Select text command

Device ID^*

Device

The device for this command.

Expected text (needle)^*

Media

The device for this command. Consider using the entire string searched for, to ensure that if the OCR misses a few characters, the needle will still be found.

The text-match algorithm is less error-prone when the provided string is longer.

Search area (haystack)

String

all | body

Defines the screen region where to look for the needle.

Analysis source

String

Primary | Native | Camera | Auto

The source for retrieving the screen content, where:

• Primary takes the screenshot from the device (higher resolution but slower)
  

• Native uses native device controls
  

• Camera takes the screenshot from the video stream (lower resolution but faster)
  

• Auto uses native device controls, if available. If not available, a digital screen image is used, if available. If not availabe, an analog screen image is used.

Target

String

As is | Any

The target search in case the needle includes more than one word, where:

As is searches for the entire string content as is, as a complete phrase

Any searches for any word in the string. When selecting Any, the words in the Expected text parameter can be divided into phrases with quotation marks. For example: "new contact" "add contact"

Timeout

Number

The time, in seconds, to wait for the text to appear.

For a dynamic screen, specify the expected waiting time for the text to appear. Example: page load time

The timeout contains the system analysis time. For this reason, consider specifying at least 20 seconds.

Threshold

Number

20-100

The acceptable match level percentage, between 20 and 100.

Values that are too low can lead to a false positive results while values that are too high can lead to a false negative result.

OCR - Profile

String

Default | Document Conversion Accuracy | Document Conversion Speed | Document Archiving Accuracy | Document Archiving Speed | Book Archiving Accuracy | Book Archiving Speed | Text Extraction Accuracy | Text Extraction Speed | Field Level Recognition | Barcode Recognition

Use when text cannot be found on the device screen.

Try all profiles with the word accuracy. Per profile, try changing the DPI (96 or 300 or 120).

OCR - Analysis mode

String

Full | Automatic | Manual

The image analysis mode. The device screen may contain text and images.

• Automatic: OCR distinguishes between text and images, filtering out images.

• Manual: OCR assumes text only. Use alongside the Inverted text parameter.

• Full: OCR tries both automatic and manual.

This parameter is not relevant when using native screen source.

OCR - Inverted text

String

Any | Yes | No

The text appearance, likely to appear in inverted colors (dark text on light background). Use only if 'Analysis mode' is set to 'Manual'.

• Yes: Text is inverted

• No: Text is normal, not inverted

• Any: Text might be inverted or not, checked automatically by the system

This parameter is not relevant when using native screen source.

OCR - Languages

String

English | Spanish | Japanese | German | French | Dutch | Italian | Chinese | Russian | Portuguese

The OCR language to use.It is possible to select multiple languages.

For languages that do not appear in the drop down menu, please contact Perfecto Mobile Support to enable.

This parameter is not relevant when using native screen source.

OCR - Policy

String

Auto | Accuracy | Performance

The text recognition accuracy policy.

Selecting the Accuracy value will increase the operation time.

• Auto: shifted toward recognition accuracy with a moderate impact on the recognition speed.

• Accuracy: shifted toward maximum recognition accuracy.

• Performance: shifted toward recognition speed.

This parameter is not relevant when using native screen source.

Haystack top

String

The top value of the screen area where to search for the image.

Values can be in pixels or in percentage of screen width (0-100). For percentage, use the % sign. Example: 20%

Default is to search the entire screen.

Consider reducing the resolution in very long scripts that result in large report files.

String

The height value of the screen area where to search for the image.

Values can be in pixels or in percentage of screen width (0-100). For percentage, use the % sign. Example: 20%

Default is to search the entire screen.

Consider reducing the resolution in very long scripts that result in large report files.

Haystack left

String

The left value of the screen area where to search for the image.

Values can be in pixels or in percentage of screen width (0-100). For percentage, use the % sign. Example: 20%

Default is to search the entire screen.

Consider reducing the resolution in very long scripts that result in large report files.

Haystack width

String

The width value of the screen area where to search for the image.

Values can be in pixels or in percentage of screen width (0-100). For percentage, use the % sign. Example: 20%

Default is to search the entire screen.

Consider reducing the resolution in very long scripts that result in large report files.

Duration

Number

The minimum time interval, in seconds, for a single analysis.

If the analysis operation takes less than the interval, wait the remaining time before the next analysis operation.

Interval

Number

The minimum time interval, in seconds, for a single analysis.

If the analysis operation takes less than the interval, wait the remaining time before the next analysis operation.

Backlight

String

The key sequence to perform the backlight operation.

