If (automationElement.TryGetClickablePoint(out somePoint)) Public static void MoveTo(this AutomationElement automationElement) Public static class AutomationElementExtensions Var closeButtonElement = saveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope.Descendants, new Propert圜ondition(AutomationElement.NameProperty, 'Close')) If (('Address:'))Ĭonsole.WriteLine( + + fileName) // Parse out the file name from this concatenation here! Var toolbarElements = saveAsWindow.FindAll(TreeScope.Descendants, new Propert圜ondition(AutomationElement.ControlTypeProperty, ControlType.ToolBar)) įoreach (AutomationElement element in toolbarElements) Var saveAsWindow = windowAutomationElement.FindFirst(TreeScope.Descendants, new Propert圜ondition(AutomationElement.ControlTypeProperty, ControlType.Window)) Var saveAsMenuElement = fileMenuElement.FindFirst(TreeScope.Descendants, new Propert圜ondition(AutomationElement.NameProperty, 'Save As.')) MenuElements = fileMenuElement.FindAll(TreeScope.Descendants, new Propert圜ondition(AutomationElement.ControlTypeProperty, ControlType.MenuItem)) A better way to handle it is probably to run the FindAll in the next line in a loop that breaks when menuElements is no longer null. Thread.Sleep(800) // Sleeping an arbitrary amount here since we must wait for the file menu to appear before the next line can find the menuItems. Var menuElements = windowAutomationElement.FindAll(TreeScope.Descendants, new Propert圜ondition(AutomationElement.ControlTypeProperty, ControlType.MenuItem)) ĪutomationElement fileMenuElement = null įoreach (AutomationElement element in menuElements) String fileName = p.MainWindowTitle // get file name from notepad titleĪutomationElement windowAutomationElement = AutomationElement.FromHandle(p.MainWindowHandle) Process localByName = Process.GetProcessesByName('notepad') Static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd) It's ugly but it works! Note: Intall the Microsoft.TestApi nuget package, and add references to WindowsBase, System.Drawing, UIAutomationClient, and UIAutomationTypes.

dialog to get the file path of the currently opened file.

You can achieve this with a combination of Microsoft TestApi and UIAutomation. For fun, I tried to create a solution that will work in all cases. Xenon's answer is definitely the best if you didn't open the file via File-> Open in notepad.

Simple notepad save location