Automation Studio

Let your PC do the boring bits

Automation Studio finds buttons and fields on your screen, then clicks and types for you. Record a few steps, press F8 and go get a coffee.

Windows 10 and 11 · nothing to install · one single file

Enter invoice.asflow – Automation Studio
The Automation Studio main window with a ten-step example flow

Everything you need to automate the clicking

No programming required. You build a flow from plain steps and see straight away whether it works.

It sees the screen

Finds buttons even when a window has moved. Works across all monitors and at any Windows scaling.

Test a step with one key

F5 shows where a step finds its target and how sure it is, without clicking. No surprises when you hit play.

Smart flows

Labels, jumps, “if this image is visible”, repeats, and a recovery flow for when things go sideways. Fill in a different row from Excel or CSV every round with {{Column}}.

Typing and shortcuts

Types any character, é and € included, whatever your keyboard layout. Shortcuts such as ^s or {Tab 3}.

Background mode

Drive a program hidden behind other windows while you keep working.

Always stoppable

F9 stops, F10 pauses, anywhere in Windows. Or fling the mouse into the top-left corner: emergency stop.

Your first flow in four steps

Say, entering an invoice in your accounting software. A hundred times in a row.

  1. Add a stepPick an action, such as “find, click and type text”.
  2. Capture an areaPress Ctrl+G and drag a box around the button or field.
  3. Test itPress F5 and the program shows what it found.
  4. PlayPress F8. Repeat it, or let it run once for every row of an Excel sheet.

Keep working while the flow runs

In background mode Automation Studio leaves your mouse and keyboard alone. It talks to one program directly.

  • The window may be covered. The image is read from the window itself.
  • Your mouse stays yours. Clicks and keystrokes go straight to the program.
  • One click to set up: point at the window and you are done.

Works best with classic Windows programs, such as a lot of accounting and point-of-sale software. Browsers and some modern apps don't play along; the manual explains what to do then.

Background mode switched on with Accounting as the target window

The keys that matter

PlayF8
StopF9
Pause / resumeF10
Test stepF5
Capture areaCtrl+G
New stepInsert

Download

One file, no installer. Drop it in a folder and double-click.

Automation Studio for Windows

AutomationStudio.exe · about 100 MB · Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) · English and Dutch

Download .exe

Manual

15 pages · from your first flow to troubleshooting · also in Nederlands

Open the PDF

Does Windows say “Windows protected your PC” on first start? Click More info, then Run anyway. The program is not digitally signed. Old flows from the AutoHotkey version (.ias) open just fine.