Terminals

Run Terminal

This activity emulates a text terminal or DOSBox.
Give the terminal your custom name and put it in Input part of Properties window (Terminal Id). Set Arguments in Input part of Properties window (e.g. IP of the terminal). Choose terminal type from the drop-down list (IBM3270, VT100, MSDOS, IBM5250).

term_run
Parameter nameParameter TypeIn/OutDescription
Alternative Scenario If FailedBooleanInputcheckbox; default is "on"
ArgumentsStringInputadditional informations
CurrentTerminalTypeDropdownInputselect the appropriate option from the dropdown list
DisplayNameLiteralInputyou can change the name of activity for greater clarity of the scenario
Retry timeout [s]DoubleInputwaiting time until the activity will execute: 1. any negative value means try once, if you fail – set Result to False and finish activity; 2. “0” means try until you get the effect; 3. any positive value is time in seconds in which the activity will persist trying until successful or the time elapses, if failed – set Result to False and finish activity
Terminal nameStringInputcustom internal name for terminal, in order to use in Wizlink®
ResultBooleanOutputreturns the Boolean value: it will return True if no error is in activity, otherwise it will return False
Result CodeInt32OutputResult Code will return 0 if there is no error in activity, otherwise in most cases it will return 1, the extended result code will show only in several chosen activities