RPA.Windows how to get an element by value ?

[AttaM1rza]

How can I get an element based on the value ?
Wouldn't a locator make sense for that usecase ? for example: "value:Vorschau"

This is my specific usecase example, on which Im working on:
I want to get the Element with the Value: "Vorschau"

alternative possibilities:

• using subname, re => only applicable to the "Name" attribute not "Value" attribute.
• using for loop => but the problem, is that im working with a tablegrid with many entries.

[mikahanninen]

Thank you for the suggestion. I think that a locator could be possible.

[mikahanninen]

If you are brave enough you can get more "stuck in" and you might be able to handle those elements with Values with the current version of rpaframework.

    lib = Windows()
    window = lib.control_window('name:"Sema4.ai Studio" type:Pane')
    # The 'WindowsElement' type (above 'window' is of this type) returned by most of RPA.Windows keywords 
    # contains 'item' property, which contains uiautomation class instance (underlying package used by the 
    # library). Via this instance it is possible to access different methods and properties as the library 
    # does.
    #
    # Control type needs to match type of the element being searched, in my case 'ComboBoxControl'
    # 
    # Searching for element with the 'Value' of 'Bug bash'
    item = window.item.ComboBoxControl(
        searchDepth=10,
        Value="Bug bash",
    )
    # Access the 'Name' property of the found element
    print(item.Name)
    # Mouse click element
    item.Click()
    # Send keys to the element
    item.SendKeys("Hello")