General Options

The General Options determines the "look and feel" of the AutoMate Task Administrator on the local system.

Language
Specifies what language the AutoMate interface and logging should use.  By default, AutoMate uses the same language settings as the locale of your machine if that language is support.  You can override this, however, with one of the currently supported languages: English, French, Spanish, German or Italian.

Double-clicking on a task will
Specifies what will happen if you double-click on a task in the Task Administrator:

* Show it's properties: display the properties of the task
* Edit it's steps: opens the Task Builder to modify the steps of the task
* Run it: starts the task

Use wizard when creating new tasks
When selected, AutoMate will present the Add Task Wizard when clicking the New button on the toolbar or the File | New menu option.  The Add Task Wizard provides a step-by-step means of creating a new AutoMate Managed Task.  When not selected, AutoMate creates a task with a default name (usually "New Managed Task") with default properties.

Confirm on task delete
When selected, AutoMate displays a confirmation dialog each time the user attempts to delete a Managed Task.  When not selected, tasks are deleted immediately.  Once a Managed Task is deleted, it cannot be recovered.  The task can usually be reimported, however, by locating the proper task file and using File | Import to create a Managed Task from it.  See Importing Tasks for more information.

Show full file path in filename column
When the filename column is selected as a viewable column, this option determines whether the full path to the Task File is displayed.  If not selected, only the name of the Task File is displayed.

Show error window when Task Administrator Window is open
If a running AutoMate task errors while running and the Task Administrator is open, a dialog displaying information relevant to the error (such as the task name, step number, error, etc) can be displayed.  When this option is not selected, an error dialog is never displayed.  Errors are always logged to the log file as set in Logging Options regardless of this option setting.

Play sound on task failure
When this option is selected and a running task fails to run correctly while the Task Administrator is open, the sound file specified is played.  The sound file must be a valid wav file.  If this option is not selected, no sound is played.

See Also:

Importing Tasks

Logging Options