- Overview
- UI Automation
- Applications and technologies automated with UI Automation
- Project compatibility
- UI-ANA-016 - Pull Open Browser URL
- UI-ANA-017 - ContinueOnError True
- UI-ANA-018 - List OCR/Image Activities
- UI-DBP-006 - Container Usage
- UI-DBP-013 - Excel Automation Misuse
- UI-DBP-030 - Forbidden Variables Usage In Selectors
- UI-PRR-001 - Simulate Click
- UI-PRR-002 - Simulate Type
- UI-PRR-003 - Open Application Misuse
- UI-PRR-004 - Hardcoded Delays
- UI-REL-001 - Large Idx in Selectors
- UI-SEC-004 - Selector Email Data
- UI-SEC-010 - App/Url Restrictions
- UI-USG-011 - Non Allowed Attributes
- UX-SEC-010 - App/Url Restrictions
- UX-DBP-029 - Insecure Password Use
- UI-PST-001 - Audit Log Level in Project Settings
- UiPath Browser Migration Tool
- Clipping region
- Computer Vision Recorder
- Activate
- Anchor Base
- Attach Browser
- Attach Window
- Block User Input
- Callout
- Check
- Click
- Click Image
- Click Image Trigger
- Click OCR Text
- Click Text
- Click Trigger
- Close Application
- Close Tab
- Close Window
- Context Aware Anchor
- Copy Selected Text
- Element Attribute Change Trigger
- Element Exists
- Element Scope
- Element State Change Trigger
- Export UI Tree
- Extract Structured Data
- Find Children
- Find Element
- Find Image
- Find Image Matches
- Find OCR Text Position
- Find Relative Element
- Find Text Position
- Get Active Window
- Get Ancestor
- Get Attribute
- Get Event Info
- Get From Clipboard
- Get Full Text
- Get OCR Text
- Get Password
- Get Position
- Get Source Element
- Get Text
- Get Visible Text
- Go Back
- Go Forward
- Go Home
- Google Cloud Vision OCR
- Hide Window
- Highlight
- Hotkey Trigger
- Hover
- Hover Image
- Hover OCR Text
- Hover Text
- Image Exists
- Indicate On Screen
- Inject .NET Code
- Inject Js Script
- Invoke ActiveX Method
- Key Press Trigger
- Load Image
- Maximize Window
- Microsoft Azure Computer Vision OCR
- Microsoft OCR
- Microsoft Project Oxford Online OCR
- Minimize Window
- Monitor Events
- Mouse Trigger
- Move Window
- Navigate To
- OCR Text Exists
- On Element Appear
- On Element Vanish
- On Image Appear
- On Image Vanish
- Open Application
- Open Browser
- Refresh Browser
- Replay User Event
- Restore Window
- Save Image
- Select Item
- Select Multiple Items
- Send Hotkey
- Set Clipping Region
- Set Focus
- Set Text
- Set To Clipboard
- Set Web Attribute
- Show Window
- Start Process
- System Trigger
- Take Screenshot
- Tesseract OCR
- Text Exists
- Tooltip
- Type Into
- Type Secure Text
- Use Foreground
- Wait Attribute
- Wait Element Vanish
- Wait Image Vanish
- Application Event Trigger
- Check/Uncheck
- Check App State
- Check Element
- Click
- Click Event Trigger
- Drag and Drop
- Extract Table Data
- For Each UI Element
- Get Attribute
- Get Browser Data
- Get Text
- Get URL
- Go to URL
- Highlight
- Hover
- Inject Js Script
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Keypress Event Trigger
- Mouse Scroll
- Navigate Browser
- Select Item
- Set Browser Data
- Set Runtime Browser
- Set Text
- Take Screenshot
- Type Into
- Use Application/Browser
- Perform browser search and retrieve results using UI Automation APIs
- Web Browsing
- Find Images
- Click Images
- Trigger and Monitor Events
- Create and Override Files
- HTML Pages: Extract and Manipulate Information
- Window Manipulation
- Automated List Selection
- Find and Manipulate Window Elements
- Manage Text Automation
- Load and Process Images
- Manage Mouse Activated Actions
- Automate Application Runtime
- Automated Run of a Local Application
- Browser Navigation
- Web Automation
- Trigger Scope Example
- Enable UI Automation support in DevExpress
- Computer Vision Local Server
- Mobile Automation
- Release notes
- Project compatibility
- Get Log Types
- Get Logs
- Get Page Source
- Get Device Orientation
- Get Session Identifier
- Install App
- Manage Current App
- Manage Other App
- Open DeepLink
- Open URL
- Mobile Device Connection
- Directional Swipe
- Draw Pattern
- Positional Swipe
- Press Hardware Button
- Set Device Orientation
- Take Screenshot
- Take Screenshot Part
- Element Exists
- Execute Command
- Get Attribute
- Get Selected Item
- Get Text
- Set Selected Item
- Set Text
- Swipe
- Tap
- Type Text
- Terminal
Automated Run of a Local Application
The example below explains how to automate the running flow of a local application by opening it, running it, and then closing it. It presents activities such as Set Text, Type Secure Text, Type Into, Click, Attach Window, Hide Window, Show Window, Minimize Window, Restore Window, or Close Window. You can find these activities in the UiPath.UIAutomation.Activities package.
