Automation Workshop includes the Read from File Action which reads specified file content that can be seamlessly used later by using the Variable Wizard in other Actions. It is possible to limit the amount of data to be read.
Features & highlights
- Automatically read file content to make it available for subsequent Actions.
- Read file content from a particular place in a file (skip defined amount of data at the beginning of file).
- An option to specify the exact amount of data to be read from a file.
- Auto-detect and read ASCII, Unicode, UTF-7, UTF-8, and UTF-16 text files. And all Windows built-in code page encodings.
Usage examples
- Automatically read text files and send their content as email messages.
- It can be used to process text data using a rich set of Text Actions.
- It can assist processing tabular or delimiter-separated data (XML, CSV, TSV, TXT) by using Loop Actions.
- Display file content in a dialog box and require user response in the middle of an automated process.
- Read part of a file and write it into another.
- An external application can write data to text files, while Automation Workshop can use this data to send emails, upload files, run another app with arguments that are processed/filtered using the Text Actions.
Documentation
- File · Provide a file to read its content into a variable.
- Options · Select how many bytes to read, and how many to skip.
Interconnect
- Read from File integration—Variables (manipulate data dynamically within a workflow) and Events (recorded entries that detail the activity within the system).
- Effortlessly streamline your automation processes by visually connecting your workflow using Variable Wizard—a powerful tool to access all 1,000+ variables—system, network, Triggers, Actions, globals, web, and much more…
- Moreover, not only utilize Read from File variables, but also seamlessly integrate them with a diverse array of other file and folder variables from local disks, mapped drives, network shares, and remote servers—FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, and more…
Quick access
To streamline your workflow creation, you can locate the Read from File Action throughout the entire Automation suite's search tools—including the knowledge base, menu, and Add Action feature—using quick shortcuts like ยซRFยป or ยซRFFยป.
Contents & metadata…
Automation Workshop provides a wide range of Actions to access and modify file contents, properties, and metadata.
- Write to File · Overview · Variables
- Compute File Checksum · Overview · Variables
- Get File Date & Time · Overview · Variables
- Set File Date & Time · Overview · Variables
- Set File Attributes · Overview · Variables
- Get File Information · Overview · Variables
- Remote File Information · Overview · Variables
Tutorial
- Read from File · How do I send automatic emails using mail merge?
- How to use any file file content or webpage content as Variable?
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