Integrate with virtual desktop

In order to work with the virtual desktop, Agent must be set in the remote OS.
Virtual Desktop currently supports Windows Remote Desktop (RDP), VMware, and Citrix.

The contents of "Integrating Virtual Desktop" are as follows.

Installing VDI Agent

To install VDI Agent, complete the following steps:
  1. Save the installation package on the virtual desktop.

2. Click Next, specify the location and execute the saved installation package.

3. The installation will be completed in 1 to 2 minutes

4. Click Finish to complete the installation.

Running VDI Agent

Double-click the Brity RPA VDIAgent shortcut on the desktop when the installation is complete to run it.

When VDI Agent is executed, it automatically starts.

If the VDI Agent is not in the Start state, it cannot be linked.

To communicate with the VDI Agent, the 9878 port of the local PC must be available.

By right-clicking the VDI Agent icon in the bottom right of the Windows tray, You can check the VDI Agent menu.

Object Setup and Execution Guide in Virtual Desktop

Brity RPA Designer provides the ability to record and execute objects on remote desktops and inside VDI.

Object Settings

After installing and running VDIAgent, it is placed in the tray and starts automatically.
Right-click the icon, and a menu appears where you can select Start, Stop, or End.

Refer to the figure above to ensure VDIAgent runs well before setting up the object.

Start the designer to place the activity on the diagram.
For example, the activities that can currently set objects in the virtual desktop are as follows.

Target Activity (APP Library) : Click, RightClick, DoubleClick, MouseHover, MouseScroll, DragDrop, MouseDrag, MouseDrop, MouseLongPress, SelectListItem, SetText, TextInput, CredentialSetText, CredentialTextInput, SetCheckState, GetText, GetBounds, GetCheckState, WaitAppear, WaitDisappear, IsExist, IsVisible, IsRadioSelected, IsCheckedState, OpenWindow, CloseWindow, GetHierarchyInfo, GetListItems, GetGridItems, GetListItemIndex, GetGridItemIndex, SendWindowsShortCut, SendWindowsMessage, SendWindowsCopyData, Find, FindAll.

Move the mouse over the virtual desktop viewer to record the object.
When recording is complete, the type of virtual desktop appears in the blue text if you have burned a virtual desktop to the card. (ex. RDP, VMware, Citrix)

When recording inside a virtual desktop in the designer, if the object is not well captured in the virtual desktop,

The virtual desktop is in the background and may be inactive.


At this time, if you press the Ctrl key to pause the object recording for a while, then click the virtual desktop to give focus.

It can recognize objects within the virtual desktop.


When the object in the virtual desktop is recognized normally, press the Ctrl key to start recording again.

Execution

Before executing actions on the virtual desktop, start the virtual desktop viewer and check that VDIAgent is running correctly.
If VDIAgent is not running, the recorded content cannot be played on the virtual desktop.

If you run the card with the type of virtual desktop written in blue letters inside the activity card, the activity will be executed in the virtual desktop where this object was recorded. As shown in the figure above.