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levi_bryant's avatar
levi_bryant
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12 years ago

Better way to deal with a list of WaitObjects

Sometimes I have a large list of Objects that are required to get to the object that I really need to use. Sometimes one of the objects int the list will not exist. If one of those objects does not ex...
  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    12 years ago

    Hi Levi,


     


    The Wait methods require using the timeout parameter. Otherwise, they don't differ from the WPFObject methods.


    For example:




     if(WaitWPFObject("object1", 5000).Exists)


           Var MyObject = WPFObject("object1").WPFObject("object2").WPFObject("object3)...


     

levi_bryant's avatar
levi_bryant
Contributor
12 years ago
Thank you both for your response.



Hi Tanya,

I am using the wait period in my calls. WaitObject("ObjectName",1000).Exists

I forgot to add that to my original post.



Hi Simon,

Thanks for your algorithm. I see what your doing there and if my workflow could benefit from that it would be pretty cool. Each of the names in my object list is unique though so I wouldn't be able to just iterate through index's. I see what your doing though and that is very clever. At some point in the future that may be useful.



I think for my situation the best option is to use a stack of If statements.



//This is just an example. The numbers in the name are not indexs but are just there to make the names unique.

//Typically I will just need to check that the first object in the list exists and then I can use the full path to the object I really need. Sometimes though I need to use a stacked set of if statements to verify that each object along the list is valid before I can use the object I need.



If(WaitObject("Objectname1",1000).Exists)

    If(WaitObject("Objectname1",1000).WaitObject("Objectname2",1000).Exists)

        If(WaitObject("Objectname1",1000).WaitObject("Objectname2",1000)..Exists)

            var ObjectINeed = Object("Objectname1").Object("Objectname2").Object("Objectname3");



ObjectINeed.Click();





Thanks so much for your help.



~Levi