SearchText3 Method (IbmScreen)

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Searches the specified text, starting from the specified screen location and ending at the specified end screen location.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

expression.SearchText3( _
   ByVal text As String, _
   ByVal startRow As Integer, _
   ByVal startColumn As Integer, _
   ByVal endRow As Integer, _
   ByVal endColumn As Integer, _
   ByVal findOption As FindOption _
) As ScreenPoint object

where expression is a variable that represents a IbmScreen Object

Parameters

text: The specified text string.
startRow: Start row.
startColumn: Start column.
endRow: End row.
endColumn: End column.
findOption: A FindOption enumeration that specifies the search direction.

Return Value

A ScreenPoint object object that contains the screen coordinate where the specified text begins, if found, or null if the text could not be found.

Example

This sample searches for the "ATM" text string on a specific area of the screen.

Visual Basic

Sub SearchForText()
    Dim screenPosition As Attachmate_Reflection_Objects_Emulation_IbmHosts.ScreenPoint
    Dim lowerCaseText As String
    Dim upperCaseText As String
    
    text = "PDF"
 
    
    'look for uppercase text
    Set screenPosition = ThisIbmScreen.SearchText3(text, 1, 1, 23, 52, FindOption_Forward)
        
    If IsEmpty(screenPosition) Or (screenPosition Is Nothing) Then
        MsgBox upperCaseText & " Not found"
    Else
        MsgBox upperCaseText & " found at row " & screenPosition.row & " and column " & screenPosition.column
    End If
    
    
End Sub

Reference

IbmScreen Object
IbmScreen Members

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