How do you set Microsoft Browser screen resolution in a UiPath Studio UiAutomation

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I need to make sure that when I open a web browser that I consistently set the same screen resolution. I know how to do via the Robot, but I need to do via UiPath Studio too.
I would like to set the resolution to W1920 x H1080

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@simon.powell

the resolution would be for the system/vm but not for a browser or so

and any specific reason you need to do reslution cia robot? because the resolution changes will not be while running or is not a good approach

if you want you can change usign powershell scripting and invoking from UiPath

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cheers

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HI,

thanks for the response.

Currently I’m not using the Robot.

When I launch my browser application it always maximises to full screen. I need to identify the correct bowser Window so I can the control the size.

Thanks

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I only want to set the size of a specific Window, in this case the browser Window.

1920x1080 is a common display size at work.

My current display size is 3440x1440

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@simon.powell

manually how would you do for a specific window?

as far as I know we can set zoom but not resolution for window I believe

cheers

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Open the browser, set it in windowed mode.
Use the move window activity and set the proper size.
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Thanks.

How do you correctly identify the “window” property for the MoveWindow activity?

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Have you done the free training at academy.uipath.com?

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Is there a specific reason you’re doing this? UiPath doesn’t need the browser window to be a certain size in order to identify elements.

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When navigating through a Browser I need to guarantee the location on all UIElements on the page, between each automation execution. I find this is not the case if the Window size changes. If I’m looking at this all wrong please tell me. Please help.

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You can use the application “QRes - Windows Screen Mode Changer” and invoke it from a .bat file. For example:

E:\scripts\QRes.exe /x 1024 /y 768

Simply set the path to the QRes.exe file and specify the resolution you want by adjusting the /x (width) and /y (height) parameters.

You can save this application in project folders (“Data” for example).

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As needed, I clearly need to spend more time on selectors. Thanks for the good advise.

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Thank you - But how do I specify the correct Window with QRes?

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Correct, the position of elements doesn’t matter at all. Selectors find the elements no matter where they are, so you don’t have to worry about window size, position, nor resolution.