Open 1 file image at a time

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Hi,

Wondering if there is a way to open one image file at a time other then 'send key' commands, then close the image after a screenshot is taken.

I do have a way already made that finds a txt file name if it exist - if yes it clicks the file then, down arrow, return to open, close and repeat for all files in For each, but wondering if there is a more efficient way to do this.

Appreciate any help, thanks!

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momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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You can open image by using "Run application" and calling mspaint.exe followed by the image path.
Then once you are done with whatever you want to do, use UI automation to close the Pain app and go to next file

You can to the same with notepad and txt files, if you want to open the file. But if you just want to get content of the text file into variable then use "Read text from file" action

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Hi @jkingno1 ,

Here is a solution:

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Folder.GetFiles Folder: $'''D:\\Sample Files''' FileFilter: $'''*.txt''' IncludeSubfolders: False FailOnAccessDenied: True SortBy1: Folder.SortBy.NoSort SortDescending1: False SortBy2: Folder.SortBy.NoSort SortDescending2: False SortBy3: Folder.SortBy.NoSort SortDescending3: False Files=> Files
LOOP FOREACH CurrentItem IN Files
System.RunApplication.RunApplicationAndWaitToLoad ApplicationPath: CurrentItem WindowStyle: System.ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized Timeout: 0 ProcessId=> AppProcessId WindowHandle=> WindowHandle
WAIT 1
Workstation.TakeScreenshot.TakeScreenshotOfPrimaryScreenAndSaveToFile File: $'''D:\\Sample Files\\%CurrentItem.NameWithoutExtension%.png''' ImageFormat: System.ImageFormat.Png
System.TerminateProcess.TerminateProcessById ProcessId: AppProcessId
END

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jkingno1 141 on at

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Could you explain what u mean by 'followed by the image path'? I've got this atm. But Paint always says it cant find the image

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This half works but I had to make some adjustments to only open Images (jpg) as I don't need to open txt files. And also the terminate process doesn't work for me and instead I used a mouse location click on the close image position.

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Kaif_Siddique 2,108 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Update File Filter to "*.jpg"

File Filter allows wild cards, for example, *.txt or document? .doc. To allow for multiple file filters, separate the choices with a semi-colon, for example, .txt;.exe.

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