The following terms are associated with Application Enabler, and are used throughout this documentation:
Term |
Definition |
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Context |
The OnBase client and the action that will be taken in the given client when the configured mouse event or keyboard event is triggered. In other words, a context is added to a scrape event, based off the configured mouse/keyboard event, and then sent to a listener. For example, The OnBase Client - Retrieve Documents context will retrieve documents in the OnBase Client. |
Hotspot |
The area of the screen where a keyboard or mouse event is performed, which executes a context. For example, a user double-clicks (mouse event) on a form field labeled ‘Invoice' (hotspot) to retrieve an invoice from OnBase(context: Application Enabler - Retrieve Documents). |
Keyboard Event |
The keystroke that triggers a scrape event. For example, Shift + F5. |
Listener |
The OnBase module that receives and processes an Application Enabler scrape event. |
Mouse Event |
The mouse action that triggers a scrape event. For example, left double-click. |
Scrape |
The process that Application Enabler uses to obtain values from the line-of-business application screen. Also referred to as "screen scrape" or "screen scraping." |
Scrape Event |
The message sent by Application Enabler to other modules. This message includes information scraped from a line-of-business application and configuration information. |