pywinauto | Windows GUI Automation with Python (based on text properties) | Automation library

I made a simple script, turned it into an exe but the final output using auto py to exe with one directory mode was 170 mb, with one file mode it was 64 mb. Thats insane, anyway I can only copy the parts of libraries that my script needs?

EDIT: My script is simple, this is it The libraries are tkinter, keyboard, pyautogui, pywinauto and time.

Following the Opening pdf file question

I am looking for a way to also command Adobe Acrobat Reader to save the file programmatically using Python.

I am not looking for the pikepdf way of saving the file.

Reason: This PDF file, created with fill-pdf, needs to go through special formatting done by Acrobat Reader upon opening. Upon exit Acrobat Reader asks whether to save the formatting it did, I need this "Yes, Save" to be via code.

Edit: How to proceed from here using pywinauto?

I am using type_keys() on a combobox to upload files via a file dialog. As mentioned in similar SO posts, this function omits certain special characters in the text that it actually types into the combobox. I'm resolving this by simply replacing every "specialchar" in that string with "{specialchar}". So far I've found the need to replace the following chars: + ^ % ( ).

I'm wondering where I can find the complete list of characters that require this treatment. I don't think it's this list because I'm not seeing, for example, the % symbol there. I also tried checking keyboard.py from the keyboard library but I don't know if it can be found there.

PS. I realize that instead of using type_keys(), for example, using send_keys() or set_edit_text(), the escaping of special characters might be done for me automatically. However, for various reasons, it looks like type_keys() works the best for my particular file dialog/situation.

Thanks

My very simple pywinauto code runs smoothly on VS code until recently. In the last few days I didn't manage to run this code in VS code (always get an ElementNotFound exception) while the exact same code runs successfully in CMD.

Why is that?

EDIT: Managed to overcome this - had to add wait() after application connect.

I am trying to create a Python script that will automatically fill the Journal Article details in "Create Source" dialog box of Microsoft Word with the provided data.

Basically, I want to fill the Input boxes programatically with variables containing the appropriate data for "Author", "Title" "Journal Name", "Year" etc.

I am trying to select these boxes by using Pywinauto. I have successfully connected Microsoft Word and Selected the "Create Source" dialg box using the following code:

app = Application(backend='uia').connect(title='Document1 - Word')

createSource = app.Document1Word.window(title='Create Source').print_control_identifiers()

The snippet from the Control Identifiers from the above code"

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I am trying to automate some of my office work and am new to pywinauto. By running print_control_identifiers() I got the following in my application. How can I, for instance, access and click "Button - 'Open Project File'" which is under Toolbar?

Edited:

@Vasily Ryabov -thank you for your comment. I have added some code snippet below (commented line also works for me)

I'm trying to automate an application on Python that deal with browser window.
I need to add applications to a list after I open then, so I can go back to their window at anytime easily.

From the code below I'm able to get the application: pywinauto.application.Application object at 0x0000020C78574FA0

But if I try to add to a list from the command applications.extend(app) I get the error:

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.

Then I want to loop through all data in the column WebBrowser from the dataframe in order to set focus and activate this windows to the front, and then resize.

But I'm getting an error when I try the following command app.set_focus(): AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'set_focus'.

Note: I don't know how to resize yet, I stopped in a step before, but if someone could give me a hint I'd appreciate it.

My code:

I am using pywinauto to open a application and closing the dialogue box. I am able to do that but i want to check for the dialogue box from the time I start the application until the app closes..what is the best way to implement that?