Error handling of existing function

Amazing!! Thanks, @chrscheuer !! This is exactly what I was after!!

Heya @chrscheuer

Thanks for this script! I've been using it as a means to try circumvent "filename already exists" and add an integer when doing bounces in protools. My only issue is that for whatever reason, it's only retrying the process once for me. I.e. Bounce Name_10, retry _11, retry_12 and stops there. Adjusting the numberOfTries doesn't seem to change anything on my end.

If I copy and paste the final 5 lines of that little retry section (i.e. below), it attempts it several more times (depending how many times I've copied and pasted that little snippet in a row).

sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Bounce Mix").first.buttons.whoseTitle.is("Bounce").first.elementClick();

function bounceAlreadyExists() {
var alreadyExistsConfirmDlg = sf.ui.proTools.confirmationDialog;
    if (alreadyExistsConfirmDlg.exists) {
        alreadyExistsConfirmDlg.elementWaitFor({ waitType: 'Appear' });

        alreadyExistsConfirmDlg.buttons.whoseTitle.is("No").first.elementClick();

        alreadyExistsConfirmDlg.elementWaitFor({ waitType: 'Disappear' });

    //Find the first text field
    var existingFileName = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Bounce Mix").first.textFields.first;

    //Get the current Name
    var currentName = existingFileName.value.value;

    //Create a new name (get the name and suffixed number - if your session name was 'My Session 42' then save 'My Session ' in grps[1] and '42' in grps[2])
    var grps = currentName.match(/^(.+?)(\d+)$/);

    //Construct a new name based on the prefix and the number (+1), followed by the '.ptx' suffix. If there was no number, just add '.01'
    var newNumber = !grps || grps.length === 0 || isNaN(Number(grps[2])) ? ' 01' : ((Number(grps[2]) + 1) + '').padStart(2, '0');
    var newName = (grps ? grps[1] : (currentName)) + newNumber;

    //Set the value of the textField
    existingFileName.elementSetTextFieldWithAreaValue({ value: newName });

    sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Bounce Mix").first.buttons.whoseTitle.is("Bounce").first.elementClick();
 
    }

}

bounceAlreadyExists();

function retry({action, intervalMs, numberOfTries}) {
    for(var i=0; i<numberOfTries; i++) {
        try {
            action();

            //Success, so break out of the loop
            break;
        } catch (err) {
            if (i === numberOfTries - 1) {
                throw `We tried ${numberOfTries} times, but failed every time`;
            }

            //An error occurred. Wait for some time, then try again (continuing the while loop)
            sf.wait({ intervalMs: intervalMs });
        }
    }
}

retry({
    action: () => bounceAlreadyExists(),
    intervalMs: 2000,
    numberOfTries: 10,
});

retry({
    action: () => bounceAlreadyExists(),
    intervalMs: 2000,
    numberOfTries: 10,
});

retry({
    action: () => bounceAlreadyExists(),
    intervalMs: 2000,
    numberOfTries: 10,
});

retry({
    action: () => bounceAlreadyExists(),
    intervalMs: 2000,
    numberOfTries: 10,
});

retry({
    action: () => bounceAlreadyExists(),
    intervalMs: 2000,
    numberOfTries: 10,
});

retry({
    action: () => bounceAlreadyExists(),
    intervalMs: 2000,
    numberOfTries: 10,
});