AutomationElement.GetSupportedProperties Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Automation

Assembly:: UIAutomationClient.dll

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Retrieves the identifiers of properties supported by the element.

public:
 cli::array <System::Windows::Automation::AutomationProperty ^> ^ GetSupportedProperties();

public System.Windows.Automation.AutomationProperty[] GetSupportedProperties ();

member this.GetSupportedProperties : unit -> System.Windows.Automation.AutomationProperty[]

Public Function GetSupportedProperties () As AutomationProperty()

Returns

AutomationProperty[]

An array of supported property identifiers.

Examples

The following example shows how to retrieve the properties supported by an AutomationElement.

AutomationProperty[] properties = element.GetSupportedProperties();
foreach (AutomationProperty prop in properties)
{
    Console.WriteLine(prop.ProgrammaticName);
    Console.WriteLine(Automation.PropertyName(prop));
}

Dim properties As AutomationProperty() = element.GetSupportedProperties()
Dim prop As AutomationProperty
For Each prop In properties
    Console.WriteLine(prop.ProgrammaticName)
    Console.WriteLine(Automation.PropertyName(prop))
Next prop

Remarks

The returned array identifies all the properties supported by this element; however, it can also contain duplicate entries or properties that contain null or empty values. For most purposes it is better to use GetCurrentPropertyValue to determine whether a property is currently supported and to get its current value.

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