Example: VOL_UP

For best practice, use a key that will not change the screen.

Scroll and search

String

False | True

Scrolls until the label is found. Scroll cannot be used together with a positive timeout value because the parameters dictate a different behavior when the needle is not found. When scrolling is enabled, the timeout must be zero.

Scroll results in a longer execution time.

Number

The maximum number of scroll actions to perform before returning.

Finding the label will stop the scrolling.

Effective values are in the range of 0-100.

Next

String

SWIPE_UP | SWIPE_DOWN | SWIPE_RIGHT | SWIPE_LEFT | UP | DOWN | RIGHT | LEFT

The key sequence to perform the scroll operation.

For more information see Swipe Gesture in Analysis Functions.

Use cache

String

Use | No Use

Indicates whether the text recognition application should use a cached picture of the screen if available (this value should not be changed by the user, under normal circumstances).

Match mode

String

Same size | Any size | Bounded size

The needle comparison method.

• Same Size: Needle and haystack are from the same origin (device screen) and size. Matching is faster and simpler.

• Any Size: Needle and haystack are either not from the same origin (needle is from another device or another source) or not in the same size (different ratio or size). Matching is slower and more complex.

  Selecting Any Size increases the analysis time. The timeout values should be increased accordingly.

• Bounded Size: Same as Any Size with restrictions on possible needle sizes. This mode can decrease the Any Size analysis time by using apriori knowledge on needle sizes or by decreasing the size of a haystack.

Index

Number

If the needle has multiple occurrences on the screen, enter the index of the required occurrence.

Whole-words search

String

False | True

Specifies whether to search for whole words only.

Ignore case

String

False | True

Specifies if the search pattern should be case sensitive.

Ignore whitespaces

String

False | True

Ignore punctuation

String

False | True

Specifies whether to ignore punctuation characters when matching text.

Exact phrase

String

Specifies whether to find the exact needle phrase with no errors.

Touch position direction

String

None | Above | Below | Left | Right | Leftmost | Rightmost

The label position relative to the button (used alongside the Touch position value parameter), where: 

• None indicates that the label is part of the button

• Above indicates that the label is above the button
  

• Below indicates that the label is below the button
  

• Left indicates that the label is to the left of the button
  

• Right indicates that the label is to the right of the button
  

• Leftmost indicates that the button is aligned to the right, and its label is to the left
  

• Rightmost indicates that the button is aligned to the left, and its label is to the right

Rightmost and Leftmost label position values represent the distance from the screen edge.

Touch position value

String

X and Y values separated by comma

The value can be in pixels or in percentage of screen height (0-100). For percentage, use the % sign.

Example: 20%

Used alongside the Touch position direction parameter. If touch position is "none", then label offset is "0". Otherwise, the offset default is 10%.

Operation

String

Single tap | Double tap | Long tap | Trackball roll | No touch

The touch operation to perform on the found label location.

Repeat

Number

The number of times to repeat the operation. Relevant for tap and double tap actions only.

Report

String

Screenshot | Screenshot on error | None

The value to display in the report.

• Screenshot: Displays screenshots.

• Screenshot on error: Display screenshots only for actions in error.

• None: Display nothing.

Consider reducing the resolution in very long scripts that result in large report files.

Report image resolution

String

High | Medium | Low

The image resolution.

Consider reducing the resolution in very long scripts that result in large report files.

Grid label

String

The column name to be used for grid view in the report.

Selecting this parameter creates the grid report.

Visual relation direction

String

Left | Right | Above | Below | Left-Above | Left-Below | Right-Above | Right-Below | Inside

The direction of the related region, stored in memory from the last found needle, in relation to the searched needle.

• Left: The related region is to the left of the searched needle.

• Right: The related region is to the right of the searched needle.

• Above: The related region is above the searched needle.

• Below: The related region is below the searched needle.

• Left-Above: The related region is to the left and above the searched needle.

• Left-Below: The related region is to the left and below the searched needle.

• Right-Above - The related region is to the right and above the searched needle.

• Right-Below: The related region is to the right and below to the searched needle.

• Inside: The searched needle is inside the related region boundaries of the related region.

For more information, see Visual Relations.

Visual relation inline

String

Horizontal | Vertical

The search area is in-line with the related region, stored in memory from the last found needle.

For more information, see the Visual Relations series.

• Horizontal: The needle is within the height (top to button) boundaries of the related region

• Vertical: The needle is within the width (left to right) boundaries of the related region

Comment

String

Adds a comment to the script.

On-fail Result^*

Condition

Ignore | Break | Continue | Abort | Catch

The behavior when the command fails.