QPR TaskRecorder
QPR TaskRecorder is a desktop application, that records actions done by the user. The actions can be for example mouse clicks, key presses, ui elements focusing, button clicks, selections and text input.
QPR TaskRecorder installation
QPR TaskRecorder is a desktop application for Windows operating systems
- Download the QPR TaskRecorder in the downloads section.
- Extract the zip package to a suitable location, for example: C:\Program Files\QPR TaskRecorder.
- Configure the QPR TaskRecorder
Starting QPR TaskRecorder
QPR TaskRecorder can be started simply by double-clicking the TaskRecorder.exe file.
Using TaskRecorder
The main dialog of QPR TaskRecorder contains a table of all currently open applications. You can choose which applications are recorded from the checkboxes. Each application is listed only ones, and when checked, all running instances of the application are recorded. E.g. there may several Word files open at the same time and all are recorded.
When open, QPR TaskRecorder is all the time active and records the selected applications. If there is an error situation, e.g., the CSV file is reserved by another application, the Status field shows the situation
Adding Annonations
User can add manual annotations during the task recording, to help analyzing the recorded UI events. An annotation is added by writing the annotation text to the Annonation textbox and clicking the Save annotation button.
QPR TaskRecorder configuration
QPR TaskRecorder has configuration file appsettings.json containing the following settings:
- OutputFile: The CSV file containing the recorded events.
- LogFile: Log file of QPR TaskRecorder.
Recorded UI events
QPR TaskRecorder is able to record the following types of UI events:
Mathematical functions
Recorded tasks CSV
The user actions are recorded to a CSV file, that is stored to the user Documents (by default) or a some other location user has specified. The CSV file can be uploaded to QPR ProcessAnalyzer for the analysis like any CSV file.
The CSV file has the following columns:
| Column name | Description |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp | |
| UserName | |
| SessionId | |
| EventType | |
| MouseX | |
| MouseY | |
| KeyCode | |
| Key | |
| ModifierKeys | |
| ProcessName | |
| ClassName | |
| ControlType | |
| Name | |
| Value | |
| LabelName | |
| ElementX | |
| ElementY | |
| ElementWidth | |
| ElementHeight | |
| ElementHierarchy | |
| ElapsedTime |
QPR TaskRecorder logging
QPR TaskRecorder is able to write a logfile of its operation. Note that the logfile is different than the recorded UI events. The location of the log file is set in the QPR TaskRecorder configuration file. If no log file location is set, no logging is done. The log file contain information about QPR TaskRecorder application functionality and application errors.