How to Automate Desktop Applications with Robot Framework?

Want to automate a Desktop Application with the Robot Framework (Robocorp)? That's easy! Join me while I automate a sample application which you can download for free!

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00:00:12 Download Accessibility Insights
You need a program called Accessibility Insights to identify the properties of the element you would like to automate.

00:00:31 Download the MyCRM application (free)
This is the application we're going to automate with our RPA bot! It's an example application so the data we enter is not really stored.

00:00:46 Save MyCRM in the right folder and create the path variable in Windows
The path variable will allow you to open MyCRM from the command prompt without adding the entire path

00:02:16 How to use Accessibility Insights?
We learn how to use Accessibility Insights to create stable selectors based on element's properties

00:03:33 Which Library for Windows Automation in Robot Framework?
We use RPA.Windows to automate Windows Desktop Applications with Robot Framework

00:04:10 How to open a Desktop Application with Robot Framework
You'll learn how to use the Command Prompt to open a Desktop Application in the Robot Framework

00:04:29 How to focus on application in Robot Framework?
We teach the RPA bot how to focus on the MyCRM Application

00:04:53 How to Type Text in Desktop Application with Robot Framework?
We program the RPA bot to be able to type text in a Desktop Application

00:06:34 How to Click in Desktop Application with Robot Framework
In order to click on a radio button, button or any other element you need to use the 'Click' keyword

00:07:09 How to select element from Dropdown in Desktop Application with Robot Framework
Program the RPA bot so it's able to select an element from a dropdown list

00:09:08 How to identify element by name in Robot Framework Desktop Application
In this section you learn how to identify an element based on the name attribute

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[hoangphu]

Very helpful. Hope you make a series of Automate Desktop Applications with Robot Framework
Thank you so much!

[AAS-hvgx]

Sir, Please let me know the answer if we have pop up window in Desktop application, how do we handle in Robot framework

[AAS-hvgx]

We have Automation ID in our application but Robo framework is not identifying the element

[jeljeli-mqyr]

thanks for your information, it is open sources or not?

[shauryabhansali]

Thanks tom !
Your video was very helpful.

[rahularora]

Hey there, thanks for making this video, you have a unique way to tell complex things as simple.

[Kiran]

Very Helpful video. Is there any method to verify whether the window element is visible or not. I had checked the documentation but couldn't find.

[Kralnor]

Thanks for the video. Could you show how to read values from different GUI elements in a desktop application?
Good examples would be the text boxes for first name + last name, the radio box for gender, the dropdown for state, and the checkbox for ZIP in your MyCRM sample app.

[tiagocosta]

Hi Tom.

I have a desktop application that I can’t is not working the id or the name. Do you have any other suggestion !

[AhmedAMostafa]

Hi, Thanks for the helpful tutorial, any idea how I can respond if an error window pops up, how can I know that an error happened or record it?

[shilparayasam]

Hi Tom! Thanks for this video. It really helped! Is there a way to find the state of the checkbox on a desktop application, whether it is checked or not?

[zhanmr.]

Can you add assertions for these tests?

[hamzakhalil]

Hi Tom, how can I perform assertions or verify that an element exists in windows desktop application with Robot Framework?

[akshathbharathi]

Hello, thanks for the content. My question is can we use the same technique to automate windows desktop application?

Like turn on/off Airplane mode?

[samirtahenni]

Good morning
Thank you very much for this video
I have script to write on robotframework for a YAZ Client desktop application I manage to open the application using 'windows Search' but I cannot write instructions on this application. please

[playds]

is there any way to not use the mouse and click independently on the button without using the mouse for that

[samadhansawant]

Hello Tom...why Click is not working for name:company ???

[AAS-hvgx]

Hi Sir, If we are not able to identify the elements using Automation id and Name then what else we can do to identify the objects.

[manikumarnune]

Can it replace smart bear test complete?

[muhammadardhian]

how to run it at task scheduler windows server ?