Continue script execution despite error

see docs http://doc.sikuli.org/region.html#exception-findfailed
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You could just create a custom finder function. For example something like that:

def tryDetect(object,retries,highLight=1):
 """Attempts to detect the "object" for "retries" times.
 """
 localLog.info("Trying to detect %s image... %d attempts will be made", object, retries)
 for n in range(retries):
  if exists(object):
   localLog.info("%s image detected!", object)
   detectedObj = find(object)
   if (highLight == 1):
    localLog.debug("highLight argument is set to %d",highLight)
    detectedObj.highlight(1)
   else:
    localLog.debug("highLight argument is set to %d",highLight)
   failStatus = 0 # PASS => failStatus = 0
   return detectedObj
  else:
   localLog.info("%s image was not detected in iteration %d", object, n+1)
   waitFor(1)
   if n == retries - 1: #If the number of iterations exhausted and the desired object was not yet detected
    localLog.debug("Number of retries exceeded...")
    failStatus = 1 # FAIL => failStatus = 1
    takeScreenShot(testName)
    localLog.error("%s test step FAILED!", testName)
    exit(1)

Thank you for replying so rapidly : )

On a first glance it seems to me like defining a "skip" behaviour for certain events like getFindFailedResponse might be useful if the logs are giving enough info to determine where and why a skip occured.
Defining log-texts manually inside the script might be too much effort since the huge number of controls is the reason why I want to automate them.
Anyways I´ll try your mentioned solutions and ask again if I encounter any more problems.

Thanks again!

I am having the same problem as the OP. I am testing a GUI and I do not want the script to stop running after it reaches a failure (or a missing object).

I am using the> assert exists(#link_to_image#), 5) When the script detects a missing image it will stop in the middle and log the error in the message field. I do not want to "SKIP" , the missing image in a "Not Found" situation and I do not want to "ABORT" or "RETRY" either. The purpose of my testing is to detect issues with the GUI not skip over them.

Is there another way to report the error at the end once the script is finished without stopping in the middle?

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