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        private static Ranorex.Form WaitForWindow(string WindowName, int Timeout)
        {
            /************************************************************************
             * Function         : WaitForWindow(string WindowName, int Timeout)
             *
             * Description      : This function will wait for a window with a specific  
             *                  :  Title to appear.
             *                         
             * Parameters       : WindowName        - Title of the window to wait for
             *                  : Timeout           - Time (in seconds) to wait for the window
             *                                      -  before giving up.
             *                  
             * Return Type      : Ranorex.Form
             * 
             * Return Value     : Ranorex.Form Object for success, null for failure
             * 
             * Revision History
             * Date       : Author                    : Reason/Change
             * ---------- : ------------------------- : ------------------------------
             * 03/05/2009 : Chris Gendreau            : Initial Creation 
            ************************************************************************/

            Ranorex.Form HDForm = null;
            int error = -1;
            bool boolFound = false;
            int intCount = 0;

            Report.Debug("Waiting for window: " + WindowName);
            while (boolFound == false)
            {
                try
                {
                    HDForm = Host.Local.FindChild<Ranorex.Form>(WindowName);
                    try
                    {
                        HDForm.Activate();
                        error = 0;
                        boolFound = true;
                    }

                    catch (RanorexException e)
                    {
                        error = -1;
                        boolFound = false;
                    }
                }

                catch (RanorexException e)
                {
                    //Use DoEvents here so we don't get a ContextSwitchDeadlock error while debugging.
                    Application.DoEvents();
                    boolFound = false;
                    Thread.Sleep(1000);
                    intCount++;
                    if (intCount == Timeout) break;
                    error = -1;
                }
            }

            if (boolFound == true)
            {
                HDForm.Activate();
            }
            Thread.Sleep(1000);
            return HDForm;
        } //End WaitForWindow

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try
{
  // wait 10s for a window with title "My Main App"
  Form myForm = Host.Local.FindSingle("/form[@title='My Main App']", 10000);

}
catch(ElementNotFoundException)
{
  // your error handling code goes here
}