System process

The System components in the RPA Desktop Design Studio perform standard Windows systems operations. For example, get the process ID or terminate a process.

• Use the CloseMainWindow component
  Closes any Windows application by providing the Process ID as input.
• Use the GetMainWindowHandle component
  Retrieve the window handle of a main window of an active process by using the GetMainWindowHandle component in RPA Desktop Design Studio. This component accepts the Process ID as input and returns the Integer value of the specified process.
• Use the GetMainWindowHandleAsInt component
  Retrieve the window handle of a main window of an active process as an integer by using the GetMainWindowHandleAsInt component in RPA Desktop Design Studio.
• Use the GetWindowProcessID component
  Retrieve the window handle of a main window of an active process as an integer by using the GetWindowProcessID component in RPA Desktop Design Studio.
• Use the StartNew component
  Start a new process by using the StartNew component in RPA Desktop Design Studio.
• Use the Terminate component
  End the specified Windows system process by using the Terminate component in RPA Desktop Design Studio.
• Use the TerminateByName component
  Use the TerminateByName component to end the specified process or application, for example Chrome browser, Excel, Notepad, by its respective name.
• Use the WhoLockedFile component
  Provide a file path to find out the user name of the person who locked a file by using the WhoLockedFile component in RPA Desktop Design Studio.
• Properties of the System Process components
  Learn about the properties of the System Process components in RPA Desktop Design Studio.

Parent Topic:Utilities