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SuperTester
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5 years ago

Find Child Loop Statement

Hey Guys,   I'm stuck on a pretty interesting problem and I was wondering if you could help me out. I basically think I'm having a syntax issue with the findchild statement.    I want to create a...
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    AlexKaras
    5 years ago

    Hi,

     

    var Btn = toolBar.FindChild('Name', aqString.Format('SwingObject("MJButton", "", %i)', i), 2)

    Does this help?

     

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SuperTester
Contributor

Hi,

 

Thank you! that worked! 

 

I'm a little confused on why it worked though. By using the aqFile format, we were able to subsitute a variable into a string? 

 

Thanks again! 

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AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
5 years ago

Hi,

 

> we were able to subsitute a variable into a string?

Yes, correct.

Basically,

aqString.Format('SwingObject("MJButton", "", %i)', i)

is equivalent to

'SwingObject("MJButton", "", ' + i + ')'

 

Use whatever of them is more clear for you.