Exploring the Smart Office Visual Tree – Figuring out the Field Names V2

And the revised version that doesn’t exhibit the excessive memory consumption issue mentioned in my previous post.

import System;
import System.Text;
import System.Windows;
import System.Windows.Controls;
import System.Windows.Media;
import System.Windows.Media.Media3D;
import System.Reflection;
import MForms;

package MForms.JScript {
   class VTWalker {
      public function Init(element: Object, args: Object, controller : Object, debug : Object) 
      {
      		var sbBuilder : StringBuilder = new StringBuilder(5000);
      		// this is a grid that appears on our panel, interestingly it doesn't include some of the higher
      		// level controls on the main panel
         	var content : Object = controller.RenderEngine.Content;

			// to prove that we are indeed a Grid.
		  	//debug.WriteLine("content object type = " + content.GetType().ToString());
		  	
		  	var parent : Object = content;
		  	var lastParent : Object = content;

		  	// here we will loop UP the VisualTree seeking the top
		  	while(null != (parent = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(parent)))
		  	{
		  		lastParent = parent;
		  	}
		  	//debug.WriteLine(" ************ ");
		  	//debug.WriteLine(" ************ ");
		  	//debug.WriteLine("From Grid downwards");
		  	// output the tree from the Grid down, if you want to
		  	// go from the very highest Parent, then change content to lastParent
		  	displayChildren(sbBuilder, lastParent, 1, debug);
		  	debug.WriteLine(sbBuilder.ToString());
		  	// debug.WriteLine("Finished, debug object type = " + debug.GetType().ToString());
      }
      
      // displayChildren
      //  display information for each of the objects children
      //  recurse down the tree
      // parent - the object whose children we want to investigate
      // depth  - we keep track of the depth so we can indent our output to make reading easier
      // debug  - so we can output our data
      private function displayChildren(sbBuilder : StringBuilder, parent : Object, depth : int, debug : Object)
      {
      		try
      		{
	      		if(null != parent)
	      		{
	      			// get the type of our object, we do this
	      			// so we can check if the object inherits
	      			// from a DependencyObject
	      			var parentobjType : Type = parent.GetType();
	      			if(parentobjType.IsSubclassOf(DependencyObject) == true)
	      			{
	      				// loop through the children of this object
		      			for(var i=0; i < VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(parent);i++)
		      			{
		      				// retrieve the child object
		      				var current : Object = VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(parent,i);
		      				if(null != current)
		      				{
		      					// here we shall deterine the type of the new object
						  		var objType = current.GetType();
						  		// we're looking for the Name property, because
						  		// this is what I am interested in
						  		var objPropertyInfo = objType.GetProperty("Name");
						  		var objPropertyVisible = objType.GetProperty("Visibility");
						  		
						  		// strPadding allows us to indent
						  		var strPadding : String = "";
						  		for(var j = 0; j < (depth * 4); j++)
						  		{
						  			strPadding += " ";
						  		}
						  		
						  		// if objPropertyInfo is null then
						  		// we couldn't find the Name property
						  		if(null != objPropertyInfo)
						  		{
						  			// output the name of the object
						  			//debug.WriteLine(strPadding + "Object name: " + objPropertyInfo.GetValue(current));
						  			sbBuilder.Append(strPadding + "Object name: " + objPropertyInfo.GetValue(current));
						  			sbBuilder.Append(Environment.NewLine);
						  		}
						  		else
						  		{
						  			//debug.WriteLine(strPadding + "Object name: Unknown");
						  		}
						  		// output the objects type
						  		//debug.WriteLine(strPadding + "Object Type: " + objType.ToString());
						  		sbBuilder.Append(strPadding + "Object Type: " + objType.ToString());
						  		sbBuilder.Append(Environment.NewLine);
						  		
						  		if(null != objPropertyVisible)
						  		{
						  			//debug.WriteLine(strPadding + "Object Visibility: " + objPropertyVisible.GetValue(current).ToString());
						  			sbBuilder.Append(strPadding + "Object Visibility: " + objPropertyVisible.GetValue(current).ToString());
						  			sbBuilder.Append(Environment.NewLine);
						  		}
						  		
						  		// does the current object have any children?
						  		if(VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(current) >= 1)
						  		{
						  			// recurse down
						  			displayChildren(sbBuilder, current, depth+1, debug);
						  		}
		      				}
		      			}
	      			}
	      		}
      		}
      		catch(ex)
      		{
      			debug.WriteLine("!-! Exception: " + ex.Message + " " + ex.StackTrace);
      		}
      }
   }
}

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