An issue I have been running into while trying to automate our web application is that some controls appear to be blocked. I would get error messages like this:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension.FailedToPerformActionOnBlockedControlException:
Another control is blocking the control. Please make the blocked control visible and retry the action.
---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Exception from HRESULT: 0xF004F003
I removed some of the lines to keep the message short. The main point here is the text “Another control is blocking the control.”
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