--- schema_version: "1" id: a5a228b4695da1716f680de9de3117d236cdaa7ca53cd5dc2240a53d4ffc266d title: Window Wait collection: mulesoft version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/mulesoft/current/en-us/rpa-builder/6.6/toolbox-checks-window-wait.md canonical_url: https://docs.mulesoft.com/rpa-builder/6.6/toolbox-checks-window-wait source_site: docs.mulesoft.com content_type: documentation content_hash: d3ff641ce4f72c48683738f2e22af399bcc206b0dd3ef95f2e8941a3e12a6cd5 description: MuleSoft Documentation Site release: "6.6" latest: false --- --- product: RPA Builder version: 6.6 --- # Window Wait > For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt The _Action Step Window Wait_ pauses the Workflow until a certain window is displayed or not displayed. This window is recognized by its window title and can be specified by _Window Text_ additionally. Different modes allow for checking if the window is appearing, disappearing or activated. You can deploy _Window Wait_ after the _Action Step Run Program_ or if you anticipate a dialog window as result of a preceding action. This enables you to continue the _Workflow_ and stop or start a timer at exactly the right moment. Often the title of a window changes. In particular, the title of Internet Explorer windows is dependent on the webpage that is shown. This means that if you want to use Window wait for a certain URL, be sure to capture the correct title with the wizard, use regular expressions, or use only a part of the window title. ## Properties - **Enable Wait Delay** If this option is activated you can use an individual time value while waiting for a stable state. If this option is not activated this value is 50ms. - **Use Regex** Enables regular expressions for the _Window title_ field. You can further distinguish between window titles by selecting this checkbox. For a brief introduction to regular expressions, see section Using Regular Expressions. - **Use window text** Also captures the _Window text_ of the window - **Wait Delay** The time to wait until window system is in a stable state if **Enable Wait Delay** is enabled. The default value is 50ms and you can reduce it down to 1ms. - **Wait for** Defines the mode of the window search - **Window text** Contains the captured _Window text_ to wait for in addition to the _Window title_ (only works if **Use window text** is selected). - **Window title** Contains the captured _Window title_ to wait for. ## Inbound Variables - **Window title** - **Window text** ## Outbound Variables - **Window Handle** The hexadecimal reference value of the found window in text format. If no matching window was found this value is 0. - **Process ID** The process ID of the found window in text format. If no matching window was found this value is 0. ## Wizard The _Window Wait wizard_ allows for the comfortable selection of _Window Title_ and other selection criteria. You can choose the _Window Title_ directly by clicking in the appropriate window. For this purpose open the window, click on the button _Start_ and then click on the window’s frame. After the correct title is adopted in the field _Window Title_ click _Stop_. _Window Title_ and _Window Text_ can also be bound to preceding _Action Steps_ via Pin Variables. ![50%](/mulesoft/current/en-us/rpa-builder/6.6/_images/toolbox-checks-window-wait-wizard.png) - **Start** Starts the recording of the _Window Title_. If you click a window after clicking this button the window’s title is entered automatically in the corresponding text field. - **Stop** Ends the recording of the _Window Title_. - **Collect Window Titles** Click this button to show all window titles available now in the drop-down menu of the text field _Window Title_ - **Hide window** Hides the wizard while recording the window title - **Hide main window** Hides the RPA Builder while recording the window title - **Use window text** If checked _Window Text_ will be used for the identification of the window - **Use Regex** If this option is activated, the entered window title has to be formed according to the rules of a correct regular expression. If the regular expression is not correct validation returns an error. The use of regular expressions also facilitates a case-insensitive search. You can find further information on this topic in [Using Regular Expressions](https://docs.mulesoft.com/rpa-builder/6.6/advanced-concepts-using-regular-expressions). - **Window Title** Title of the window to be found. The entered title needs to be considered as part of the window title to be searched for. For example the entered title _Pad_ will find all windows whose title contains the text _Pad_ (like `NotePad - MyText.txt`). The search is case-sensitive. If this field remains empty all windows are considered. If the option **Use Regex** is activated, the entered window title has to be formed according to the rules of a correct regular expression. If the regular expression is not correct the validation returns an error. The use of regular expressions also facilitates a case-insensitive search. You can find further information on this topic in chapter [Using Regular Expressions](https://docs.mulesoft.com/rpa-builder/6.6/advanced-concepts-using-regular-expressions). - **Timeout** Length of time before a not successful search is aborted - **Wait for** Defines the mode of the window search - **Window Appears (with Activation)** _Window Wait_ waits at most for the given _Timeout_ time until a window matching the search criteria is found. If one or more windows are found, the first from this list will be activated. If the _Timeout_ is exceeded without the window having appeared, the _Actions Step_ returns an error. - **Window Disappears** +_Window Wait_ waits at most for the given _Timeout_ time until a window matching the search criteria cannot be found (anymore). If the _Timeout_ is exceeded without the window having appeared, the _Actions Step_ returns an error. - **Window is active** _Window Wait_ checks, if a window matching the given criteria is active. If this is not the case, the _Action Step_ returns an error immediately. - **Window exists (with Activation)** _Window Wait_ checks, if a window matching the given criteria does exist. This window can be minimized or in the background. If such a window is found, it will be activated (and be brought to the foreground, even from a minimized state). If the window does not exist, the _Action Step_ returns an error immediately. - **Window doesn’t exist** _Window Wait_ checks, if a window matching the given criteria does not exist. If such a window is found, the _Action Step_ returns an error immediately. - **Window Appears (without Activation)** _Window Wait_ waits at most for the given _Timeout_ time until a window matching the search criteria is found. If the _Timeout_ is exceeded without the window having appeared, the _Actions Step_ returns an error. - **Window exists (without Activation)** _Window Wait_ checks, if a window matching the given criteria does exist. This window might be minimized or might be in the background. If the window does not exist, the _Action Step_ returns an error immediately. - **Wait Delay** - **Legacy mode** (Compatibility setting) The wait delay until the start of the search is the value entered before the last saving. - **Normal mode** If this option is activated, you can enter a value of your choice in the field _Wait Delay_. The default value is 50ms. This value can also be filled via Pin-Variable.