CreatePeerForElement Method

FrameworkElementAutomationPeer.CreatePeerForElement Method

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. ]

Creates a FrameworkElementAutomationPeer for the specified UIElement.

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

'Declaration
Public Shared Function CreatePeerForElement ( _
	element As UIElement _
) As AutomationPeer

Parameters

element
Type: System.Windows.UIElement
The UIElement that is associated with this FrameworkElementAutomationPeer.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

element is Nothing.

This FrameworkElementAutomationPeer remains in memory until the associated UIElement is destroyed.

The same instance of the FrameworkElementAutomationPeer is returned from subsequent calls to this method and to calls to FromElement. The type of the peer is determined by the OnCreateAutomationPeer virtual callback. If UIElement does not implement the callback, no FrameworkElementAutomationPeer is created and this method returns Nothing.

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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