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Get Text |
Declaration |
<AMGETTEXT RESULTVARIABLE="text" WINDOWTITLE="text" WINDOWCLASS="text" WINDOWHANDLE="number" OBJECTCLASS="text" OBJECTTYPE="text" OBJECTNAME="text" OBJECTVALUE="text" OBJECTXPOS="text" OBJECTYPOS="text" CHECKOBJECTCLASS="yes/no" CHECKOBJECTTYPE="yes/no" CHECKOBJECTNAME="yes/no" CHECKOBJECTVALUE="yes/no" CHECKOBJECTPOSITION="yes/no"> |
See Also |
Clipboard Copy, Get Clipboard, Get Text, Check, Select Item, Press |
Extracts the text contents of a control on a window. To select an object from an existing window, either use the "Browse..." button or drag the AutoMate icon to the area on the screen. You can only select objects that contain text. To search for partial window titles, use wildcard characters * and ?.
Used to retrieve the contents of a text control on a Window. Using the Get Text action is superior to using the Clipboard <AMCLIPBOARDCOPY> action or other methods (where it is able to be used) because it communicates with the target control natively and the application is not required to be in the foreground for the event to occur. IMPORTANT: Only standard Windows text controls will work with the Get Text Action, many applications use images or other controls that may act like a text control but they are not a native Windows control - the Set Text action will not work with these controls. In these cases other actions must be used to retrieve the text such as Clipboard <AMCLIPBOARDCOPY> action.
Specifies name of the AutoMate variable that should be populated with the contents of the desired control at runtime.
Specifies the title of the Window that the control search should be restricted to. The value is case-insensitive. NOTE: A Window title is required because without this parameter the action would have to search every control of every single Window on the system which would take an unacceptable amount of time. This parameter supports wildcards (* and ?), for example "*Internet Explorer* would include all Windows containing that text. Note: If this parameter is left blank the action assumes it is searching for a Window title that is blank - to ignore the Window title, use *.
Specifies the class of the Window to act on. The value is case-insensitive. This parameter supports wildcards (* and ?), for example "*Internet Explorer* would include all Windows classes containing that text. Note: If this parameter is left blank the action assumes it is searching for a Window class that is blank - to ignore the WIndow class, use *.
Specifies the handle of the Window to act on. If set to 0 or omitted the parameter is ignored.
Specifies that the type parameter will be checked against the control when determining a matching control. When set to NO the type of the control is ignored.
Specifies the type of control that should be checked/unchecked/toggled. The parameter is ignored if "Type must be" is set to NO.
Specifies that the class parameter will be checked against the control when determining a matching control. When set to NO the class of the control is ignored.
Specifies the class of the target control. The parameter is ignored if "Class Must be" is set to no.
Specifies that the name parameter will be checked against the control when determining a matching control. When set to NO the name of the control is ignored.
Specifies the name of the target control. The parameter is ignored if "Name must be" is set to NO
Specifies that the value parameter will be checked against the control when determining a matching control. When set to NO the value of the control is ignored.
Specifies the value of the target control. The parameter is ignored if "Value must be" is set to NO
Specifies that the Position X and Position Y parameter will be checked against the position of the control when determining a matching control. When set to NO the position of the control is ignored. The X and Y coordinates specified are relative to the Window specified in the Window Title Parameter (not the screen).
Specifies the X coordinate position of the control relative to the Window specified in the Window Title Parameter. The parameter is ignored if "Position must be" is set to NO.
Specifies the Y coordinate position of the control relative to the Window specified in the Window Title Parameter. The parameter is ignored if "Position must be" is set to NO.
Window Dissection™ Technology
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Standard Error Handling Options
This action also includes the standard "Error Causes" and "On
Error" failure handling options/tabs
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Variables and Expressions
All text fields allow the use of expressions by surrounding the expression
in percentage signs (example: %MYVARIABLE%, %Left('Text',2)%). To help
construct these expressions, a popup expression builder is available in
all these fields by pressing F2.
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<AMGETTEXT WINDOWTITLE="Run" RESULTVARIABLE="varname" OBJECTCLASS="Edit" OBJECTTYPE="SelectableText" OBJECTXPOS="57" OBJECTYPOS="63" CHECKOBJECTCLASS="YES" CHECKOBJECTTYPE="YES" CHECKOBJECTPOSITION="YES">