Automating recurring workflows for Windows

Not the same clicks every day.
Handled automatically.

In many departments, someone clicks through the same software application day after day — the same screens, the same data entry, the same routine. It costs time and ties up staff for work that doesn't require a single decision. Automation Studio takes those clicks and that data entry off your hands: record it once, and it replays the same workflow automatically as often as you like — reliably, traceably, and without anyone having to sit and watch.

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Not just a macro recorder: Automation Studio re-finds its click targets via image anchors instead of relying on rigid coordinates — including retry logic and tolerance control, so a workflow doesn't break over every small layout shift in the next update.

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Show it once, Automation Studio takes it from there

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An employee automates a task
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④ Enable option
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The same routine, over and over — by hand
Automation Studio records the routine
Now it runs on its own
Core features

What Automation Studio does for you

From recording to the finished report, Automation Studio covers the entire cycle of a recurring task — with no scripting required.

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Recording

A global mouse/keyboard capture automatically detects clicks, double-clicks, drags, scrolling, key presses and typed text, turning them into named work steps — including an image anchor around the click point plus the window and control name, so it stays clear what happened even without the recording open.

Per-step image anchor Window/control detection F8/F9/ESC hotkeys
Replay

Recorded workflows run again automatically — with configurable retry logic on failure, tolerant image comparison, and "wait for image state" for elements that only appear after a delay. Any workflow can also resume from an arbitrary step with one click.

Retry logic Tolerance control Stop on error
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Repeat runs

A workflow can repeat automatically 1 to 999 times in a row — with a live "Repeat X of Y" progress indicator. Ideal for routine work that comes up again and again in exactly the same form, with no manual restart.

1–999 repeats Progress indicator
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Workflow organization

Workflows can be organized in arbitrarily nested folders and moved via a target-folder dialog. Export and import can be scoped to all, none, or manually selected workflows — the folder structure is preserved.

Nested folders Export/import
Success evaluation & history

A run counts as successful if it wasn't aborted and no step failed — purely step-based and traceable. Every run of a workflow stays available, and two runs can be compared side by side.

Step-based Run comparison
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Reports

Every run automatically produces an HTML report with a header/status, a step table, screenshots, and diff images for failed image comparisons — one click from the app opens it in the browser.

HTML report Diff images
How it works

From click to finished report
in four steps

No script, no coding required. Automation Studio records what you do and repeats it reliably — even after the next update to your application.

Create a project

Pick the target application and set the starting position for recording & playback (monitor, fullscreen or a fixed resolution).

Record

Use the application as usual — clicks, input and image anchors automatically become named work steps.

Replay

Run the workflow automatically — with retries on failure and robust targeting via image anchors.

Review

Step results and the automatically generated HTML report show exactly what worked — and what didn't.

A few details worth knowing
Image-anchor search

Robust against layout shifts

Click targets are re-found via an image patch around the recorded point rather than fixed coordinates alone. If the layout shifts slightly after an update, replay still finds the target.

  • Patch size fine-tunable in settings
  • Minimum match score freely configurable
  • "Wait for image state" for elements that appear after a delay
Image anchor Patch size 48 px
Search Match score 96% — target found
Not found Retry 2 of 3
Workflow organization

Workflows in folders, not one long list

Workflows can be organized in arbitrarily nested folders and moved via a target-folder dialog — handy once dozens of recurring routines pile up over time.

  • Export/import targeted at "all", "none", or manually selected workflows
  • Folder structure is preserved on import
📁 Invoice intake6 workflows
📁 Order entry11 workflows
📁 Monthly reporting4 workflows
Replay

Play a workflow automatically, multiple times

Instead of kicking off a recurring task by hand over and over, it can repeat automatically 1 to 999 times in a row — with a live progress indicator, ideal for routine work that comes up again and again in the same form.

  • Repeat count freely configurable (1–999)
  • "Repeat X of Y" progress indicator during execution
Workflow Capture invoice dataRepeat 14 of 50
Capabilities

More than a simple recorder

Automation Studio is built for robust, repeatable runs — with project management and evaluation that go beyond plain replay.

HTML report
Every run gets its own report

Generated automatically for every run: header/status, a step table, screenshots per step, and diff images for failed image comparisons. One click from the app opens the report directly in the browser.

Step 12 — data entry form filled in
Successful
Step 18 — image comparison failed
Diff image
Run history
Compare runs instead of just viewing the last one

Every run of a workflow stays available; two runs can be compared directly side by side, plus a freely editable comment per run for context.

Self-contained · win-x64
One EXE, no installation

Automation Studio ships as a standalone single-file EXE for win-x64 — no setup, and no .NET runtime prerequisite on the target machine.

Licensing
A trial period that doesn't get in your way

Recording and replay keep working without restriction even without an active license — the trial-period lock only kicks in when saving, exporting, or creating a new project. Activation goes through the INSPIRED SOFTWARE license server.

Project management
One folder per project, clearly structured

Every project lives in its own folder. Target application, process name and window-title filter define what recording and replay operate on; monitor, fullscreen, or a fixed resolution set the starting position for reproducible runs.

Folder per project Process/window-title filter Monitor & resolution Fullscreen mode
Multi-monitor & DPI
Correct coordinates even with scaling

PerMonitorV2 DPI awareness ensures click and window coordinates line up correctly even in multi-monitor setups with different scaling — no drift in click points at 125%/150% display settings.

Language
Ready in German today, built for more

The interface is currently fixed to German — the multi-language infrastructure underneath is already in place to add further languages.

Success evaluation
Successful means successful — no room for interpretation

A run counts as successful if it wasn't aborted and not a single step failed — purely step-based, traceable, and without any extra diagnostic logic running in the background.

24 of 24 steps successful
Status: Successful
Step 9 failed — match score below minimum
Status: Failed
Export & import
Hand off workflows selectively

Export and import can be scoped to "all", "none", or manually selected workflows — the folder structure is fully preserved.

Outlook

Where this is headed

Automation Studio today covers reliable recording, replay, and a fixed number of repeats for a workflow. The natural next step for recurring business tasks:

Vision — not yet part of today's feature set

Scheduled execution: start workflows automatically at set times instead of triggering them by hand — say, every night or at month-end.

Connecting to external data sources: not just repeat a workflow identically, but feed it with changing values per run from a list — customer data or order line items from a spreadsheet, for example.

Neither is part of Automation Studio yet — the existing fixed repeat feature (1–999×) is the first building block on that path.

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Documentation

Three short guides — depending on whether you're setting up Automation Studio, using it for the first time, or want to get more out of daily use.

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