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Ping Machine Action |
Declaration |
<AMPING HOST="text" TIMEOUT="number" RESULTVARIABLE="text"> |
See Also |
Send Email, Dial Up, HTTP Download, Open a Webpage, HTTP Post |
Sends a "ping" request to a computer. Ping is used to test server response times on a TCP/IP network. If the computer does not respond within the time specified, the step generates an error.
Used to check response times of servers connected to the Internet or private TCP/IP network.
Specifies a hostname or IP Address that should be "pinged". This value can be a hostname such as server.domain.com or an IP address such as 555.555.555.555.
Specifies how long the step should wait (in seconds) before generating an error if there is no response from the server being "pinged".
Specifies the variable to populate with the response time (in milliseconds).
Standard Error Handling Options
This action also includes the standard "Error Causes" and
"On Error" failure handling options/tabs
More on Error Handling Options
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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<AMPING HOST="server.domain.com" RESULTVARIABLE="responsetime">