Get element text Version 18 (.Net)

Action group: Windows

Description

The action returns the text of the selected element.

Property	Description	Type	Filling example	Mandatory field
Parameters
Element	Resource with data of selected element in application	Robin.WinElement		Yes
Time-out	Time in milliseconds to find required window.	Robin.Numeric		No
Window order	When found more than one window, action would interact with window defined by order	Robin.Numeric		No
Results
Result	Text from selected item	Robin.String

Preliminary activation of the window with the element is not needed.

The group does not work with taskbar, explorer, and workspace.

There is an open "Parameters" window. Get element text (processor name).

Use the "Get element text", "Show message" actions.

Move the "Get element text", "Show message" actions to the workspace.
Set the "Get element text" action parameters. Get the element with the WinSpy tool. Working with WinSpy is described in section Get Win-element
Setting a timeout does not, in general, increase the execution time of an action beyond the time it takes for the item we are using in the action to become visible and accessible. During the set timeout, the action tries to access the element it is working with. As soon as the item is available, the waiting timeout expires.
Set the "Show message" action parameters. In the "Message text" field specify the "Get element text" action result.
Click "Start" in the top panel.