Type Into

Last modified by Nhan Nguyen on 2022/05/13 03:47

RCA.Activities.IE.TypeInto

Description

The Type Into activity allows you to type text into fields of an IE browser.

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(* for Mandatory)

In the body of the activity

  • Pick Target Element* - Chooses the field to select the item. This activity will generate a string variable (Selector) to specify the location of that field.

Properties

Before Type

  • Click(IE) (Checkbox) - If selected, a click action is performed before this activity.
  • Empty Field (Checkbox) - If selected, the field will get cleared before typing.
  • Set Focus (Checkbox) - If selected, the field will get focused before typing.

Common

  • Continue On Error (Boolean) - A Boolean variable has two possible values: True or False. True: allows the rest of the process to continue the execution even an error occurs within the activity. False (default): blocks the process from continuing the execution.
  • Timeout MS (Int32)- The maximum amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the activity to run before an error is thrown. If the timeout expires, the activity will terminate. Default value: 30000 (milliseconds).
    Ex: 30000

Input

  • Selector (String)* - String of characters that identifies the element to be checked for existence on the IE browser.
  • Text (String)* - The element you type into
    Ex: “akabot”

Options

  • Delay Between Keys (Int32) - To put a delay of time (in milliseconds) between every key when typing.
    Ex: 30000
  • From Elements (IEElement) - Element to be referred to when searching for the desired element. Only IEElement variable type accepted.
  • Virtual Type (Checkbox) - If selected, a virtual type method is performed.

Misc

  • Public (Checkbox) - Check if you want to publicize it. Remember to consider data security requirements before using it.
  • Display Name (String) - The name of this activity. You can edit the name of the activity to organize and structure your code better.
    Ex: [44155135] Type Into

Target

  • Scroll Height (Int32) - Scroll before getting the element. To input a number equals to the amount of pixels to scroll vertically. A negative value is to scroll upwards, a positive value is to scroll downwards.
    Ex: 20
  • Scroll IntoView (Checkbox) - If selected, the screen will automatically scroll to the desired element on the screen.
  • Scroll Width (Int32) - Scroll before getting the element. To input a number equals to the amount of pixels to scroll horizontally. A negative value is to scroll to the leftwards, a positive value is to scroll rightwards.
    Ex: 20

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