Update Value on a website

RE: Update Value on a website

thara — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:33:10 GMT

Here is the workaround

1. Using Browser > Interact with Element > Double Click on an element

2. Using Keyboard > type text

RE: Update Value on a website

Zoran Šaronja — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 15:58:43 GMT

I had a problem when trying to set date in a calendar field on a webpage. Sometimes it would work OK, sometimes value would be entered and erased when I changed focus to another field and sometimes the value would not be entered at all.

Finally I solved it in a unsafe way which I don't like very much.

After setting the value I had another action to retrieve value of the field I tried to set and finally I have decision action in which I check if the value of the field is equal to the value I tried to set in the field. If true, I'd go forward with the workflow, and if false I'd go back to the action that tried to set the value of the field.

This solution works and usually it takes only one loop iteration (going back to set action) to set the value.

I used this workaround also when trying to click buttons on some alerts and it works (not in one iteration, but eventually it works).

I haven't found waiting after action for a few seconds (even 10 or more) and before performing next action to be helpful...

RE: Update Value on a website

mukeshr0002 — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:14:19 GMT

Is it possible to get the html source of that page or that element? So that can see is their any property allowing this not to work.

RE: Update Value on a website

Vladimir Vasilev — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:20:01 GMT

Danny Verb it is not a public site, this was tested on Chrome and FireFox.

RE: Update Value on a website

Danny Verb — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:10:49 GMT

Vladimir Vasilev is the website you're trying to automate on IE11 a public website?

RE: Update Value on a website

Vladimir Vasilev — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:56:38 GMT

Hi, I have used the keyboard interaction and it workd our, Select, Paste, Enter

RE: Update Value on a website

mukeshr0002 — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:17:54 GMT

Hi,

Have you tried using Clear Value option in Interact with Element first then new action to update the value.

Regards,

Mukesh

RE: Update Value on a website

Vladimir Vasilev — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:32:03 GMT

Yes I have tried it, The task recorded is using exactly the same method as the one which I have configured.

I will try to see if in Firefox will work the same way as well.

RE: Update Value on a website

Danny Verb — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:30:46 GMT

Have you tried using the task recorder to capture your actions? This will help ensure the right selector is used.

RE: Update Value on a website

Vladimir Vasilev — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:03:39 GMT

also I have tried various steps before, click on element, delete value, nothing do the job.

RE: Update Value on a website

Vladimir Vasilev — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:00:28 GMT

Google Chrome, attached is the configuration

RE: Update Value on a website

Danny Verb — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:58:03 GMT

What browser are you automating? Sometimes you can just click on the field and then use 'type text' to type in your value