https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44466#M934 Also: can the MS excel VBO meet your needs? if so, no need To reinvent the wheel ? Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:59:00 GMT BastiaanBezemer 2018-03-23T15:59:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44462#M930 I want to attach already opened excel file. PFB the task performed : Window title : demo.xlsx process name of target application : EXCEL.EXE*32 ------------------------------ Clicking the attach button : Error - Failed to launch application - Target application could not be identified ----------------------------------- Kindly suggest the steps If I am doing anything wrong Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:34:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44462#M930 AmitPatnaik 2018-03-23T11:34:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44463#M931 For process name you don't need the exe, just the name, ie excel Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:11:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44463#M931 John__Carter 2018-03-23T13:11:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44464#M932 Hi John, Even if I entered : excel It is still throwing the same error Thanks, Amit Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:55:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44464#M932 AmitPatnaik 2018-03-23T14:55:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44465#M933 You don't want the '*32' either. Are you sure the Window Title is correct, and do you need both that and the process name anyway? Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:24:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44465#M933 CiaranGultnieks 2018-03-23T15:24:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44466#M934 Also: can the MS excel VBO meet your needs? if so, no need To reinvent the wheel ? Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:59:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44466#M934 BastiaanBezemer 2018-03-23T15:59:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44467#M935 Hi Ciaran, Yes I double checked the file name. It was always failed to open the file. Amit- Sat, 24 Mar 2018 11:49:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44467#M935 AmitPatnaik 2018-03-24T11:49:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44468#M936 Hi Bastiaan,   We have external plugin that is installed , which will generate a new tab alongside Team We have to work on that tab. Note : I have done this via Macro but that's the last resort Is there any shortcoming of blue prism that it won't be able to attach excel file?   Amit- Sat, 24 Mar 2018 11:55:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44468#M936 AmitPatnaik 2018-03-24T11:55:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44469#M937 Is there any shortcoming of blue prism that it won't be able to attach excel file? The answer is: No ☺ See attached file ""BPA Object - Attach Excel.xml"". If you wrote a macro to the needed actions: even more useful (in my opinion) is to extend the existing MS Excel VBO to suit your needs: The code in this business object is very much VBA like   Sat, 24 Mar 2018 17:40:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44469#M937 BastiaanBezemer 2018-03-24T17:40:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44470#M938 Hi All,   Just had a small suggestion. try using wildcards for Window Title as there will be a unique number generated when you launch en excel with an instance: Window title : *demo.xlsx* process name of target application : EXCEL Wed, 28 Mar 2018 20:20:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44470#M938 SanjanaS1 2018-03-28T20:20:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44471#M939 Yes I have used the same thing *file name* and it worked. Thanks all of you Tue, 03 Apr 2018 11:49:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Attach-already-opened-excel-file/m-p/44471#M939 AmitPatnaik 2018-04-03T11:49:00Z