Windows Match Rules

As you interrogate the application, Studio matches the name of the window form (Window Text) and detects the platform on which the application was built (.NET, Windows, and so on) and applies a default match rule. The default match rules applied depend on the base technology as follows.

Platform

Match Rules For the Application Form Window

.NET Application

(such as CRM.exe)

Window Text match rule

.NET Control Name match rule

Windows

such as Calc.exe)

Window Text match rule

Window Class Name match rule

Windows MFC

(such as Clarify.exe ver 5.1)

Window Text match rule

MFC Window Class Name match rule

As you interrogate the objects within the application, Studio uses the match rules best suited to uniquely identify the objects.

Default Match Rules

These default match rules apply to general application controls. For more information, see Match Rules Definitions.

.NET Control Name
.NET Control Type
.NET Window Class
Base Window Class Name
Control Children
Control ID
Control Label
MFC Window Class Name
Position
Window Class Name
Window Create Sequence
Window Style
Window Text