Applications and technologies automated with UI Automation

The tables in this section present the applications and technologies which can be automated using the UiPath.UIAutomation.Activities (UIA) package by indicating the minimum required UI Automation package/ Studio version. It also presents the improvements added in later versions for that application/ technology and the prerequisites for using it.

Web browsers

Application/ Technology	Minimum required UIA package/ Studio version	Improvements added in later versions	Prerequisites
Chrome	Studio v2016.2	The UiPath Extension for Chrome MV3 is available starting with Studio versions 2022.4.1, 2021.10.8, 2020.10.14, 2019.10.9. Also available in all 2022.10 and 2023.4 versions. UIA v19.7.0 - The Chrome Extension can also be installed on Chrome versions lower than v64. UIA v20.4.1 - The Extension for Chrome can be installed using Policy settings. UIA v21.4.3 - Added support for websites that use Shadow DOM for their UI elements. UIA v21.10.3 - ChromiumAPI input method has been implemented. Starting with Studio v2022.4 the UiPath Extension for Chrome can be used to automate Chrome Apps. UIA v22.4.4 - The new Extension for Chrome is also available on Mac.	Extension for Chrome must be installed.
Edge (Chromium)	Studio v2019.10.5 (UIA v19.11.3)	The UiPath Extension for Edge MV3 is available starting with Studio versions 2022.4.4, 2021.10.8, 2020.10.14, 2019.10.9. UIA v20.10.5 - Added support for Edge IE Mode. UIA v21.10.3 - The Edge Extension supports Java Applets and ActiveX controls in IE Mode. UIA v21.4.3 - Added support for websites that use Shadow DOM for their UI elements. UIA v21.10.3 - ChromiumAPI input method has been implemented. Starting with Studio v2022.4 the UiPath Extension for Edge can be used to automate Edge Apps.	Windows 10 version 1803 or higher Microsoft Edge Chromium version 79 or higher Extension for Edge must be installed.
Firefox	Studio v2016.2	UIA v21.4.3 - Added support for websites that use Shadow DOM for their UI elements.	Mozilla Firefox v52.0 or higher Extension for Firefox must be installed.
Internet Explorer	Studio v2016.2	N/A	Internet Explorer v8.0 or higher
WebDriver	UIA v19.10.1	UIA v19.10.1 - The WebDriver protocol can only be used with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. UIA v20.4.1 - Added WebDriver protocol support for Microsoft Edge Chromium browser. UIA v21.10.1 - Cross-origin IFRAME support via WebDriver.	Depending on the web browser, one of the following must be installed on the client machine: ChromeDriver ChromeDriver.exe Microsoft Edge Driver msedgedriver.exe geckodriver geckodriver.exe

Web embedding frameworks

Application/ Technology	Minimum required UIA package/ Studio version	Improvements added in later versions	Prerequisites
JxBrowser	UIA v19.3.0	UIA v19.5.0 - Screen and Data Scraping can be used to create automation projects for applications relying on the JxBrowser library.	N/A
CefSharp	UIA v19.8.0-ce	UIA v21.10.3 - UI elements from CefSharp embedded widgets (e.g. SharpBrowser, SAP NWBC with Fiori Launchpad) are recognized as belonging to the host application instance.	N/A
WebView2	UIA v22.4.3	Embedded Edge support

Virtualization technologies

Application/ Technology	Minimum required UIA package/ Studio version	Improvements added in later versions	Prerequisites
Citrix	UIA v18.4.2 - Native support for Citrix XenApps	UIA v19.4.1 - You can create browser automations with native selectors for web applications exposed through Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. UIA v22.4.4 - Supports automating in nested CitrixApps.	Virtual App v6.5 or higher Virtual Desktop v7.0 or higher Extension for Citrix must be installed on the client machine. UiPath Remote Runtime component must be deployed on all Citrix Application servers.
Microsoft Remote Desktop and Apps	UIA v19.4.1	UIA v20.10.12, UIA v21.10.5, UIA v22.4.3 – Added support for Azure Windows Virtual Desktop client (msrdc.exe). UIA 21.10.3 - Applications provisioned through Microsoft RemoteApp can be automated.	Requires a RDP client that uses mstsc.exe. Extension or Microsoft Remote Desktop and Apps must be installed on the client machine. UiPath Remote Runtime component must be deployed on the Remote Desktop machine.
Microsoft App-V	UIA v19.6.0	Support for web and native applications exposed through the Microsoft App-V virtualization technology.	The UiPath Extensions for the underlying technology must be installed and requires a few extra steps (browsers extensions or Java extension; details in Microsoft App-V Support and Limitations).
VMware Horizon	UIA v20.4.1	N/A	Extension for VMware Horizon must be installed on the client machine. UiPath Remote Runtime component must be deployed on all VMware Application servers.

ERP applications

Application/ Technology	Minimum required UIA package/ Studio version	Improvements added in later versions	Prerequisites
SAP WinGUI	UIA v20.4.1	N/A	SAP WinGUI for Windows 7.40 or higher
SAP WebGUI	UIA v22.12.0-preview	N/A	SAP WebGUI
SAP Fiori	UIA v20.10.5	N/A	SAP Fiori versions 1.52 and above, which are in Maintenance by SAP.
Salesforce	UIA v21.10.3	Salesforce Lightning, with specific Salesforce AURA components path and attributes, and reliable selectors, is now supported in Chrome and Edge.	Salesforce UI automation can be created on the following web browsers: Microsoft Edge - requires the Extension for Edge. Google Chrome - requires the Extension for Chrome.

Application framework

Application/ Technology	Minimum required UIA package/ Studio version	Improvements added in later versions	Prerequisites
Silverlight	Studio v2018.1 (UIA v18.2)	N/A	Requires Silverlight Developer Runtime version 5.1.50918.0. Extension for Silverlight must be installed.
Java	Studio v2018.1 (UIA v18.2)	UIA v19.7.0 - Added the possibility to create automation projects for OpenJDK. UIA v19.8.0-ce - Selectors for the NetPhantom framework are now natively generated. UIA 22.2 - The injection mechanism has become more reliable and is able to automate applications like .jnlp applications launched with third party applications, like OWS or IcedTea Web. UIA v22.4.4 - Java versions 16 and 17 are now officially supported. UIA v22.4.4 - Improved support for Java Konsis and the custom Java Framework McBeans.	The Java Extension is compatible with any version of JRE's, from Java 3 to Java 17. Extension for Java must be installed.
WinForms	UIA v2016.2	Automated with the Active Accessibility framework.	N/A
Win32	UIA v2016.2	Automated with the Active Accessibility framework.	N/A
WPF	UIA v2016.2	Automated with the Active Accessibility framework.	N/A
VB6/Epic	UIA v22.10.2	UIA v22.10.2 - Better VB6/Epic attributes: ctrlid and automationid attributes.	N/A
Qt	UIA v22.10.2	UIA v22.10.2 - Support for applications based on the Qt Framework through the new type of selector tag: qt. For now, only widgets are supported. No QtQuick/QML support available at the moment.	N/A