What is Text and Text-area output values?

You can create a text output value from a text string displayed in a screen. You can define the output value as part of the displayed text, and you can specify the text before and/or after the output text.

You can also output text values from defined text areas.

When you create a text or text area output value, the text-recognition mechanism may not always retrieve the expected text. For this reason, when possible, you should retrieve text from your application window by using a standard output value for the object containing the text you require, using its text (or similar) property.

You can create a text output value while recording or editing your test .

To create a text output value while recording:

Insert > Output Value > Text Output Value > click the text string for which you want to specify a text output value > select the object for which you want to specify a text output value, and click Ok. > Text Output Value Properties dialog box opens > When you have finished defining the text output value details, click Ok.