TimeoutException when lookup for Silverlight child window

[Kristian Freed]

Hi,

I'm trying to automate Silverlight child windows using the free WebAii automation framework (latest available official release). I'm using the popup tracker provided in the Telerik.WebUI.PopupTracker assembly shipped with this build to track my child window in my application, which works without any indication of an error. However, when I try to find my child window by using app.Find.ByAutomationId("MyDialogAutomationId") and various other variations on that theme, I get a TimeoutException.

Is this a known issue, and if so, is there a workaround? Is there something else I have to do to make automation of Silverlight child windows possible?

Cheers,
Kristian

[Kiran]

Hi Kristian,

The childwindows and popups are in the App.Popups collection.

You can try the below

Button cancelButton = app.Popups.FirstOrDefault().VisualTree.Find.ByName<Button>("CancelButton");

Refer the below for reference
http://www.telerik.com/automated-testing-tools/community/forums/webui-test-studio-developer-edition/webaii-automation-framework/childwindow-automation-not-working.aspx

Thanks
Kiran

[Cody]

Hi Kristian Freed,

Can you share with us your code you're using for your Silverlight automation? I also wonder if you enabled Silverlight in the settings object. For example:

Settings settings = GetSettings();
// Override the settings you want. For example:
settings.EnableSilverlight = true;
// Now call Initialize again with your updated settings object
Initialize(settings, new TestContextWriteLine(this.TestContext.WriteLine));

Kind regards,
Cody
the Telerik team

[Kristian Freed]

I didn't realize the child windows were in a separate collection, now that I look for them in the right place everything works as expected. Thank you!