External DLL

External DLL

Robility allows the user to invoke an external DLL(Dynamic Link Library) to their automation workflows. Integrating external DLLs into your automation solutions can extend the capabilities of your automation by leveraging existing code and functions. Additionally, it helps to reduce development time and effort.

When to use?

The external DLL can be added to your solutions whenever your automation needs a method which are not available in the Designer. These methods will be created according to the project specifications. The following are some of the use cases where an external DLL might be advantageous to your workflows.
1. Advanced Calculations: If the automation requires complex and statistical calculations that are not supported by Robility Designer, the external dll can be added.
2. Performance Optimization: When your automation leads to high performance it can be optimized through external DLL.
3. Integration with External Systems: When there is a requirement to interact with other software applications, databases, APIs, or services that have functionalities embedded with DLL.
4. Third Party services: when there is a requirement to interact with other third-party libraries, components or services can be integrated with DLL.
Always ensure that the DLL is from a trusted source and follows best practices for integration and usage.

Benefits of DLL

The following are the benefits of adding the external DLL into your automation.

1. It enables the developers to reuse the existing code and functionality in the automation. This leads to faster development of automation processes.
2. It allows the bot to seamlessly integrate with external applications, software, APIs and databases by customizing and leveraging the code functions written in the DLL.
3. Access third-party libraries and APIs that are embedded with DLL functionalities.
4. Utilizing external DLLs can accelerate the development by focusing on core logic of automation while relying specific tasks with DLL.
There are also considerations to keep in mind, such as version compatibility, security, and proper error handling. The developers need to carefully assess the suitability of incorporating an external DLL based on the specific requirements of their automation projects.

Upload DLL

The external DLL can be added to the workflow through solution dependencies option. Follow the below steps to upload the DLL.
1. Launch your automation workflow in Designer.
2. On the left-hand side, you will find the “Solution explorer”.
3. Right click on the solution name and select the “ADD DLL” option.
4. The file explorer window will appear on the screen to choose the DLL from the system.
5. Select the DLL and add it to the workflow.
6. The added dll will appear under the Resources — > References –> Added DLL option along with the version against it.
7. Further, you can find the DLL in the local path where the solution has been created and saved.