IWindowProvider interface

Provides access to the fundamental window-based functionality of a control.

Members

The IWindowProvider interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. IWindowProvider also has these types of members:

The IWindowProvider interface has these methods.

Method	Description
Close	Attempts to close the window.
SetVisualState	Changes the visual state of the window. For example, minimizes or maximizes it.
WaitForInputIdle	Causes the calling code to block for the specified time or until the associated process enters an idle state, whichever completes first.

The IWindowProvider interface has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
CanMaximize	Read-only	Indicates whether the window can be maximized.
CanMinimize	Read-only	Indicates whether the window can be minimized.
IsModal	Read-only	Indicates whether the window is modal.
IsTopmost	Read-only	Indicates whether the window is the topmost element in the z-order.
WindowInteractionState	Read-only	Specifies the current state of the window for the purposes of user interaction.
WindowVisualState	Read-only	Specifies the visual state of the window; that is, whether the window is normal (restored), minimized, or maximized.

Implemented on a Microsoft UI Automation provider that must support the Window control pattern.

Minimum supported client	Windows XP [desktop apps \| Windows Store apps]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps \| Windows Store apps]
Header	UIAutomationCore.h (include UIAutomation.h)
IDL	UIAutomationCore.idl
DLL	UIAutomationCore.dll
IID	IID_IWindowProvider is defined as 987df77b-db06-4d77-8f8a-86a9c3bb90b9