Handling Files

Where to place files used by the Robot?

The robot folder contains a Robot Files Directory (.files). The files used by the robot should be placed there.

Explorer view of a robot.

A relative path starting with robot:// is used to identify the files contained within the Robot Files Directory.

For example, selecting a file from this location using the Filepath selector will look like this.

Robot relative path.

This ensures the portability of the robot as the files will be packaged with the robot deployment, and its correct path will be resolved at runtime wherever the Robot is deployed.