AutomationPeer Class
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.NET Framework Class Library
AutomationPeer Class

Provides a base class that exposes an element to UI Automation. 

Namespace:  System.Windows.Automation.Peers
Assembly:  PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
Syntax

'Usage

Dim instance As AutomationPeer

'Declaration

Public MustInherit Class AutomationPeer _
    Inherits DispatcherObject
This class is abstract; see Inheritance Hierarchy for derived non-abstract classes usable in XAML.
Remarks

When UI Automation queries the root of a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application about an element, the root returns the UI Automation peer for that element. The peer also responds to UI Automation queries about its corresponding element.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System.Windows.Threading..::.DispatcherObject
    System.Windows.Automation.Peers..::.AutomationPeer
      System.Windows.Automation.Peers..::.ContentElementAutomationPeer
      System.Windows.Automation.Peers..::.ItemAutomationPeer
      System.Windows.Automation.Peers..::.UIElementAutomationPeer
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
See Also

Reference

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