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var grid = rootElement.AsQueryable(TreeScope.Desce...

2011-12-09T18:22:35.498Z

var grid = rootElement.AsQueryable(TreeScope.Descendants).First(o => o.ClassName == "GridControl" && o.ControlType == ControlType.DataItem);

While implementing the above code i was getting the grid as null.
What should i do?
Please help me out.
Thanks
Sankar.

Thanks for reminding me of spirograph! I loved th...

2011-11-05T10:35:23.098Z

Thanks for reminding me of spirograph! I loved that toy! Am getting it for my son for xmas.

Thanks a lot for this article, I was struggling to...

2011-09-29T09:24:56.246+01:00

Thanks a lot for this article, I was struggling to get started with UI Automation really helped me get my head around it. It's running in our test suite enabling us to automate our Silverlight components while WebDriver does the rest.

Thanks for those extension file. Really works and ...

2011-01-28T04:29:51.705Z

Thanks for those extension file. Really works and performed well on my computer.

Thanks alot for this post. It was excactly what I ...

2011-01-07T00:37:08.300Z

Thanks alot for this post. It was excactly what I was looking for.. I need to modify the functionality of a program, that I dont have the source for. This way of programming will let me control/monitoring the program from outside the program - and make wise decissions, if an error occurs.
Thanks a ton!

Hi Sam, How to Automate a IR or FireFoX. Please ...

2010-12-14T07:33:23.576Z

Hi Sam,

How to Automate a IR or FireFoX. Please help.
I want a program that capture the selected Text from any Browser (IE,Chrome, FireFox)

Please help me
Thanks

Hi SAM Really nice Article. Your Article makes my ...

2010-12-13T06:27:18.559Z

Hi SAM
Really nice Article. Your Article makes my life easy. Thanks a lot.

Thanks
Attiq

Ah! That was the other thing I had in the back of ...

2010-11-10T10:42:56.361Z

Ah! That was the other thing I had in the back of my mind - you can't automate a process unless the controlling process has the same or greater privileges than the target process (a gaping security hole would be created otherwise!).

already I used Thread.sleep.....Just now i found s...

2010-11-10T10:39:47.609Z

already I used Thread.sleep.....Just now i found solution to this issue.... may be this is appropriate or not i donno.... i opened visual studio in administrator mode and ran the test which resulted in this error. In some article it is given about Window visibility related to some access rights, so i thought of opening visual studio normally.... and it worked for me.....

I'm afraid I don't know why that should be...

2010-11-10T10:11:23.443Z

I'm afraid I don't know why that should be happening. Could it be a timing issue - just a case of needing to wait a second or so after launching the app before it finishes populating its screen. I find that I need to use Thread.Sleep() quite liberally in my UIAutomation testing code...

thanks for the info, right now i am trying with wa...

2010-11-10T05:56:17.651Z

thanks for the info, right now i am trying with watin and white. One strange problem i got is, i have an application exe shortcut on the desktop. When i launch it manually i am able to see all the controls of the pane in the UI spy, but the same when i do programatically the visiblity is upto pane, not the contents of the pane... any idea regarding this?

I don't have a good answer for when there is m...

2010-11-03T15:50:30.885Z

I don't have a good answer for when there is more than one object tag. The best I can suggest is trying to locate the object tag on screen, then using AutomationElement.FromPoint.

First thanks for a very quick responses....Any ide...

2010-11-03T11:43:04.779Z

First thanks for a very quick responses....Any idea to find Silverlight object using UI Automation... the link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3408742/how-do-i-find-a-silvlerlight-object-on-an-asp-net-page-using-microsoft-ui-automa/4076240#4076240 provides the example, but it works only if there is only one object tag.... in my application i have more.. how should i handle it....any idea?.... also one doubt, will windowless property value true killing accessiblity in UI SPY? then what should be done to handle such situation?

i am familiar with WebDriver, but the problem is i...

2010-11-03T11:20:37.403Z

i am familiar with WebDriver, but the problem is i have to hook to already opened browser which is not supported in WebDriver....my test scenario is do some action with UI automation on silverlight web part in Sharepoint and test whether that got reflected in some non-silverlight webpart... any ideas to get hold of already opened browser...or to get hold of html content of page and performing actions on it...

@Anonymous, For testing non-silverlight content,...

2010-11-03T09:51:18.350Z

@Anonymous,
For testing non-silverlight content, you'd probably what to use WaitN, Selenium, or one of the alternatives mentioned in this web page (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/426190/)

Is there any way to test html widgets along with S...

2010-11-03T09:30:32.187Z

Is there any way to test html widgets along with Silverlight ones, because this is case of testing different web parts of Sharepoint. Can a simple sample code be provided doing both in a single test case.....

@Anonymous, I don't believe UIAutomation can b...

2010-11-02T09:49:31.528Z

@Anonymous, I don't believe UIAutomation can be used for standard html widgets in the browser, only Silverlight ones. In general, if you can't see it in UISpy, you can't automate it.

As to elements inside iframes: I think it's possible but you'd probably have to locate your iframe on screen, then use the AutomationElement.FromPoint method.

As john asked is UI automation api be used for web...

2010-11-02T09:45:23.475Z

As john asked is UI automation api be used for web testing... i,e widget visible only in browser not in UI SPY....if yes, can a sample code be provided for a scenarios like <object id="silverlightClient" style="display:none;" data="data:application/x-silverlight-2...

and for tags inside iframe tag..

John, Thanks! I've used UIAutomation for Sil...

2010-09-23T22:38:22.544+01:00

John, Thanks!

I've used UIAutomation for Silverlight testing very successfully, without needing to involve White.

Excellent post, thanks for the info. Can the UIA...

2010-09-23T21:57:40.063+01:00

Excellent post, thanks for the info. Can the UIAutomation API be used for web testing? I have a Silverlight widget that is accessible via a browser. I'm used to using WatiN for browser automation and was trying to leverage White for Silverlight, thus far I've hit some snags and wanted to explore other options.

how to write automated tests for applications like...

2010-08-27T12:29:31.049+01:00

how to write automated tests for applications like sharepoint which contains silverlight controls and html tags....Is it possible to test html tags with UI Automation

It's a great post,however i would like to know...

2010-08-23T16:12:57.826+01:00

It's a great post,however i would like to know how much programming one should know to start with UI Automation? Also, when comparing white tool and UI Automation, what would be more useful? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks in advance

Hey, I know this post is old, but I found this now...

2010-08-17T17:18:26.979+01:00

Hey, I know this post is old, but I found this now reading through my blog roll. Maybe you already know about it, might be worth it a try: http://white.codeplex.com/

No, not everything that is visible. UI widgets hav...

2010-03-23T16:08:35.064Z

No, not everything that is visible. UI widgets have to implement particular interfaces in order to be controllable through UIAutomation.

The best way to check if you can control something with UIAutomation is to open UISpy and activate the Control-Click mode (see the article above). Then click on the thing you're interested in. If it's controllable, UISpy will show it in its tree of controls.

Hi, I have a question. Can UIAutomation be used on...

2010-03-23T16:01:51.607Z

Hi,
I have a question. Can UIAutomation be used on any thing that is visible on Windows.