GetText Method (WebElement)

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Gets text from the text field if the Web element is an input text type.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

expression.GetText() As String

where expression is a variable that represents a WebElement Object

Example

This sample gets the text in a form field and prints the Web page.

Visual Basic

'This sample gets text from a field in a Web form
Sub GetTextFromForm()
    
    Dim Field As WebElement
    Dim Name As String
    
    'Get the First Name form field
    Set Field = ThisWebControl.Document.GetElementById("fname")
    
    'Get the text in the field
    Name = Field.GetText
    
    MsgBox Name
    
    'print the form
    ThisWebControl.PrintPage
       
End Sub

Reference

WebElement Object
WebElement Members

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