SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLICIT CONFIGURABLE MESSAGE-QUEUE-BASED USER INTERFACE AUTOMATION SYNCHRONIZATION

Application 2612/DEL/2004 published 2006-11-17, filed 2004-12-31
A system and method for implicit synchronization of user interface automation code with code of a computer program. A synchronization API is called that hooks into the message-qucuc of windows corresponding to the user interface. The synchronization API relurns when the relevant thrcads corresponding to the windows and other system activities indicate that the message-queues are empty. The empty message-queues indicate that the user interface is idle and that the automation code may process its next action.

Applicant

1)MICROSOFT CORPORATION
:One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052, United States of America U.S.A.

Inventor

1)JOHN D. DOGGETT

International Info

Classification: G06F9/46

Priority Information

10/751,336 U.S.A. 2004-01-02