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For example:</paragraph> 50*b6b2c85eSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153104" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">"TextEdit1" to TextEdit5" in a loop to create five control names.</paragraph> 51*b6b2c85eSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">See also: <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03103900.xhp" name="FindPropertyObject">FindPropertyObject</link></paragraph> 52*b6b2c85eSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150868" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph> 53*b6b2c85eSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151042" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">FindObject( ObjName As String )</paragraph> 54*b6b2c85eSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159254" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph> 55*b6b2c85eSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150439" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>ObjName:</emph> String that specifies the name of the object that you want to address at run-time.</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err12"/> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 61