Get data from the screenshot

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I have an issue with an application. While using it, a pop-up appears with important data that I need to save. However, the application is not clickable and I can’t copy the data from it. I tried taking a screenshot and using the Read Text From Image Step, but I couldn’t retrieve the information from the output text. Do you have any ideas on what I can do?

Process Development screenshot Read Text From Image OCR

Roko asked 11 months ago

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Hey there! If you need to export specific data from a screenshot, you can crop the image to isolate the required information. After cropping, the Read Text From Image Step should work smoothly. I have used this approach successfully to resolve a similar issue. In the Script Step, I wrote a code to crop a picture using specific coordinates for the starting point, width, and height of the picture. To find this information, you can use Paint:
1. Use the select tool in Paint to choose the area of the picture that you want to crop.
2. Hover the cursor over the top-left corner of the selected area.
The cursor coordinates and picture dimensions will be displayed at the bottom of the Paint application.
Once you have this data, you can use the following code in the Script Step (and adjust the values to fit your picture):

string inputFilePath = (string)VR[“screenshot”]; // variable where is screenshot path

string outputFilePath = (string)VR[“cropedPath”]; // variable where is path for cropped image

int cropX = 108; // X coordinate of the top-left corner of the crop area

int cropY = 158; // Y coordinate of the top-left corner of the crop area

int cropWidth = 61; // Specify the desired width of the crop area

int cropHeight = 20; // Specify the desired height of the crop area

static void CropImage(string inputFilePath, string outputFilePath, int cropX, int cropY, int cropWidth, int cropHeight)

{

using (Bitmap originalBitmap = new Bitmap(inputFilePath))

{

// Ensure the crop dimensions and position are within the original image bounds

if (cropX < 0 || cropY < 0 || cropX + cropWidth > originalBitmap.Width || cropY + cropHeight > originalBitmap.Height)

{

throw new ArgumentException(“Crop dimensions or position exceed original image bounds.”);

}

// Create a new bitmap to hold the cropped image

using (Bitmap croppedBitmap = new Bitmap(cropWidth, cropHeight))

{

// Create a graphics object from the cropped bitmap

using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(croppedBitmap))

{

// Define the rectangle to crop from the original image

Rectangle cropRect = new Rectangle(cropX, cropY, cropWidth, cropHeight);

// Draw the cropped portion of the original image onto the new bitmap

g.DrawImage(originalBitmap, new Rectangle(0, 0, cropWidth, cropHeight), cropRect, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);

}

// Save the cropped bitmap to a file

croppedBitmap.Save(outputFilePath, ImageFormat.Png);

}

CropImage(inputFilePath, outputFilePath, cropX, cropY, cropWidth, cropHeight);