Window Select

Created by Automation Dock Support, Modified on Fri, 31 Jul at 1:57 PM by Automation Dock Support

Window Select

This action selects a window (application, folder, Windows taskbar and desktop) and gives it focus. The following actions require parent window selection prior to their usage:

Item select, Mouse click, Value retrieve, (OCR) Window scan, (OCR) Text locate, Color check

Automation sheet parameters:

Name – name and type of the window. Use the * wild symbol to specify a window by partial name. For example “*Outlook <window>” selects any window where the window name ends with “Outlook”
Maximize – select Yes to maximize the window or No to keep it in the current state

Action parameters window:

Displays a list of all open windows including the desktop and the task bar
To have the system wait for up to 6 seconds for the selected window to appear during process execution, check-off the “Extended detection”option
- Selecting the extended detection adds a + symbol in the window name\type parameter
- Standard detection scans for the existance of a window only once
Select the desired window and click the OK button to update the action-step parameter