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 character recognition technique

character recognition technique

Description

Specifies which algorithm, OCR or GDI, is applied to recognize text produced by an AUT.

Allowable values

• OCR

  Perform an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technique

• GDI

  Perform a Graphics Device Interface (GDI) technique

Default value

OCR

Applicable Systems/Platforms

This built-in setting is supported on the following systems/platforms:

• Windows: Win32, WinForms.

Notes

• The OCR value for this built-in setting applies to nearly every OCR built-in action. The sole exception are the following actions, since they always employ a GDI technique.
  • get text content
  • get text color
  • get text background color
  • get text count

Example

Test Lines

Note that, since the default value of this built-in setting is OCR, remember to switch to GDI when applying GDI-technique built-in actions.