On this settings page you can configure automation auto-tasks. In addition, there are sub-pages for Miscellaneous settings, Persisted Globals, configuring automation Tools and configuring the VBScript environment.
Please also see Overview of Automation.
Auto-Tasks
The main Automation page shows a list of all the tasks to which you can assign a script or plug-in library.

Database Installation - Automation
Change - Press this button to open the Select Auto Task Script form, where you can specify the script or plugin library for the highlighted entry.
Delete - Press this button to remove the assignment from the highlighted entry.
In the above example some VBScript code will executed After Opening a Project, After running the Layout Creator Tool, Before performing an Update and so on, and a defined script file will be executed before starting the Plot Tool.
Here is a list of all tools and events which can have an associated auto-task:
- Active Drawing Change (After)
 - Active Drawing Change (Before)
 - Active Layer Change (After)
 - Active Layer Change (Before)
 - Add Dieboard (After)
 - Add Dieboard (Before)
 - Automatic Rubber (After)
 - Automatic Rubber (Before)
 - Blanker Creator (After)
 - Blanker Creator (Before)
 - Close (After)
 - Close (Before)
 - Confirm Save As New Project (Before)
 - Confirm Save As Project (Before )
 - Confirm Save As Project (Cancel)
 - Connect (After)
 - Dieboard Add Dovetail (After)
 - Dieboard Add Dovetail (Before)
 - Dieboard Automatic Nicks (After)
 - Dieboard Automatic Nicks (Before)
 - Dieboard Nicks (After)
 - Dieboard Nicks (Before)
 - Dieboard Rotary Scrap (After)
 - Dieboard Rotary Scrap (Before)
 - Dieboard Sections (After)
 - Dieboard Sections (Before)
 - Dieboard Stripping Knives (After)
 - Dieboard Stripping Knives (Before)
 - Diemaking Tool (After)
 - Diemaking Tool (Before)
 - Disconnect (Before)
 - Edit Layer Properties (After)
 - Export Project (Before)
 - Flatbed Add Dieboard (After)
 - Flatbed Add Dieboard (Before)
 - Import 1.3 Project (After)
 - Import IPDS v4 Design (After)
 - Import IPDS v4 Layout (After)
 - Import Laserline Project (After)
 - Import Laserline Project (Before)
 - Import Project (After)
 - Layout Add Sheet Size And Symbol (After)
 - Layout Creator (After)
 - Layout Creator (Before)
 - LDAP User Created (After)
 - LDAP User Updated (After)
 - Matrix Creator (After)
 - Matrix Creator (Before)
 - New Layer (After)
 - New Project (After)
 - New Symbol (After)
 - New Template (After)
 - Open 1.3 Project (After)
 - Open Copy of Project (After)
 - Open Copy of Project from Enterprise (After)
 - Open Copy of Project from Import (After)
 - Open Copy of Project from Remote 1.3 Database (After)
 - Open Copy of Project from Remote Database (After)
 - Open Project (After)
 - Open Symbol (After)
 - Open Template (After)
 - Plot (After)
 - Plot (Before)
 - Plot (Intermediate)
 - Report (After)
 - Report (Before)
 - Revert (After)
 - Revert (Before)
 - Rotary Add Dieboard (After)
 - Rotary Add Dieboard (Before)
 - Rotary Bridge (After)
 - Rotary Bridge (Before)
 - Rotary Split (After)
 - Rotary Split (Before)
 - Run Design Component (After)
 - Run Standard (After)
 - Run Standard (Before)
 - Save Project (After)
 - Save Project (Before)
 - Save Symbol (Before)
 - Save Template (Before)
 - Stripper Creator (After)
 - Stripper Creator (Before)
 - Update (After)
 - Update (Before)