Text

Description

Text manipulation is a way to administer and modify textual data, including text conversion, transformation and extraction. Some common text operations involve stripping of characters or white space, converting words to upper or lower case, adding or replacing characters and calculating character count for the selected text. Automate Desktop encompasses a variety of activities primarily designed to automate the management, modification and enhancement of text. These time saving activities are the complete solution for any data and text editing procedures that are performed in large quantities or in a repetitive manner.

Available activities

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Activity	Description
Text - Base64 encode/decode	Encodes or decodes a block of text using Base64 algorithm.
Text - Convert case	Converts the specified text to upper or lower case letters and populates a variable with the results.
Text - Find	Finds each or every occurrence of a text pattern and populates a variable with the results.
Text - Format date/time	Converts a date/time value into the specified format.
Text - Format path	Converts a file path into a specific format.
Text - Get substring	Retrieves a portion of text contained in a text string and populates a variable with the results.
Text - HTML encode/decode	Encodes text into HTML format or decodes HTML formatted text into seven-bit ASCII standard text format.
Text - Insert	Inserts characters into the specified text and places the result in a variable.
Text - Pad	Adds a single character to the beginning and/or end of the specified text and places the result in a variable.
Text - Replace	Finds and replaces each or every occurrence of a text pattern and places the result into a variable.  Regular expressions may be used for added power and flexibility.
Text - Reverse	Reverses a text string and populates a variable with the results.
Text - Trim	Removes characters from the beginning and/or end of a text string and populates a variable with the results.
Text - URL encode/decode	Encodes a text string into valid URL format or decodes URL into human readable form.