"Wait for program to exit"?

[Krazzeekane]

Hello all, I wanted to ask what the checkbox means under 'Run Program', the checkbox is called 'Wait for program to exit'. I don't understand what this means, and there is no Help section, nor a guide which explains the option (it isn't even listed on the main page which explains the other options).

I've tried selecting it, but haven't seen any difference in behavior. Does this button work? What does it do? Would love some answers. Sorry to ask it here, but I couldn't find anywhere else to discuss AutoActions and ask this question.

[Fr0stX76]

What it does in a nutshell is block the action queue until the run-action you're adding the option to is closed.

For the above example, if I add "wait for program to exit" to notepad++.exe, when I launch Hwinfo, Notepad++.exe will also launch, but Handbrake.exe will not launch until I close Notepad++.exe.

This is very useful if you use scripts (I use Autohotkey, but Powershell or .bat also work, and of course exe). Let say I want script B to start only after script A is completed (so "closed"...) then this is the way to do it.