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Authenticate Action

Declaration

<AMAUTHENTICATE USER="text" PASSWORD="text">

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Description

Stops the task until the user authenticates himself in the specified manner.

Practical Usage

Certain tasks should only be run by certain users. This action provides a few ways for the user to identify himself before continuing.

Parameters

General Tab

Password
Text, Optional
MARKUP: PASSSWORD="Backup Service"

Specifies a password that the user must enter before the task continues. If this step is added in Visual Mode, this value is automatically encrypted.

User Name
Text, Optional
MARKUP: USER="Backup Service"

Specifies a valid Windows user name. The user specified must be logged on in order for the task to continue.

Notes

Standard Error Handling Options
This action also includes the standard "Error Causes" and "On Error" failure handling options/tabs

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Variables and Expressions
All text fields allow the use of expressions by surrounding the expression in percentage signs (example: %MYVARIABLE%, %Left('Text',2)%). To help construct these expressions, a popup expression builder is available in all these fields by pressing F2.
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Example

<AMAUTHENTICATE PASSWORD="mypassword">

<AMAUTHENTICATE USER="steve">