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JackSparrow
Frequent Contributor
9 years ago

How to wait for an object using for loop [python]

Hi all , My application is an desktop application , while execution i need to wait for an window object and sometimes it may take long time to load , so I thought of using for loop with iteration. ...
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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
9 years ago

I don't know about Python scripting... but here's how I do it in JavaScript... you should be able to translate:

 

var counter = 0;
var maxCount = 60;
while ((!Aliases.MyApp.WaitAliasChild('myObject', 500).Exists) && (counter < maxCount)){
    counter++;
}

This will wait max 30 seconds (500 ms executed 60 times = 30000ms). Convert this to a function where you pass in the parent object, the alias name, and a max wait time and you've got a nice little routine.