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# Get Native Value

Gets the action text value from the specified control, using a WM\_GETTEXT message. Please note that the target control needs to have an actual handle.

## Properties

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### Input

* **Identifier**: indicate a new UI element, or select from the already defined list of selectors

### Output

* **Output**: set an existing variable or define a new one that stores the captured value

### Misc

* **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project.
* **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action.
* **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action.
* **Abort on Error**: True/False
* **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely.&#x20;

## Use cases

### Potential use cases

* Get the text associated with the answer to a request
* Get the text of an error/warning message
* Get a master data property