This lesson describes how to parameterize the basic task prepared in lesson 1. For more information, refer to Example Task for Using the Basic Elements of AutomationDesk.
You have to know how to edit an automation sequence (refer to Lesson 1: Creating Your First Project).
This lesson shows you how to parameterize an automation sequence.
You will copy an existing automation sequence.
You will learn how to specify general properties of an automation block.
You will parameterize your automation sequence using different methods.
Working through this lesson will take you about 40 minutes.
To check the correctness of the executed steps, refer to Results of Lesson 2.
The starting point of this lesson is the AutomationDesk project you created in lesson 1.
If you have not created your own AutomationDesk project as shown in the previous lesson, you can use the prepared demo project Tutorialdemo01.adp. It can be found at <DocumentsFolder>\Tutorial Demos.
Before you can open a demo project, you must copy the demo projects to the Documents folder. To do so, the AutomationDesk Options dialog provides the Copy Demos command in the User Settings page.
Now you can start with the first step, refer to Step 1: How to Open an Existing Project.