FAQs

Question

1.       Why are my changes in UIMap.Designer.cs are undone?

2.       How do I handle changes in my application – searchproperties, url etc.

 

Solution: UIMap.Designer.cs contents are re-generated from the uitest file everytime you generate code. If you want any customizations to search properties, create a method in UIMap.cs and call it before calling the methods in UIMap.Designer.cs.

Refer http://blogs.msdn.com/gautamg/archive/2009/12/21/understanding-the-code-generated-by-coded-ui-test-part-2.aspx

 

3.       How can I stop the contents of UIMap.Designer.cs from reverting back everytime I edit them?

 

Solution: Edit the xml file(UIMap.uitest) file with the new property values(Do it carefully and ensure you have a back up) and generate code again, the designer file will now reflect the changes made in xml.

We are working on a tool to make the editing of xml easier, though we don’t have any fixed timelines regarding its availability yet.

 

4.       Data driving a coded ui test.

 

Solution: Refer http://blogs.msdn.com/mathew_aniyan/archive/2009/03/17/data-driving-coded-ui-tests.aspx

 

5.       Is Silverlight(and other technologies supported)?

 

Solution: Please go through the matrix located at http://blogs.msdn.com/gautamg/archive/2010/01/07/platform-support-for-coded-ui-test-and-fast-forward-feature-of-test-runner.aspx

 

6.       How do I launch Coded UI Test Builder, the second time?

 

Solution: Right click from inside a test method and click Generate Code for Coded UI Test -> Use Coded UI Test Builder

 

7.       Upgraded from Beta 2 and seeing a bunch of errors. How I do I fix them.

 

Solution: Refer http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/0137d3e8-0adb-4549-aac7-59df340c48a8

 

8.       Playback doesn’t wait for the window to appear or Playback takes a long time to report a search failure.

 

Solution: Try using Playback.PlaybackSettings.ShouldSearchFailFast, Playback.PlaybackSettings.SearchTimeOut as required.

 

9.       Can I run coded ui tests on remote desktop?

 

Solution: You will need a active session for the CUIT to work. If you are using a VM then from the host machine use VMConnect to connect to VM and then you can lock the host machine.

 

10.   How to change the time taken between two actions?

 

Solution: Use Playback.PlaybackSettings.DelayBetweenActions.

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Answer 1

 

 

Some more information on each of the technology plugins, known issues, workarounds.

UITest framework	UITest framework in Visual Studio 2010 - Part 1 UITest framework in Visual Studio 2010 – Part 2
Details of each UI Framework Supported - Differences, Known Issues and Workarounds
Web	UITest framework – IE Plugin - Part 1 UITest framework – IE Plugin - Part 2
WinForms	UITest framework – Winforms Plugin - Part 1 UITest framework – Winforms Plugin - Part 2
WPF	UITest Framework – WPF Plugin – Part 1 UITest Framework – WPF Plugin – Part 2
SharePoint	UITest Framework - SharePoint support for VS 2010
MFC/Win32	UITest Framework – MFC support in VS 2010
Mozilla Firefox	UITest Framework – Mozilla Firefox support in VS 2010

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Answer 2

very useful stuff..

thanks

sam