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Check for Updates

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

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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.
  • Remote Full Username (text box editor type) (type: string): the domain and username that has rights on the remote machine. Not required on local machine. E.g. "mydomain\demo_user"
  • Remote Password (password box editor type) (type: string): the username password on the remote machine. Not required on local machine.
  • Remote 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).

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

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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.

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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 Schedule Weekly Task activity:

 


Schedule Monthly Task

This activity creates a new monthly scheduled task on Windows Task Scheduler. For example, if all parameters are filled this will create a Monthly trigger to run on X day of month for every Y minutes.

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  • Entries Collection (type: string): outputs the Windows code for the operation result.


 

Windows Service Tasks

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

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The Windows Service Tasks 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 computer name or IP. For example '10.10.10.10'.
  • Operation (combo box control) (type: string): the operation you want to be executed on the windows service.
  • Service Name (text box editor type) (type: string): the service name. For example : 'Flowster Studio Email trigger'.
  • Remote Full Username (text box editor type) (type: string): the domain and username that has rights on the remote machine. Not required on local machine. E.g. "mydomain\demo_user"
  • Remote Password (password box editor type) (type: string): the username password on the remote machine. Not required on local machine.
  • Remote 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).

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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 Windows Service Tasks activity:




 

WMI Query

This activity executes a WMI query locally or remote.

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