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In the Action "Populate Text Field in Window" (line 15) I get an error: Text box not found, failed to write in text box.
I had selected by the "adding a UI element" process. Please advise.
Here are screenshots
Hi @Steve48
Could you check the selector , like test it and see whether it highlights correct element ?
Also share the screenshot of selector
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Can you also check the parent Window selector? It might contain a title of the window that might actually be dynamic.
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Hi Agnius, Thank you for your repsonse. Please see my reply above. I was able to use:
Send Keys %FilePath%{Enter}
to populate the File Edit Field.
Not sure which reply you mean. If you have resolved your own issue, please mark your own answer as the solution, so the topic gets solved.
I would just like to note that I have used Populate text field in window numerous times on the File name field in such windows. It definitely works. And if it fails for you, it likely is a selector issue.
It was my post that said
"I was able to use:
to populate the File Edit Field."
Since this was a windows dialog I was not able to use Google Dev tools to inspect. I dis use add UI Element to get a selector, which was 'Edit' but that didn't work for me, I also tried the parent which was Combo Box but that didn't work either. Since there cursor was blinking in the text field, I tried using send keys and it worked reliably. Thank you for your response. I marked my previous post as a solution. In the future maybe a could make a brief video and post a link to better illustrate my issue.
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