Window

Overview

Interactive tasks are defined as tasks that simulate mouse movement, mouse clicks, keyboard activity, or any type of interaction with the desktop. Such tasks require the use of Input and Interactivity actions. However, for interactions to be performed accurately on a specific window, that window must 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 Window Dissection Technology, which allows the specification of a window based on title as well as objects, controls, or text that are inside of it. Window Dissection ensures that all interactive tasks execute with accuracy at run time.

Available activities

Click the associated link for more details regarding each activity.

Activity	Description
Window - Close	Closes an open window. If the window is the main window of an application, that application is closed.
Window - Focus	Focuses (brings to the foreground) the specified window so that it can 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 hidden window.