Release History
General New Features:
ProcessRobot now supports Microsoft Edge for Web Automation.
New Actions:
Action "Launch New Edge browser" has been added.
Corrections and Improvements:
Processes that include sensitive data Actions now require an encryption password during export.
Web-related Actions have been enhanced with the option to accept untrusted certificates.
Password retrieval no longer supports the "via command line" option for Autologin and Email and Exchange Monitor Triggers.
Issue with remote control to Solobots on machines that do not belong to the Active Directory has been resolved.
Issue with the "Find" button in Control Desk when a Process is in Review or Production has been resolved.
Processes now start properly when switching networks.
Schedules used to show the next scheduled run as "N/A" for February 29 on a leap year.
Issue with "Close Window" Action that could not find Window has been resolved.
"Attachment not found" exception in the "Send Exchange Email Message" Action now is properly handled.
License Utilization used to display information for invalidated license files.
Issue with Process migration from WinAutomation to ProcessRobot has been fixed.
Saving a Process as in the Process Designer now works properly.
Resetting a Custom User's password after it has expired now works properly.
A message to reset custom User's expired password now appears when logging into the Dashboard Designer and the Dashboard Viewer.
Queued Processes used to terminate when updating Solobot's Properties.
"Move Window" Action now works properly with Maximized Internet Explorer after resizing.
Inconsistencies with the Focus Window Action have been resolved.
Variables of Null Value type used to affect the external variables of a Process.
Issue when "Clear Cache" and/or "Cookies" is checked in "Launch New Firefox" Action has been resolved.
Issue when stopping a Process containing Active Directory or Ancora Actions has been resolved.
Non-admin Users now can run Processes from the Web Console.
Issue with some Logs being neglected in the Audit tab of a non-admin Control Desk has now been resolved.
Logging in multiple Sidebots on the same machine with custom authentication now works properly.
Existing Micro Focus session profiles now can be used by multiple users at the same time.
The authentication issue when TLS 1.0 is disabled has now been resolved.
Java controls now work properly when Java is installed in German.
The issue with the Run Application Action when the Region Format is set to Turkish has been resolved.
Fixed issue with DPI for SAP.
Corrections and Improvements
Azure AD User credentials can now be used in Autologin.
Corrected Permissions’ behavior regarding Triggers and Schedules.
Administrator Users who are also assigned other roles can now access Process Folders normally.
Executing a Process on Robots during logout no longer causes execution issues.
Password renewal after expiration now works as expected.
Improved behavior of “Remember Me” option during login.
Transactional Queues now properly handle Process errors.
Transactional Queues no longer refresh automatically.
The “Assigned To” Column in the Robots Tab now displays the correct information when a SoloBot is assigned to a Custom User.
Deleting the “Uncommitted Changes” version of a Process no longer causes further complications.
Process Version comparison no longer encounters errors in certain Actions.
“Get exported data from Ancora” Action now functions as expected.
“Extract Text with OCR” Action now releases the relevant file after completion.
Exception Handling for the “Wait for Window” and “Wait for Window Content” Actions now works as intended.
Emails containing attachments with no “Content-Disposition: attachment” header are now recognized.
Additional details added to “Exception” type Variables.
Issue with Schedulers in case of incorrect password is now fixed.
The “Connect to CaptureFast Account” Action now produces an error when incorrect credentials are used.
The “Authentication File” property in the “Create Azure Session” Action is no longer protected.
Added missing tooltip in the “Describe Amazon EBS Snapshots” Action.
“More Info” buttons in Amazon, Ancora, and Azure Actions now redirect to the appropriate Help File entries.
“Wait for Window” Action no longer increases RAM consumption.
Improved performance of “Close Window” Action.
The installation file which includes the SQL Express installation now works properly.
Large values are now accepted in the “User passwords expire after:” field in the Control Desk Settings.
VMware Horizon no longer negatively impacts ProcessRobot operations.
Windows ESU no longer interferes with ProcessRobot.
February 29 on leap years is now displayed correctly in the Schedules Tab.
Recurring Schedules now function properly when their assigned starting point is set to a past date and time.
Users from multiple Active Directory servers are now displayed correctly.
Improved performance of Process Studio.
Improved performance for Web Automation using Mozilla Firefox (new Web Extension version 1.0.0.17).
