UI.Vision RPA Upgrade Completed

What's new with V8.3.1 released March 17, 2023


The new XClickTextRELATIVE command explained.

What's new with V8.2.7 released January 27, 2023

What's new with V8.1.23, released December 1, 2022

  • - Improved: Close tab bug has been fixed and the overall tab handling improved.
  • - Added: New internal variables for the absolute tab index ${!current_tab_number} and the relative tab index ${!current_tab_number_relative}. Relative means relative to the macro start tab. Example: The relative index of the start tab is 0, the index of the first tab to its right is 1 and the index of the tab to its left (if any) is -1. This is the same value as used by the tab switching command.
  • - Fixed: Auto-close download bar
  • - Fixed: !OCR_LEFT_X bug

What's new with V8.1.3, released October 13, 2022

  • - Added: The &savelog= parameter supports full paths now and saves the log directly via the XModule module instead of triggering a download. This is much faster and more reliable. We recommend to update your automation scripts to use this new feature.
  • - Added: The localStorageExport command supports full paths now, for example "LocalStorageExport | path=c:/test/log.txt"

What's new with V8.1.1, released October 10, 2022

This update some new features and bug fixes.

  • - Added: openBrowser command - run the macro in a new browser window.
  • - Added: New option in right-click menu "Play from here **and keep variables content**" - very useful for debugging longer and more complex macros.
  • - Added: New internal variable !current_tab_number
  • - Added: In addition to !ocry and !ocry, more information about the found text is avaiable now: !ocrheight, !ocrwidth, !ocr_left_x and !ocr_right_x. These are populated with the result (text found location) and width variables. We updated "DemoXDesktopAutomation_OCR". It runs now purely with OCR, no image recognition.
  • - Improved: Added marker (cross-hair) in the center of screenshot box during screenshot creation - this helps you to see exactly where the XClick even will land.
  • - Fixed: Break command does not reset !times
  • - Fixed: #180 error when starting UI Vision from the command line
  • - Fixed: !URL undefined when no OPEN command is used

What's new with V8.0.1, released July 22, 2022

This update brings local OCR (called "XModule OCR"). Yes, you heard that right! You can now use high-speed local OCR to automate your tasks. We have been working on this for a long time, and this is the first release of it. Oh, and even better: This is a free update for all users - including the free RPA users.

Future PRO and Enterprise RPA users: Thank you for evaluating our RPA software. Are you currently considering buying the PRO and Enterprise version? If so, then please do so soon. A significant price increase is planned for August. This will be the first price increase after more than five years. Existing users (and anyone that still buys in July) are not affected by this.

  • - Added: Local RPA OCR! - To use it, you must update your XModule app to the 2022 version. Just install the new version. There is no need to uninstall the older version first.
  • - Improved: Executescript_Sandbox can return arrays (again).


Local OCR is available for Windows and Mac (Linux in the future). It is part of the UI.Vision XModules add-on app.

IMPORTANT FOR RPA VERSION 7.0.x: If you use macros that run more than ~2 minutes you MUST install the XModules.
The XModules app prevents Chrome from stopping UI.Vision macros after about 2 minutes at a random point in the macro run. This behavior is not a bug in our software, but a "feature" of the new Chrome API. But again - simply installing the XModules resolves this issue.

What's new with V7.0.14, released June 14, 2022

This update fixes again some regression issues reported in the RPA forum. If you encounter other issues, please continue to report them!
Thanks again for your patience during this Chrome Manifest V3 transition. But with UI.Vision running on V3 now, you can rest assured that your RPA software is future-proof.

What's new with V7.0.13, released June 1, 2022

This update fixes again some regression issues reported in the RPA forum. If you encounter other issues, please continue to report them!
Thanks again for your patience during this Chrome Manifest V3 transition. But with UI.Vision running on V3 now, you can rest assured that your RPA software is future-proof.

  • - Fixed: Regex issue
  • - Fixed: PANEL_CALL_PLAY_TAB error after a few seconds if Chrome is offline
  • - Fixed: XModule "xfile"" connection is lost after switching storage mode
  • - Fixed: Several other issues

What's new with V7.0.11, released May 9, 2022

What's new with V7.0.10, released May 2, 2022

  • - Fixed: Waiting for element loaded timer not displayed.
  • - Fixed: FIND IMAGE and SELECT IMAGE buttons had no reaction in desktop computer vision mode

What's new with V7.0.8, released April 25, 2022

  • - Fixed: !clipboard, !url variables not defined.
  • - Fixed: OnDownload command does not wait.

What's new with V7.0.7, released April 18, 2022

This update completes the manifest V3 update. It is the first release running with manifest V3.

There are a few breaking changes:

What's new with V6.3.3, released January 16, 2022

This update fixes the annoying memory leak that shows during longer RPA automation sequences. Now there are no more open major issues. If you still encounter a breaking issue please report a bug in the RPA software forum.

What's new with V6.3.2, released January 3, 2022

Happy New Year 2022! The first update of the year fixes the regression issues introduced with the previous V6.3.1 update. Thanks to everyone that reported a bug.

What's new with V6.3.1, released December 20, 2021

With this update we start the transition to Chrome Manifest V3 , which is an updated version of the Chrome extension system. Ideally these changes should be completely transparent to you, so there is nothing for you to do. UI.Vision should work exactly as before.

