How to capture text using SAP Gui Scripting?

[Former Member]

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I am using Python to automate an SAP Logon process by modifying recorded script.
But I have run into a problem. I do not know how to extract the text data I find on SAP.

One process that I am doing is to extract information from Inbox line-by-line.
How can I capture the text using scripting? (Info record, vendor, material, etc)

I tried to record most steps but I have no idea how to capture the .text field.
The record does not pinpoint to that section.

 session.findById("wnd[0]").resizeWorkingPane(184, 30, 0) session.findById("wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[36]").press() session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/cntlSINWP_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell/shellcont[0]/shell").selectedNode = " 2" # Selects Inbox

session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/cntlSINWP_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell/shellcont[1]/shell/shellcont[0]/shell").selectedRows = "0" # Selects First Row

        session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/cntlSINWP_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell/shellcont[1]/shell/shellcont[0]/shell").selectionChanged()

        print(session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/cntlSINWP_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell/shellcont[1]/shell/shellcont[0]/shell").text) 

# This thing prints "SAPGUI.GridViewCtrl.1"......

        session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/cntlSINWP_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell/shellcont[1]/shell/shellcont[0]/shell").pressToolbarButton("DISP") 

      
        session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsSO33_TAB1/tabpTAB1").select()
        print(session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/tabsSO33_TAB1/tabpTAB1").text)

# This thing prints "Doc. contents" ......I need to get (Info record, vendor, material, etc)

If you look at SAP_Capture_3.png photo, I have identified the shell. But I cannot get the text data of it...

print(session.findByID("wnd[0]/usr/cntlSINWP_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell/shellcont[1]/shell/shellcont[1]/shell").text)

Above code only gives me "SAP.HTMLControl.1"...........I want the contents.

Help me please.

[Sandra_Rossi]

That's a problem. The GuiHtmlViewer object has very few methods and properties and you can't read the displayed text. I guess you could do it by accessing directly the OLE object named "Microsoft Web Browser" used underneath, but I only see stefan.schnell who can help you.

[Former Member]

Yes.... I never succeeded in reading displayed text.
I used to resort to downloading the entire data for reading.
But that really complicates things.

I do not know the exact script to use OLE object....
I would definitely seek help from Stefan Schnell.

[Former Member]

Dear stefan.schnell,

Thank you for your reply.
I have taken an alternative path by downloading and reading the data.

I will try the html method you suggested in future.
Thank you sir.