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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">FindObject Function</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<section id="findobject">
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145136"><bookmark_value>FindObject function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145136" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03103800.xhp" name="FindObject Function">FindObject Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155341" xml-lang="en-US">Enables an object to be addressed at run-time as a string parameter through the object name.</paragraph>
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<section id="examplefindobject">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US">For example, the following command:</paragraph>
<bascode>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3148473" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">MyObj.Prop1.Command = 5</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156023" xml-lang="en-US">corresponds to the command block:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3153896" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim ObjVar as Object</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154760" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim ObjProp as Object</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3145069" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">ObjName As String = "MyObj"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154939" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">ObjVar = FindObject( ObjName As String )</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3150793" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">PropName As String = "Prop1"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154141" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">ObjProp = FindPropertyObject( ObjVar, PropName As String )</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3156424" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">ObjProp.Command = 5</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145420" xml-lang="en-US">This allows names to be dynamically created at run-time. For example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153104" xml-lang="en-US">"TextEdit1" to "TextEdit5" in a loop to create five control names.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US">See also: <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03103900.xhp" name="FindPropertyObject">FindPropertyObject</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150868" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Syntax:</paragraph>
<bascode>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3151042" localize="false"  xml-lang="en-US">FindObject( ObjName As String )</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159254" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150439" xml-lang="en-US">
<emph>ObjName: </emph>String that specifies the name of the object that you want to address at run-time.</paragraph>
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