But if you encounter any issues with this update please report them in the RPA software forum, so that we can fix them ASAP.

If needed, you can always return to a previous version from the RPA software archive.

New UI.Vision RPA tutorial


Video content: Jump to Web Browser Automation | Windows Automation | Mac Automation | Linux Automation | Command Line API.

What's new with Windows XModule V2021-3b, released October 8, 2021

  • - Added: Windows 11 support added (download link). New Screencapture XModule version number is now V1.3.6.

What's new with V6.2.8, released September 8, 2021

What's new with V6.2.7, released August 3, 2021

What's new with V6.2.6, released May 17, 2021

What's new with V6.2.2, released May 1, 2021

Collapse Logs area
New button: Collapse Logs area.

What's new with V6.1.1, released March 22, 2021


Simulate mouse wheel scrolling with XMouseWheel. The video shows how to automate Google maps to zoom in on the city of Oxford (-200) and then zoom out again (+200). We use two XMouseWheel for each zoom simply to make things a bit slower for us humans to see.

What's new with XModules V2021-03, released March 3, 2021

Do you need an older UI.Vision version?

If you need an older UI.Vison version, you can get it from the UI.Vision Extension Archive. We beta test each production release, but with the amazing variety of use cases for UI.Vision RPA there is always a chance that a rare regression bug escaped our QA tests. For this reason we keep an archive of older UI.Vision RPA and XModule versions. So if you need, you can temporarily downgrade and are up and running again quickly. But please don't forget to report the downgrade reason to us so that we can fix whatever the issue is.

What's new with V6.0.6, released February 5, 2021

In addition to the RPA core (browser extension) we updated the XModule RPA tools, too:
Get the new XModule V2021-3 for Mac, Windows and Linux

Export RPA script
New RPA tool: Capture screen images more quickly for desktop automation.

What's new with V5.9.5, released November 17, 2020

Do you need an older UI.Vision version?

If you need an older UI.Vison version, you can get it from the UI.Vison Extension Archive. We beta test each production release, but with the amazing variety of use cases for UI.Vision RPA there is always a chance that a rare regression bug escaped our QA tests. For this reason we keep an archive of older UI.Vision RPA versions so that you can temporarily downgrade and are up and running again quickly. But please don't forget to report the downgrade reason to us so that we can fix whatever the issue is.

What's new with V5.8.8, released August 8, 2020

Download the new RPA XModule from here

New XModule 2020-8, released August 7, 2020

Download the new RPA XModule from here

  • - Added: XType support for KEY_SPACE, KEY_HOME, KEY_END.
  • - Added: TripleClick (requires next UI.Vision Core update, later this month)
  • - Added: Mousewheel support (requires next UI.Vision Core update, later is month)
  • - Improved: Mac files are signed and notarized now. This means they have passed the anti-malware check by Apple.
  • - Fixed: (Mac) Real-User Module now compatible with Chinese input methods
  • - Not yet added: Multi-monitor support for XClick. This is the next feature we plan to add.

What's new with V5.7.5, released June 2, 2020

Export RPA script
Export macros with everything: Macro, images, CSV and all subroutines (as used by RUN command) all stored inside a ZIP file.

Import RPA script
Import macros directly at the folder level. Images, CSV and subroutines are imported as well.

What's new with V5.5.7, released March 29, 2020

  • - Added: New command: forEach
  • - Added: New command: times
  • - Added: New command: csvReadArray
  • - Added: New command: csvSaveArray
  • - Added: New command: executeAsyncScript and executeAsyncScript_Sandbox
  • - Added: Embedded macros can have images via URL now e. g. XClick | button_dpi_96.png@0.8#2[https://a9t9.com/image.png]
  • - Added: Selenium IDE style array support e. g. ${a[0][5]}
  • - Added: Disable the hard-drive logs when "No log" is selected
  • - Added: New second OCR engine with store | 2 | !ocrEngine. OCR engine 2 is often better for number and special character OCR.
  • - Fixed: In the bookmark code, `closeKantu: 0` does not work
  • - Changed: To reduce the start-up time the macro list not loaded when the RPA software is started from the command line or the bookmark. This behavior can be controlled with loadmacrotree=1 or 0 (default is 0).
  • - Changed: closeKantu is now closeRPA (but closeKantu continues to work, no need to change any scripts)
  • - Changed: Default for continueInLastUsedTab is now 1
  • - Changed: Reduced table view line height - so you can view more commands at once
  • - Removed: Deprecated commands removed from the command drop down. But the commands itself continue to work just as beforee. And you can still edit and add these commands in the source code view tab.
  • - Fixed and added: Several smaller items as reported in the RPA forum

New OCR engine, especially suited for alphanumeric OCR
This updates adds a new screen scraping OCR engine which is especially suited for alphanumeric OCR.


New screencast: Automating file uploads

What's new with V5.3.17, released January 27, 2020

Updates 2017 - 2019

For older updates please see the RPA changelog 2018-2019.

Need a specific feature added?

If you need a specific feature added or if your most annoying bug still not fixed, then please let us know in the RPA software forum. We can only add features and fix bugs that are reported to us.

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