Get Text From Object

This pre-built Action is located under the @Custom Element. The functionality of this action in Avo Assure to retrieve the text of the object and save the result in dynamic variable.

Syntax

Input Value: <Object Type>;<VisibleText(Optional)>;<index>;<abs(optional)>

Argument	Description
<Object Type> (Required)	Specific type of object whose text is to be retrieved.
<VisibleText> (Optional)	The visible text associated with the object.
<index> (Required)	Provide the position of the element, which helps to identify the value based on the sequence in list . (starting from 0)​
<abs> (Optional)	If the abs is provided, the action is performed with absolute identification using the absolute X path

Note: If last argument abs is defined then the Action must be executed with absolute preformation with the specified absolute X path in the input.

To skip an optional input value, use an extra semicolon (;).

Output Value

Argument	Description
<Dynamic Variable> (Required)	This variable holds the exacted text from the object
<Dynamic Variable> (Optional)	This variable holds the status of the action as True or False.

Example 1

Retrieves the visible text content from a specified UI element in the application

The Get Text From Object action takes the value from the Input Value column (e.g.,button;;0) and extracts the text from the specified object. The retrieved text is stored in the {Text} variable, while the execution status is stored in the {Status} variable, with the following possible values:

• True – if the text is retrieved successfully.

• False – if retrieval fails

Example 2

Retrieves the visible text content from a specified UI element using optional parameter

The Get Text From Object action takes the value from the Input Value column (e.g.,button;Click Me;0;//*[@id="oTN9K"]) and extracts the text from the specified object. The retrieved text is stored in the {Text} variable, while the execution status is stored in the {Status} variable, with the following possible values:

• True – if the text is retrieved successfully.

• False – if retrieval fails