Help! lightweight find method for flex/flash application needed.

Wrote these functions for you to test. I'm curious if it is any quicker for you.

I tested on a form with about 8000+ controls and it returns in approx 6 seconds.

Not great...but better than 2 minutes I guess :robotindifferent:.

[Edit] removed the second split in findobject function (was used in testing)

function Get_Control(PropName, PropVal){
 //Creates arrays of property names and values
 propArray = PropName.split(",");
 valuesArray = PropVal.split(",");

 // Searches for the control
 var p = Project.Variables.Process;
 // Depth at 1000 because we do not know where the control might be.
 Project.Variables.Control = findobject(p, propArray, valuesArray, 1000);
 
 // Processes the search results
 if (Project.Variables.Control.Exists){
  Log.Message(Project.Variables.Control.Name);
 }
 else{
  if(!Project.Variables.Optional){
   Log.Message("Failed to Identify an object by the property value specified.", PropName + " " + PropVal)
   Log.Error("The object was not found.");
  }
  else{
   Project.Variables.MoveToNextStep = true;
  }
 }
}

function findobject(parentObject,propArray,valuesArray,depth) {
//propArray = propArray.split(",");
//valuesArray = valuesArray.split(",");
parentObject.Refresh();
/*
  check all visibleonscreen first
*/
var VOSArray = parentObject.FindAll(["Visible","VisibleOnScreen"],[true,true],depth,false).toArray();
var tmpObj = matchproperty(VOSArray, propArray, valuesArray,depth);

/*
  check all not visibleonscreen
*/
if (!tmpObj.Exists) {
  var NOVOSArray = parentObject.FindAll(["Visible","VisibleOnScreen"],[true,false],depth,false).toArray();
  var tmpObj = matchproperty(NOVOSArray, propArray, valuesArray,depth);
}
CollectGarbage();
return tmpObj;
}

function matchproperty(objArray, propArray, valuesArray) {
/*
  testcomplete wild card replacement
  .* same as * , . same as ?

  reverse the objArray so a top-down (as per the obj browser) ascending search is performed
*/
objArray = objArray.reverse();

/*
  iterate objArray and propArray to determine matching object
*/
for (var o = 0; o < objArray.length; o++ ) {
  for (var p = 0,match = true; p < propArray.length;p++) {
    if (!aqObject.IsSupported(objArray[o], propArray[p])) {
      match = false;
      break;
    }
    var objval =  objArray[o][propArray[p]];      
    var searchresult = RegExp("^" + valuesArray[p] + "$","i").exec(objval);
    if (!searchresult || searchresult.index != 0) {
      match = false;
      break;
    }
  }
  if (match) {return objArray[o];}
}

/*
  if no match return stub object
*/
return Utils.CreateStubObject();
}