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kalldrexx
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15 years ago

TC7's WaitAliasChild is not using the supplied WaitTime parameter

It seems like the WaitAliasChild() function does not work correctly as described in the TC7 docs.  For example, I want to check if my WinRDE.fmEditCheck aliased window exists.  If I just try to access...
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kalldrexx
Contributor
15 years ago
I am using TC 7.52.678.7



This is easily reproducible using notepad.  I created a new project, mapped the main notepad window and the font dialog.  I then ran the following code:






function Main()

{

  try

  {

    var win = Aliases["Sys"]["notepad"]["WaitAliasChild"]("dlgFont", 5);

  }

  catch(exception)

  {

    Log["Error"]("Exception", exception["description"]);

  }

}




Upon running this while the font dialog does not exist causes TC to keep looking for it for about 10-15 seconds