Archive for December, 2011

How To: Search thru a Container for a Desired Control

This is a technique I use a lot to sift through a given container in order to find a desired control.  This is particular useful for “unsupported” controls where the CUIT Builder and associated search functions don’t work properly on these controls.
In many cases, the CUITB just gets confused about the hierarchy of a given [...]


Excellent Resource for Coded UI Test Development

I stumbled across this article today.  It is entitled “Troubleshooting Record and Playback issues with Coded UI Tests”.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tapas_sahoos_blog/archive/2011/11/07/troubleshooting-record-and-playback-issues-in-coded-ui-test.aspx
The techniques entailed in the article follow many of the same techniques I use myself while working through these sorts of problems.  The difference being that I had to figure all that stuff out on my own.  In [...]