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kflood
Occasional Contributor
4 years ago

Issue with WaitWPFObject syntax

Hello,

 

I'm trying to check if an object exists. I unfortuently keep getting a False when I know its present. Here is the code I'm attempting to use:

 

wpf = 'WPFObject("DataGridRow", "", ' + str(z) + ')'
obj = dataGrid.WaitWPFObject(wpf,1000)
if obj.Exists is True:

    #what I'd like to do because it should be true

 

 

I've confirmed dataGrid is accurate and the z is a loop variable. It fails at 1. In debug mode I confirmed that wpf becomes 'WPFObject("DataGridRow", "", 1)' and the object name is WPFObject("DataGridRow", "", 1) according to object spy. It looks like it's trying to add backslashes in the name.

Am I making a mistake with the syntax here? The language is python.

 

Thank you,

 

Kyle

Desktop Testing
Object Recognition
Script Tests
  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    Moderator
    4 years ago

    I don't know python, but I'll give it a try

     

    wpf looks like an object but because there are quotes around it, I would say it's a string

     

    see if this works for you

    obj = dataGrid.WaitWPFObject(eval(wpf),1000)

     

    • kflood's avatar
      kflood
      Occasional Contributor
      4 years ago

      Hi Marsha, I was hoping for a functional test, but I appreciate the input. I'm thinking I'll use the properties of the button to click the button within the coordinates of the parent. Easier said than done, but I'm hoping I can do a functional test without an error or warning. The verification step will be that a window does not pop up after this click. I'll let you all know how it goes.

      • kflood's avatar
        kflood
        Occasional Contributor
        4 years ago

        Sorry, this was a response to the wrong post...