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Actions to replace Javascript functionality for MV3

JeffreyMcCormic
Level 4

Earlier today, while reading through the FAQ for the MV3 transition, I came across this - 

We would recommend that customers review their automations to favor the use of enhancements to built-in product functionality over custom JavaScript where possible. As an example, Blue Prism 6.10.3 and 7.0.1 (and all versions beyond these) introduce new capabilities to allow Write stages to trigger input events when submissions to the field are automated by Blue Prism. This may remove the need to use custom JavaScript to trigger these same events.

Oddly enough, this triggered input events for dropdown/combo boxes are exactly the type of functionality that we are currently utilizing the javascript functionality before.  Is there any additional documentation or reference material that explains what new/updated actions are available to do this?

I have access to a v7.1.1 environment but nothing stood out as a new feature - have the 'navigate' actions simply been updated to accommodate this?  I see it mentions a 'write' action, but typically you wouldn't use a write function to a dropdown/combo box, so I was curious as to what the above text was speaking to, if maybe it only meant text fields.

Any insight anyone could provide would be appreciated.

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Hello Jeffery, 

I have found a few extra articles that could help add some insight. The first article below has a chart with a summarization of the changes that were made in this update for the change to MV3. It shows what the issue is once you change and if there is a workaround or if it was solved with the update. 

[UPDATED 10-MAR-23 - PLEASE READ] URGENT NOTIFICATION RELATED TO USE OF CHROME AND EDGE BROWSERS AS PART OF BLUE PRISM AUTOMATIONS :

The most notable issue that we get tickets for in the support team is for the invoke and insert functions. There is more information on this in the article below. This would be the issue to keep your eye out for and see if your current processes are affected by it or not. 
Support for JavaScript Insert and Invoke in Manifest V3 : (blueprism.com)

Lastly I have added the known issues page for 7.1 here so that you may be able to find any other changes and fixes made in this version. 
7.0 known issues : (blueprism.com)

Thank you