can't get elements inside a pane
hi Guys,i am trying to Automate the client application. In that i can able to get all the elements list with UI Automation. but inside a particular pane i can't able to get any elements. i am Using...
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While there are several interesting threads out there on the various problem's people have had in developing automation, there aren't many good resources for understanding how to make UI Automation...
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The app does not support Active Accessibility. The WM_GETOBJECT event is passed to DefWindowProc, and the NotifyWinEvent function is not called. When start Screen Reader on Windows 7, everything works...
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How can I set some keys, specifically the favorite keys 1-5, to completely be ignored by the software? Is that possible?
View ArticleBluetooth pairing with SSP (Secure Simple Pairing) Just Works and no MITM...
Hello All, I have problem with pairing on a Bluetooth Device using SSP (Secure Simple Pairing) Just Works (NoInputNoOutput) and no MITM protection. From a c++ program I have to discover and pair the...
View ArticleUnable to Show Tree in Inspect
Hello,I'm using Windows 8.1 and Inspect.exe to view UI control information. However, I'm unable to see the option to show the UI tree in inspect. I can only see the currently focused item.Is there an...
View ArticleThe problem of displaying list items on Windows 10 x64 for Windows Defender...
Hello,Inspect does not find list items from 'Allowed apps list'. Path: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Windows Defender Firewall\Allowed appsCan you help me understand why?
View ArticleSearching for items in Windows 10 x86 does not find items
Hello,On Windows 10 x64 for the Services window (services.msc), I can find list items from list (SysListView32). But for Windows 10 x86 - no.I used FindAll and TreeWalker to both cases.How can I make...
View ArticleUsing TreeWalker.RawViewWalker.GetLastChild in single thread leads to an...
Hello,I get crash only if use threads to search. If I use TreeWalker.RawViewWalker.GetLastChild without the threads then all are Okay. What can be reason? OS: Windows 10 x64.Eventvwr log:Log Name:...
View ArticleUI automation: Desktop icons are not in Program Manager tree after Win + D...
Hi,I would like to be sure, that this behavior is "by Design" in Windows 7 and 10. Reproducing steps for Windows 7, 10 :Open notepad, for instance, to be sure that Win+D works.Win + D. Notepad is...
View ArticleHow to capture the event of an app that "requests attention"?
For e.g., on a windows 10 machine, if apps such as skype (running in the background) receives an IM, the windows narrator app is able detect this state is say "Skype is requesting attention". During...
View ArticleWindows Accessibility API (UIAutomation) not working in Windows 10
Hi Team,We have used MS UIAutomation (Windows Accessibility API) for window application automation. We are successfully able to perform actions on the screen in Windows Server 2012 R2 & Windows...
View ArticleIs there an expert team on accessibility on Windows Desktop Apps?
Hi, I am looking for a dedicated forum or team on accessibility for Windows Desktop Apps. Up till now I tried several things to improve the apps so Narrator or NVDA speak all required text field....
View ArticleWM_HTML_GETOBJECT returns developers console instead of the main window (IE)
I'm accessing my Internet Explorer window with a valid handler (hWnd) like this:lngMsg = RegisterWindowMessage("WM_HTML_GETOBJECT"); if (lngMsg != 0) { SendMessageTimeout(hWnd, lngMsg, 0, 0,...
View ArticleElements in tab control are not detected sometimes
Hello Everyone,I am trying to automate a WPF app. This app has multiple modules and each module has multiple tabs that can be docked. But sometimes when I switch tabs, the elements in the tab control...
View ArticleFixing Accessibility Issues
I have some Color contrast issues in my UWP app when analyzed using Windows Accessibility Insights tool. There are some elements that show Mid for Contrast test in low resolution like 800 * 600....
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Access "Windows Security" dialog from my MFC app
I am struggle to hit OK button from a "Windows Security" dialog, from my MFC app. Here is this dialog in Win7:and here is the same dialog in Win10:after a friend advice me to get informations regarding...
View ArticleWindows 10 - AutomationElement FindFirst FindAll - "Element not Available" -...
On a windows 10 machine, I am seeing some problem where AutomationElement.FindFirst or AutomationElement.FindAll will generate the error "Element Not Available". (This never occurs in Windows 7)On some...
View Article[Announcement] “Windows Desktop Development for Accessibility and Automation”...
This “Windows Desktop Development for Accessibility and Automation” Forum will be migrating to a new home on Microsoft Q&A!We’ve listened to your feedback on how we can enhance the forum...
View ArticleDoes dotnet Core support native UIAutomation APIs ??
Dotnet Core seem to be very Nuget intensive and since nuget doesn't have UIAutomation packages, its fruitless in trying to get UIAutomation to load in Azure. I can get it to work locally, but the...
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