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June 1, 2022
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Unable to enter value in edit box using WIndows Automation

  • June 1, 2022
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HI,

I'm trying enter the value in edit using lowcode WIndows Automation.I found kind off this error.

[STAT] 2022-06-01 13:33:43 55s (0h) - <ACTION_START> - Start action 'windows-automation->interact-with-element' - 'enter pwd' // dur: - - avg: - etc:
[INFO] 2022-06-01 13:33:43 55s (0h) - Custom timeout of 30 seconds provided
[DEBUG] 2022-06-01 13:33:43 55s (0h) - Element search criteria: SearchCriteria [controlType=Edit, automationId=null, name=Password, className=null, failIfMultiple=false, failIfNotFound=true, index=0]
[DEBUG] 2022-06-01 13:33:43 55s (0h) - Waiting for condition "Searching for element...", try #1 of #30
[DEBUG] 2022-06-01 13:33:43 56s (0h) - Condition "Searching for element..." satisfied with #1 of #30 attempts
[DEBUG] 2022-06-01 13:33:43 56s (0h) - Trying to perform an interaction of type 'SET_VALUE' on the found element 'Password' of type 'EDIT'
[WARN] 2022-06-01 13:33:43 56s (0h) - There was a problem trying to perform the selected interaction 'SET_VALUE' on the element 'mmarquee.automation.Element@5a438c0a' of type 'EDIT'
[DEBUG] 2022-06-01 13:33:43 56s (0h) - The interaction could not be done
[STAT] 2022-06-01 13:33:43 56s (0h) - <ACTION_END> - End action 'windows-automation->interact-with-element' - 'enter pwd' (transition through '' to 'windows-automation->interact-with-element') // dur: - - avg: - etc:

    4 replies

    danny.verb
    June 1, 2022

    In this case, it looks like this EDIT box doesn't support the action Set Value. Have you tried 'Update value with password' or try to click on a parent element?

    June 1, 2022

    yeah already try that also.

    danny.verb
    June 1, 2022

    Can you put in a case with Appian Support?