Dynamic Commands

No more dependencies or limitations when working with advanced commands. The new commands are dynamic, and they know how to move. A customer experiencing an issue with a specific command? No problem, replace it in a second.

Are you missing a specific command? Tell us all about it and soon you’ll be using it.

The Nintex Updater service MUST be running for DAC to work properly. This can be validated by opening the Services.msc and checking the Nintex Updater service.

Some benefits of Dynamic Advanced Commands (DAC):

Excel Commands offer faster execution, easy troubleshooting, and you don’t need to have Excel installed.

Macro command is the only command that requires Excel to be installed.
FlaUI2 and FlaUI3 (UI automation) are both supported inside a single command and offer a wider range of discovered objects and tables. This is relevant for both recording and playing automation.

.xls and .xlsm files are supported in DACs.

.xlsx file is supported only in ACs.
There is no dependency between Studio and commands - Dynamic Commands are installed separate from the server installation.
Bugs in commands are now easily resolved as all u need to do is to run the Rerun command.
Citrix is supported for DACs.

In the Nintex Studio, DACs are clearly marked with a blue dot along with a tooltip text displaying the DAC version.

Available Dynamic Commands

Category	Available as Dynamic Commands
Excel Commands	All Excel Commands: Convert to Excel CSV Copy from Excel Create New Excel File Delete from Excel Excel Column Actions Excel Row Actions Excel Worksheet Actions Paste to Excel Query From Excel Run Macro To use the Query from Excel DAC, the Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 component needs to be installed.
UI Automation Commands	Click on UI Object Get UI Object Text Get UI Object Value Set UI Object Value
Folder Commands	Copy a Folder Create a Folder Delete a Folder Does Folder Exist Is Folder Empty Move a Folder Rename a Folder
File Commands	Copy a File Create a Text File Delete Files Delete a File Does File Exist Monitor a File Move a File Read from Text File Rename a File Write to Text File
Java Commands	Check if Java Object Exists Click on Java Object Extract Java Table Text Get Java Object Location Get Java Object Text Get Java Object Value Set Java Object Value
HTML Commands	Click on HTML Object Does HTML Object Exist Extract from HTML Table/List Get HTML Object Text Get HTML Object Value Get HTML Object Get HTML Table HTML Object Selector Scroll to HTML Object Set HTML Object Value

Once installation is complete and the server is restarted, you can open Nintex Studio and start using the commands as you would normally do. See the topic Dynamic Commands Installation for how to install DAC.

What happens if a dynamic command fails?

If during command run-time or editing there is an issue with the commands, the systems automatically roll back to the native command and resume working.

Where do I get the latest update of a Dynamic Command from?

Download the latest Dynamic Commands .exe file.