Window
Description
Interactive tasks are defined as tasks that simulate mouse movement, mouse clicks, keyboard activity or any type of interaction with the desktop. Such tasks mostly requires the use of Input and Interactivity actions. However, in order for interactions to be performed accurately on a specific window, that window must usually be "focused" or in front of all other open windows. The Window action is used ideally in such situations. It comprises a variety of activities used to manipulate windows on the desktop such as moving, minimizing, maximizing, hiding, focusing or closing a window.
The Window action as well as all other interactivity-related actions implement Automate Desktop’s Window Dissection Technology, which allows the specification of a window based on title as well as objects, controls, and / or text that are inside of it. Window Dissection ensures that all interactive tasks execute with accuracy at run time.
Available activities
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| Activity | Description |
|---|---|
| Window - Close | Closes an open window. If the window is the main window of an application, that application will be closed. |
| Window - Focus | Focuses (brings to the foreground) the specified window so that it may receive keystrokes, mouse clicks or other operations. |
| Window - Hide | Hides the specified window. Hiding a window makes the window invisible so that it cannot be seen or interacted with. |
| Window - List windows | Retrieves all of the windows that are currently open on the system and populates a dataset with the results. |
| Window - Maximize | Maximizes the specified window, which causes it to occupy the entire screen. |
| Window - Minimize | Minimizes the specified window which causes it to disappear from view and appear only in the task bar. |
| Window - Move | Moves a window to the selected position on the screen. |
| Window - Resize | Resizes the specified window or windows to the specified dimensions. |
| Window - Restore | Restores a window to its normal state. |
| Window - Show | Exposes a window that is hidden. |