General New Features
Users may be assigned Multiple Roles simultaneously; the resulting User permissions are the sum of all the assigned roles’ “Allow” permissions.
Multiple Active Directory Users may be imported and updated in ProcessRobot through Active Directory Groups.
Triggers can now be configured to retry after encountering an error.
Control Desk
Process Folders with custom Security options are now visible to roles with “Allow” permissions.
Search bar added to most Settings subtabs in the Control Desk Settings tab.
New Actions
“Active Directory” group of Actions allows direct interaction with Windows Active Directory.
“Ancora” group of Actions provides integration with the ancoraDocs document analysis and processing software.
“AWS” Group of Actions directly integrates with cloud environments in the Amazon Web Services platform.
“Azure” group of Actions allows Users to directly automate cloud environments in the Azure platform.
Corrections and Improvements
Improved the way multiple License files are handled in a single ProcessRobot installation.
Changing a User Password when the “Remember Me” option is enabled no longer produces error messages.
“Logout after Process completion” option no longer affects all Robots in a BotStack.
The Sidebot window no longer opens when a BotStack Solobot attempts to login.
SoloBots are no longer stuck in a “Waiting For Login” state when the previous RDP session had been disconnected.
Intensive use of Queues no longer causes issues with SQL Server.
Silent installation consisting of only one Robot now works as intended.
Updating to the latest Version no longer fails when there are SoloBots which are not assigned to a machine.
File Monitor Filter now recognizes regex related symbols, such as ~$, as simple characters.
Checker Process no longer runs twice when the Robot is disconnected during the execution of the Maker Process.
Logging out from Windows no longer causes queued Processes to fail.
An appropriate entry is added to the Audit logs when a Schedule fires and its Execution Target is not available.
Macro Recorder now uses the “Populate Text Field in Window” Action where appropriate.
All information is now properly logged by the "Log Message" Action on SoloBots.
Custom User Actions no longer crash when running under a different ProcessRobot Server.
Deleting a Process after discarding it from Production no longer prevents the parent folder from being deleted.
License Utilization in the Home tab of the Control Desk now displays the correct number of licenses.
The status of Queue Items of Processes is now updated as expected.
Warning logs created by BotStack are now generated correctly.
Improved stability of the Automation Browser.
Performance of SAP automation improved.
Decryption of an encrypted Variable no longer produces empty spaces in the end result.
Pager elements now work properly during Web Extraction.
The Timeout option in the Upload Document to CaptureFast Action now works as expected.
Extracting text from PDF files now works as intended.
Exception Handling in “Launch New Internet Explorer” Action now functions as expected.
Regions and Comments are now allowed in Switch blocks.
Exporting reports from Dashboard Viewer is now possible.
Corrections and Improvements
Performing simultaneous login in multiple Sidebots on the same machine with custom authentication now works properly.
Processes now start properly when switching networks.
Fixed issue with DPI for SAP.
Java controls now work properly when Java is installed in German.
"Retrieve Exchange Email Messages" Action now works properly with the Drafts Exchange folder.
"Attachment not found" exception in the "Send Exchange Email Message" Action now is properly handled.
Existing Micro Focus session profiles now can be used by multiple users at the same time.
Issue with the "Find" button in Control Desk when a Process is in Review or Production has been resolved.
Added
Users may be assigned Multiple Roles simultaneously; the resulting User permissions are the sum of all the assigned roles’ “Allow” permissions.
Multiple Active Directory Users may be imported and updated in ProcessRobot through Active Directory Groups.
Process Folders with custom Security options are now visible to roles with “Allow” permissions.
Triggers can now be configured to retry after encountering an error.
Search bar added to most Settings subtabs in the Control Desk Settings tab.
Corrections and Improvements
Improved the way multiple License files are handled in a single ProcessRobot installation.
Changing a User Password when the “Remember Me” option is enabled no longer produces error messages.
“Logout after Process completion” option no longer affects all Robots in a BotStack.
SoloBots are no longer stuck in a “Waiting For Login” state when the previous RDP session had been disconnected.
Silent installation consisting of only one Robot now works as intended.
Issue with Schedulers in case of incorrect password is now fixed.
Updating to the latest Version no longer fails when there are SoloBots which are not assigned to a machine.
Checker Process no longer runs twice when the Robot is disconnected during the execution of the Maker Process.
