Kill the open Application before Launch if already open

AbhayVerma1 — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 08:40:00 GMT

Hi ,

how to identify the open desktop application (Training Order) and then close it before we launch a fresh? . What Object and Action would be utilized to do so.

TA
Abhay

RE: Kill the open Application before Launch if already open

Carl__Carter — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:09:00 GMT

Hi Abhay,

There are a few ways you could achieve this, but by far the simplest is to use an Action Stage which calls the 'Kill' action. This is found in the Business Object 'Utility - Environment'.

The 'Process Name' input is the name of the Windows process name which you want to close (omitting the .exe). You can then launch a fresh session of the process.

If there is the possibility of multiple Windows processes with the same name, and you wanted to kill a specific session, you would have to use a combination of a Read Stage and a Decision Stage to check if connected to the application, followed by a Navigate Stage to Attach (if not connected), and finally using a Navigate Stage to Terminate the application.

If your requirement is the second option, then please review Section 6 of Foundation Training on the Blue Prism University which will take you through the steps to achieve this.

Hope this helps.

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Carl Carter
Developer Program Manager
Blue Prism
Europe/London
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RE: Kill the open Application before Launch if already open

AbhayVerma — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 02:47:00 GMT

Hi Carl,

Thanks for your input. It worked.

Many Thanks,
Abhay Verma

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Abhay Verma
Consultant Specialist
HSBC
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