Actions performed on objects captured with AISense Recorder

After you capture objects using the AISense Recorder, you can perform various actions that a bot can perform on the object at runtime.

For example, when you capture a button, you can select to click the button or to retrieve the button text. The following table lists the objects and their possible actions.

Object Actions
Button
  • Get text: Extracts the value or caption from the specified captured object.
  • Click: Use this action to select the captured object.
  • Left click: Use this action if the Click action does not work during runtime.
  • Right click: Use this action to perform the right-click operation on the captured object.
  • Double click: Use this action to perform the double-click operation on the captured object.
Image button
  • Left click: Use this action if the Click action does not work during runtime.
  • Right click: Use this action to perform the right-click operation on the captured object.
  • Double click: Use this action to perform the double-click operation on the captured object.
Active text
  • Left click: Use this action if the Click action does not work during runtime.
  • Right click: Use this action to perform the right-click operation on the captured object.
  • Double click: Use this action to perform the double-click operation on the captured object.
Passive text

Get text: Retrieves text available in the area you have specified.
Check box
  • Get text: Extracts the value or caption from the specified captured object.
  • Get status: Retrieves whether the check box is selected. Returns checked or unchecked.
  • Check: Selects the captured check box.
  • Uncheck: Clears the captured check box.
  • Toggle: Sswitches the check box to the opposite status. For example, if the check box is selected, use the Toggle action to clear it.
  • Left click: Use this action if the Toggle action does not work during Runtime.
  • Right click: Use this action to perform the right-click operation on the captured object.
  • Double click: Use this action to perform the double-click operation on the captured object.
Combo box (appears as a drop-down list)
  • Get text: Extracts the value or caption from the specified captured object.
  • Get selected text: Retrieves text from the selected item.
  • Select item by text: Selects the item that matches the text you have specified in the Assign value field.
    Note: The Assign value field is case-sensitive.
  • Expand: Expands the combo box.
  • Click: Use this action to select the captured object.
  • Left click: Use this action if the Click action does not work during runtime.
  • Right click: Use this action to perform the right-click operation on the captured object.
  • Double click: Use this action to perform the double-click operation on the captured object.
Scroll bar (within a combo box)
  • Scroll Up: Performs the scroll up operation. This action is similar to clicking the scroll up button one time.
  • Scroll Down: Performs the scroll down operation. This action is similar to clicking the scroll down button one time.
  • Page Up: Performs the page up operation. This action is similar to holding the scroll bar and moving it up. The distance by which the scroll bar is moved up is specified in the Scroll Distance field.
  • Page Down: Performs the page down operation. This action is similar to holding the scroll bar and moving it down. The distance by which the scroll bar is moved down is specified in the Scroll Distance field.
  • Left click: Use this action if the Click action does not work during runtime.
  • Right click: Use this action to perform the right-click operation on the captured object.
  • Double click: Use this action to perform the double-click operation on the captured object.
RadioButton
  • Get text: Extracts the value or caption from the specified captured object.
  • Get status: Retrieves whether the radio button is selected. Returns selected or deselected.
  • Select: Use this action to select the captured radio button.
  • Left click: Use this action if the Click action does not work during runtime.
  • Right click: Use this action to perform the right-click operation on the captured object.
  • Double click: Use this action to perform the double-click operation on the captured object.
TextBox
  • Get text: Extracts the value or caption from the specified captured object.
  • Set text: Enters the text you have specified in the captured field. It supports credentials.

    Credentials and credential variables in the Bot editor

  • Append text: Adds text at the end of existing text in the captured field, instead of overwriting it.
  • Click: Use this action to select the captured object.
  • Left click: Use this action if the Click action does not work during runtime.
  • Right click: Use this action to perform the right-click operation on the captured object.
  • Double click: Use this action to perform the double-click operation on the captured object.