ComboBoxItems not found when using ControlTemplate

[donovan]

Hello

I'm having an issue where the ComboBoxItems are not being recognized in Silverlight. I am using a standard ComboBox with the attached style.

Other Combo Boxes seem to work find but this one uses a Control template with some additional features. When I view it in SilverlightSpy I can see the items fine (see attached).

My code
            var combo = _silverlightApp.Find.ByName<ComboBox>("cbFacilityTypes");
            //Items = null

I have tired 
            combo.Find.ByType<ComboBoxItem>();
            combo.Find.ByType<TextBox>();
            combo.IsDropDownOpen = true;            
            combo.Refresh();
            combo.ItemsPopup.Refresh();
           //looping through children the ScrollContentPresenter is always empty.
           //in the screen I can see it expanding the right combo but it just cant find any of the child controls but I can see them in SilverlightSpy

Any help much appreciated
Thanks

[donovan]

Apologies seems this was posted twice.

I have a work around :) 

var cb = _silverlightApp.Find.ByName<ComboBox>("cbFacilityTypes");
cb.IsDropDownOpen = true;
_silverlightApp.RefreshVisualTrees();
var cb = _silverlightApp.Find.ByName<ComboBox>("cbFacilityTypes");
//now has items

[Konstantin Petkov]

Hello,

No problem about the duplicate!

As to the code, it looks just fine. The RefreshVisualTrees() method takes care of updating all the popups within the scope of the element (MS ComboBox in this case) so that the test code can proceed with the up to date visual tree.

Regards,
Konstantin Petkov
Telerik