AutomationElement Class (System.Windows.Automation)

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AutomationElement Class

Represents a UI Automation element in the UI Automation tree, and contains values used as identifiers by UI Automation client applications.

Namespace: System.Windows.Automation
Assembly: UIAutomationClient (in UIAutomationClient.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public NotInheritable Class AutomationElement

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As AutomationElement

public sealed class AutomationElement

Visual C++

public ref class AutomationElement sealed

JScript

public final class AutomationElement

Remarks

An AutomationElement corresponds to a piece of user interface (UI), regardless of underlying implementation (such as Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) or Win32).

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
System.Windows.Automation..::.AutomationElement

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0

Reference

AutomationElement Members

System.Windows.Automation Namespace

Other Resources

UI Automation Overview