Task - Stop

Declaration

<AMTASK ACTIVITY="stop" STATUSTYPE="text (options)" ERRORNUMBER="number" ERRORTEXT="text" />

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Description

Stops execution of the current task. Supports status code output, including Success, Stop, or Error. If the status code is set to Error, this activity supports output of a custom error number and/or text to the Automate Desktop Event Log.

Practical usage

Commonly used inside an If activity to immediately stop execution of the current task if a certain condition is met. Conveniently returns a status or error number/text to output to other applications.

Parameters

General

Property Type Required Default Markup Description
Status type (unlabeled) Text (options) Yes Aborted
  • STATUSTYPE="SUCCESS"
  • STATUSTYPE="ERROR"
 The type of status to return when the task stops. The selected status will appear in the Automate Desktop Event Log. The available options are:
  • Aborted (default) - The task will return an aborted status.
  • Success - The task will return a success status.
  • Error - The task will return an error status and user-defined error number and/or text.
Custom error number Number Yes (Empty) ERRORNUMBER="123" The user-defined error number to return when the task stops. This parameter becomes available and is required if the Status type parameter is set to Error.
NOTE: 0 is a reserved system error number and is not available for use.
Custom error text Text No (Empty) ERRORTEXT="ErrorBad" The user-defined error text to return when the task stops. This parameter becomes available if the Status type parameter is set to Error.

Description

Error Causes

On Error

Examples

NOTE:
  • Copy and paste the sample AML code below directly into the Task Builder Steps Panel.
  • To successfully run the sample code, update parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, or other information specific to the task to match your environment.

Example 1

This sample task stops a task and throws error number 8080 and error text ErrorBad.

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<AMTASK ACTIVITY="stop" STATUSTYPE="ERROR" ERRORNUMBER="8080" ERRORTEXT="ErrorBad" />

Example 2

This sample task stop a task if the condition in step 1 returns FALSE.

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<AMIF EXPRESSION="1 = 2" USECOMPLEXUI="YES" />
<AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="If the previous step returns TRUE, this message box will be displayed" />
<AMELSE />
<AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="If the previous step returns FALSE, this message box will be displayed and the following step will stop this task" />
<AMTASK ACTIVITY="stop" />
<AMIF ACTIVITY="end" />