Check Process

This action step enables you to check if a process is running or not and either kill it or launch another program.

Properties

Config Action
- Action
  
  Action to perform when the check gives a positive result.
- Program to start
  
  The executable file that launches when the Start Program action is chosen.
Process Settings
- Check for
  
  Establishes whether to check if the process does or does not exist.
- Process name/PID
  
  Name or process ID of the process to check for as listed in the Task Manager.

Variables

Start Process ID

The Process ID of the Process started (only available when Action is set to Start program) ** Syntax: PID:[PID]
Check State

Returns whether the check was successful or not ** Syntax: [Start program OK:/Start Program Error:/] Process '[Process Name]' [exists/does not exist/existed] [and program '[Path To Program/PID:[PID of Process to start]' [successfully started/was not started]]/[[and was killed]/]

Wizard

First enter the process to check for in the Process Name field. Either enter the process name or its ID manually in the field, then select the process from the drop-down menu there or navigate to an executable file and select it.

Next, select from the Check for drop-down menu whether to check if the process does or does not exist.

Choose an action from the Action drop-down menu to perform if the check is successful:

Do nothing
Performs the check and nothing else.
Start program
Starts the program defined in the Program to start property.
Kill process
Kills the process you checked for. Not applicable if the check was for non-existence.

Check if applications started by the RPA Bot are still running at the end of a workflow. If so, perform a Kill process action to reset the PC into a clean state for the next run.