How-to guides

This page includes guides and resources that can help you learn how to create automations using the activities in this package.

Tutorials

Step-by-step guides on how to create automations from scratch. Each tutorial includes a project that you can download and open in UiPath Studio.

Tutorial	Description	Activities
Perform browser search and retrieve results using UI Automation APIs	Create an automation that opens the Google search engine, performs a UiPath search, retrieves the result from the official UiPath website, and displays it in the console.	Open API TypeInto API KeyboardShortcut API Attach API GetText API
Web Browsing	Automate the action of browsing a web page by highlighting and showing the content of all items from the header menu.	Open Browser Find Children Highlight Hover
Find Images	Identify the number of appearances of the same image under different names.	Find Image Matches Find Image
Click Images	Automate the interaction of a robot with a simple Windows application by manipulating multiple images until creating a pattern.	Click Image Double Click Image Wait Image Vanish
Trigger and Monitor Events	Monitor user events and trigger different actions by using different hotkeys for opening certain applications.	Hotkey Trigger Monitor Events Get Event Info
Create and Override Files	Create a new notepad file, edit it, and save it.	Send Hotkey Click Type Into Element Exists
HTML Pages: Extract and Manipulate Information	Automate the action of browsing a web page, extract information and use it for creating a new, local HTML page.	Type Into Click Get Text Open Browser
Window Manipulation	Manipulate an open window from your computer.	Get Active Window Maximize Window
Automated List Selection	Automate the selection of various items from a list displayed on a web page.	Select Multiple Items Element Scope
Find and Manipulate Window Elements	Automate the action of changing the font size in a notepad file.	Find Element Find Relative Element Click Activate Set Focus
Manage Text Automation	Automate a text received as an input.	Get Full Text Get Visible Text Find Text Position
Load and Process Images	Read and retrieve a text from a previously loaded image.	Load Image Try Catch
Manage Mouse Activated Actions	Automate the use of the mouse on a website.	OCR Text Exists Get OCR Text Hover OCR Text
Automate Application Runtime	Open, run, and close an application.	Double Click Wait Element Vanish Set Clipping Region
Automated Run of a Local Application	Automate the running flow of a local application by opening it, running it, and then closing it.	Set Text Type Secure Text Type Into Click Attach Window Hide Window Show Window Minimize Window Restore Window Close Window
Browser Navigation	Open a web page and navigate back and forward through pages.	Navigate To Go Forward Go Back
Web Automation	Automate the action of browsing a web page, retrieving the needed information, and displaying it into a message box.	Open Browser Refresh Browser Go Home
Trigger Scope Example	A sample automation project which monitors the URL attribute of a web browser and, when changed, moves the automation in a Picture-in-Picture session, monitoring user click actions and saving the UI element as a variable.	Element State Change Trigger Element Attribute Change Trigger
Working With UI Automation	Copy values from an Excel file and paste them to a desktop application. Then copy the transaction number from the desktop application and paste it to the Excel file. Click a button in the desktop application to submit the data and display a confirmation message.	Use Application/Browser Type Into Get Text Click
Extracting Table Data From a Web Page and Editing It in Excel	Extract a table with today's exchange rates for the Euro against other currencies from the European Central Bank website.	Use Application/Browser Extract Table Data
Filling Out PDF Forms in Acrobat Reader With Data From Excel	Create an equipment use agreement PDF form for each new employee at a company.	Use Application/Browser Type Into Keyboard Shortcuts Click

Studio Web templates

Preconfigured projects that automate common scenarios. You can use a template as is or you can use it as a starting point for a new project to avoid starting from scratch. Templates are also a good way to learn how to automate.

You can find the following templates with activities from this package in Studio Web: