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Version: v6.7.0

Record

Record refers to the continuous operation of the user through the Record tool. Like Record, Laiye RPA Creator records one or more specified operations, and then automatically generates the corresponding command and source code to add to the editor. Each operation has a corresponding command. You can select Record or drag the command directly according to your personal preferences and habits.

Start recording​

Click "Record" on the toolbar, the main UI window of Laiye RPA Creator will automatically shrink and hide, and the "Record Tool" window will be displayed.

recording tool

You need to select the operation provided by the Record tool, and Laiye RPA Creator will record your specified operation; When you complete one or more operations and click "End Save", the corresponding command and source code will be automatically generated and added to the editor.

Record type​

Application​

The application includes two sub menu items, "Open Application" and "Close Window". You can also directly drag the relevant commands of "Software Automation" from the command bar.

  1. Open the app When you click "Application>Open Application", the "Record Tool" window will be hidden, and the mouse and page will change to the "Select Window" status of "Selector". When you move the mouse, you can select different application windows as the specified applications of "Open Application". When you need to use "App>Open App", it is recommended to first open the app for selection.
  2. Close the window When you click "Apply>Close Window", you can Record a command to close the specified window. Opening the application is the ultimate way to obtain the installation location of the specified application; Closing a window is closing a window in an application. For example, if the browser is a Applications with multiple property, closing the window will close the specified property page.

Control​

The control includes daily mouse operations such as "click, double-click, right-click, hover, enter text, get text, select drop-down box, select checkbox", used to complete specified operations on the selected target area. Note: A control is an object that users can interact with, input, or manipulate data with. For example, check boxes, combo boxes, edit boxes, list boxes, option buttons, regular buttons, scrollbar controls, and static controls (static controls are generally used to display static text, icons, bitmaps, etc. They cannot accept user input and are rarely used to display output).

  1. Click, double-click, right-click, hover When you click "Click" or double click and right click, you will enter the Selector mode. After selecting, click "End Save" to generate the corresponding command. When you click "Control>Hover" to select the target and save, the generated command is the command bar "Mouse>Move to Target".
  2. Input text
    When you click on "Control>Enter Text", enter the capture mode and select a text input box.

After completing the selection, the dialog box is shown below, where you can enter text content; If it is a password input box, please check "Password Type"; If the original text needs to be cleared), check "Clear Original Text".

record input text password

  1. Get Text When you click "Control>Get Text", you can select the text information in the specified area.
  2. Select dropdown menu When you click on "Control>Select drop-down box", you can select a drop-down box or only select the drop-down icon area.
  3. Select option box When you click on "Control>Select Options Box", you can select a radio button or a multiple-choice button. After completing the selection, the dialog box is shown below. Please select "Unchecked" or "Selected", and then click "OK".

Text​

Text includes operations such as clicking, double clicking, right clicking, hovering, and searching for text. Tips: The difference from the control is that the operation scope of Record>Text is only text, which is related to the selected text information in the crawl mode.

The operation item of "Record>Text" corresponds to some commands of "UI Operation>Text" in the command bar, which you can select according to your personal preferences and habits.

  1. Click, double-click, right-click, hover Taking "click" as an example, when you click "text>click", you enter the capture mode and select the target text area. After selecting, confirm the result of the selection.

After saving, a "click text" command can be seen generated in the visualization window.

  1. Find Text When you click on "Text>Find Text", you can select a word, a sentence, a paragraph, or a region of text. After completing the selection, the dialog box is shown below. After confirming that everything is correct, click "OK". "Find Text" can be edited later through the property bar. After saving, you can see in the visualization window that a command "Find Text Location" has been generated. You can add a "Output Debugging Information" command, as shown below. Running these two commands can output the position information of the text; You can also add a "click target" command of "mouse and keyboard>mouse", and paste the code of the obtained location information into the "target" attribute of the attribute column.

Image​

Images include operations such as clicking, double clicking, right clicking, hovering, and searching for images.

The operations in "Record>Image" correspond to some commands in "UI Operations>Image" in the command bar. You can select them according to your personal preferences and habits.

  1. Click, double-click, right-click, hover Taking "click" as an example, when you click "image>click", select the target image, save it, and generate the following command to search for the image within the specified range and click on it.

  2. Search for images When you click on "Image>Find Image", select the target image, save it, and generate the following command to search for images within a specified range and return location information.

End Save​

When you have finished Record and need to save, please click the "End Saving" button to finish saving and return to the Creator's main process editing UI.

When you click the "×" close button in the upper right corner, Creator will confirm "Do you want to save the Record action?" through the dialog box to avoid misoperation. If you want to keep it, click "Save". If you don't want to save it, click "Don't Save".