Loop through similar controls (window)

1. Introduction

Use this component to control a window of a specified program on Windows and retrieve one or more similar controls.

2. Inputs

3. Outputs

4. Usage example

4.1. Configuration example

1. In the Opened window object field, select the output item v_web_obj_1 from the preceding Get Window component.

2. Use the catch control feature to capture multiple similar controls in the window and name them "Control 1".

3. For Target control, select "Control 1".

4. For Control search timeout (seconds), the default value is 15.

4.2. Example result

The component successfully retrieves the similar control objects from the v_win_obj_1 window object.

5. Example flow

Create the flow

1. Use the Get Window component to retrieve the Alibaba Cloud Robotic Process Automation (RPA) editor window object.

2. Use the Loop Through Similar Controls (Window) component to retrieve the control for each menu item in the Alibaba Cloud RPA editor window.

   

3. Use the Get Text (Window) component to retrieve the text of each menu item in the Alibaba Cloud RPA editor window.

   1. To retrieve the text for each item in the loop, select v_win_element_item_1 from the Target Control drop-down list. The v_win_element_item_1 variable is the output for each iteration from the Loop Through Similar Controls (Window) component.

   

Result

After the flow runs, the retrieved text is displayed in the log panel, as shown in the following figure.