Wait for download and detectors issues and needs

[Bernd1]

Hello,

i have two things.

Wait for Download Timeout seems not to be triggered
i try it out with 2 ways
1 get element and click
2 and with detectors

the waiting for download works perfectly but the timeout never reached if element or detector not give a result

My Second Question is it possible to parse a variable in the file Detector settings? I want to give him a file path string variable from my workflow.

Workflow description:
The Worklow starts with asking the user where is a certained input csv and where the user wants to save the resultFiles from a webbrowser automation:
This ResultFolderPath should be accessable via the Detector configurator.

Later on the robot opens a webpage and start a download from elements of a list from the webpage. the robot clicks on a list item a new tab is opben and then user presses the download button. Then the wait for download actitivty starts here.

[Allan_Zimmermann]

hey, @Bernd1

1. yeah, timeout can be a little confusing. the timeout is how long openrpa waits for the chrome extension to reply … Not how long it waits for the download to complete. If a download is not started, it will wait for ever.
   It’s on the backlog to add the option for “real” timeouts for Invoke OpenRPA, Invoke OpenFlow, Wait for download and other similar activities.
2. That is not directly possible, the browser decides where a file is located and it’s name, but you will get the filename in the detector event on Wait for Download and you can then move/rename the file as you see fit.