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MultipleViewPattern.MultipleViewPatternInformation.CurrentView Property

Retrieves the current control-specific view.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Automation
Assembly:  UIAutomationClient (in UIAutomationClient.dll)
public int CurrentView { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
The integer value for the current view of the AutomationElement. The default value is 0.

The collection of view identifiers is identical across instances.

In the following example, an integer identifier is obtained, representing the current view for a control that supports MultipleViewPattern.

///-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
/// <summary> 
/// Obtains a MultipleViewPattern control pattern from an  
/// automation element. 
/// </summary> 
/// <param name="targetControl">
/// The automation element of interest. 
/// </param> 
/// <returns> 
/// A MultipleViewPattern object. 
/// </returns> 
///-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
private MultipleViewPattern GetMultipleViewPattern(
    AutomationElement targetControl)
{
    MultipleViewPattern multipleViewPattern = null;

    try
    {
        multipleViewPattern =
            targetControl.GetCurrentPattern(
            MultipleViewPattern.Pattern)
            as MultipleViewPattern;
    }
    // Object doesn't support the MultipleViewPattern control pattern 
    catch (InvalidOperationException)
    {
        return null;
    }

    return multipleViewPattern;
}


...


///-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
/// <summary> 
/// Gets the current view identifier from a target. 
/// </summary> 
/// <param name="multipleViewPattern">
/// The control pattern of interest. 
/// </param> 
/// <returns> 
/// The current view identifier. 
/// </returns> 
///-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
private int GetCurrentViewFromPattern(
    MultipleViewPattern multipleViewPattern)
{
    if (multipleViewPattern == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException(
            "MultipleViewPattern parameter must not be null.");
    }

    return multipleViewPattern.Current.CurrentView;
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

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