Capture area action

The Capture area action enables you to extract text from within the captured area of a window and saves it to a string variable.

Settings

Extracts text from within the captured area of a window and saves it to a string variable.

In the Window field, select an option: Choose from the Application, Browser, or Variable tab.
- Application: Select from a list of windows, including browser windows, that are currently open on the Bot Creator device.
- Browser: Select from a list of supported browser tabs.
  注： This option supports Google Chrome, Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer browsers.
- Variable: Select an existing window variable to specify the title of the application window title.
Insert a wildcard character (*) in the Window title field to search for window titles that can change.
You can use a regular expression (regex) to identify a window title. Select the regular expression condition as either String or a Pattern and then enter the value. By default, the Window title field is case-sensitive.

To identify a browser title, you can enable the Case sensitive option to match the letter case, or disable the option to identify a window title where the letter case does not match.
注： Ensure that the minimum Bot Agent version installed on your system is the version that was released with Automation 360 v.26. If you have a Bot Agent version released with Automation 360 v.25 or earlier, then by default, the window title will be identified only with matching letter case (case-sensitive).
For example, you can enter the String value as ((\w*)-Notepad for all window title names starting with ((\w*)-Notepad, or use Pattern value as ((\w)\s)*document-Notepad for only those window titles that match this pattern.
注：
- When you use a regular expression of type String with -title as the input value for a window title in any action, the bot might encounter a run time error. To prevent the run time error, ensure that when you add the string input as *-title, the application with the specific title is open. The asterisk (*) is just a character, not a wild card character.
- When you use a regular expression of type Pattern with -title as the input value for a window title in any action, the bot might encounter a run time error because the input value *-title is incorrect.
  Ensure that you use valid regex patterns.
Optional: Select the Resize window option to specify the window dimensions.
This option delivers a more reliable bot. It resizes the window to the dimensions at which the task was recorded, which enhances the bot's ability to identify the target object.
Click Capture region and select the area to capture.
In the Save captured text to a variable field, select a string variable.

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