Need to click a drop down panel in GUI Desktop application

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I have got a desktop application named - EXCERPT, i have to click on "Data " option from the tool bar menu , in debug mode, i checked with highlight element it is able to identify that element and selector passed without error, but the drop down didn’t appear. i have tried with simulate and window messages both didnt work, i tried with hotkeys it is also getting the same result, when i tried with click text activity , i was able to bring that drop down, but from yesterday again im facing the same error.

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using manual mouse i am able to bring that drop down.

Please help me out @ppr @Rahul_Unnikrishnan @Palaniyappan

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please find the selector as well

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Can you increase the Delay Before, Delay After and check?

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Did you try with Hardware click? With a desktop application, Simulate and Send Window messages might not work.

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Hi @muhamed.fasil1

If it’s silverlight based applied then enable silverlight and Java extensions.

Also have you tried in debug mode, step-into (enable the highlight element as well)

Plz share how it is responding.

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Let’s first change few properties of that click
Enable simulate click
Use wait for ready as None

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Surround that click activity inside action block in RETRT SCOPE activity and in condition block use a ELEMENT EXISTS activity that looks for an element after drop down
Have number of retries as 3 or 5
Try on this way and let us know

Cheers @muhamed.fasil1

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@Palaniyappan ,

i have enabled simulate,
tried with window message,
tried using wait for ready as none & complete
retry scope is also given. but the result remains same

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Hmm try with hot keys or Computer vision activities here
https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/ui-automation/computer-vision-activities

@muhamed.fasil1

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tried debugging enabling highlight activity, and it is getting highlighted and even the activity is executed successfully

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you mean default click?

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@Rahul_Unnikrishnan
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Yes. On Desktop applications, it’s most often the only supported Input Method type.

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@efelantti Default click method is also not working

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How is it not working? Do you get an error message?

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@efelantti no the activity passes on run, but the action is not happening, enabled the highlight in debug mode, it is able to highlight the right selector while running

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Could you try to isolate the issue? Create new workflow just containing the click activity (and scope, if you use Modern design experience) and see what happens.

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Apps like this usually accept keyboard commands, and that’s a simpler way to navigate menus.

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@postwick could you please brief?

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I’m not sure what you mean. Keyboard commands are a pretty standard thing. Most apps support them. In UiPath you use the Keyboard Shortcuts activity to send them. In your app, it could be something like Alt+D to open the Data menu.