Create Custom Actions in Power Automate Desktop - Advanced Tutorial

Learn how to create custom C# actions in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop with this advanced tutorial. Discover the full capabilities of Power Automate Desktop in a step-by-step format. Whether you're an experienced developer or just starting, this video is designed to guide you through coding and implementing custom actions in Power Automate using C#.

Starting from the basics, we'll introduce you to the Power Automate Desktop environment, highlighting its powerful features and how custom actions can enhance your automated workflows. You'll get a step-by-step walkthrough on writing your first lines of C# code, debugging, and testing your custom actions to ensure they perform as intended within your automated tasks.

This tutorial goes beyond the basics, exploring advanced topics like integrating external libraries, error handling, and optimizing your custom actions for peak efficiency. You'll learn the best practices for developing robust, reusable actions to solve complex automation challenges.

By the end of this advanced tutorial, you will know how to create custom actions in Visual Studio with C# for use in Power Automate Desktop. Additionally, you'll master the advanced techniques of signing and uploading custom files to Power Automate, guaranteeing robust and secure automated workflows. Unlock the full potential of Power Automate Desktop with custom C# actions and transform your approach to automation.

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00:00:00 Basic PAD Script
00:06:18 Copilot for VBScript
00:18:46 Install Visual Studio
00:20:02 Create a Visual Studio Project
00:21:56 Install PAD Package
00:25:06 Create the code
00:31:19 Create Certificate
00:38:54 Sign with Signtool
00:45:20 Cab Compress
00:47:55 Sign the Cabinet file
00:49:11 Upload to Power Automate
00:50:29 Use the Custom Action in PAD
00:53:23 Finish the PAD flow
01:01:14 Error-handling
01:08:45 PowerShell Execution Policy Reset

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[rolandsummers]

You the best i am now running custom automation for business I developed over last few months mostly using your videos to learn. It’s now working incredibly and saving 30 employee hours a week with way better accuracy. Keep them coming please!

[Dinesh-qlok]

Hi Anders, thank you so much for this awesome tutorial 😊. Small suggestion! Please increase the font size cuz, most of us who are using mobile to view this tutorial find it hard to read the text.

[linhvovan]

Thank you, Anders for a great tutorial. I've been following Microsoft document to create a Custom Action but always fail when add it to PAD. But now I can successfully add it to my PAD thanks to your video. Just some additional information, I don't have Newton file in my folder, and I can only be able to sign the build file only and not with the Microsoft SDK file (it said the file is being used by another process). However, it's still working fine. Thanks again.

[karpatan]

Thanks for showing us in depth. I like your advanced videos. PAD is getting closer and closer to the RPA enterprise standards.

[tompadinho]

The VBscript with copilot is like pure science fiction. Will play around with it when I have time at work.

EDIT: darn, seems to only be available in USA

[ricardoluizmarcello]

Anders, is any Classifying Tool available in PAD?
For example, I work at Customer Service Department in my company and I receive complaints. I would like PAD classified complaints in subjects for me. It involves text reading, context reading… is there any took for that? Have you any ideia of how to create an algorithm for that?

[tennis]

22:22 PowerAutomate not found. Is there a workaround?

[AbhijeetSinghs]

please zoom screen a little its difficult to whats going on