This is how the automation process can be built:
- Open Studio and create a new Process.
- Download the archive with the project in this example and copy the folder Apps to your project folder. Double-click the file UIDemo.exe from the Apps folder.
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Drag a Sequence container in the Workflow Designer.
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Create the following variables:
Variable Name
Variable Type
Default Value
Password
String
Username
String
CashIn
String
"100"
UiDemoWindow
UiPath.Core.Window
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Drag an Assign activity inside the Sequence container.
- Add the variable
Username
in the To field. - Add the value
"admin"
in the Value field.
- Add the variable
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Drag an Assign activity below the Assign activity.
- Add the variable
Password
in the To field. - Add the value
"password"
in the Value field.
- Add the variable
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Drag an Open Application activity below the Assign activity.
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Inside the activity, click Indicate window on screen, and then select the UIDemo login dialog. The GIF below shows all the steps you need to follow:
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Drag a Set Text activity inside the Open Application activity.
- In the Properties panel, add the variable Username in the Text field.
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Inside the activity, click Indicate element inside window, and then select the Username field in the login dialog. The GIF below shows all the steps you need to follow:
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Drag another Set Text activity below the Set Value activity.
- In the Properties panel, add the variable Password in the Text field.
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Inside the activity, click Indicate element inside window, and then select the Password field in the login dialog. The GIF below shows all the steps you need to follow:
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Drag a Click activity below the Set Text activity.
- In the Properties panel, select the check box for the SimulateClick option.
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Inside the activity, click Indicate element inside window, and then select the Log In button in the login dialog. The GIF below shows all the steps you need to follow:
- Run the process to log in to UIDemo.
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Drag a Set Text activity below the Open Application activity.
- In the Properties
panel, add the variable
CashIn
in the Text field. - Inside the activity, click Indicate on screen, and then select the Cash In field in UIDemo.
- In the Properties
panel, add the variable
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Drag an Attach Window activity below the Set Text activity.
- In the Properties
panel, add the variable
UiDemoWindow
in the ApplicationWindow field. -
Inside the activity, click Indicate window on screen, and then select the UiDemo app. The GIF below shows all the steps you need to follow:
- In the Properties
panel, add the variable
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Select the Do container from inside the Attach Window activity and create the following variable:
Variable Name
Variable Type
Default Value
OnUsCheck
String
"50"
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Drag a Message Box activity inside the Do container of the Attach Window activity.
Add the expression"Cash In is set to: "+CashIn
in the Text field. - Drag a Hide Window activity below the Message Box activity.
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Drag a Type Into activity below the Hide Window activity.
- In the Properties
panel, add the variable
OnUsCheck
in the Text field. - Select the check box for the SimulateType option. This simulates, in the background, the type by using the technology of the target application.
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Inside the activity, click Indicate element inside window, and then select the On Us Check field in UIDemo. The GIF below shows all the steps you need to follow:
- In the Properties
panel, add the variable
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Drag a Message Box activity below the Type Into activity.
- Add the expression
"Window is now hidden."
in the Text field.
- Add the expression
- Drag a Show Window activity below the Message Box activity.
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Drag a Message Box activity below the Show Window activity.
- Add the expression
"The same window is shown, Cash In is still set to "+ CashIn + vbCr+"On Us Check value was typed while the window was hidden."
in the Text field.
- Add the expression
- Drag a Minimize Window activity below the Message Box activity.
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Drag a Message Box activity below the Minimize Window activity.
- Add the expression
"Window is now minimized."
in the Text field.
- Add the expression
- Drag a Restore Window activity below the Message Box activity.
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Drag a Message Box activity below the Restore Window activity.
- Add the expression
"Window is now restored. Robot clicks Accept and then closes the window."
in the Text field.
- Add the expression
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Drag a Click activity below the Message Box activity.
- In the Properties panel, select the check box for the SimulateClick option. This simulates, in the background, the type by using the technology of the target application.
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Inside the activity, click Indicate element inside window, and then select the Accept button in UIDemo. The GIF below shows all the steps you need to follow:
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Drag a Close Window activity below the Attach Window activity.
- In the Properties
panel, add the variable
UiDemoWindow
in the UseWindow field.
- In the Properties
panel, add the variable
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Drag a Message Box activity below the Close Window activity.
- Add the expression
"Window is now closed."
in the Text field.
- Add the expression
- Run the process. The application is opened, run automatically and then closed.