Fields

AutoMate™ also supports a number of fields, which are placeholders for dynamic data (i.e. data that may change over time). When AutoMate™ encounters a field during task execution, it replaces the field with the proper information. Fields are always surrounded by braces ( { } )

The following fields are supported:

Field What AutoMate™ Types

SHORTDATE The current date, in short format, according to your regional settings (e.g.

1. 05/1999 for January 5, 1999 in US format)

LONGDATE The current date, in long format, according to your regional settings (e.g.

Sunday, February 21, 1999 in US format)

TIME The current time, in 12-hour format.

TIME24 The current time, in 24-hour format.

DELAY x Waits x number of milliseconds before continuing with the keystrokes that

follow. (e.g. DELAY 500 would make AutoMate™ pause 500 milliseconds

before proceeding).

{FORMATDATETIME "MMDDYY HH:MM"}

Display the current date in a custom format. Replace the information between

the quotes with the format you desire.

{VAR varname} Output the variable with variable name varname

{CONST constname} Output the value of constant constname

AutoMate™ also supports date shifting with any of the date fields (SHORTDATE, LONGDATE and FORMATDATETIME). Append a + or – at the end of the field, along with the number of days you wish to add or subtract, and AutoMate™ will send the current date offset by the number of days you requested.