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m_essaid
Valued Contributor
11 years ago

Waiting for a window / "the object does not exist"

Hello, I have a software that makes batchs that could be from 10 seconds long to several minutes. I put a property checkpoint right after this batch. The problem is that i have, when running ...
  • simon_glet's avatar
    simon_glet
    11 years ago
    Hi Mehdi,



    For such situations, we prefer using WaitAliasChild because:


    1. - the waiting time is a maximum so if the object appears earlier it will be acknowledged,


    2. - if the object is not found at max time, no error is raised




    Please checkout WaitAliasChild



    Sincerely
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chrisb
Regular Contributor
11 years ago
Assuming you know a property of the Window that doesn't change each time you run the test you could use the WaitWindow method (http://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/56463/)



If the properties of the window change each time you run the test you could still do the above with wildcards or if all else fails search for the object in a loop and exit the loop after n number of tries.