InvokeAction returning custom objects

[phaneendra]

Hi Team,

I have a case here:

My UI element "A" has a public function as:

public CustomObject OpenedInstance() {
...............................
..............................
return customObject;
}

This returns an object of type CustomObject.

When I use this function from ranorex:

var custObj = .......InvokeAction("OpenedInstance");

The custObj here is of type object.

My question is: how could I get my original type "CustomObject" from this object type?

Br,
Phanee

[krstcs]

All object types in .NET derive from the base Object class, so an Object instance can hold any other object type. I would suggest doing some reading on .NET before you jump head-first into the pool.

To get your original object type back you need to cast the returned value like this:

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var custObj = .......InvokeAction("OpenedInstance");
CustomObject myCustObject = (CustomObject)custObj; //this tells .NET to remap the custObj to a new type

[phaneendra]

It's usually the way how you suggested.

But, in this case it is an Inter-process communication.

Ranorex tries to access an object from different process (WPF application).

If I do this way, it gives a casting exception.
The object returned by InvokeAction() is a proxy object.

My original question is, how can I get the real object from this proxy object.

Please find the attached error for your reference

Br,
Phanee.