David,

most of the features within Selenium are also present in Native Browser, except for the commands exclusive to Selenium like Execute Script and Switch Browser Frame. Moreover, Native Browser commands provide more tab functionality like the ability to open, activate, close and refresh a tab. As well as the ability to attach to an existing web session, send keys to a specific field and inject Js script.

We recommend using Selenium if the process requires an isolated instance, as Selenium will always create a web session free of cookies and cache.

We don't have any plans of decommissioning the Selenium commands, as many of our clients have implemented it in their processes. However, we do not plan to add or enhance the Selenium commands or recorder wither. Most of our efforts will go towards enhancing the Native Browser commands.

Hope this answered your question!

Thank Nataly. Do the Native Browser commands allow all the features contained in the actions under the Selenim scope? If so, is there any activity that could be handled better using the selenium automations? If you provide less support in Selenium actions, does it mean Openbots will decomission this part in future releases? Thanks!

David,

I see where the confusion was. I though you were referencing the Native Element Recorder, but you are employing the OB Web Element Recorder.

I'll report this case to the development team, as you mention, I'm unable to navigate to the RPAChallenge site as well.

However, I do recommend using the Native Browser commands and recorder instead of Selenium, as we provide more support and functionality through the OpenBots extension.

You can reference this post for more information: Selenium and Native Browser

My apologies, I did not get the message correctly. Find below the content of the json file. The exe file is in the place where it has to be according to the json file. Did you try "recorder tools> web element recorder" and typing "https://www.rpachallenge.com/"? So, what could be the reason some web pages are correctly opened by "recorder tools> web element recorder" and others are not?

{ "$type": "OpenBots.Core.ChromeNative.ChromeNativeServer.ManifestSettings, OpenBots.Core", "name": "com.openbots.chromeserver.message", "description": "OpenBots Native Messaging Host for Chrome", "path": "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenBots Inc\Extensions\NativeServer\OpenBots.NativeServer.exe", "type": "stdio", "allowed_origins": [ "chrome-extension://kkepankimcahnjamnimeijpplgjpmdpp/" ] }

Regards.

David,

That manifest.json file is the file I referenced in my first response. This json file should contain the path to the extension executable.

However, based on your previous responses, your recorder is functioning as expected with other websites. Meaning, the extension must be configured correctly (please correct me if wrong).

I've tried using the Native Element recorder with the RPA challenge website, and did not face any issues. Is there an specific element that you can't record? or any error message that you could share?

Thanks for the info. In the indicated path there are a couple of note files (see details below), however the exe file is not there.

• com.openbots.chromeserver.message-manifest.json
• com.openbots.ffserver.message-manifest.json Regards.

Hi David!

the AppData is usually a hidden folder. You should be able to access it by enabling the Hidden Items setting on your File Explorer View configurations

The "AppData" folder does not exist within my username folder ("C:\Users%username%")

David,

Please confirm you see no OpenBots folders in your "...App Data\Local" folder.

Hi Nataly. I have tried other urls and the associates sites are shown correctly in the Web element recorder window that is accessible via the recorder tools menu. It seems that the element recorder window does not work with the rpachallenge site somehow. There are no openbots folders within the path �C:\Users%UserName%". Does it mean that something in the install process was wrong? I found a Extension folder in the following path: "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenBots Inc\Extensions\NativeServer" with the following files. Regards.