Description

Changes the properties of a currently established terminal session including window visibility or cursor position. Used to make the terminal window visible or hidden, or to clear the window or set the cursor position. Commonly used with the Get Terminal Text or Send Terminal Text actions to prepare the terminal window to receive text, or to clear it after text has been retrieved. The terminal actions are used in lieu of terminal emulation software. Using the terminal actions, legacy systems can be Automated Workflow in the background without the use of 3rd party software.

Declaration

<AMCONTROLTERM SESSION="Text" ACTION="Text [Options]" CURSORROW="Text" CURSORCOL="Text" />

Example

<AMCONTROLTERM SESSION="TermSess2" ACTION="SETCURSORPOSITION" CURSORROW="3" CURSORCOL="5" />

General Tab Parameters

Action: Specifies the action to perform on the terminal window. The parameters change based on which Action is chosen.

• Show terminal window: displays the terminal window.

• Hide terminal window: hides the terminal window.

• Clear terminal window: clears all text from the terminal window.

• Set cursor position: sets the position of the cursor in the terminal window. Specify position in Row and Column fields.

Text [options], Optional - Default "Show terminal window"
MARKUP: ACTION="SETCURSORPOSITION"

Cursor Row: Specifies the row number for the cursor position.

Text, Required if Set cursor position is selected
MARKUP: ROW="1"

Cursor Column: Specifies the column number for the cursor position.

Text, Required if Set cursor position is selected
MARKUP:  COLUMN="2"

Session name: Specifies the session name. This session name must have been previously created with a Connect Terminal step. This allows several connections to be active simultaneously. If you are only using one connection at a time, do not specify a value other than the default.

Text, Optional - Default "TermSess1"
MARKUP: SESSION="TermSess2"