WindowOpened Event

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This section describes how to set an event to fire when a window opens, in order to obtain an instance of the window.

WindowOpenedEvent

Known Windows

A WindowOpened event belongs to the ServiceBase class. All windows opened in the desktop which are the direct descendants of Desktop arrive to the handler of this event. If a window has been identified properly according to the Repository, the appropriate object will be created and passed as a sender to the handler.

KnownWindows

It is possible to check whether a sender object comes from a specific type, and perform required operations.

Unknown Windows

All windows which were not identified also reach the handler, but the sender will be an instance of AutomationElement.

To access the AutomationElement instance:

1.Manually add the following reference to the project:

AddReference

2.Add the following using statement to the project code:

using System.Windows.Automation;

The AutomationElement instance has the following APIs to help identify the unknown window:

UnknownWindow1

In addition, the following APIs provide quick handling of unknown windows:

•This API tries to handle a dialog box by pressing a button located on the dialog. The dialog is identified by caption and inner text.

DialogBox.TryHandleDialogBox(object sender, string caption, string innerText, string buttonName)

•This API also tries to handle a dialog box by pressing a button located on the dialog. The dialog is identified by caption, className, and inner text.

DialogBox.TryHandleDialogBox(object sender, string className, string caption, string innerText, string buttonName)

UnknownWindow2