App Integration package

Extract text from a window and save it to a string variable by using the actions in the App Integration package.

The App Integration package supports the following technologies:

  • UNIX shells, such as Cygwin, PowerShell, and GIT shell
  • Windows applications, such as Calculator, Command Prompt, and Notepad
  • Java applications that are based on the Standard Widget Toolkit and Abstract Window Toolkit, which can draw text using Windows text-drawing APIs
The actions in the App Integration package are based on legacy technology and have certain limitations on specific applications. To seamlessly obtain data from applications and browsers, use the Recorder package.

Building bots with actions from the App Integration package

  1. Open the application or file from which you want to capture the text using the Application > Open program/file action.

    Application package

  2. Extract the text using one of the actions from the App Integration package.
  3. Use any of the following actions from the String package to manipulate the captured text:
    • Extract text: Extracts text from the source string using logical operators.
    • Split: Splits the string into multiple strings and stores the output in a list variable.
    • Trim: Trims blanks and white spaces from a string.

    String package

Actions in the App Integration package

The App Integration package includes the following actions:

Action Description
Capture area See Capture area action.
Capture scrollable text See Capture scrollable text action.
Capture text of window See Capture text of window action.