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cmpenn
Contributor
8 years ago

Find and FindChild methods returning functions instead of objects

Working with a dev and unable to see why this keeps happening. We narrowed it down to the find method using the following:     this.GetComboBoxItemByText = function (text) { var thing = th...
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    tristaanogre
    8 years ago

    My guess is that it's because 

    this.GetComboBoxItemByText

     is assigned to what is returning as the function... but if the function failed, like due to improper parameters, it might just return as the function and not as the result of the function... just my best guess. 

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
8 years ago

How do you determine that it's a function?  I'm using FindChild in a LOT of my tests and it returns either the OnScreen object I'm looking for or a "stub" object with the Exists property set to False.  If you can show us how you determine it's a function, that would be bonus. 

 

Additionally, after you attempt to find an object, you should always check the "Exists" property to see if it's true or false... if it's false, then you didn't actually find the object.