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Marlene Karlapp
Marlene Karlapp

Reputation: 11

AutomationElement in flash

I'm using the AutomationElement-Class to find a chat in a flash application (BigBlueButton, http://demo.bigbluebutton.org, I'm testing it there) in a browser (firefox). It seems to work as long as no new messages appear. Every time a new Message comes in, the UI updates the AutomationElement which a) can't find the chat or b) the AutomationElement describes the chat contains no messages. Before a new message arrives it seems to work. I can access the messages.

My Code so far:

    private void getLastChatMessage(){
    System.Diagnostics.Process[] p = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("Firefox");
    AutomationElement au = AutomationElement.FromHandle(p[0].MainWindowHandle);

    PropertyCondition chatCond = new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.NameProperty, "Message Box");
    Condition listCond = new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.ControlTypeProperty, ControlType.List);
    AndCondition listAChatCond = new AndCondition(listCond, chatCond);

    AutomationElement chatArea = au.FindFirst(TreeScope.Descendants, listAChatCond);
    if (chatArea == null)
    {
        System.Console.WriteLine("chatArea == null");
        return;
    }
    System.Console.WriteLine("name: {0}", chatArea.Current.Name);
    PropertyCondition messageCond = new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.IsEnabledProperty, true);
    AutomationElementCollection chatMessages = chatArea.FindAll(TreeScope.Children, messageCond);
    if (chatMessages.Count > 0)
    {
        String lastMessage = chatMessages[chatMessages.Count - 1].Current.Name;
        System.Console.WriteLine("lastMessage: {0}", lastMessage);
    }
    else
    {
        System.Console.WriteLine("chatMessages.Count <= 0");
    }
}

Has anybody an idea how to get the chat after a UI update?

I tested it with the MS inspect-tool (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd318521%28v=vs.85%29.aspx). If a new chat message comes in and I refresh the tree I also didn't see the new message. The same happens if I'm testing this with the internet explorer. If I'm collapsing the whole tree of the application and the I go again to the messages I see the new message. Sometimes I can't see the whole tree after I have collapsed the tree. Then I have to restart the browser. Does anybody know how I can get the new message whit my program? How (and why) does the inspect-tool get better results?

Greetings

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