Text Goto Properties

Description

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Name: The name of the step. This name will be shown on top of the step's icon in the Extractor Pane.

Description: The text entered here gives more details on the step and will be displayed in the tooltip appearing when hovering over the step in the Extractor Pane.

Goto Definition

Target Type: Defines the type of jump
- Line: Jumps a certain number of lines or to a specific line.
- Page: Jumps between pages or to a specific page.
- Next line with content: Jumps to the next line that has contents, either anywhere on the line or in specific columns.
- Next occurrence of: Jumps to the next occurrence of specific text or a text pattern, either anywhere on the line or in specific columns.
From (Line and Page): Defines where the jump begins:

Current Position: The Goto begins at the current cursor position.
Top of record: The Goto beings at line 1 of the source record.
Move by: Enter the number of lines or pages to jump.

Inspect entire page width: When checked, the Next line with content and Next occurrence of options will look anywhere on the line. If unchecked, options appear below to specify in which area of each line the Goto step checks in:

Left: The starting column, inclusively.
Right: The end column, inclusively.
Use selection: Click while a selection is made in the Data Viewer to automatically set the left and right values to the left and right edges of the selection.

Expression (Next occurrence of): Enter the text or Regex expression to look for on the page.

Use selection: Click while a selection is made in the Data Viewer to copy the contents of the first line of the selection into the Expression box.
Use regular expression: Check so that the Expression box is treated as a regular expression instead of static text. For more information on using Regular Expressions (regex), see the Regular-Expressions.info Tutorial.