Does exist a software for this?

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The discussion revolves around the automation of a multi-step process involving multiple programs and a webpage. Participants explore various software options and scripting languages that could facilitate this automation on a Windows platform.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant outlines a specific automation process involving navigating to a webpage, saving images, and processing them in different programs.
  • Another participant suggests using AutoIt as a potential solution for automation.
  • A follow-up question arises regarding the ability of AutoIt to open a webpage, with a request for clarification on the category of such automation software.
  • One participant proposes "Automation Utilities" as a suitable category for such software.
  • Another participant suggests using scripting languages like Perl or Python for more efficient image retrieval from webpages, mentioning tools like lynx or wget for downloading.
  • There is also a mention of using VBScript as an alternative for writing a custom automation program, contingent on the user's programming skills.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants present multiple competing views on the best approach to automation, with no consensus on a single solution or method. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the most effective software or scripting language for the task.

Contextual Notes

There are limitations regarding the specific capabilities of AutoIt and the programming skills required for alternatives like VBScript or scripting languages. The discussion does not resolve the effectiveness of each proposed solution.

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Individuals interested in process automation, software development, or those looking for tools to streamline repetitive tasks on Windows may find this discussion relevant.

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i want to automatize a process that uses 4 programs and 1 web pages
so it has more than 5 steps that repeats cyclically
so my question is if a windows program can do this
the processs would be like this

goto page xxxxxx
save image at xxxxxxxx
open program xxxxxxx
open image saved
save inage in format xxxxx
open program yyyyyy and process image xxxxxx
process image in programzzzz
the result copy and paste in program wwwww
goto step 1
 
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thanks for your valuable information
but there's now this problem, i see that i can download an internet file with the program , but i can't find any instruction that let's you open a webpage
by the way, does this type of prog have a special name, or category?
(like software for manage software??)
 
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"Automation Utilities" could be a suitable category.

You could search for AutoIt on google and possibly find AutoIt among other similar programs.

You could execute explorer with the webpage as an argument.
For example
explorer "http://www.cnn.com"[/B]

If what you are ultimately after are images on webpages, you might find that writing a script in say perl or python is more efficient. You could parse a webpage for the URLs to the images you want, then retrieve them via the program or else through some external program like lynx or maybe wget.
These programs are available from Cygwin (the unix-like distribution that runs in Windows).
 
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juan avellaneda said:
i want to automatize a process that uses 4 programs and 1 web pages
so it has more than 5 steps that repeats cyclically
so my question is if a windows program can do this
the processs would be like this
...
You can always write this sort of program easily using VBScript, but then that all depends on your programming ability.
 

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