MSFlexGrid UIAutomation C++ API
Hello, I am building a Test Automation Tool for testing an old VB6 Windows Desktop application containing instances of MSFlexGrid. I am using the Client UIAutomation C++ API on Windows 7 and Visual...
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So I had actually downloaded the windows 10 when it had been free during the summer, but a few weeks ago I was forced to lose everything on my laptop. This was due to my laptop's hard drive being...
View ArticleMaking an MFC control accessible
The forum announcement says: "The typical user of this forum will be: A developer who needs to make a control accessible." Hey, that's me :-)I am maintaining an old Windows application that makes heavy...
View ArticleIssue finding child controls inside WPF Group control using UIAutomation...
We are using WPF controls and reporting framework from DevExpress XtraReports. Housed inside a custom WPF control, there is a Group control called 'BarManager' that has two child Group controls,...
View ArticleFlaUI - A new open source .NET based UIA wrapper
HelloI would like to point you to a new wrapper for UIA. It's called FlaUI and can be found here: https://github.com/Roemer/FlaUIIt contains some ideas from TestStack.White but has a complete new code...
View ArticleCan codedUITest co-exist with older UIAutomation APIs
I'm using the UIAutomation APIs for accessibility and I'm finding it difficult to mix CUIT and UnitTest using UIAutomation APIs.It seems as if Microsoft stopped supporting the UIAutomation APIS such...
View ArticlePerforming tasks like login and publish to a site
I'm not sure I'm in the right place for asking this question.I have created a WinForm Application that connects to a web service and get a lot of statistics from that service. All this information is...
View ArticleHOWTO use C#/.NET UI-Automation with Chrome.
Please help,I am using the UI-Automation with .NET/C# for IE and Edge, and now want to make it work for Chrome. I think I am past the UAC issues, but, I can not get any UI-Automation like...
View ArticleNeed to know what accessbility role can be applied for Maps Control
Hi,I need to find access role for maps control . What controls can be used to test in mapsRegards,shalusri
View ArticleHow to get all visible words of an TextPattern using UIAutomation?
I'm using UIAutomation to get all the words from an AutomationElement that are currently visible on the screen, including its text and its bounding rectangles. I already receive all visible lines using...
View ArticleText to Speech - Change Pronunciation?
I know that its possible to change the TTS pronunciation of a specific word within an authored program using a lexicon, but has anyone developed an editor that modifies the pronunciation of a word for...
View ArticleSystem.windows.controls.Richtextbox control doesn't persist carriage return...
Hi,In our application, we are using Richtextbox from system.windows.controls as content control to store formatted text. When we retrieve formatted text from this content control it doesn't returning...
View ArticleThunderRT6UserControlDC UIAutomation C++ API
Hello, this question is related to the one at "MSFlexGrid UIAutomation C++ API" .I have a Desktop UI composed of VB6 ActiveX components. Some of them are standard components (like the MSFlexGrid),...
View ArticleHow to force Narrator reading selection without focus on selected item in UWP
Hi,I develop custom UWP control. Lets call it ItemsControl (IC) which is not typical - the items are not focusable.The AutomationPeer of the IC implements ISelectionProvider and its items' peers...
View ArticleChange a recording device's 'Listen to' target via command, .bat file...
Preface: I'm not programmer, but I've made a few simple scripts. I want a .bat file command that could change the highlighted device below to one of two possible devices. My audio setup currently...
View ArticleUIAutomation adding property to cacheRequest
I can add properties to a cacherequest like so:cacheRequest.Add(AutomationElement.IsControlElementProperty); cacheRequest.Add(AutomationElement.IsEnabledProperty);...
View ArticleSlider with discreet values, which interfaces for UI Automation?
If I want to implement a slider that only supports discreet values (e.g., slowest, slower, medium, faster, fastest), do I need to implement both IValueProvider and ISelectionProvider? The docs list...
View ArticleCustomize what a screenreader says for a slider's value
I have a volume slider, so I implemented IValueRangeProvider with min/max values of 0/100. However, I would actually like a screen reader to say "0%" or "100%" instead of just "100.0", like it does...
View ArticleUsing CodedUI, Record and Play back option is disabled for UWP desktop...
HI All,I need to test UWP Desktop application using Coded UI in Windows 10 & VS2017. But Record option is disabled. But when i try for Web application, Record option is enabled. Please let me know...
View ArticleUIAutomation WPF COM Access Violation Exception
Hi, I am using UIAutomation to test a WPF app where I have created a few of my own peers. Occasionally I get an exception in the COM layer which completely crashes my application under test. I have...
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