How to perform own assertions with coded UI testing

Question

Hello,

I'm working with the visual studio 2010 codedUI tests.

I want to be able to perform a little more than i can at the moment.

e.g. I can can Assert if a particular field "AreEqual" to or "Contains" etc, but i want to do more.

eg, i want to check if the field contains a numerical value within it. I edited the UIMap.Designer.cs and was able to achieve what i wanted.

The only problem is is that this file gets overwritten when new test are added.

so my question is how can i "fiddle" with fields/stings in the UI and implement my own assertions on them?

Thanks

Answer 1

I was told that the solution in "Coded UI" was to create your own libraries and then twitch your new test cases accordingly.

Haven't tried it, though.