topic Failing to automate a research in Google Chrome in Product Forum

Failing to automate a research in Google Chrome

AlessandroDell_ — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 16:02:00 GMT

Hi,
I would like to start by saying that I am quite new to blueprism and I've just undergone the foundation training.
I am doing an exercise where I have to automate a research on website. I can't provide the website unfortunately but basically these are the steps I have created in the VBO (one page for each step) :
-Launch Google chrome
-maximise the window
-click the research bar and write down a name and press then "find" button
There are further steps I should automate but here I have a problem. I've automated in the vbo through the application modeller and the spy mode. Everything is working fine until the bot press the "find" button. The name is correctly inserted in the research bar yet, for some reasons, instead of searching the name I've provided in the research bar, the process instead search for "*".
Anybody that could give me any help?
Regards,
Alessandro

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Alessandro Dell'Anno
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RE: Failing to automate a research in Google Chrome

EVIPUTI — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 06:48:00 GMT

@Alessandro Dell'Anno Its a general issue , I have faced this many times with applications. A workaround is to send a click to the text box(click center may be) and then use Send Keys or send key events to send the value to the field.

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Vipul Tiwari
Senior Process Simplification Developer
Amazon
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RE: Failing to automate a research in Google Chrome

ritansh.jatwani — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 19:21:00 GMT

Hi @Alessandro Dell'Anno,

Have you tried with other spying modes (e.g. UIA mode)?
If that doesn't work, then the best way would be to use send keys approach only. Perform click center on the textbox, write the value using send keys and then pass "ENTER" (using Global send keys) to search for the value.

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Ritansh Jatwani Senior Consultant
Consultant
EY
Gurgaon
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