# Wish List: GUI Automation for reading Text

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wish-list-gui-automation-for-reading-text/4726
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [July 17, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wish-list-gui-automation-for-reading-text/4726 "2007-07-17T10:29:32Z")
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### Author: ![jluki](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@jluki](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/jluki)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wish-list-gui-automation-for-reading-text/4726/1 "2007-07-17T10:29:32Z")

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Hello!

I would be interrested in&nbsp;Actions for reading Text out of TextBoxes, ComboBoxes, Lists, Labels&nbsp;and so on.   
That would be a great feature for automizing Windows GUI-Testing which is a very time consuming task. I think of something like UnitTesting of GUIs.

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It would be great too, if the GUI Automation actions would be added to FinalBuilder.

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Kind regards,  
Joachim

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wish-list-gui-automation-for-reading-text/4726/2 "2007-08-06T03:02:15Z")

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Hi Joachim,   
  
 I agree this would be very useful. I’ve added it to the Automise to-do list.   
  
 Unfortunately, it’s something which will only work reliably in 80-90% of cases, sometimes the internal implementation of a program makes it hard for us to read text from it.   
  
 Regards,   
  
 - Angus