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  • Computer name (text box editor type) (type: string): the IP or hostname of the machine you want to run the check against. If none is provided, localhost will be used.
  • Update Type (combobox control type) (type: string): filter the update types (All, Important, Optional). The default value is "All".
  • Username (text box editor type) (type: string): the username that will be used to connect to the target machine.

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The Read Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:

  • Output status (type: boolean): outputs True if any updates are found, and False if none.
  • Output Count (type: int): outputs the number of updates found.
  • Output Updates (type: List<string>): outputs a list of the available updates (names).

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Cmd

This activity runs a Windows CMD.exe command.

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  • Output (type: string): outputs the Command ExitCode as a String.

 

 

Edit Windows Service

This activity updates the logon credentials and the startup type of a Windows service on a specified machine.

Activity Parameters

The Edit Windows Service activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

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Parameters:

  • Computer name (text box editor type) (type: string): the IP or hostname of the machine you want to run the check against. If none is provided, localhost will be used.
  • Service name (text box editor type) (type: string): the name of the service to be updated.
  • Startup Type (text box editor type with combobox filter) (type: string): Enter or select the type of startup (Automatic, Manual, Disabled) the service should have after the activity runs.
  • Username (text box editor type) (type: string): the username that will be used to connect to the target machine and that will be set as logon user for the service.

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The Read Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:

  • Output status (type: boolean): outputs True if the operation succeeded, and False otherwise.

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End Process

This activity terminates a process locally or remote.

Activity Parameters

The End Process activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

  • Machine (text box editor type) (type: string): the IP or name of the machine where the process is running.
  • Password (password box editor type) (type: string): the username password if the process should be executed on a remote machine. Not required when process should be executed locally.
  • Password Binding (text box editor type) (type: string): bind to a variable containing the encrypted password for connection. (This parameter is used only when the user wants to send an encripted password from outside the task, for example Flowster Studio Portal).
  • Process Name (text box editor type) (type: string): the process name that will be terminated.
  • Process PID (text box editor type) (type: string): the process PID that will be terminated.
  • Username (text box editor type) (type: string): the username if the process should be executed on a remote machine. Not required when process should be executed locally.

The Read Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:

  • Output Status (type: boolean): outputs the result status. If the operation succeeded then TRUE, otherwise FALSE.

As mentioned above, the values for all the required parameters can be provided by IN arguments or variables. Below is an example of predefined arguments, ready to be used by the End Process activity:

 

 

Get Current User Info

This actvity returns the Username (sAMAccountname) and Domain of the currently logged in user.

Activity Parameters

The Get Current User Info activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

The Read Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:

  • Output Domain (type: string): outputs the current user domain.
  • Output Username (type: string): outputs the current Username.

 

 

Get MAC Address

This activity checks for OS Updates on a specified Windows workstation.

Activity Parameters

The Get MAC Address activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

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Parameters:

  • Computer name (text box editor type) (type: string): the IP or hostname of the machine you want to run the check against. If none is provided, localhost will be used.
  • Update Type (combobox control type) (type: string): filter the update types (All, Important, Optional). The default value is "All".
  • Username (text box editor type) (type: string): the username that will be used to connect to the target machine.

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The Read Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:

  • Output status (type: boolean): outputs True if any updates are found, and False if none.
  • Output Count (type: int): outputs the number of updates found.
  • Output Updates (type: List<string>): outputs a list of the available updates (names).

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Run C# expression

This activity runs a C# code and returns the compiled value.

Activity Parameters

The Run C# Expression activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

  • Expression (text box editor type) (type: string): the expression code that will be compiled and executed.

The Read Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:

  • Output (type: string): outputs result of the executed code.

As mentioned above, the values for all the required parameters can be provided by IN arguments or variables. Below is an example of predefined arguments, ready to be used by the Run C# Expression activity:

 

 

 

Run Program

This activity runs a program locally or remotely.

Activity Parameters

The Run Program activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Parameters:

  • Machine (text box editor type) (type: string): the IP or name of the machine where to execute the process.
  • Password (password box editor type) (type: string): the username password if the process should be executed on a remote machine. Not required when process should be executed locally.
  • Password Binding (text box editor type) (type: string): bind to a variable containing the encrypted password for connection. (This parameter is used only when the user wants to send an encripted password from outside the task, for example Flowster Studio Portal).
  • Process (text box editor type) (type: string): the process path or name of the process(executable). Only process name if can be found directly in System32 folder.
  • Username (text box editor type) (type: string): the username if the process should be executed on a remote machine. Not required when process should be executed locally.

As mentioned above, the values for all the required parameters can be provided by IN arguments or variables. Below is an example of predefined arguments, ready to be used by the Run Program activity:

The Read Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:

  • Output (type: collection<string>): outputs a collection with WMI return value and PID.

 

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This activity Server Boot Operations locally or remote.

Activity Parameters

The Server Boot Operations activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables.

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This activity starts stops or restarts a windows service locally or remote.

Activity Parameters

The Windows Service Tasks activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

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This activity executes a WMI query locally or remote.

Activity Parameters

The WMI Query activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

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