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Posted on by JRSHSAG 3

Good morning guys,

 

I have a problem within my power automate desktop flow.

Within the flow, a PDF file getting opened. I now want to save this PDF file.

When I want to save an open PDF file outside of the flow, I can just press Ctrl & Shift & S on the keyboard to open the save as window.

Therefore, I tried using "send keys" and put in Ctrl & Shift & S on my PAD Flow.

Unfortunately, it seems that the flow does not only press these keys but also the enter button. The save as window opens but gets closed within a millisecond. The problem is that I want to put in the right path and document name before pressing enter to save the document.

Does anybody know how to press Ctrl & Shift & S in the flow but without pressing enter immediately?

Or does anybody have another solution for saving as with PDF files?

thank you so much and best regards,

Jakob

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  • eetuRobo Profile Picture
    eetuRobo 4,507 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    It shouldn't press Enter if you haven't put {Return} in the send keys.
    Does it look like this?

    eetuRobo_0-1705409597461.png


    What PDF reader are you using? At least in Adobe acrobat it seems like that Shift Control S works. In Chrome Ctrl + S works. 
    Since it opens automatically can you check if the file is in the C:\Users\YourUser\AppData\Local\Temp? If so maybe you could open it there with different PDF reader.

  • JRSHSAG Profile Picture
    JRSHSAG 3 on at

    thank you for your help.
    I use PDF X-Change Editor and it must work with this program. Backround is that this desktop flow will be created for several different employees who all use PDF X-Change Editor as their default PDF program.

    The strange thing is that if I manually press Shift Control S, it works perfectly. If the flow does the same it automatically presses enter and I don't know why. 
    I found a temporary "solution" with the following command:

    JRSHSAG_0-1705414016806.png

    but I would rather have a better solution.

     

     

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