Significance of Window Titles in Coded UI Test Playback
Jul 15, 2012Tapas Sahoo [MSFT]
Summary
This post explains the control search mechanism in Coded UI Test playback, detailing how window titles are used to locate top-level windows and their child controls. It describes the two-phase search heuristic and the impact of dynamic window title changes on test playback. The post also highlights a bug fix in VS2011 RC that simplifies the process of updating window titles for controls within a top-level window.
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