AutomationEvent Class
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AutomationEvent Class

This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Represents an Automation event.

System.Object
  System.Runtime.InteropServices.Automation.AutomationEvent

Namespace:  System.Runtime.InteropServices.Automation
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class AutomationEvent

The AutomationEvent type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public methodAddEventHandlerAttaches the specified delegate to the Automation event.
Public methodEquals(Object)Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalizeAllows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetHashCodeServes as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseCloneCreates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodRemoveEventHandlerDetaches the specified delegate from the Automation event.
Public methodToStringReturns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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  NameDescription
Public eventEventRaisedOccurs when the Automation event occurs.
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The following code example demonstrates how to handle Automation events.


Private Sub SearchEmail()

    UpdateStatusMessage("Searching Inbox for 'WindowsPhone'...")

    ' The following code demonstrates three ways to handle Automation 
    ' events. In Visual Basic, all three ways use the AutomationEvent class. 

    searchEvent =
        AutomationFactory.GetEvent(outlook, "AdvancedSearchComplete")

    ' The first way is demonstrated by the Handles clause of the 
    ' SearchEvent_EventRaised method, which requires the WithEvents modifier
    ' on the searchEvent variable declaration.

    ' The second way uses the AddHandler syntax with the EventRaised event,
    ' and does not require the WithEvents modifier. 
    ' AddHandler searchEvent.EventRaised, AddressOf SearchEvent_EventRaised

    ' The third way uses the AutomationEvent.AddEventHandler method, and
    ' requires the use of a delegate with an API signature that matches the
    ' Automation event. 
    ' searchEvent.AddEventHandler( 
    '   New AdvancedSearchCompleteDelegate(AddressOf SearchComplete))

    ' Begin the search.
    outlook.AdvancedSearch("Inbox",
        "urn:schemas:mailheader:subject ci_phrasematch 'WindowsPhone'",
        True, "SubjectSearch")

End Sub

Private WithEvents searchEvent As AutomationEvent

Sub SearchEvent_EventRaised(ByVal sender As Object,
    ByVal e As AutomationEventArgs) Handles searchEvent.EventRaised

    SearchComplete(e.Arguments(0))

End Sub

' Required only with the second two ways of handling Automation events. 
' Private Delegate Sub AdvancedSearchCompleteDelegate(ByRef search As Object)

' Note: Visual Basic does not support the use of custom delegates for 
' events with optional parameters. 

Private Sub SearchComplete(ByRef search As Object)

    Dim searchResults As New List(Of String)
    For Each result As Object In search.Results
        searchResults.Add(result.Subject)
    Next
    SetResultsList(searchResults)

End Sub


Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1

Windows Phone

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

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