Hi Guys
I get Automate to open a terminal window every hour I have another program running that displays text in about 6 lines it refreshes every 40 seconds. I use Automate to copy a line of text to notepad. The problem is every time the terminal window opens the text that is displayed is not in the same order. The line Im looking for is "The temp is ?"
Is there a way to search for this line and copy it.
Thanks
Rick

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Rick,
Could you post your task. The solution depends on how your read the text, but I'm sure this is possible.

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Here you go
Have a look
Thanks

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Task Steps: (Right click, Select All, Copy to copy to the clipboard. Steps can then be pasted into the AutoMate Task Builder)
<AMVARIABLE NAME="yui">test</AMVARIABLE> <AMCONNECTTERM TYPE="COM3" EMULATION="ANSI" BAUDRATE="57600" SHOWTERMINALWINDOW="YES" /> <AMPAUSE ACTION="waitfor" SCALAR="25" /> <AMCONTROLTERM ACTION="CLEARTERMINAL" /> <AMPAUSE ACTION="waitfor" SCALAR="15" /> <AMGETTERMTEXT RESULTVARIABLE="yui" ACTION="RANGE" BEGINROW="1" BEGINCOL="1" ENDROW="1" ENDCOL="28" /> <AMRUN FILE="&quot;C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe&quot;" DEFAULTFOLDER="%HOMEDRIVE + HOMEPATH%" /> <AMINPUT>%yui%</AMINPUT> <AMDISCONNECTTERM /> <AMWINDOW WINDOWTITLE="Untitled - Notepad" /> <AMSPEECH>%yui%</AMSPEECH> <AMPAUSE ACTION="waitfor" SCALAR="5" /> <AMWINDOW ACTIVITY="close" WINDOWTITLE="Untitled - Notepad" CLOSETYPE="force" />

If you after line 8 would safe the file and add the attached code, it should work. (of course adjust the file name)

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Task Steps: (Right click, Select All, Copy to copy to the clipboard. Steps can then be pasted into the AutoMate Task Builder)
<AMVARIABLE NAME="vreadline" VALUE="The temp is 65" /> <AMVARIABLE NAME="vtextlookup" VALUE="The temp is" /> <!-- <AMLOOP ACTIVITY="filecontents" FILE="your file" RESULTVARIABLE="vreadline"> --> <AMIF ACTIVITY="contains_text" TEXT="%vreadline%" SUBSTRING="%vtextlookup%" ACTION="start_with"> <AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="This is the line you are looking for" /> <!-- </AMLOOP> --> </AMIF>

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Thanks for the info. I've inserted your code after my line 8. Im not sure how to add a line after my line 8 and the start of yours to save the file. Actually Im not sure what file Im suppose to save.
Any suggestions
Rick

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Rick,
If I understand your code correctly, you open notepad (line 6) and paste your read date into notepad (line 7). If you save that file, my code will read the file and select teh right line for you.

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Thanks. Ill give it a try tonight. Just wondering is there a reason that I have to save the Notepad file first. Can I not search for the text before I close notepad
Rick

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I let you save the file as it is easy to search the file for the correct line. It probably can also be done by searching the value of the variable directly, but than I need to know mere about the exact content and characters used,

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Sorry Im confused when I copy your code into mine after line 8 its missing information as you can see in the attached screen shot "Code". I dont see VALUE="The temp is 65" /> and VALUE="The temp is" /> When I copy the code to this reply I can see the missing info.
Whats going on.
I have also attached a screen shot of the terminal window "Terminal Window" so you can see the exact line that I need copied. The only thing that would change is the number. Any chance there is a way to search for this line when copied to notepad without saving.
Thanks for your help
Merry Christmas
Rick

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Task Steps: (Right click, Select All, Copy to copy to the clipboard. Steps can then be pasted into the AutoMate Task Builder)
<AMVARIABLE NAME="yui">test</AMVARIABLE> <AMCONNECTTERM TYPE="COM3" EMULATION="ANSI" BAUDRATE="57600" SHOWTERMINALWINDOW="YES" /> <AMPAUSE ACTION="waitfor" SCALAR="25" /> <AMCONTROLTERM ACTION="CLEARTERMINAL" /> <AMPAUSE ACTION="waitfor" SCALAR="15" /> <AMGETTERMTEXT RESULTVARIABLE="yui" ACTION="RANGE" BEGINROW="1" BEGINCOL="1" ENDROW="1" ENDCOL="28" /> <AMRUN FILE="&amp;quot;C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe&amp;quot;" DEFAULTFOLDER="%HOMEDRIVE + HOMEPATH%" /> <AMINPUT>%yui%</AMINPUT> <AMVARIABLE NAME="vreadline" VALUE="The temp is 65" /> <AMVARIABLE NAME="vtextlookup" VALUE="The temp is" /> <!-- <AMLOOP ACTIVITY="filecontents" FILE="your file" RESULTVARIABLE="vreadline">--> <AMIF ACTIVITY="contains_text" TEXT="%vreadline%" SUBSTRING="%vtextlookup%" ACTION="start_with"> <AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="This is the line you are looking for" /> <!-- </AMLOOP>--> </AMIF> <AMDISCONNECTTERM /> <AMWINDOW WINDOWTITLE="Untitled - Notepad" /> <AMSPEECH>%yui%</AMSPEECH> <AMPAUSE ACTION="waitfor" SCALAR="5" /> <AMWINDOW ACTIVITY="close" WINDOWTITLE="Untitled - Notepad" CLOSETYPE="force" />

Hi Rick,

The steps that Gijsberth posted were created in version 10 and in the case of the IF text contains action, are not compatible with version 9. Attached is a IF text contains step that is compatible with version 9.

