How to open Windows command prompt from SAP RPA?

[former_member651398]

Hi,

I was trying to open a command prompt from SAP RPA using UIAutomation technology.

Even if I am capturing the command prompt, and giving its launch path properly, it is ending up in error.

My captured screen with UIAutomation technology looks like below:

And the workflow is as below:

When executing, I am getting an error in the start page saying no valid path provided:

Can someone please help me out what am I missing, and how can I call the Windows command prompt from SAP RPA?

Thank You.

[ramyatambuganipalli]

Hello subu_84

Even I'm facing the same error , Could you please tell how to rectify the error..

Thanks in advance.
Ramya.T

[Jerome · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I would not recommend to capture the command line tool. If you need to execute some command lines, please see below :

var command = 'your command line here';
try {
    ctx.exec(command, 30000, function(res){ // timeout 30 sec
        // do some stuff once you get the response
    });
}catch (ex){
    ctx.log(ex.message, e.logIconType.Error);
} 

Please note this is an asynchronous call so you need to execute the next steps in the callback method

Regards,

J.

[rashmi-a · Accepted solution]

can you help me out here .. I have a same requirement.

[sveabecker · Accepted solution]

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