Get Text

This activity enables the user to extract data from a specified element on the screen.

Properties

INPUT

Get Text Method Type: This parameter allows you to select the method for extracting text from the screen. The available options are:

OCR: Extracts the specified text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
Select All Text: Functions like a Copy/Paste operation, extracting all selectable text on the screen via the clipboard.
Select Text Row: Extracts the text from the entire row of the specified element on the screen. 

Delay After: It helps the user to add a delay to start the execution of the further activity. The format of the delay here is milliseconds. By default, it will be set to 100. When the option is left blank, no delay is considered.

Delay Before: It helps the user to add a delay to before the execution of the activities. The format of the delay here is milliseconds. By default, it will be set to 100. When the option is left blank, no delay is considered. 

MISC

DisplayName: Displays the name of the activity. The activity name can be customized, which aids in troubleshooting.

SkipOnError: Specify the “Boolean” value as “True” or “False.”
True: Continue executing the workflow regardless of any errors thrown.
False: Halt the workflow if it encounters any errors.
None: If the option is left blank, the activity will, by default, behave as if “False” were chosen.

Version: It indicates the version of the feature being used.  

OUTPUT

Result: This parameter allows you to view the execution status of the activity and returns a value in “Boolean.”
True: Indicates that the activity has been executed successfully without any errors.
False: Indicates that the activity has been unsuccessful due to an unexpected error being thrown. 

Extracted Text: *It allows the user to return the extracted text as output of the activity in “String” datatype. 

* Represents mandatory fields to execute the workflow.