Extract Direct Text

This action is used to extract text from designated control identifiers by intercepting Windows text rendering calls.

Properties

Input

• Identifier: set an already existent, or define a new identifier

• Method Filter: a list of values of all intercepted API calls that will be considered for input. Default is "*" which means supported direct text drawing methods are intercepted.

• Capture Length: the amount of time that the action will perform data extraction (milliseconds)

• Force Redraw: a forced redraw of the target window/process will be requested. True/False

Output

• Output: The name of the variable in which the contents will be stored

The type of the variable must be List<CapturedTextArea>

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.

Use cases

Potential use cases

• Extract text by intercepting Windows text rendering calls