Text - HTML encode/decode

Declaration

<AMTEXT ACTIVITY="html_encode_decode" TEXT="text" ACTION="text (options)" RESULTVARIABLE="text" />

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Description

Encodes all applicable characters to their corresponding HTML entities or decodes HTML encoded characters to normal binary data.

Practical usage

Commonly used to convert characters into a format that can be transmitted over the Internet.

Parameters

General

Property Type Required Default Markup Description
Action Text (options) Yes Encode
  • ACTION="encode"
  • ACTION="decode"
 The action to perform. The available options are:
  • Encode (default) -  Encodes the target data into HTML format.
  • Decode - Decodes HTML encoded characters into binary data.
Text Text Yes (Empty) TEXT="text string" The target data to encode/decode. As with every text parameter, if the data you wish to convert is contained in a variable, simply enter the variable name surrounded by percentage signs to resolve it to it's contents at runtime (for example, %variableName%).
Populate variable with result Text Yes (Empty) RESULTVARIABLE="VarName" The name of an existing variable in which to populate the newly encoded/decoded data.

Description

Error Causes

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Example

NOTE:
  • Copy and paste the sample AML code below directly into the Task Builder Steps Panel.
  • To successfully run the sample code, update parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, or other information specific to the task to match your environment.

Description

This sample task demonstrates Automate Desktop's ability to encode and decode data in HTML format.

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<AMVARIABLE NAME="theText" />
<AMSHOWDIALOG ACTIVITY="input" DEFAULTVALUE="Enter a string of text here." RESULTVARIABLE="theText">This task demonstrates Automate's ability to encode and decode data in HTML format.</AMSHOWDIALOG>
<AMTEXT ACTIVITY="html_encode_decode" RESULTVARIABLE="theText">%theText%</AMTEXT>
<AMSHOWDIALOG WINDOWTITLE="The text encoded to HTML format.">%theText%</AMSHOWDIALOG>
<AMTEXT ACTIVITY="html_encode_decode" ACTION="decode" RESULTVARIABLE="theText">%theText%</AMTEXT>
<AMSHOWDIALOG WINDOWTITLE="The HTML encoded data decoded back to binary text.">%theText%</AMSHOWDIALOG>