Modern - Download Question

[A_Learner]

Hi,
How can I wait until download is done in modern design?

Thanks a lot,

[fernando_zuluaga]

hey

use the wait for download activity

Regards!

[Rahul_Unnikrishnan]

Hello @A_Learner

Can use Wait for Download activity.

https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/get-last-downloaded-file
To understand how to use it, You can watch the below video.

UiPath | Wait for Download Activity UiPath | Practical Demo | Wait for file download in Automation

[A_Learner]

Thanks so much @fernando_zuluaga and @Rahul_Unnikrishnan for providing correct pointers.

[postwick (Paul)]

The Wait for Download activity is very poorly designed. You can’t even designate the name of the file you’re waiting for, so a .tmp file as the download happens will make it think the download is complete.

Just write your own routine, it’s very easy.

Just set the Retry to wait a few seconds, and Retry a certain number of times, to make it wait however long you want. For example, 5 retries with a 5 second interval will give a maximum wait time of 25 seconds before an error is thrown.

[A_Learner]

Great input! Will implement. Thanks much!

[Aleem_Khan (crazy bot)]

Can you please share workflow

[postwick (Paul)]

There is no workflow. It’s just what I posted in the screenshot. That’s all it takes is a Retry with Is True and File.Exists. I put it into a Try/Catch so that if the file doesn’t appear, it jumps to the Exception block. For my purposes I Throw an error message that the file didn’t appear, but you can do whatever you want in the Catch or not use the Try/Catch at all.