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AutomationPattern Class
Visual Studio 2008
Identifies a control pattern.
Assembly: UIAutomationTypes (in UIAutomationTypes.dll)
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
System.Windows.Automation.AutomationIdentifier
System.Windows.Automation.AutomationPattern
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.
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