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System.Windows.Automation.Peers Namespace
AutomationPeer Class
AutomationPeer Methods
GetAcceleratorKey Method
GetAcceleratorKeyCore Method
GetAccessKey Method
GetAccessKeyCore Method
GetAutomationControlType Method
GetAutomationControlTypeCore Method
GetAutomationId Method
GetAutomationIdCore Method
GetBoundingRectangle Method
GetBoundingRectangleCore Method
GetChildren Method
GetChildrenCore Method
GetClassName Method
GetClassNameCore Method
GetClickablePoint Method
GetClickablePointCore Method
GetHelpText Method
GetHelpTextCore Method
GetHostRawElementProviderCore Method
GetItemStatus Method
GetItemStatusCore Method
GetItemType Method
GetItemTypeCore Method
GetLabeledBy Method
GetLabeledByCore Method
GetLocalizedControlType Method
GetLocalizedControlTypeCore Method
GetName Method
GetNameCore Method
GetOrientation Method
GetOrientationCore Method
GetParent Method
GetPattern Method
HasKeyboardFocus Method
HasKeyboardFocusCore Method
InvalidatePeer Method
IsContentElement Method
IsContentElementCore Method
IsControlElement Method
IsControlElementCore Method
IsEnabled Method
IsEnabledCore Method
IsKeyboardFocusable Method
IsKeyboardFocusableCore Method
IsOffscreen Method
IsOffscreenCore Method
IsPassword Method
IsPasswordCore Method
IsRequiredForForm Method
IsRequiredForFormCore Method
ListenerExists Method
PeerFromProvider Method
ProviderFromPeer Method
RaiseAsyncContentLoadedEvent Method
RaiseAutomationEvent Method
RaisePropertyChangedEvent Method
ResetChildrenCache Method
SetFocus Method
SetFocusCore Method
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AutomationPeer.GetHelpText Method

.NET Framework 3.5

Gets text that describes the functionality of the control that is associated with the automation peer.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Automation.Peers
Assembly:  PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
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public string GetHelpText()
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Return Value

Type: System.String
The help text.

The returned string typically provides the same text that is provided by the tooltip for the control.

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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0
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