CEF Window Automation

[Jhartje]

I have been trying to find a way to automate a CEF window that is imbedded in a WPF window.
It turns out the solution is quit simple. All you need to do is start the application that contains the CEF control with the DebuggerPort set to 8081.

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Run, TargetPath -remote-debugging-port=8081

Then you can access the controls in the CEF control using ACC.
You will need the ACC.ahk which you can find here https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=40590&p=185259&hilit=acc+viewer#p185259

[burque505]

@Jhartje, that sounds very interesting. Do you have a sample script you can share?
Regards,
burque505

[Jhartje]

Nothing in depth at this time as we are still working through some issues with accessing this port on a remote server and having the port reopen when the application is closed. But something like this works just fine.
Open the application with the remote debugging port set to 8081. Do your things to open the CEF window and then get your objects. The code below will get the only checkbox in the CEF window and the check it.

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ChromeLegacyWindow := Winexist("Chrome_WidgetWin_01")
AccChromewin := Acc_Get("Object", "4", 0, "ahk_id " ChromeLegacyWindow)
AccCheckBox := GetElementByRole(AccChromewin, "check box")
AccCheckBox.AccDoDefaultAction()


GetElementByRole(AccObj, Role) {
   if (Acc_GetRoleText(AccObj.accRole(0)) = Role)
      return AccObj
   
   for k, v in Acc_Children(AccObj)
      if IsObject(obj := GetElementByRole(v, Role))
         return obj
}