eltmo
(Eltmo)
March 11, 2022, 11:10am
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Im having trouble when im trying to open a local file pdf, in my “open browser” activity.
Im getting the error: “Open Browser: Failed to navigate to the specified URL.”
The browser is trying to navigate to:
I have tried replacing space with “%20”, but it do not seem to do the trick.
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Hi @eltmo ,
The Open Browser Activity is used to navigate to websites , not for opening PDFs.
Would you be so kind as to let us know what operation you want to perform with the PDF?
There is an Activity for it which you can download and install from the Package Feed:
Kind Regards,
Ashwin A.K
hi @eltmo
In this case, you could use the Start Process activity to start/open an application/file/process. You just need to pass the path for this file. Please try it and let us know.
Thanks
eltmo
(Eltmo)
March 11, 2022, 12:18pm
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I need to open and read an invoice. I need to get the specific information in the different sections.
I would recommend using the
activity and then working with the output string from this activity
eltmo
(Eltmo)
March 11, 2022, 12:45pm
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I have tried using that before, it reads the pdf incorrectly
Please specify in further detail, have you tried playing around with the different settings of Read PDF Text?
eltmo
(Eltmo)
March 11, 2022, 1:11pm
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it has this kind of setup, and then it is not readable in the pdf format
Hi @eltmo
Can you please give a try using “Document Understanding” where you can train your PDF template and can read PDF data.
Please find the link for References.
Introduction (uipath.com)
VIDEO
Hi
First open browser activity is for url and web browser automation
If we need to open a pdf and read we can either use
Read pdf
Read pdf with ocr
Document understanding
As you said you weren’t able to read the pdf to its exact structure with pdf activities then let’s try with document understanding
Here you go a article from UiPath how this can be accomplished with document understanding with step by step guide
Cheers @eltmo
eltmo
(Eltmo)
March 16, 2022, 10:53am
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The error was simple, a check in edge settings should be checked with “Allow acces to url files”
system
(system)
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March 19, 2022, 10:53am
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