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kimberlyb8818
kimberlyb8818
May 17, 2023
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Configuring Mouse Coordinates in RPA

  • May 17, 2023
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Hello! This question arose from working through the course "Tutorial: Automate Windows Applications (RPA)", which involves copying and pasting text between Calculator and Notepad. 

Unfortunately the instructions assume an older version of Calculator, since mine doesn't have an Edit menu. My workaround is to have the robotic task right-click into the display screen in order to be able to grab the text. Since RPA is new to me, I am currently having to brute-force the coordinates of where the mouse should go to click. I downloaded Mouse Point Viewer and got the following values:

Relative (Calculator) Coords: X=130, Y=132

Screen Coords: X=324, Y=179

However, in the Move Mouse function in the task, after much trial and error, it finally worked after I configured the location to (800, 800).

Can anyone explain where (800, 800) comes from?

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kimberlyb8818
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May 17, 2023

Never mind - found my answer. My screen is scaled at 250%, so multiplying the pixels by 2.5 fixes the problem. Also, the Appian Robot element inspector (which I just learned about) gives the correct pixels [emoticon:33306c418930400bac28808410f8ac8b]

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