Im typing into a Java App and extracting Text from it while saving in Excel. All in all it works fine.
The thing is that while it is doing that I cant use my Laptop. I would like to be able to start the same workflow but “in the background”.
What I tried doing is opening a second Desktop in Windows by Virtual Desktop and clicking “run” and quickly switch to the Desktop where Java/UiPath Studio X is not open.
However it still steals the Focus from the empty Desktop.
Is there a possibility that I can have it in the background or different Desktop (one run is around 3-8h so I was doing it overnight) while also working on that same laptop? Beeing able to use browser and Mouse and everything?
You can try changing the input mode to “Simulate Type/Click” and see if it still works as expected. It sounds like the current input method is “Hardware Events” in which case the bot will take control of your mouse and keyboard and not allow you to use them during its execution.
Depending on what applications you are using and what you are typing you may be able to change the input method to have it run in the background. Certain type into activities (example being one that uses keyboard shortcuts) cannot be run in background.
WOW that was actually really helpful thank you so far
It does work (at least I can use the browser and it runs in Background)
However it was no the simulate option but the SendWindowMessages that worked out.
The only (tiny) issue I have is that I would still like to use a 2nd clean desktop and if I switch to the empty on then both UiPath and JavaApp still open in the taskbar (even though they dont seem to interfier) and keep blinking… any chance I can have the taskbar at the bottom clean only Browser and Texteditor without those two taking some space?
I’m not sure if or how you would hide a running application from your taskbar without a third-party application for such. (Admittedly, I am not an expert and just did a quick google search on the topic.) You could try going into your taskbar settings and hiding the taskbar entirely and see if that keeps it from blinking as it runs. However, that would hide the entire taskbar and not just the selected applications.
Yeah its not too much of an issue I just thought that people already had that “problem” and would prefer to have a 2nd Virtual Desktop for there UiPath Automation work without it getting in any kind of way of the actual work they do on the other Desktop.
Thank you for the input regarding my main issue though.
Highly appreciated and have a good day.
