Windows GUI automation library written in Python
Questions tagged [pywinauto]
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pytest - Windows fatal exception: code 0x8001010d
I am trying to run a GUI test using pytest and pywinauto. When I run the code normally, it does not complain.
However, when I am doing it via pytest, it throws a bunch of errors:
Windows fatal exception: code 0x8001010d
Note that the code still…
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How to get a list of the name of every open window?
How do I get a list of the name/text of all opened windows?
I tried pywinauto:
pywinauto.findwindows.find_windows(title_re="*")
but using * as a regex raises an error
I tried win32gui:
It…
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Cannot import pywinauto on Windows 10
I installed pywinauto using pip install pywinauto.
OS: Windows 10
Python: 3.6.2
When I run python and try to import pywinauto, I get the error:
Python 3.6.2 (v3.6.2:5fd33b5, Jul 8 2017, 04:57:36) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help",…
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PyWinAuto still useful?
I've been playing with PyWinAuto today and having fun automating all sorts GUI tests. I was wondering if it is still state of the art or if there might be something else (also free) which does windows rich client automation better.
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Pywinauto: unable to bring window to foreground
Working on the Python-powered automation tool.
Imagine there is a pool of apps running:
APPS_POOL = ['Chrome', 'SomeApp', 'Foo']
The script runs in the loop (every second) and needs to switch randomly between them:
# Init App object
app =…
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Using PyWinAuto to control a currently running application
Using the following code I can find that the currently running window I want to connect is named "Trade Monitor" how do i successfull connect to it? Using the app.start_ method does not work.
from pywinauto import…
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Python - Control window with pywinauto while the window is minimized or hidden
What I'm trying to do:
I'm trying to create a script in python with pywinauto to automatically install notepad++ in the background (hidden or minimized), notepad++ is just an example since I will edit it to work with other software.
Problem:
The…
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How can i find available dialogs ,controls of an application in pywinauto?
I am using pywinauto in windows 7 and I am searching for a way to find the available dialogs and controls of an application.The following is an example:
from pywinauto import application
import…
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Press key with pywinauto
Extremely straightforward question.
Just want to press a keyboard key. Like enter, using pywin auto. I don't want to press it in the context of any application window.
Just a raw keypress of a keyboard key, like a or enter or backspace.
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Pywinauto timings waiting 0.5 seconds instead of immediate
I have the following Pywinauto code and timings waiting is 0.5 seconds instead of immediate. How to get itimmediately?
To click a button and go to the next message:
from pywinauto import application, timings, mouse
import time
app =…
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Pywinauto - Can't connect to office documents using the UIA backend
I'm having an unusual problem lately that when I open some excel/word document and try to connect to it's process using -
app = pywinauto.Application(backend="uia").connect(process=19812)
It seems not to work, meaning that app.is_process_running()…
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Interacting with buttons/macros inside excel automatically
I'm trying to find a way to make a python script that finds all the buttons/checkboxes inside an excel document and interacts with them randomly.
I've tried using pywinauto, but it doesn't find the actual objects inside the document (probably…
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what is the best way to start google chrome and input a web address by pywinauto
I learn from blog (http://technapstar.blogspot.fi/2014/07/automation-with-pywinauto.html) about starting google chrome and input a web address by pywinauto as the following way:
Python 3.6.1rc1 (v3.6.1rc1^0:e0fbe5feee4f9c00f09eb9659c2182183036261a,…
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pywinauto wait for window to appear and send key-press
I'm trying to make a small function that will wait until a certain window appear and then send a key-press (alt+i), i've been trying to do this with pywinauto but with no success.
from what i've read in the documantation i can…
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Pywinauto: How to resize active window
I'm trying to automate some windows tasks and I got a dataframe of all windows opens, and then I added some more coluns in order to make some validations before proceed with the automation.
After I activate a window from set_focus() function, I'm…
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