When using pattern it works normally in windows 10 but failing in window 11.

[chandanKumar872]

Hi,

Related to Desktop UI Automation, I am facing issue when trying to find control using pattern it work normally in Windows 10 but failing in Window 11.

An exception occurred in the Test Case Execution.
- Exception message: 'Element not available'
- Exception callstack: ' at System.Windows.Automation.AutomationElement.GetCurrentPropertyValue(AutomationProperty property, Boolean ignoreDefaultValue)
at System.Windows.Automation.AutomationElement.GetCurrentPropertyValue(AutomationProperty property)
at System.Windows.Automation.AutomationElement.GetPropertyValue(AutomationProperty property, Boolean cached)
at System.Windows.Automation.AutomationElement.AutomationElementInformation.get_IsOffscreen()
at Rexroth.TestAutomation.TestFramework.UIAutomationX.Controls.Control.get_Visible() in

Notes: Some APIs of AutomationElement like GetCurrentPropertyValue,... has the same issue and all of them throws same exception Element not available'

OS Information:
Name: Microsoft Windows 11

Version 22H2

Could any one please let me know that AutomationClient library officially support in Windows 11 yet ?
Please help me and let me know how to resolve this exception.

Thanks,
Chandan Kumar

[shkurski]

@chandanKumar872 If I may ask, how did you get it working on Windows 10? An attempt to instantiate winrt::Windows::UI::UIAutomation::Core::CoreAutomationRemoteOperation fails with REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG even though MSDN says:

Device family
Windows 10, version 2104 (introduced in 10.0.20348.0)
API contract
Windows.UI.UIAutomation.UIAutomationContract (introduced in v1.0)

and these version requirements seem to be satisfied.