want to automate Outlook so that I can download the "pieces parts" of email messages so that I can tie related messages together. I understand that email usually has a "MessageID" to serve this purpose, so that emails can be viewed in context, as…
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VS 2010, Coded UI Tests: Re-run failed test cases

I'm using VS2010 Premium, Coded UI Tests. Do you know how to re-execute failed test cases after run? If test was passed after re-execution then it should be passed in result report.
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