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UITechnologyElement::GetNativeControlType Method (NativeControlTypeKind)

 

Returns the native control type of this element.

Namespace:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension.dll)

public:
virtual Object^ GetNativeControlType(
	NativeControlTypeKind nativeControlTypeKind
) abstract

Parameters

nativeControlTypeKind
Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension::NativeControlTypeKind

A member of the NativeControlTypeKind enumeration.

Return Value

Type: System::Object^

If supported, the native type of the control; otherwise, null.

This GetNativeControlType method can be used in tandem with the universal type that is obtained by using the ControlTypeName when just the ControlTypeName is not enough to differentiate a control. For example, if the native technology is HTML, this method could return the tag name.

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