Logging out from Windows no longer causes queued Processes to fail.
An appropriate entry is added to the Audit logs when a Schedule fires and its Execution Target is not available.
All information is now properly logged by the "Log Message" Action on SoloBots.
Custom User Actions no longer crash when running under a different ProcessRobot Server.
Deleting a Process after discarding it from Production no longer prevents the parent folder from being deleted.
License Utilization in the Home tab of the Control Desk now displays the correct number of licenses.
The status of Queue Items of Processes is now updated as expected.
Warning logs created by BotStack are now generated correctly.
Improved stability of the Automation Browser.
Decryption of an encrypted Variable no longer produces empty spaces in the end result.
Pager elements now work properly during Web Extraction.
Extracting text from PDF files now works as intended.
Exception Handling in “Launch New Internet Explorer” Action now functions as expected.
Regions and Comments are now allowed in Switch blocks.
Exporting reports from Dashboard Viewer is now possible.
Added
Process Studio users now get notified in the event of a connection issue with the server.
New field in the Control Desk Settings tab for the installation name along with its unique installation ID.
Corrections and Improvements
Improvement in synchronization between the video log and the process actions playback.
Processes randomly crashing due to Capturefast actions on robots has been fixed.
Issue with queued processes remaining in the queue after a Solobot restart has been fixed.
Issue with recurring schedules occasionally stopping to initiate a process has been resolved.
ABBYY actions have been updated to work with version 12.
Monitor tab now shows events of the last 2 hours.
Concurrency Policy affecting authentication on Sidebots has been corrected.
Issue where multiple Sidebot sessions on one workstation used to affect one another has been fixed.
General New Features
New Triggers added: Exchange Email Monitor, Database Monitor, Performance Counter
Custom User and Machine Authentication is now supported
It is now possible to host multiple SoloBots on a single machine
A single installation file is used for all ProcessRobot components
Process Designer
Added the option to remove all breakpoints in a Process
Controls in the Controls Repository can now be sorted
New Actions
"Cryptography" group of Actions enables the encrypting, decrypting and hashing of data and files
"CaptureFast" group of Actions provides integration with the cloud-based data capturing platform
"CyberArk" group of Actions offers integration with the CyberArk secure password vault platform
"Enate" group of Actions provides integration with the Enate service orchestration platform
Corrections and Improvements
Credentials in the Credential Manager can now be assigned different values based on the Process Lifecycle
Security options regarding User permissions added to Credentials in the Credential Manager, User Libraries folders and Dashboards
Recurring Schedules can be assigned a Start and Expiration date & time
Added options for managing Process Versions in Version History
Corrected sorting by Timestamp in Process Version History
File Monitor Trigger no longer displays errors when deployed to SideBots
Improved capturing and use of Pager elements in Google Chrome
The Table Extraction Preview no longer omits the first row when an entire HTML Table is extracted
Using NT Credentials during SoloBot Autologin no longer produces errors
Actions inside a Switch block now correctly display an error message when not in a Case block
Renaming previously undefined variables no longer causes an error
The "Retrieve Emails" Action can now be configured to only retrieve Read emails
Simultaneously importing multiple Licenses no longer causes an error
The "Include Subfolders" option when synchronizing files on SFTP Servers now works as expected
SoloBots can now use another User's credentials to execute a Process without errors
HTTP PATCH Method added to "Invoke Web Service" Action
Information window no longer pops up when the cursor does not hover over the ProcessRobot tray icon
Improved performance in workstations where Java is not installed
Using the same Function name in a User Library and a Process that uses it no longer produces an error
"Occurrence" property added to the "Move Mouse to Image" Action
"Find Usages" in the Process Designer is no longer case sensitive
Improvements in UI and Web Automation
Selector Builder can now be maximized
Improved SAP Controls
Improved performance in deleting large Processes and Folders
General New Features
Remote SoloBot Access with View and/or Take Control permissions
Video capturing upon exception on a Production Solobot, which can be replayed side by side with the Process Designer as if it was executing in Debug mode
Version comparison Tool, for comparing two different versions of the same process. Comparison takes place on the Code, on Controls and Images
Introducing New Exchange Email actions
Introducing ABBYY FlexiCapture for unstructured data support and ABBYY FineReader for OCR
Upon completing the installation, the Connection String file gets encrypted to prevent unauthorized access