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nisgupta
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5 years ago

Visible and Exists property of Object

What is the difference between the Visible and Exists property of Object ?

 

Please advise 

Thanks

Nishchal

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    AlexKaras
    Champion Level 3
    5 years ago

    Like their names say and as documented:

    -- Exists is set to true if the object does exist;

    -- Visible is set to true if the object is visible somewhere on the screen.

     

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      nisgupta
      Valued Contributor
      5 years ago

      AlexKaras 

      Thank you for the updates.

       

      How will you decide whether we should use the Exists or visisble property of object when both the properties are available ?

       

      Thanks

      Nishchal

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        AlexKaras
        Champion Level 3
        5 years ago

        It depends on your needs.

        .Exists property always exists for the objects and/or stubs obtained via .FindXXX() methods. For latters or if the object was destroyed/recreated .Exists will be set to false.

        Object may exist (for example, on the web page) but be not visible. In this case the value of .Visible will be false.