Astro RPA User Guide
  • Astro RPA
  • Astro Studio
    • Software requirements
    • Installation and startup
      • Install Chrome extension
      • Install Edge extension
      • Set up RDP
    • Getting started
      • Working with projects
      • Working with processes
      • Working with sequences
      • Working with workflows
      • Working with Code
      • Working with elements
    • Process execution and debugging
    • Testing
    • Script recording
    • Log
    • Variables and arguments
    • Search
      • Search patterns
    • Release control
    • Traffic record
    • UI inspector
    • SAP Inspector
    • Mobile devices
    • Studio settings
    • Panel management
    • Robot
      • Robot editions
    • RDP
    • Tools
      • Import
      • OCR pattern editor
      • Dialog designer
  • Elements
    • Base elements
      • Assistant
        • Show hint
      • Browser
        • Open browser
        • Attach browser
        • Text input
        • Element vanish
        • Close browser
        • Mouse click
        • Navigate
        • Get attribute
        • Get list
        • Get text
        • Element exists
        • Read table
        • Get image
        • Select item
        • Set focus
        • Anchor
      • Clipboard
        • Get from clipboard
        • Copy to clipboard
      • Collections
        • Add to array
        • Table to CSV
        • Table filter
      • Cryptography
        • Set Credentials
        • Get Credentials
        • Delete Credentials
      • Data
        • Date/time
          • Current date/time
          • Date diff
          • Date part
          • Date to string
          • Modify date
          • String to date
        • Archiving
          • Create archive
          • Extract archive
        • HTML
          • HTML to object
        • JSON
          • JSON to object
          • Object to JSON
        • Mapping
          • Create mapping
          • Update mapping
        • Strings
          • Cast to string
          • Get substring
          • Regular expression
          • Replace substring
          • Split string
          • String length
          • Substring exists
          • Trim string
        • XML
          • XML to object
          • XPath query
          • Object to XML
        • Data tables
          • Add column
          • Add row
          • Clean table
          • Create table
          • Merge tables
          • Remove column
          • Remove row
          • Sort table
      • Database
        • Connect
        • Execute query
      • Desktop
        • Activate window
        • Anchor
        • Attach application
        • Close application
        • Create desktop video
        • Drag and drop
        • Element exists
        • Element vanish
        • Get list
        • Get processes
        • Get text
        • Hot-key simulation
        • Kill application
        • Maximize window
        • Minimize window
        • Mouse click
        • Read table
        • Restore window
        • Select item
        • Set focus
        • Start application
        • Take screenshot
        • Text input
        • Type simulate
      • Dialogs
        • Add to log
        • Comment
        • Message box
        • Input dialog
        • Beep
        • Custom input
      • E-mail
        • Lotus Notes
          • Attach Lotus Notes
          • Delete mail
          • Move mail
          • Read mail
          • Send message
        • Move to folder (IMAP)
        • Receive mail (IMAP)
        • Receive mail POP3
        • Send message (SMTP)
      • File system
        • Append line
        • Write file
        • Copy file
        • Move file
        • File search
        • Create directory
        • Create file
        • File/folder exists
        • Delete file/folder
        • Read file
      • Flow control
        • If-Else
        • Switch
        • Try-Catch
        • Exit sequence
        • Break
        • Comment out
        • Throw
        • Wait
        • Parallel threads
        • Sequence
        • Assign
        • Continue
        • Process link
        • Do-While
        • ForEach
        • While
      • Google Sheets
        • Google Sheets document
        • Write range
        • Read range
      • Message queues
        • ActiveMQ
          • Send message
          • ActiveMQ
        • Kafka
          • Send message
          • Read messages
      • MS Excel
        • Run macro
        • Excel workbook
        • Cell input
        • Select range
        • Append range
        • Calculate formulas
        • Sort range
        • Get sheets
        • Save workbook
        • Delete range
        • Filter range
        • Read range
      • MS Outlook
        • Outlook
        • Close Outlook
        • Send message
        • Read address book
        • Read mail
      • MS Word
        • Add table row
        • Copy to clipboard
        • Delete text
        • Export document
        • Find text
        • Get text
        • Insert image
        • Insert table
        • Read table
        • Replace text
        • Save document
        • Select range
        • Text input
        • Word document
        • Write table cell
      • Network
        • FTP
          • Send to FTP
          • Download FTP file
          • List FTP files
        • Terminal server
          • Connect
          • Execute script
          • Disconnect
        • Web request
      • OCR
        • ABBYY FlexiCapture
          • FlexiCapture server
          • Process documents
        • Dbrain
          • Classify documents
          • Dbrain server
          • Process documents
        • Microsoft OCR
        • Tesseract OCR
        • Yandex Vision OCR
        • Image Vanish
        • Image click
        • Text click
        • Image exists
        • Text recognition
        • Validate document
      • Orchestrator
        • Assets
          • Get Asset
          • Get Credentials
          • Set Asset
          • Set Credentials
        • Process
        • Queues
          • Peek queue
          • Add to queue
      • PDF
        • Add watermark
        • Page count
        • Merge documents
        • Get image
        • Get text
      • Programming
        • C# Script
        • Invoke method
        • JavaScript
        • Python Script
        • Command prompt
        • Power Shell
      • SAP Front end
        • BAPI
          • BAPI connection
          • BAPI function
        • Attach SAP
        • Calendar
        • Check box
        • Combo box
        • Control exists
        • Get text
        • Mouse click
        • Open SAP
        • Radio button
        • Set focus
        • Tab strip
        • Table
        • Text input
        • Tree
      • Smart devices
        • Attach device
        • Press hot-key
        • Type text
        • Start application
        • Tap control
        • Get text
      • Testing
        • Get next local test data
        • Mock
        • Verify expression
        • Verify expression with operator
        • Verify output with operator
      • Workflow
        • Decision
        • Sequence
        • State
        • Workflow
  • Orchestrator
    • Monitoring
    • Automation
      • Tasks
    • Administration
      • Workers
      • Robots
      • Projects
      • Templates
      • Assets
      • Queues
    • Setting
      • Distribute
      • Journal
      • Users
      • Roles
      • Licenses
    • User settings
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  1. Astro Studio

Installation and startup

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Last updated 2 years ago

The installation of the Astro Studio application is performed by an installer, which is run by the setup.exe file. In order for Astro Studio to work correctly, it requires Microsoft.NET Framework, which is installed together with the studio.

Unpack Astro Studio Community Edition distridution package into a folder and launch setup.exe

If Windows shows the “Windows protected your PC” window, click More info

And then “Run anyway”:

Confirm your language:

On the installation screen click Next:

Review and accept the User License Agreement:

After clicking Next, the installer will propose to choose a folder to install Astro Studio, as well as the one of the following installation options: for all users of the operating system or only for the current one.

If you are installing Astro Studio for the first time, select the "Complete" option

And confirm the start of installation:

Windows may ask you to confirm that you allow Astro RPA to make changes on your device. Please confirm.

The final screen of the Installer informs you that the installation has been completed successfully.

Now you may find the Astro Studio icon on you desktop and launch the application

There are two design modes available in Astro Studio:

  • Astro Studio Pro - the full design capabilities for professional developers

  • Astro Studio Citizen - the simplified version for citizen developers.

To experience the full power of Astro RPA platform choose Pro version:

Start up screen will show the recent projects and the links to start a new project or open an existing one.

After closing this screen you reach the main screen of Astro Studio

Now you are ready to start building robots on Astro RPA platform.