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AutomationPattern Class

Identifies a control pattern.

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

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

Instances of this type identify specific control patterns. For example, the DockPattern.Pattern field identifies the DockPattern control pattern.

The following example displays the ProgrammaticName of patterns supported by an AutomationElement.

The following example shows how to request a specific pattern.

''' <summary> 
''' Retrieves the selection container for a selection item. 
''' </summary> 
''' <param name="listItem"> 
''' An element that supports SelectionItemPattern. 
''' </param> 
Function GetListItemParent(ByVal listItem As AutomationElement) As AutomationElement
    If listItem Is Nothing Then 
        Throw New ArgumentException()
    End If 
    Dim pattern As SelectionItemPattern = _
        DirectCast(listItem.GetCurrentPattern(SelectionItemPattern.Pattern), SelectionItemPattern)
    If pattern Is Nothing Then 
        Return Nothing 
    Else 
        Dim properties As SelectionItemPattern.SelectionItemPatternInformation = pattern.Current
        Return properties.SelectionContainer
    End If 

End Function 'GetListItemParent

System.Object
  System.Windows.Automation.AutomationIdentifier
    System.Windows.Automation.AutomationPattern

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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