Simulating mouse drag & drop in Device Automation

Here's a fun challenge for Device Automation:

1. start a Device Automation workflow.
2. open Internet Explorer 11, goto a particular URL
3. web page displays a slider control whereby you need to click a square and drag from left to right in a horizontal bar, then release. (kinda like how you unlock the iphone)

Is it possible to have a robot do this in DA?

Hi,
  use Click key - PRESS  to select,  then move, and then Click Key - RELEASE to do the drop

Hi Barney,
Thanks! I tested that out and it worked with a jquery slider i found on http://demos.jquerymobile.com/1.4.3/slider/

Now to test it out on the CAPTCHA slider that an e-commerce web portal is using. The trick is the CAPTCHA doesn't pop-up all the time...only when it somehow detects and suspects a bot is accessing a particular product detail page.

Testing this is a try-until-i-drop patience exercise.

Hi, May I know more details on Draga and Drop actions, I have a similar scenario I need to drag some elements to drop into another place.
I just fond that you manage to do it without using Device Automation I have opened the link you mentioned but I count to get it how to deal with it.
can you please give more info on that action...

Hi,
Sorry but as far as i know this operation can only be done in Device Automation.

I did the drag-and-release operation on Device Automation.
I have the robot start Internet Explorer 11 and load the slider test URL.

Then using DA steps, I followed the suggestion by Barney and the robot can left-click the mouse pointer on the slider button. Then next step is the Move action with an X offset. Then finally the Release step.