OCRGetText

Returns text found using OCR in a specified region, window, or control. Use to convert graphical text in an application to text strings for use in other statements. See Using OCR to Work with Graphical Text.

Syntax

OCRGetText(LeftEdgePixel, TopEdgePixel, RectangleWidth, RectangleHeight)

Arguments

Argument Description
LeftEdgePixel Optional integer pixel value of the left side of the rectangle that contains the text to return. If not specified, all text in the window or control is returned. Required if the TopEdgePixel, RectangleWidth, or RectangleHeight argument is specified.
TopEdgePixel Optional integer pixel value of the top side of the rectangle that contains the text to return. If not specified, all text in the window or control is returned.Required if the LeftEdgePixel, RectangleWidth, or RectangleHeight argument is specified.
RectangleWidth Optional integer pixel value of the width of the rectangle that contains the text to return. If not specified, all text in the window or control is returned. Required if the LeftEdgePixel, TopEdgePixel, or RectangleHeight argument is specified.
RectangleHeight Optional integer pixel value of the height of the rectangle that contains the text to verify. If not specified, all text in the window or control is returned. Required if the LeftEdgePixel, TopEdgePixel, or RectangleWidth argument is specified.

Return value

Value Description
Value Text found using OCR.

Supported objects

Browser, Button, Calendar, Cell, CheckBox, ColumnHeader, ComboBox, ContextMenu, Control, DateTimePicker, EditBox, Grid, HTMLElement, HTMLLink, HTMLTable, Image, Item, Label, Link, ListBox, ListView, Menu, NavigationField, PopupMenu, ProgressBar, RadioButton, Row, RowHeader, ScrollBar, Slider, SpinBox, SubItem, Tab, TabBar, ToolBar, Tree, Window

Example

'Gets the password text HTML element and sets it in the Password field

password = Window("WysiCorp Home").HTMLElement("elementLoginTester").OCRGetText(80, 31, 61, 17)

Window("WysiCorp Home").EditBox("editboxPassword").SetText(password)