Tutorial/References for Microsoft's UI Automation

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Edan Maor picture Edan Maor · Oct 13, 2009 · Viewed 16.5k times · Source

I recently implemented a program using the Microsoft Accessibility API, but have since been told that the new UI Automation has replaced it. Seems like it would be a good investment for next time to learn the newer tool for the job.

So, what are the best references, and hopefully actual tutorials, for programming UI Automation? Specifically, I'm looking for programming "client" applications, i.e. the ones doing the accessing to other program's UI, not just providing access to my own UI.

Answer

Samuel Jack picture Samuel Jack · Oct 23, 2009

I published a tutorial An introduction to UI Automation - with Spooky Spirographs that has been quite popular.

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