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I recently implemented a program using the Microsoft Accessibility API, but have since been told that the new UI Automation has replaced it. Seems like it would be a good investment for next time to learn the newer tool for the job.
So, what are the best references, and hopefully actual tutorials, for programming UI Automation? Specifically, I'm looking for programming "client" applications, i.e. the ones doing the accessing to other program's UI, not just providing access to my own UI.
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If you can't find in your Add Reference->. Net tab, then you have to use the Browse tab to go to the given path, and add the assembly (Right Click on the References , choose add reference , click browse tab). that directory only has one dll on my system, not the one I was looking for.
UI Automation provides programmatic access to most user interface (UI) elements on the desktop, enabling assistive technology products such as screen readers to provide information about the UI to end users and to manipulate the UI by means other than standard input.
Microsoft UI Automation is an accessibility framework for Microsoft Windows. It addresses the needs of assistive technology products and automated test frameworks by providing programmatic access to information about the user interface (UI).
FlaUI is a . NET library which helps with automated UI testing of Windows applications (Win32, WinForms, WPF, Store Apps, ...). It is based on native UI Automation libraries from Microsoft and therefore kind of a wrapper around them.
I published a tutorial An introduction to UI Automation - with Spooky Spirographs that has been quite popular.
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Here's another tutorial that seems good. Automating UI Tests In WPF Applications
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