Is XamlFindExpression applicable to WPF Desktop applications?

[Georgi]

Is this location method applicable for WPF Desktop applications?

I am asking this question because it is defined under namespace 'ArtOfTest.WebAii.Silverlight', and it does not seems to work.

Here is my test.

Consider this call:

Console.WriteLine(profit.Find.ByName<Button>("PART_BuyButton").ToXml());

It returns:

​<tradebutton Name="PART_BuyButton" Uid="10313144">
  <button Uid="38447936">
    <grid Name="grid" Uid="25709437">
      <border Name="Regular" Uid="30058349" />
      <border Name="OverlayRegular" Uid="2089687" />
      <border Name="OverlayHover" Uid="18807190" />
      <border Name="Pressed" Uid="35046986" />
      <border Name="Disabled" Uid="46987420" />
      <border Name="ContentHolder" Uid="20233597">
        <contentpresenter Uid="47884646">
          <textblock Uid="28308632">Buy</textblock>
        </contentpresenter>
      </border>
    </grid>
  </button>
</tradebutton>


While the next one returns null:

Console.WriteLine(profit.Find.ByExpression(new XamlFindExpression("TagName=tradebutton")));

Is this:

  - a bug
  - unsupported feature
  - error on my side?

[Boyan Boev]

Hi Georgi,

Thank you for contacting us.

You should make a slight change in your code. There is no TagName in WPF. Please change TagName with XamlTag:

Console.WriteLine(profit.Find.ByExpression(new XamlFindExpression("XamlTag=tradebutton")));

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Boyan Boev
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