General Control Functions
The functions available vary by control type, as described in the following sections:
DataCapture and Scene DataCapture Controls
InputEmulation and Scene InputEmulation Controls
Table Control and Scene Table Control
DataCapture and Scene DataCapture Controls
Activate: Activates a control's region or a Scene object in run time. This method is useful with memory consuming or slow controls that do not perform well under the AutoActivate property.
Capture: Assigns all data from a DataCapture control's region to a VSD Data object. The VSD Data object allows you to access textual and graphical information at run time.
Capture Text: Captures all text data from DataCapture control's region.
Deactivate: Deactivates a control's region or a Scene object in run time.
Words Capture: Assigns all data from a DataCapture control's region to a Data object with all word coordinates.
InputEmulation and Scene InputEmulation Controls
Activate: Activates a control's region or a Scene object in run time. This method is useful with memory consuming or slow controls that do not perform well under the AutoActivate property.
Deactivate: Deactivates a control's region or a Scene object in run time.
Execute Command: Executes a specific command using a command name.
Execute String: Executes custom command sequences containing any text or operator expressions.
Get Command Content: Gets specific command sequences using a command name.
Get Command description: Gets specific command description using a command name.
Set Focus Input: Sets the focus for the source application.
Region Control
Activate: Activates a control's region or a Scene object in run time. This method is useful with memory consuming or slow controls that do not perform well under the AutoActivate property.
Capture: Assigns all data in a Region control's region to a DCData object. The DCData object allows you to access textual and graphical information at run time.
Capture Text: Captures all text data from a DataCapture control's region.
Deactivate: Deactivates a control's region or a Scene object in run time.
Execute Command: Executes a specific command using command name.
Execute String: Executes a custom command sequence containing any text or operator expressions.
Get Command Content: Gets specific command sequences using a command name.
Get Command description: Gets specific command description using a command name.
Set Focus Input: Sets focus for the source application.
Words Capture: Assigns all data from a Region control's region to a Data object with all word coordinates.
Table Control and Scene Table Control
Activate: Activates a control's region in run time. This method is useful with memory consuming or slow controls that do not perform well under the AutoActivate property.
Click On Cell: Clicks on the specified cell in the control in the source application. See Using Scene Table Functions.
Columns Count: Returns the number of columns in the control in the source application.
Deactivate: Deactivates a control's region or a Scene object in run time.
Double Click On Cell: Double clicks on the specified cell in the control in the source application. See Using Scene Table Functions.
Get Cell Text: Returns the text from the specified cell in the control in the source application.
Get Grid: Gets the table’s data from the source application and puts it in a grid.
Paints Cells Rectangles: Bounds and frames the cells in the table control in the source application.
Recognize Table: Recognizes a table from a scene and saves the result in a special dataset object.
Right Mouse Click on Cell: Right mouse clicks on the specified cell in the control in the source application.
Rows Count: Returns the number of rows in the control in the source application.
SceneMenu Control
Activate: Activates a control's region or a Scene object in run time. This method is useful with memory consuming or slow controls that do not perform well under the AutoActivate property.
Click: Emulates a click on the source menu item.
Deactivate: Deactivates a control's region or a Scene object in run time.
Find Menu path by Text: Gets a menu path using a menu name.