Get UI Number

The Get UI Number building block finds and extracts a number in an application (or from within a specific UI element) in an already open application window when working with Desktop UI automation.

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Quick-start

1. Drag Get UI Selection onto the canvas.
2. Connect the block in the flow and specify Select UI Element, Get selection as, and (if needed) Source element, Use occurred, and timeout-related settings.
3. Run the flow when it’s ready.

Building block parameters

Parameters

• Block header: The green input connector triggers the block to start executing. The green output connector triggers when a number has been successfully found. You can rename the block title (“Get UI Number”) by double-clicking it and typing in a new title.

• Select UI Element: Contains the locator for the UI element from which the number is found. You can capture a locator by clicking and selecting Capture new element, edit it via Edit element, and clear it via Clear element.

• Number found: Contains the number that was found. This output can be connected and used in other building blocks.

• Not found: Triggers if a suitable number is not found within the configured timeout. If nothing is attached to this connector and the element is not found, the case ends with status Fail. You can use this connector to branch the flow depending on whether the number is found.

• Split lines: Controls how text from multiple child elements is combined when the captured element contains more than one child element (for example a panel with multiple labels). By default, values are separated by a space; when Split lines is selected, values are separated by a new line.

• Position found: The screen position where the UI element was found in X, Y coordinates, relative to the screen’s top-left ( 0, 0). In multi-screen setups, X/Y can be negative or larger than the main screen resolution depending on which screen the window is on. You can expand to work with X and Y separately. Non-visible UI elements have position 0, 0.

• Area found: The position and size of the found UI element in X, Y, Width, Height coordinates, starting at the upper-leftmost pixel, relative to the screen’s top-left ( 0, 0). In multi-screen setups, X/Y can be negative or larger than the main screen resolution depending on which screen the window is on. You can expand to work with position/size and nested sub-properties separately.

• Source element: Limits the UI element locator to work inside the provided source element instead of the originally captured element. This is useful, for example, to capture a table row first and then find a specific cell within that exact row.

• Find format: Defines a format the number must match to be captured. For example, with Price: [NUMBER] USD, the block returns 123.00 from Price: 123.00 USD.

• Is case sensitive: Controls whether Find format is case sensitive. By default, it is case-insensitive.

• 1000 separator: Defines the character used to separate thousands. By default, this uses Flow’s Windows regional settings (typically “,” or “.”).

• Decimal separator: Defines the character used to separate decimals. By default, this uses Flow’s Windows regional settings (typically “,” or “.”).

• Filter: Defines a filter the number must meet to be accepted (for example, only retrieve numbers Greater than 100). If the number found does not match the filter, Not found is triggered.

• Use occurred: Selects which occurrence of the number to use if more than one is found. Select All to iterate through all occurrences; this shows Current index and Completed, and the top connector triggers for each occurrence.

• Current index: When iterating through all occurrences, contains the current index for the number being processed.

• Completed: Triggers when the iteration of all occurrences has completed.

• Count: Contains the total number of found occurrences that match the configured locator and criteria.

• Default timeout: If the checkbox is not selected, the timeout is 10 seconds. If the checkbox is selected, the Default timeout value from the flow settings applies.

• Timeout: The maximum time spent searching for a number before giving up and triggering Not found. This is separate from the case global timeout in Settings, which can cancel a run if the whole case exceeds it.

• Scroll to find: When set to a value other than None, the block uses scrolling while searching for the UI element. This can be useful in scrollable content where elements load asynchronously (for example infinite scroll).

• Max repeats: The maximum number of times to perform a scroll before giving up searching for the UI element/number.

• Amount: The amount of scrolling that will be performed on each scroll repeat.

• Delay (sec): The delay in seconds between each of the scroll amounts.

• Await no changes: When selected, the block waits until there have been no changes on screen for the configured period before attempting to find the number in the specified element.

• Await Timeout: The number of seconds the screen must have had no changes before the block proceeds.

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