## Syntax

waittillguinotexist ('<window name>') 


## Description

If the given window name does not exist, this function returns 1. If window exist, then this function returns 0. Difference between [[guiexist|guiexist]] and waitguinotexist is, waitguinotexist waits for maximum 30 seconds. Still the window does not disappear, then 0 is returned. We can set the environment variable 'GUI_TIMEOUT' to change the default waiting time.  

Ref: [[ldtp.c|http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/cvs/cvsbrowse.php/ldtp/pyldtp/ldtp.c]] 


## Implementation

returns 1 on success and 0 on no existing window 


## Example

waittillguinotexist ('dlgOpen') 

This function will be useful, when some event is fired and after that if an existing window should close, we can use this function to wait till the window closes.