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| − | ! Shutdown | + | ! Shutdown <span style="color: red"><sup>(T)</sup></span> |
| Shutdown computer. | | Shutdown computer. | ||
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| − | ! Reboot | + | ! Reboot <span style="color: red"><sup>(T)</sup></span> |
| Reboot computer. | | Reboot computer. | ||
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| − | ! Logoff | + | ! Logoff <span style="color: red"><sup>(T)</sup></span> |
| Log out currently logged in user. | | Log out currently logged in user. | ||
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| Lock workstation. | | Lock workstation. | ||
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| − | ! Sleep | + | ! Sleep <span style="color: red"><sup>(T)</sup></span> |
| Put computer into the suspended state. | | Put computer into the suspended state. | ||
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| − | ! Hibernate | + | ! Hibernate <span style="color: red"><sup>(T)</sup></span> |
| Put computer into the hibernated state. | | Put computer into the hibernated state. | ||
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This is a special type of action to control the workflow of Shutter. | This is a special type of action to control the workflow of Shutter. | ||
| − | The options are | + | The options are: |
| − | *'''Close application (Shutter) '''- Typically to close Shutter after taking all the Actions listed before it.<br> | + | *'''Close application (Shutter)''' <span style="color: red"><sup>(T)</sup></span> - Typically to close Shutter after taking all the Actions listed before it.<br/>Effectively Shutter runs just once: It waits for the events, executes the actions and then closes. |
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| − | + | *'''Restart events''' <span style="color: red"><sup>(T)</sup></span> - Shutter "arms" itself once again, and waits for the entire set of evenmts once again.<br/>Effectively Shutter runs the (wait for events and then execute all actions) cycle <u>endlessly</u>. | |
| + | *'''Pause execution''' - This can be used to introduce a waiting period between actions.<br/>For example, to let another application close gracefully before taking the next step. | ||
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| − | + | <span style="color: red"><sup>(T)</sup></span> Marked actions are <u>terminal actions</u>, meaning that they may cause Shutter to terminate or otherwise stop the rest of actions from executing. There can be only 1 terminal action used and it must be last on the list of actions. | |
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Revision as of 19:03, 3 June 2010
Below is the list of all available actions.
| Shutdown (T) | Shutdown computer. |
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| Reboot (T) | Reboot computer. |
| Logoff (T) | Log out currently logged in user. |
| Lock Workstation | Lock workstation. |
| Sleep (T) | Put computer into the suspended state. |
| Hibernate (T) | Put computer into the hibernated state. |
| Turn Off Monitor | Switch off the monitor. |
| Screen Saver | Turn on the screen saver. |
| Volume | Mute or unmute the master volume.
Note: At the moment this action does not work on Windows Vista/7 [1]. |
| Hang Up | Drop connection of the modem device. |
| Alarm | Show a simple dialog displaying the current time and play an alarm sound. |
| Message | Show message for the specified period time with option to stop execution of the rest of actions and option to restart the events. |
| Play Sound | Play specified sound file with ability to wait for the sound file to finish before continuing with the rest of actions. |
| Run Program | Run specified executable and optionally wait for it to finish executing before continuing with the rest of actions. |
| Open File | Open a specified file using shell. This can be either of the following:
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| Close Window | Close all windows that match the specified window title. |
| Kill Process | Terminate all processes that match the specified executable filename. |
| Utilities |
This is a special type of action to control the workflow of Shutter. The options are:
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(T) Marked actions are terminal actions, meaning that they may cause Shutter to terminate or otherwise stop the rest of actions from executing. There can be only 1 terminal action used and it must be last on the list of actions.