Cannot Get Access to WPF Control

[ramckay]

Hello,
I added two TextBoxes to charttrader. I now want to access them from a darawing tool. I'm making an error in the code to access them. Here is what I've tried.

I don't know what to instantiate MyControl with in the first selection:

  
  foreach (DependencyObject item in MyControl)
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   Print(string.Format("AutomationId: {0} | item: {1}", System.Windows.Automation.AutomationProperties.GetAutomationId(item), item));

   if (System.Windows.Automation.AutomationProperties.GetAutomationId(item) == "MyObjectsAutomationId")

       Print("found my object");
}​

            chartTraderGrid = (chartWindow.FindFirst("ChartWindowChartTraderControl") as Gui.Chart.ChartTrader).Content as System.Windows.Controls.Grid;

            TextBox tb = chartTraderGrid.FindFirst("textBox00") as TextBox;
                  
            TextBox textBox01 = Window.GetWindow(ChartControl.Parent).FindFirst("textBox00") as TextBox;
​

The other attempts result in null. I've attached a screen shot of the controls as shown in Inspect.

Thanks in advance.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello ramckay,

Are you setting an automationId on the TextBox with System.Windows.Automation.AutomationProperties.Set AutomationId()?

[ramckay]

Hi Chelsea,
The answer is no. I had not set automation IDs. I added them and did repeated queries to locate the TextBoxes. For some reason, locating the controls is intermittent. The TextBoxes were placed into a grid which is added to the ChartTrader Grid. I gave the grid a UI ID as well. The location problem may have been related to running Snoop and Inspect repeatedly. NT often crashes when either of the apps are running. Will let you know if further problems develope.
Thanks,
Rod