Thank you for the video. I am learning from the academy to be an RPA dev. I like to know if you recommend to become an RPA dev. If you see a good future in this field to get a job. Thanks for your answer.
Quick question, if we check all selector types(strict, fuzzy, image etc.) then in theory if one selector type fails, the others behave as a backup right? Unfortunately that has not been my experience. Strict happens to be the only selector type that works well. Then again, I could be doing something horribly wrong.
Well, if the Strict selector doesn't find an element, there IS a chance that the other selectors do not uniquely find your target. What's important to understand is that multiple "hits" is basically no good. That is where Anchors come in handy, because with an anchor or two, there is a good chance that your control will be uniquely identified by a combination of a (maybe) weak fuzzy selector, combined with an equally weak (or not) anchor. But combined, if they only produce a single hit, then you're still in business. 🙂 Hope this makes sense.
Hello everyone, Despite all these selectors, it remains a mystery to me: how can I control two identical applications? Representative example environment: I copied the WordPad files from C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories once to c:\temp\WP1 and WP2. I now start Wordpad once from WP1 and once from WP2. But how can I keep these two instances apart with UIPath? The first activity `use application` starts WordPad from the specified folder (WP1), but the second activity `use application` attaches itself to the already running instance - instead of starting Wordpad again, from the other directory (WP2). What is the correct way to proceed here - so that a safe operation/differentiation of two identical/redundantly running instances is possible? Thanks & Greetings Thomas
When you say that we can set an anchor as "beside the number 8 and above number 4". I am not sure that's how archors work in UiPath. I don't think anchors are based on screen position, but rather based on UI tree hierarchy. But again, I am not totally sure about how it works. This lack of clarity of how anchors work is one of the reason why I avoid using anchors.
You are correct, anchors are object tree relative and not screen position relative. I guess I tried to convey how they work logically, but maybe I should do a deep dive video about anchors? Thanks for the feedback 👍👍
Same with me. And I am also mightily scared of the image slider. I was once bitten by a subtle bug when (unknown to me) a yellow version of a green image appeared _invisible_ on the screen!?! (Angular-based webapp). So if I use the image selector at all then I push it all the way up to 1.1 ;)
hi Jeppe, I am struggling to learn from uipath academy. The syllabus makes it 20 times harder to understand the topics. I completed citizen developer path but cannot continue with rpa developer foundation path as I get lost. I actually liked your teaching method, but couldnt find playlist to watch from the start. what would you recommend besides uipath academy?
Clear detailed explanation as usual.
Thank you 🙂
Thank you for the video. I am learning from the academy to be an RPA dev. I like to know if you recommend to become an RPA dev. If you see a good future in this field to get a job. Thanks for your answer.
Yes, I think there's a lot of potential in the field of process automation. Go for it! :-)
Quick question, if we check all selector types(strict, fuzzy, image etc.) then in theory if one selector type fails, the others behave as a backup right? Unfortunately that has not been my experience. Strict happens to be the only selector type that works well.
Then again, I could be doing something horribly wrong.
Well, if the Strict selector doesn't find an element, there IS a chance that the other selectors do not uniquely find your target. What's important to understand is that multiple "hits" is basically no good. That is where Anchors come in handy, because with an anchor or two, there is a good chance that your control will be uniquely identified by a combination of a (maybe) weak fuzzy selector, combined with an equally weak (or not) anchor. But combined, if they only produce a single hit, then you're still in business. 🙂 Hope this makes sense.
Hello everyone,
Despite all these selectors, it remains a mystery to me: how can I control two identical applications?
Representative example environment:
I copied the WordPad files from C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories once to c:\temp\WP1 and WP2.
I now start Wordpad once from WP1 and once from WP2.
But how can I keep these two instances apart with UIPath?
The first activity `use application` starts WordPad from the specified folder (WP1), but the second activity `use application` attaches itself to the already running instance - instead of starting Wordpad again, from the other directory (WP2).
What is the correct way to proceed here - so that a safe operation/differentiation of two identical/redundantly running instances is possible?
Thanks & Greetings
Thomas
Fair question, stay tuned for a video that hopefully can help you 🙂 give me a couple of days….
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When you say that we can set an anchor as "beside the number 8 and above number 4". I am not sure that's how archors work in UiPath. I don't think anchors are based on screen position, but rather based on UI tree hierarchy.
But again, I am not totally sure about how it works. This lack of clarity of how anchors work is one of the reason why I avoid using anchors.
You are correct, anchors are object tree relative and not screen position relative. I guess I tried to convey how they work logically, but maybe I should do a deep dive video about anchors? Thanks for the feedback 👍👍
@@UiPathwithJeppe Would be great, specially if you could include some advanced syntax for anchors such as nav up/down
@@igorfp I'll add it to my list 🙂
Same with me. And I am also mightily scared of the image slider. I was once bitten by a subtle bug when (unknown to me) a yellow version of a green image appeared _invisible_ on the screen!?! (Angular-based webapp). So if I use the image selector at all then I push it all the way up to 1.1 ;)
hi Jeppe, I am struggling to learn from uipath academy. The syllabus makes it 20 times harder to understand the topics. I completed citizen developer path but cannot continue with rpa developer foundation path as I get lost. I actually liked your teaching method, but couldnt find playlist to watch from the start. what would you recommend besides uipath academy?