How many characters can a Value property contain?
Hi to all!How many characters can a ValuePattern.ValuePatternInformation.Value Property contain?Thank you in advance!
View ArticleModal Dialogs and UI automation
Hi,I am playing around with WPF and Automation trying to do the following.Application A: Display a WPF window with a Button. The button has a handler - when clicked you get a message box.Application...
View Articlesticky keys and the shift key
I use sticky keys. Since the last windows update, after hitting the enter or tab key, I need to hit the shift key twice for it to work. What's going on?
View ArticleUnable to launch browser from application
Server: Windows server 2012 R2 Hello, I am currently running an application which is attempting to open a browser but I am receiving a Win32Exception: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005):...
View ArticleUI Automation -- is unmanaged API still recommended for Windows 10?
Back in 2011, Guy Barker answered a question starting with this recommendation:To give you some background, UI Automation (UIA) was introduced around the time of Windows Vista as part of the .NET...
View ArticleFingerprint scanning application
Hello, I'm fairly new to hardware<->software development and I'm not exactly sure if this question is in the right place, but I'm pretty much sure that it has to do with Accessibility. Well, my...
View ArticleWhy multiline Textbox does have support of textpettern in COM API while it is...
I have created automation of window application using c# Manage code API. Everything was working fine but it was too slow. it was taking more that 10 second to find controll with manage code. After...
View ArticleUI Automation performance
Hi,I'm developing a program listening to the UI events from a desktop program. This would be based upon the MS UI Automation technology. Basically this is to...
View ArticleMagnification API - Setting up an include list for the Magnifier on Win7 is...
Hi, According to the Magnification API it is possible to get the Magnifier window to show only the selected windows in the magnified view. For that all you need to do is to call the...
View ArticleInspect can find Button but UIAutomation in C++ cannot find it
This seems to be a common issue, but I have not uncovered the key to my issue. This similar thread - (UI Automation cannot find an element. Inspect Object can ) almost fits the description exactly....
View ArticleAutomation Spy tool
Hi, here is a tool for searching and inspecting UI Automation elements on Windows desktop applications:https://ddeltasolutions.000webhostapp.com/Best regards.
View ArticleUIAutomationClient vs Interop.UIAutomationClient
Hi,Can you please explain what is the diff between UIAutomationClient and Interop.UIAutomationClient.Also where i can get latest Interop.UIAutomationClient dll.
View ArticleUI support by UIAutomationClient
Hi,I am looking for some details about UIAutomationClient.I want to know which type of element\application it supports like WPF, Win 32, JAVA, Sliverlight.If anyone has link where all the supported...
View ArticleUIA Event Handlers leaking handles
I have been testing a Microsoft supplied sample of a C++ IUIAutomationEventHandler program. The link to the source code is...
View ArticleHow to avoid automation freezing when application is hanging?
Situation:If WPF or WinForms application hangs then UI Automation also hangs. Application can be freeze around 1 minute, but I need able to have access to UIAutomationClient for working with another...
View ArticleWhats the best tool to Automate Microsoft Dynamic AX
Hi All,Currently we have a requirement to Automate Microsoft Dynamic AX windows application. As Coded UI is getting deprecated could any one suggest alternate UI Automation tool for Microsoft Dynamic AX
View ArticlePowerShell "UpDate-Help" Problems
Help NeededPowerShell Update-Help yields:PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> update-help update-help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'AppvClient, Defender, Microsoft.PowerShell.ODataUtils,...
View ArticleCan you add an IUIAutomation event handler from within the handler itself?
I'm implementing a COM shell extension handler. After the handler is loaded by File Explorer, I'd like to use IUAutomation to handle certain UI events (element selections). I was hoping to handle the...
View Articlewhy do managed uiautomation methods affects unmanaged uiautomation methods.
I'm using uiautomation to get controls of icons in "SVG ICON BUILDER"(available on ms store). for example, I move my cursor to the '$' icon.The managed AutomationElement.FromPoint() method returns the...
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