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**GetShadow, VIRTUAL**

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The **GetShadow **method is a virtual placeholder method for the EntryLocatorClass.SetShadow method. It returns the value of the Shadow property found in the child CLASS. The Shadow property is set based on the users keyboard input into the entry locator field.

**Implementation:**

The GetShadow method is a placeholder method for the EntryLocatorClass which is derived from LocatorClass.

**Return Data Type:**     STRING

**See Also:****//     //**[[setshadow  update shadow value .htm|LocatorClass.SetShadow]], [[shadow  the search value .htm|EntryLocatorClass.Shadow]]