Copy text on website

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jpf1281
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Copy text on website

Post by jpf1281 » Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:28 pm

Have another one that I am having a bit of an issue with. I am trying to grab specific text off of a website. I played around with the OCR but it seems that using this, you need to make sure what you are looking for is at a certain screen position. In our case, this is not possible as we will be opening and closing dropdowns within the webpage, so the data will move around.

Is there a way to grab this text based on an image, and say we want to grab the text to the right of this image? We are running an automation through a registry and trying to pull specific data per employee, so I am trying to find the best way to do this if possible, not reliant on screen position.

Thanks.

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Dorian (MJT support)
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Re: Copy text on website

Post by Dorian (MJT support) » Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:41 pm

Macro Scheduler v15 can automate Chrome and Edge, so you can extract the text/data from the page regardless of position. That would be the recommended method.

Using Macro Scheduler 15's Chrome Functions

It's somewhat of a learning curve but will unleash some very powerful capabilities for you.

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