UI Automation - Memory Leak
I have encountered (what seems to be) memory leaks with the UI Automation Library. To track down the issue, I've stripped down my project to the bare minimum, and I am still able to reproduce the...
View ArticleProblem Steps Recorder misses some steps
I have been using the PSR tool (Problem Steps Recorder) for some time and came across a problem having certain steps not being recorded (or added). The application I record is a WinForm executable,...
View ArticleTopMost works in Windows 8 but not Windows 8.1?
Hi,I'm writing an application, that needs to layer it's UI on top of all other windows when active, including the Metro Start screen.I'm using TopMost=true, and I modified the manifest to request...
View ArticleSilverlight Textbox doesn't support the UIA Text pattern
We have blind users who cannot use our silverlight web application. They have trouble immediately on the login page because they cannot enter and edit entries in the text boxes.According to the...
View Articleui spy find text but cannot find it with ui automation element
I want to read text out of a custom label in a mail item form of Outlook 2010.With the normal mailItem.Userproperties or ItemProperties, the Label does'nt come.So I'm trying to get the text with...
View ArticleAfxOleControl42 Set Text
I'm currently building an application that will interact with another application via sending text to textbox controls, clicking buttons, etc (general Windows Automation stuff). I am building this app...
View ArticleBuilding My own tts engine with my voice
Hello all,I'm a blind programmer.I'm using visual studio 2010 and .net framework 4.5.I'm interested in Sapi tecnology, to build my own tts engine, recording my voice.I cannot find any documentation...
View ArticleAccess MS Accesability Properties (name, helptext) of ListBox item(child) in...
Is there a was to access the accessible Object of childs (items) of ListBoxes to change their MSAA propperties (name, helptext)?It is a WinForm Application. And is there a general good way (how to) to...
View ArticleIs there anyway to implement UI Automation test via C# for Metro App
Dose the managed UI Automation Framework support automating Win8 Metro Apps?
View ArticleWelcome to the Windows Accessibility and Automation Development Forum
Hello all, The scope of the UI Automation forum has expanded to cover all Microsoft accessibility/automation technologies, including UI Automation and Microsoft Active Accessibility. This forum is for...
View ArticleUIAutomation stackoverflow exception rootelement.findfirst
I am trying to use System.Windows.Automation to automate GUI regression testing. In the constructor of my test object, I launch the application and locate it in the tree with...
View ArticlePerformance counters are not collecting data
Hi,I am a bit unsure how to explain my problem, so bear with me.I Building synthetic user simulation for integration into a monitoring system (SCOM 2012). To do this I write small tests of a...
View ArticleDataGridView Extended to implement UI Automation
There seem to be many developers on this forum who are trying to use UI Automation to test a WinForm DataGridView control. Please let us all know where there is an example of an implementation of the...
View ArticleEase of Access registration help?
Hopefully someone here can offer some guidance from the following...Re: Ease of Access – Assistive Technology Registration - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb879984.aspxI have my...
View ArticleFind Element Issue
I am trying to find a list item from a Windows Forms list using UI Automation. In some cases it fails and I don't understand why.Failed cases:Searching with AutomationElement.FindFirst from the same...
View ArticleUIVerify - ComboBox GetCurrentPatter returns error
I was having trouble using the ValuePattern on a ComboBox. Inspect tells me the ValuePattern is available, but when I try to use it, I get an error back telling me it's an Unsupported Pattern.I...
View ArticleCapturing text under mouse cursor using MSAA.
Looking for source code or library to read the screen text of an object under the mouse cursor in any application (E.g. such as when the user is viewing a PDF/Website/MS Office etc). I would like to...
View ArticleWindows Automation and EDRMSs
I have used windows automation a lot in the past but have moved to a new organisation which has recently introduced an EDRMS (M-Files) of which I have no previous experience. I would appreciate some...
View ArticleCould somebody explain when I pass a control's AutomationID, how the code...
Hello All,Could somebody explain when I pass a control's AutomationID, how the code find the correct control and invoke the supported methods? (Assume I use UIAutomation technology and write the codes...
View Articleunregister Keyboard device using RIDEV_REMOVE not working
Hi there,I have implemented the raw input method for handling the keyboard inputs for an external application. The code is working absolutely fine and I am able to handle all the events but there is a...
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