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UiPath Screen Scraping Methods Explained

UiPath offers three screen scraping methods: Full Text, Native, and OCR, each designed for different types of screen content. Full Text is fast and accurate but does not preserve layout; Native preserves formatting but is slower; OCR is suitable for images but is less accurate. These methods cater to various applications, from simple desktop apps to structured applications and image-based UIs.

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UiPath Screen Scraping Methods Explained

UiPath offers three screen scraping methods: Full Text, Native, and OCR, each designed for different types of screen content. Full Text is fast and accurate but does not preserve layout; Native preserves formatting but is slower; OCR is suitable for images but is less accurate. These methods cater to various applications, from simple desktop apps to structured applications and image-based UIs.

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Screen scrapping methods

In UiPath, Screen Scraping refers to techniques used to extract text or data from UI elements
on the screen. UiPath offers three main screen scraping methods, each suited to different
types of screen content.

Screen Scraping/Output Methods:

1.​ Full text


2.​ Native
3.​ OCR​
​

FullText is the default method, it is fast and accurate.

Amit Khyade - RPA UiPath Developer


1.​ Full Text Method

●​ Technique: Uses UiPath’s internal engine to extract all visible text from UI elements.​

●​ Pros:​

○​ Very fast
○​ Works in the background (no UI interaction needed)​

●​ Cons:​

○​ Doesn't preserve layout/formatting


○​ May not extract text from images​

Best for: Simple desktop applications, websites

2.​ Native Method

●​ Technique: Uses accessibility APIs to extract characters with formatting.​

●​ Pros:​

○​ Can extract text position


○​ Preserves formatting​

●​ Cons:​

○​ Slightly slower than Full Text


○​ Needs proper UI access​

Best for: Structured apps (Excel, Word, SAP)

Amit Khyade - RPA UiPath Developer


3.​ OCR (Optical Character Recognition) Method

●​ Technique: Converts images into text using OCR engines.​

●​ Pros:​

○​ Works on virtual machines, Citrix, images


○​ Can extract from scanned PDFs​

●​ Cons:​

○​ Less accurate
○​ Slower
○​ May need image preprocessing​

Best for: Virtual desktops, Citrix environments, image-based UIs

Happy Automation…!

Amit Khyade - RPA UiPath Developer

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