Capture images from the desktop, Windows applications, and web pages on the Internet Explorer browser by using the GetImage component in RPA Desktop Design Studio.

Before you begin

Role required: none

About this task

You can configure the properties for the GetImage component. For more information about these properties, see ActionSet- Get Image properties.

Procedure

  1. Right-click the anchor.
    To know about the anchor, see how to use the Anchor.
  2. Click Get Image.
  3. Drag the green rectangle icon (Green rectangle icon.) over the captured image and place in the location where the component will perform an action.
  4. (Optional) To change the default area in the image covered by the green rectangle icon (Green rectangle icon.), do the following steps.
    1. Place the mouse device along the edges of the green rectangle icon (Green rectangle icon.).
      The mouse device turns into a two-sided arrow (Two-sided arrow).
    2. Drag the edges of the green rectangle icon (Green rectangle icon.).
  5. Close the ACTIONSET SETTINGS window.
  6. (Optional) To configure how the component returns the output, see Configure output port properties.
  7. (Optional) Connect the data and control ports of the GetImage component to the corresponding ports of the other components as described in the following table.
    Port type Port name Data type Purpose of connection Mandatory?
    Data Out Table Not applicable Returns the image that is captured. Not applicable
  8. (Optional) To test the component, right-click the component bar and click Run From Here.