# First time with FinalBuilder
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/first-time-with-finalbuilder/2057
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [December 17, 2012, 8:48am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/first-time-with-finalbuilder/2057 "2012-12-17T08:48:09Z")
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2012, 8:48am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/first-time-with-finalbuilder/2057/1 "2012-12-17T08:48:09Z")
Good day,
today was the first time I got in touch with FinalBuilder and it feels quite comfortable. Still, there are some things that confuse me...
In the action: 'VMWare - List Virtual Machines' I can not enter a host port by myself, instead I can only increase / decrease it by one at the time and only in a range from 0-100.
Is there something I might have done wrong?
What I want to do is to get a list of all VM's from our local ESX, check if a VM with the name 'ABC' is running and start it if not.
Somehow I cant manage to get the full 'path' to it, which I could then use to check the VM status action. I already get the full list and can check if it contains the VM-name...
How can I split the variable and get the complete row which contains my search string? Guess it could be done by scripting?
Can I also use FinalBuilder to simulate button presses on a VM?
The calculator-demo was quite impressive and I'd like to automate some kind of test-installation on a VM where I could verify that everything is okay.
(e.g. a very basic GUI test performed by FinalBuilder or automation of the installation process)
Regards,
N
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/first-time-with-finalbuilder/2057/2 "2012-12-17T10:16:43Z")
I normaly would not reply to my own post, but I was able to split that list by using built-in features. Guess I could not see the forest for the trees…
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### Author:  [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/first-time-with-finalbuilder/2057/3 "2012-12-17T11:43:01Z")
Hi N
There are quite often multiple ways to do things in FinalBuilder, sometimes that’s intentional on our part (we found a better way to provide functionality) and sometimes it’s just a by product of new features.
As for automating button presses in a VM, I don’t believe that will work.