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cbahn001
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

Is it possible to place a variable within an object path and use the Set Variable Value to define?

I have an action to click on a particular button named the following   Aliases["LocationManager"]["HwndSource_Window"]["WindowLocationManagerQa20151Version116115C"]["PrismShellWindowContent"]["Cont...
  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    9 years ago

    We did something similar, but we built a string out of the known part of the object (Aliases["LocationManager"] etc.) and added the variable to the end, then changed that to the object with eval

     

    for example (with your alias string shortened):

     

    set a string variable

    MyCropString = "TextblockCorn"

     

    set an object variable

    MyObjectString = eval("Aliases["LocationManager"]" + Project.Variables.MyCropString)

     

     

     

     

     

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Marsha_R
Moderator
9 years ago

We did something similar, but we built a string out of the known part of the object (Aliases["LocationManager"] etc.) and added the variable to the end, then changed that to the object with eval

 

for example (with your alias string shortened):

 

set a string variable

MyCropString = "TextblockCorn"

 

set an object variable

MyObjectString = eval("Aliases["LocationManager"]" + Project.Variables.MyCropString)

 

 

 

 

 

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    cbahn001
    Occasional Contributor
    9 years ago

    Thanks Marsha_R this worked great for what I was trying to accomplish.