#Ui browser vs driver

Any Java-based application is supported in a similar way. In these cases, using the building blocks from the Desktop UI category, the Leapwork Agent is using Window UI Automation Framework to interact with both the operative system (Windows) and any desktop application based on Microsoft frameworks (MFE. This is also true for the Desktop UI cases, which are also executed via the Leapwork Agent. So if you are executing Virtual Desktop cases these can only work on Environments of type 'Remote (Agent)'. The Leapwork Agent inspects what is happening on the screen and uses this to drive the automation flow forward. When an automation flow is executed, the Leapwork Agent continuously streams a video of what is happening on the screen back to the Controller. In order to do so, the Leapwork Agent needs to be installed on the machine where the case is running.

#Ui browser vs driver

The building blocks exclusive to the Virtual Desktop cases ('Image & Text recognition' and 'Mouse And Keyboard') are using Image & Text recognition and are hooking into the mouse and keyboard driver on the machine where the text case is executed, to drive the execution of the automation flow forward. The building blocks in this category covers all web sites and applications, and it is typically not needed to use any building blocks from the previous described categories (Desktop UI, Image & Text recognition) to automate the applications. Learn more about the best practices for Virtual Desktop automation: Best Practices for Automating with Image & Text recognition So only use building blocks form this category if it is necessary. The building blocks in the 'Image and Text recognition' category are obviously using image and text recognition, which often requires a slightly bigger setup in order to support both flow design and hardening of the flows. This covers Citrix application, remote desktop, Mainframe interfaces, terminals etc. The 'Image and Text recognition' and 'Mouse and keyboard' building block categories contains the main building blocks used for Virtual Desktop automation. The desktop UI blocks can also be used to automate web applications running in IE and Edge browsers, which can be necessary due to security restrictions. This includes any Office product (Outlook, Excel, Word), Winforms application, Java desktop applications, SAP etc. This category contains building block primarily used for desktop applications. In the following some rules of thumb for different application types are described. Building blocksĪll building blocks are available at all time during the design of a flow, but it's important to use the right building block at the right time. This article outlines the differences between the three main automation types: Desktop UI, web, and virtual desktop automation. The different automation needs are enabled by different technologies. Leapwork supports advanced automation of desktop applications, web applications and applications running in a virtual desktop (Citrix, Remote Desktop, terminals, etc.).