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Get Details

Targets a specified desktop element and gets the details from it (Windows only).

Category: Desktop Application Automation · Group: Desktop · Activity name: GetDetails

The GetDetails activity in the designer

Example

outputVariable = GetDetails("<xPath>", checkOrphanedElements=False)

Inputs

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
XPathstringYesXPath expression that identifies the target element.
Check orphaned elementsbooleanFalseWhen the element is not found by its XPath, scan the parent window's area for elements detached from the UI Automation tree. Slower; enable only for windows known to orphan their elements.

Outputs

NameTypeDescription
outputVariableobjectSpecifies the name of the variable that will store the element details.