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AutomationEvent Class

Identifies a UI Automation event.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Automation
Assembly:  UIAutomationTypes (in UIAutomationTypes.dll)

'Declaration
Public Class AutomationEvent _
	Inherits AutomationIdentifier
'Usage
Dim instance As AutomationEvent

Identifiers of these types are found as fields in various classes to identify events; for example, InvokedEvent. They are also found in the event arguments passed to UI Automation clients.

It is not possible to create custom events.

In the following example event handler, the AutomationEvent in the event arguments is compared with the AutomationEvent that identifies the Invoked event.

''' <summary> 
''' AutomationEventHandler delegate. 
''' </summary> 
''' <param name="src">Object that raised the event.</param> 
''' <param name="e">Event arguments.</param> 
Private Sub OnUIAutomationEvent(ByVal src As Object, ByVal e As AutomationEventArgs)
    ' Make sure the element still exists. Elements such as tooltips can disappear 
    ' before the event is processed. 
    Dim sourceElement As AutomationElement
    Try
        sourceElement = DirectCast(src, AutomationElement)
    Catch ex As ElementNotAvailableException
        Exit Sub 
    End Try 
    If e.EventId Is InvokePattern.InvokedEvent Then 
        ' TODO Add handling code. 
    Else 
    End If 
    ' TODO Handle any other events that have been subscribed to.
    Console.WriteLine("Event: " & e.EventId.ProgrammaticName)
End Sub 'OnUIAutomationEvent

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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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