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Task Steps: (Right click, Select All, Copy to copy to the clipboard. Steps can then be pasted into the AutoMate Task Builder)
<AMIF TEXT="%vreadline%" SUBSTRING="%vtextlookup%">

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Justin Aucoin | Support Analyst
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Thanks guys for your help. Ive being trying to do what you suggest over the holidays. My skills at programming are limited.
First thing I changed Line 4 from coping a specific line because it was wrong most of the time anyway to capture the hole screen. Problem is when sending the text to notepad it takes a couple of minutes to complete. While this is not a big problem is there not away around that. In line 3 I can pause the task until it reads "Temperature is X degrees" so it can read the text. Is there no way to copy just the text I want. If not then
Second I cant figure out how to save the notepad file
Rick
Disregard line 7

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Task Steps: (Right click, Select All, Copy to copy to the clipboard. Steps can then be pasted into the AutoMate Task Builder)
<AMVARIABLE NAME="yui">test</AMVARIABLE> <AMCONNECTTERM TYPE="COM3" EMULATION="ANSI" BAUDRATE="57600" SHOWTERMINALWINDOW="YES" /> <AMWAITFORTERMTEXT TIMEOUT="1" MEASURE="minutes" TYPE="TEXT">Temperature is </AMWAITFORTERMTEXT> <AMGETTERMTEXT RESULTVARIABLE="yui" /> <AMRUN FILE="&amp;quot;C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe&amp;quot;" DEFAULTFOLDER="%HOMEDRIVE + HOMEPATH%" /> <AMINPUT>%yui%</AMINPUT> <AMFINDTEXT TEXT="untitled" FIND="The temperature is" /> <AMVARIABLE NAME="vreadline" VALUE="The temp is 65" /> <AMVARIABLE NAME="vtextlookup" VALUE="The temp is" /> <!-- <AMLOOP ACTIVITY="filecontents" FILE="your file" RESULTVARIABLE="vreadline">--> <AMIF TEXT="%vreadline%" SUBSTRING="%vtextlookup%"> <AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="This is the line you are looking for" /> <!-- </AMLOOP>--> </AMIF> <AMDISCONNECTTERM /> <AMWINDOW WINDOWTITLE="Untitled - Notepad" /> <AMSPEECH>%yui%</AMSPEECH> <AMPAUSE ACTION="waitfor" SCALAR="5" /> <AMWINDOW ACTIVITY="close" WINDOWTITLE="Untitled - Notepad" CLOSETYPE="force" />

Edited: 12/28/2016 at 09:02 AM by RickJohnson

Hi Rick,

The attached code should file your requirements. I removed the run notepad.exe action in favor of a write to file option that will save it directly. I also added a loop list of the variable "yui", based on line, that will look for a line containing "The temperature is" and then read the line after a dialog box.

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Task Steps: (Right click, Select All, Copy to copy to the clipboard. Steps can then be pasted into the AutoMate Task Builder)
<AMVARIABLE NAME="HOMEPATH">Test\</AMVARIABLE> <AMVARIABLE NAME="HOMEDRIVE">C:\</AMVARIABLE> <AMVARIABLE NAME="yui">test 1 test 2 test 3 test 4 The temperature is 75 test 5</AMVARIABLE> <AMCONNECTTERM TYPE="COM3" EMULATION="ANSI" BAUDRATE="57600" SHOWTERMINALWINDOW="YES" /> <AMWAITFORTERMTEXT TIMEOUT="1" MEASURE="minutes" TYPE="TEXT">Temperature is </AMWAITFORTERMTEXT> <AMGETTERMTEXT RESULTVARIABLE="yui" /> <AMVARIABLE NAME="vreadline" VALUE="The temp is 65" /> <AMVARIABLE NAME="vtextlookup">The temperature is</AMVARIABLE> <AMLOOP TYPE="LIST" LIST="%yui%" RESULTVARIABLE="vreadline" DELIMITER="new_line"> <AMIF TEXT="%vreadline%" SUBSTRING="%vtextlookup%"> <AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="This is the line you are looking for" /> <AMSPEECH>%vreadline%</AMSPEECH> </AMIF> </AMLOOP> <AMDISCONNECTTERM /> <AMFILESYSTEM ACTIVITY="write_file" FILE="C:\test\temperaturetest.txt" APPEND="no">%yui%</AMFILESYSTEM> <AMSPEECH>%yui%</AMSPEECH>

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Justin thank you very much for your script. Works better then what I had there is only one problem it reads everything instead of just the line with the Temperature. The attached is a screen shot of what it reads. Each time could be a little different depending whent the terminal window is open and where the Arduino is with the sketch its running.
Any ideas
Rick

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Does the variable vtextloopup match the start of the line you look for? if not, you should correct the value of the variable.

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Thanks very much for your help its working great. I didn't notice The infront of Temperature is in the vtextlookup. I dissabled the message box line 11 and I dissabled the line 16 and 17. The script would read the temp then go on and line 17 would read out everything.
Hope everyone has a good New Year.
Thanks again
Rick

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Great,
Happy New Year!

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