RoboTask forum

think i found it just now.
Triggering events "on device changed"

I am wondering how I would get robotask to detect an external harddrive when I plug it it.    or a thumbdrive or anything USB, Firewire for that matter.  what are some simple tools to use that will detect that a new device has been attached? 
thanks for your suggestions in advance
 

thanks Oleg,
I am glad to contribute to this forum.
Thanks for the improvement too!
Jmail

I figured out a way to do it!  here is a sample.  ;********************** ;* RoboTask Task file * ;* Do not edit! * ;********************** [Root] ActionAfterRun=INTEGER|0 Actions=FOLDER Automat=INTEGER|0 CatID=INTEGER|0 ContinueOnError=INTEGER|0 ExternalName=STRING|"Task5" Hide=INTEGER|0 ...

I am having trouble with a variation of this command.  like first user I would like to zip files without the path from root.  but I have multiple files in one folder that need to be zipped into their own zip file.  in other words.  c:\music\ folder contains 12 files.  I am trying to make a task that...

I have been trying to automate web browsers for the past few days. except I ran across a problem.  I am unable to send commands to the browser to click on buttons.  I can use the mouse / move to object commands or the 'tab to' work around  but these are not reliable.this is based on using bookmarks ...

wow that works for getting property information. after reviewing other links in this area I found another script that grabs other information. this info comes from WMI CIM_Datafile class.  (the stuff I really need)I am going to see if I can't cobble something together based on what you created and t...

ok i found something else that will help me.  this shows a way to get what I want.  but I still don't know what to do with this code now that I have it.  any help is much appreciated. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/script ... e/sas_fil_ lunl.mspx

is there a way to extract file meta data?  for example, I would like to extract the version, company name, from a file.  these are located in the properties when you right click on a file.  I can copy and paste, but Ithere must be a way to grab this information more elegantly.  my research on the in...