How can I press Enter after entering a password?

[Roger_Vidal]

I need to enter a username and a password, and the password is stored (as recommended) as a SecureString.
What would be the best way to press Enter after entering the password?
Because it’s a SecureString, I can’t concatenate the password + “[k(enter)]”.
I know I could click OK or even send a hotkey for Enter, or type only the Enter key again in the same field, but I would like to do it within the same activity since the more activities, the longer it takes to execute and the more chances of errors.

Thanks and regards

[Mohan_Reddy]

@Roger_Vidal

The best way is to use a separate activity by clicking on the sign-in button as the page is already loaded this activity will take some milli seconds to execute.

[nisarga]

Hii @Roger_Vidal ,

you can achieve this in two ways

1. you have to convert the secure string to string then the hardware events will work

String plainStr = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(string.Empty, secureStr).Password

2. Use separate activity to enter

Thanks

[Roger_Vidal]

Thank you! It works, but does this compromise the security of the login?
In case it does, is there any other way to achieve this within a single ‘type into’ without compromising security?

Regards,

[postwick (Paul Ostwick)]

Enter the password with Type Into as securestring, then use a Keyboard Shortcuts activity to press Enter.

[copy_writes (chethan)]

Configure Options:

• Enable the SimulateType property to True. This property simulates the keystrokes and is faster than sending actual keystrokes.
• If needed, you can set other properties such as EmptyField, ClickBeforeTyping, etc., based on your application’s behavior.

[Roger_Vidal]

"Thanks, everyone. I see that for now, pressing Enter within the same activity while using a SecureString is not possible. I suggest to UiPath that they might consider adding that option to the ‘Type Into’ activity in future updates.

Regards,"

[Kanak_Lata_Singh]

Hi @Roger_Vidal

I am able to do press Enter and press tab within Type Into activity itself .
I am reading password as a securestring , and in the same activity I am clicking on Enter for logging to a website . It works for me .

Please look into the attachment .