- Release Notes
- Getting Started
- Setup and Configuration
- Automation Projects
- Dependencies
- Types of Workflows
- File Comparison
- Automation Best Practices
- Source Control Integration
- Debugging
- The Diagnostic Tool
- Variables
- Arguments
- Imported Namespaces
- Trigger-based Attended Automation
- Recording
- UI Elements
- Control Flow
- Selectors
- Object Repository
- Data Scraping
- Image and Text Automation
- Automating Citrix Technologies
- RDP Automation
- Salesforce Automation
- SAP Automation
- VMware Horizon Automation
- Logging
- The ScreenScrapeJavaSupport Tool
- The WebDriver Protocol
- Test Suite - Studio
- Extensions
- Troubleshooting
- About troubleshooting
- Microsoft App-V support and limitations
- Internet Explorer X64 troubleshooting
- Microsoft Office issues
- Identifying UI elements in PDF with Accessibility options
- Repairing Active Accessibility support
- Automating Applications Running Under a Different Windows User
- Validation of large Windows-legacy projects takes longer than expected
Creating a Basic Library
The following tutorial walks you through the steps of creating a library in Studio, publishing and using it in other automation projects.
Creating a library is similar to Creating a Basic Process. The difference is that a library is a package containing reusable components which can be used in the context of other projects.
This example gets data from an Excel spreadsheet and appends it to another Excel file. Next, it walks you through the steps for packaging and publishing the project to a custom feed, installing the package to another project, and using the activity it contains.
This example uses Excel activities that do not require Microsoft Excel to be installed on your machine.
Let’s begin.
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file by publishing the project.
To use the package in another project, you first need to add it as a project dependency. To get started, create a new Process in Studio, as explained in the Creating a Basic Process page.
Read more about project dependencies in the About Dependencies page.
You need to follow the above steps whenever you want to add or remove a user-defined feed in Studio. Check out the About Activities Packages to read more information about activities feeds.
You can add other activities like Copy Sheet or Auto Fill Range, but these require Microsoft Excel to be installed on your machine.
The advantage of reusable components is that they reduce repetition. You create them once and reuse them in other projects.
To download the library we created above, click the button below: