# Control exists

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Element that searches for a control element. The component works correctly only inside the SAP container.

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Properties

\- Element ID: \[String] ID of an element

\- Element: \[LTools.SAP.Model.SAPUIItem] Variable to store control reference

\- Result: \[Boolean] Variable that stores search results

\- Timeout\*: \[Int32] Maximum waiting time for process completion (ms)

```
C#
LTools.SAP.SapApp app = LTools.SAP.SapApp.Init(wf);
LTools.SAP.Model.SAPUIItem item = app.ElementExists("/app/con[0]/ses[0]/wnd[0]/usr/cntlIMAGE_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell/shellcont[0]/shell");

Python
app = LTools.SAP.SapApp.Init(wf)
item = app.ElementExists("/app/con[0]/ses[0]/wnd[0]/usr/cntlIMAGE_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell/shellcont[0]/shell")

JavaScript
var app = _lib.LTools.SAP.SapApp.Init(wf);
item = app.ElementExists("/app/con[0]/ses[0]/wnd[0]/usr/cntlIMAGE_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell/shellcont[0]/shell");
```