Help with uploading files using Power Automate Desktop

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Posted on by fuulhouse

Hello

I seek help with my PAD flow.

I am trying to build a flow that will automatically upload a file online using Edge browser. The 'Press button on Webpage' action clicks on the 'select a file' button but the popup window won't come up. Also, when I tried using the UI automation actions to make the click on the webpage, PAD won't recognize elements on the page as a UI element.

Anyone with any suggestions on how to solve this? Thank you

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Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

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Difficult to give a solution without proper ways to replicate the scenario, but as you asked for suggestions:
1. Use web recorder to assure the right element is being clicked
2. Use 'Click link on web page' instead of 'Press button on webpage'
2. Your 'Press button on webpage' action puts the mouse above the 'Select a file' button? If yes, try 'Send Keys' Enter to enforce the action
3. 'Move mouse to image', capture the button image and then 'Send mouse click'

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fuulhouse 8 on at

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Thank you @Anonymous
The number 3 solution worked.

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If the web page uses windows "Open" function to allow you choose file from your computer, then web automation action doesn't work, you have to use UI automation instead.

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Subramaniasiva 4 on at

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Thanks @Anonymous, Option 3 (Move mouse to image) only works for me, but the problem is it does not working on Attended or Unattended virtual machine. I don't want to open the server while the flow running. Can you please help me?

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