Passing Object to Function

[Mozza]

I need to pass an object to a function and wait until it no longer exists - as it is not saved until the popup has disappeared.
I need to set a time out for the popup displaying to stop looking after a certain time
This is required on many different panels / popup, so I want the same code to work just based on a same browser, different page, different heading on popup

I have tried the following but it does not reset the .exist line, so the value never changes to false

Code:

Function waitToBeSaved(strObject) – being Browser(BrowserName).Page(PageName). object (popup header)

Dim strObject                           'to hold page object description
Dim intCounter                         'to store loop counter value
Dim strFinished                             'to store page existence value

intCounter = 0
strFinished = strObject.Exist
Do While  (intCounter <10) OR (strFinished = True)
             strFinished = strObject.Exist(1)
             intCounter = intCounter+1
Loop
If intCounter = 10 Then
      Reporter.ReportEvent micFail........
      Exit Test
End If
End Function

This works fine outside of the function
Do I need to Set the object??