Clear Control Cache in VS Coded UI

Question

Hi,

How can I clear control cache so that for the next run, the test searches freshly?

SearchConfiguration.AlwaysSerach is one option but apart from this, is there any other way in coding to clear cache?

Answer 1

Hi,

How can I clear control cache so that for the next run, the test searches freshly other than Searchconfiguration.alwayssearch?

Answer 2

Hello,

Are you facing a specific issue that you're trying to resolve by clearing the search cache ?

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Issamo san

Answer 3

Ya san, when I am using searchconfiguration.alwayssearch setting in UIMap.cs class constructor, the test execution is consuming alot of time.

Hence is there any option to clear the control cache in the coding?

Answer 4

Hi madhuou18,

The playback engine has a static method for cleanup could help with this. Also the extra time cost during execution  maybe related with smart search, you could disable this depend on your test required.

Here are the links for you, hope this could help:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualstudio.testtools.uitesting.playback.cleanup.aspx
  For Playback.Cleanup().

• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vstsqualitytools/archive/2011/07/06/improving-the-performance-of-your-coded-ui-tests.aspx
  For disable smart search.

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Tony Xiao [MSFT]
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