Can't save a pdf in Chrome pdf viewer

Help Activities
, ,
1

Hello, I need to save a pdf in my robot. In chrome I click on a link, which takes me to a pdf in Chrome viewer. Once on the pdf I try to download it by clicking on the download icon, but it doesn’t work. I tried to mess with the selector but nothing works, the robot does not recognize it when he has to click.

Capture d’écran (43)_LI
Capture d’écran (43)_LI1882×206 30.8 KB

So I tried to open the print window to save as a pdf from there. So I send a ctrl+ p shortcut to the browser, which opens the window, but then uipath doesn’t recognize the print popup when I want to do activities in it, it’s like it doesn’t see it.
I saw that this question has been asked before, but there were no really clear answers, so I’d like to know if there have been any evolutions since then.
Thanks

2

What about using ctrl+s to save it?

Interacting with the save dialog definitely works.

If this has helped you, please mark this answer as the solution.

3

ctrl + s saves the html page, not the pdf

4

I thought the whole PDF was opened in chrome in which case ctrl+s saves the pdf.
But apparently this is not the case. So the PDF viewer is embedded in a website, right?

5

@Rems

you can use the click image activity and select the download button. That’ll work.

image

If this has helped you, please mark this answer as the solution.

6

Yes that’s it
I don’t know how this works exactly, but this is not the same viewer as when you open a downloaded PDF in chrome, it’s an embedded viewer.
Is this the reason why Uipath has difficulties ?

7

Yes, it seems to work. Thanks
However, depending on the pdf I open, the toolbar is more or less big, so the download button can have a different size. Will this be a problem?

And another question, when I click on the pdf, it opens in a new tab. What is the best approach to make uipath understand that the active tab is the new open tab? Use the Attach Browser activity or Navigate To?
I thought my problem might be coming from there. Thanks

8

No, usually it should be fine. But just try it out I guess.

Attach Browser should definitely work.

1 Like
9

This topic was automatically closed 3 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.