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How to use StartApplication method of FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.UITestBase class
Best FlaUI code snippet using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.UITestBase.StartApplication
CalculatorTests.cs
Source:CalculatorTests.cs 
...51 Keyboard.Type(VirtualKeyShort.KEY_E);52 }53 }5455 protected override Application StartApplication()56 {57 if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows10())58 {59 // Use the store application on those systems60 return Application.LaunchStoreApp("Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App");61 }62 if (OperatingSystem.IsWindowsServer2016())63 {64 // The calc.exe on this system is just a stub which launches win32calc.exe65 return Application.Launch("win32calc.exe");66 }67 return Application.Launch("calc.exe");68 }69 }
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UITestBase.cs
Source:UITestBase.cs
...26 {27 return UtilityMethods.GetAutomation(AutomationType);28 }2930 protected override Application StartApplication()31 {32 Application app;33 switch (ApplicationType)34 {35 case TestApplicationType.WinForms:36 app = Application.Launch(Path.Combine(TestContext.CurrentContext.TestDirectory, @"..\..\TestApplications\WinFormsApplication\bin\WinFormsApplication.exe"));37 break;38 case TestApplicationType.Wpf:39 app = Application.Launch(Path.Combine(TestContext.CurrentContext.TestDirectory, @"..\..\TestApplications\WpfApplication\bin\WpfApplication.exe"));40 break;41 default:42 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException();43 }44 app.WaitWhileMainHandleIsMissing();
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StartApplication
Using AI Code Generation
1using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;2using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Application;3using NUnit.Framework;4{5 {6 private ITestApplication _app;7 public void Setup()8 {9 _app = StartApplication("C:\\Windows\\system32\\calc.exe");10 }11 public void Test()12 {13 Assert.That(_app, Is.Not.Null);14 }15 public void TearDown()16 {17 _app.Close();18 }19 }20}21using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;22using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Application;23using NUnit.Framework;24{25 {26 private ITestApplication _app;27 public void Setup()28 {29 _app = StartApplication("C:\\Windows\\system32\\calc.exe", "1 + 2", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10), true, true, true);30 }31 public void Test()32 {33 Assert.That(_app, Is.Not.Null);34 }35 public void TearDown()36 {37 _app.Close();38 }39 }40}
StartApplication
Using AI Code Generation
1using System;2using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;3using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Elements;4using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Enums;5using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Interfaces;6using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Patterns;7using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Tools;8using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows;9using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements;10using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Interfaces;11using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Patterns;12using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Tools;13using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows;14using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;15using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Patterns;16using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Tools;17using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows;18using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;19using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Patterns;20using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Tools;21using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows;22using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;23using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Patterns;24using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Tools;25using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows;26using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;27using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Patterns;28using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Tools;29using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows;30using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;31using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Patterns;32using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Tools;33using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows;34using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;35using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Patterns;
StartApplication
Using AI Code Generation
1using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;2using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Application;3using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Elements;4using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Elements.Interfaces;5using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Patterns;6using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Patterns.Interfaces;7{8 {9 public TestApplication()10 {11 }12 public TestApplication(string path)13 : base(path)14 {15 }16 protected override void Initialize()17 {18 Window = new TestApplicationWindow(FindMainWindow());19 }20 public TestApplicationWindow Window { get; private set; }21 }22}23using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;24using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Application;25using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Elements;26using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Elements.Interfaces;27using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Patterns;28using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Patterns.Interfaces;29{30 {31 public TestApplicationWindow(AutomationElementBase automationElement)32 : base(automationElement)33 {34 }35 public ITestApplicationWindow TestApplicationWindow => this;36 public IButton Button => GetChild<TestApplicationWindow, Button>(new ButtonId());37 public IButton Button2 => GetChild<TestApplicationWindow, Button>(new ButtonId());38 public IButton Button3 => GetChild<TestApplicationWindow, Button>(new ButtonId());39 public IButton Button4 => GetChild<TestApplicationWindow, Button>(new ButtonId());40 public IButton Button5 => GetChild<TestApplicationWindow, Button>(new ButtonId());41 public IButton Button6 => GetChild<TestApplicationWindow, Button>(new ButtonId());42 public IButton Button7 => GetChild<TestApplicationWindow, Button>(new ButtonId());43 public IButton Button8 => GetChild<TestApplicationWindow, Button>(new ButtonId());44 public IButton Button9 => GetChild<TestApplicationWindow, Button>(new ButtonId());
StartApplication
Using AI Code Generation
1using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;2using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Attributes;3using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Elements;4using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Interfaces;5using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Patterns;6using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Patterns.Interfaces;7using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows;8using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Interfaces;9using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements;10using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Interfaces;11using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows;12using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Interfaces;13using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows;14using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;15using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows;16using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;17using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows;18using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;19using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows;20using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;21using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows;22using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;23using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows;24using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;25using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows;26using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;27using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows;28using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.WindowElements.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Windows.Interfaces;
StartApplication
Using AI Code Generation
1using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;2using System;3using System.Collections.Generic;4using System.Linq;5using System.Text;6using System.Threading.Tasks;7{8 {9 public StartApplicationTest()10 {11 StartApplication("notepad.exe");12 }13 }14}15using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;16using System;17using System.Collections.Generic;18using System.Linq;19using System.Text;20using System.Threading.Tasks;21{22 {23 public StartApplicationTest()24 {25 StartApplication("notepad.exe", "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents");26 }27 }28}29using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;30using System;31using System.Collections.Generic;32using System.Linq;33using System.Text;34using System.Threading.Tasks;35{36 {37 public StartApplicationTest()38 {39 StartApplication("notepad.exe", "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents", "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\test.txt");40 }41 }42}43using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;44using System;45using System.Collections.Generic;46using System.Linq;47using System.Text;48using System.Threading.Tasks;49{50 {51 public StartApplicationTest()52 {53 StartApplication("notepad.exe", "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents", "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\test.txt", "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\test.txt");54 }55 }56}
StartApplication
Using AI Code Generation
1using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;2using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Elements;3using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows;4using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements;5using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls;6using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.Button;7using FlaUI.UIA3;8using FlaUI.Core;9using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.TextBox;10using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.ComboBox;11using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.CheckBox;12using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.RadioButton;13using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.Menu;14using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.MenuBar;15using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.MenuItem;16using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.MenuItems;17using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.Tab;18using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.TabItem;19using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.Tree;20using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.TreeItem;21using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGrid;22using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridCell;23using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridRow;24using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridItem;25using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridHeader;26using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridHeaderItem;27using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridHeaderItems;28using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridHeaders;29using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridHeadersItem;30using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridHeadersItems;31using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridHeadersRow;32using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridHeadersRows;33using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridHeadersRowsItem;34using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework.Windows.Elements.Controls.DataGridHeadersRowsItems;
StartApplication
Using AI Code Generation
1{2 {3 public Application StartApplication(string applicationPath, string arguments = null)4 {5 var processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(applicationPath) { Arguments = arguments };6 return Application.Launch(processStartInfo);7 }8 }9}10using FlaUI.Core.UITests.TestFramework;11using NUnit.Framework;12{13 {14 public void ShouldBeAbleToOpenCalculator()15 {16 var application = StartApplication(@"C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe");17 var window = application.GetMainWindow();18 Assert.That(window, Is.Not.Null);19 }20 }21}
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