I need to get fullDescription property of a UI element using get_CurrentFullDescription method of UIAutomation library of c++ windows.
Issue is I have element as IUIAutomationElement
instead of IUIAutomationElement6
, get_CurrentFullDescription
can only be invoked on element with IUIAutomationElement6
type.
How can I convert IUIAutomationElement
to IUIAutomationElement6
?
I am using HandlePropertyChangedEvent
method to listen on changes in UI, which returns:
HRESULT HandlePropertyChangedEvent(
[in] IUIAutomationElement *sender,
[in] PROPERTYID propertyId,
[in] VARIANT newValue
);
Here, I need to access FullDescription property of sender
element coming from HandlePropertyChangedEvent
function.
@IInspectable mentioned QueryInterface hint in comments, based on that here is answer:
CComPtr<IUIAutomationElement> pElement;
// Code to initialize pElement goes here
CComPtr<IUIAutomationElement6> pElement6;
HRESULT hr = pElement->QueryInterface(&pElement6);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
// Use the pElement6 object here
}