How to Interact with File Upload Window

Hi,

I\'m trying to automate file attachment / file upload to gmail. While the rest of automation is working, the popup window to select file that needed to upload is not working. I already went through some file upload guide but still cannot get it done.

Please see this screenshot: 1 — ImgBB

It works until step number 2. But then failed to select the file on step number 3.

Kindly please help

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I use the Set text |imput_filename | path\nameoffile.doc
The script looks like this
WebUI.setText(findTestObject(‘Page_Edit Business Card/input_FileName’), ‘U:\Resume of a Tester.doc’)
I had an issue finding the input object as Katalon didn’t record it directly, I end up using Spyweb to find it.

WebUI.setText(findTestObject(‘Page_Edit Business Card/input_FileName’), ‘U:\Resume of a Tester.doc’)

you can try by specifying the xpath as “//input[@type=‘file’]” in the “input_FileName” test object.
or alternatively create a custom object and specify the xpath as “//input[@type=‘file’]”

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You can try also AutoIT scripting: https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/

Hello ,
You can follow these steps for this situation.
1-You must create a new custom keyword. You can access the link below for new add Custom Keyword .
https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/tutorials/create_custom_keyword.html

2-You must add the following snippet in Keyword.
import com.kms.katalon.core.annotation.Keyword
import com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.TestObject
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords as WebUI
import internal.GlobalVariable

public class testclass {

@Keyword
def uploadFile (TestObject to, String filePath) {
	WebUI.click(to)
	StringSelection ss = new StringSelection(filePath);
	Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(ss, null);
	Robot robot = new Robot();
	robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
	robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
	robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
	robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_V);
	robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_V);
	robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
	robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
	robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
}

}

3-Finally, you should call keyword u in the corresponding step.
After the keyword is included in the project, the relevant test case step in the script field should be as follows.
CustomKeywords.‘test.testclass.uploadFile’(findTestObject(‘Test_uploadfile_field’), 'C:\Users\\Desktop\test data)

Hopefully it is helpful.

It works for me. However, if I used custom keyword again in the same test case, it’s not working in the 2nd object.

Here’s my script

script