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sastowe's avatar
sastowe
Super Contributor
14 years ago

Basic noob question about addressing an object

I am writing some reusable scripts for use across several projects. Our app has the ability to auto login or not, configurable by the user. Loverly. I want my script to check for the existence of the login form. If present, I want the script to login.



It fails sometimes to do the login.



  if Aliases.MyProcessName.imMainForm.MDIClient.imdbLogonForm.Exists Then

 

    Aliases.MyProcessName.imMainForm.MDIClient.imdbLogonForm.ControlContainer_3.useridText.Text = IM_ADMIN

    Aliases.MyProcessName.imMainForm.MDIClient.imdbLogonForm.LogonCommand.Click()

  end if



This script executes immediately after the app is opened. So perhaps the form is not present yet. I wanted to change it to



  set mainForm = Aliases.MyProcessName.imMainForm.MDIClient

  if mainForm.WaitVBObject(imdbLogonForm, 5000) Then





The line for set mainForm is reporting in watch window as Exists = false



I can SEE it in my object browser....



If I address mainForm with the full name of the object, not the mapped name, then the object exists.



Then when I get to



if mainForm.WaitVBObject("imdbLogonForm", 5000) Then   



It is evaluating false though the object is visible there and reported in the object browser.



Can someone help me understand what I am seeing here?


  • YMinaev's avatar
    YMinaev
    Staff
    14 years ago
    Hi,



    Since you're using Name Mapping, you need to obtain your object by using the WaitAliasChild method, not WaitVBObject. Also, the object name should be passed as a string (mainForm.WaitAliasChild("imdbLogonForm", 5000)).



    And you should check WaitAliasChild result's Exists property value in If.