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AutomationProperty Class

Identifies a property of an AutomationElement.

System.Object
  System.Windows.Automation.AutomationIdentifier
    System.Windows.Automation.AutomationProperty

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

'Declaration
Public Class AutomationProperty _
	Inherits AutomationIdentifier

The AutomationProperty type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public propertyIdGets the underlying numerical identifier. (Inherited from AutomationIdentifier.)
Public propertyProgrammaticNameGets the registered programmatic name. (Inherited from AutomationIdentifier.)
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  NameDescription
Public methodCompareToCompares this AutomationIdentifier with another AutomationIdentifier. (Inherited from AutomationIdentifier.)
Public methodEqualsReturns a value indicating whether the supplied AutomationIdentifier is equivalent to this AutomationIdentifier. (Inherited from AutomationIdentifier.)
Protected methodFinalizeAllows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetHashCodeReturns the hash code for this UI Automation identifier. (Inherited from AutomationIdentifier.)
Public methodGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodStatic memberLookupByIdRetrieves an AutomationProperty that encapsulates a specified numerical identifier.
Protected methodMemberwiseCloneCreates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodToStringReturns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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This class identifies properties, not the values of properties. Static objects of this type are found as fields of AutomationElement and control pattern classes.

The following example adds a property-changed event handler, and the handler checks the Property member of the event arguments to determine the property that has been changed.



Dim propChangeHandler As AutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler

''' <summary>
''' Adds a handler for property-changed event; in particular, a change in the enabled state.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="element">The UI Automation element whose state is being monitored.</param>
Public Sub SubscribePropertyChange(ByVal element As AutomationElement)
    propChangeHandler = _
        New AutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler(AddressOf OnPropertyChange)
    Automation.AddAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler(element, TreeScope.Element, _
        propChangeHandler, AutomationElement.IsEnabledProperty)

End Sub 'SubscribePropertyChange



''' <summary>
''' Handler for property changes.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="src">The source whose properties changed.</param>
''' <param name="e">Event arguments.</param>
Private Sub OnPropertyChange(ByVal src As Object, ByVal e As AutomationPropertyChangedEventArgs) 
    Dim sourceElement As AutomationElement = DirectCast(src, AutomationElement)
    If e.Property Is AutomationElement.IsEnabledProperty Then
        Dim enabled As Boolean = CBool(e.NewValue)
        ' TODO: Do something with the new value. 
        ' The element that raised the event can be identified by its runtime ID property.
    Else
    End If
 ' TODO: Handle other property-changed events.
End Sub 'OnPropertyChange


Public Sub UnsubscribePropertyChange(ByVal element As AutomationElement)
    If (propChangeHandler IsNot Nothing) Then
        Automation.RemoveAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler(element, propChangeHandler)
    End If

End Sub 'UnsubscribePropertyChange



.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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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