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                                                                                    • Find the elements that match the given query arguments .
                                                                                      • Generate an element tree
                                                                                        • Resolves the search criteria .
                                                                                          • Perform a click .
                                                                                            • Finds the closest non - text control that is not a non - text control
                                                                                              • Parses the given string and returns an array of keys .
                                                                                                • Calculates best match for a given sequence .
                                                                                                  • Gets the menu path .
                                                                                                    • Sets the properties for a given child element
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                                                                                                      pywinauto Key Features

                                                                                                      Windows GUI Automation with Python (based on text properties)

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                                                                                                      Trending Discussions on pywinauto

                                                                                                      How can I fix ModuleNotFoundError?
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                                                                                                      Open and save a PDF file using Acrobat Reader in the background using Python
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                                                                                                      Pywinauto fails in VS Code and Succeeds in CMD
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                                                                                                      QUESTION

                                                                                                      How can I fix ModuleNotFoundError?
                                                                                                      Asked 2022-Apr-09 at 15:52

                                                                                                      I've installed pywinauto via pip in the command prompt (with admin). When run in Microsoft Visual Studio Code, the code runs fine. However, when I attempt to run in Spyder (through anaconda) I am confronted with the error message below. I'm trying to use this script for app automation, but can't seem to get past this first step. I looked up the github and it gave what I believe to be an answer here: https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32#:~:text=A%20very%20common,version%20%2D%20eg%2C%20%2239%22), however I don't know how to execute this or if it's the actual answer.

                                                                                                      Code:

                                                                                                         from pywinauto import Application
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                         app = Application()
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      Error Message:

                                                                                                      Traceback (most recent call last):

                                                                                                      File "C:\Users(redacted)\Documents\Canvaauto.py", line 1, in from pywinauto import Application # upper 'A'

                                                                                                      ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pywinauto'

                                                                                                      ANSWER

                                                                                                      Answered 2022-Apr-09 at 15:52

                                                                                                      I had determined that the version of python I was attempting to use (3.10) was unsupported by pywinauto and so I tried again with Python 3.8. Thank you to everyone who offered an answer to this.

                                                                                                      Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71791654

                                                                                                      QUESTION

                                                                                                      How to turn python to exe with only needed parts of library?
                                                                                                      Asked 2022-Mar-25 at 07:47

                                                                                                      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.

                                                                                                      ANSWER

                                                                                                      Answered 2022-Mar-25 at 05:12

                                                                                                      Use pyinstaller to convert python files to exe.

                                                                                                      Installation: pip install pyinstaller

                                                                                                      Convert (in Terminal): pyinstaller --onefile "path_to_file.py"

                                                                                                      This would create a "dist" folder in the directory you ran the code in and it would contain the ".exe" file of the python file, this only installs the modules used in the program.

                                                                                                      But unfortunately, Size of exe Files are usually big due to the modules used, and cannot be helped (in my opinion)

                                                                                                      Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71611965

                                                                                                      QUESTION

                                                                                                      Open and save a PDF file using Acrobat Reader in the background using Python
                                                                                                      Asked 2022-Mar-24 at 11:45

                                                                                                      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?

                                                                                                      import time
                                                                                                      from pywinauto.application import Application
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      pdf_file = r'C:\Path\To\Total.pdf'
                                                                                                      acrobat_path = r"C:\Path\To\Acrobat.exe"
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      app = Application(backend=u'uia').start(cmd_line = acrobat_path + ' ' + pdf_file)
                                                                                                      print("started")
                                                                                                      time.sleep(1)
                                                                                                      app = Application(backend=u'uia').connect(path=acrobat_path)
                                                                                                      print("connected")
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      ANSWER

                                                                                                      Answered 2022-Mar-24 at 11:45

                                                                                                      solution with pyautogui:

                                                                                                      import os
                                                                                                      os.startfile(path)
                                                                                                      filename = os.path.basename(path)
                                                                                                      focus = pg.getWindowsWithTitle(filename)
                                                                                                      while len(focus) == 0:
                                                                                                          focus = pg.getWindowsWithTitle(filename)
                                                                                                      focus [0].show() # show() for python3.9, activate() for python3.7
                                                                                                      time.sleep(1)
                                                                                                      pg.hotkey('ctrl', 's')
                                                                                                      time.sleep(1)
                                                                                                      pg.hotkey('ctrl', 'q')
                                                                                                      print("Blessed Be God")
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71483219

                                                                                                      QUESTION

                                                                                                      pywinauto escaping special characters
                                                                                                      Asked 2022-Mar-19 at 06:56

                                                                                                      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

                                                                                                      ANSWER

                                                                                                      Answered 2022-Mar-19 at 06:56

                                                                                                      This is the full documentation: https://pywinauto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/code/pywinauto.keyboard.html All special characters can be wrapped by {}

                                                                                                      Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71494933

                                                                                                      QUESTION

                                                                                                      Pywinauto fails in VS Code and Succeeds in CMD
                                                                                                      Asked 2022-Mar-17 at 13:08

                                                                                                      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.

                                                                                                      ANSWER

                                                                                                      Answered 2022-Mar-17 at 13:08

                                                                                                      After some time I have realized that adding sleep() interruptions after Application.connect() resolved the abovementioned issue.

                                                                                                      Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71454930

                                                                                                      QUESTION

                                                                                                      How do I select a particular edit controller from Microsoft Office dialog box using Pywinauto and Python
                                                                                                      Asked 2022-Feb-01 at 16:00

                                                                                                      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"

                                                                                                         | Edit - ''    (L1278, T511, R1669, B525)
                                                                                                         | ['EditorEdit', 'Edit10', 'EditorEdit0', 'EditorEdit1']
                                                                                                         | child_window(auto_id="86", control_type="Edit")
                                                                                                         | 
                                                                                                         | Edit - ''    (L1278, T534, R1753, B548)
                                                                                                         | ['PublisherEdit', 'Edit11', 'PublisherEdit0', 'PublisherEdit1']
                                                                                                         | child_window(auto_id="93", control_type="Edit")
                                                                                                         | 
                                                                                                         | Edit - ''    (L1228, T563, R1763, B574)
                                                                                                         | ['VolumeEdit', 'Edit12', 'VolumeEdit0', 'VolumeEdit1']
                                                                                                         | child_window(auto_id="96", control_type="Edit")
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      Now lets say, if I target the "publisher" using child_window(auto_id="93", control_type="Edit"). It works fine for the first time. But the problem is that these auto_ids change each time the program, or even the dialog box, restarts. For example, now the auto_id="93" for the "Publisher" editbox (Input Box), next time it may be, say, 57 or anything arbitratory. This breaks the whole script.

                                                                                                      What I am doing:

                                                                                                      app = Application(backend='uia').connect(title='Document1 - Word')
                                                                                                      createSource = app.Document1Word.window(title='Create Source')
                                                                                                      EditPublisherName = createSource.child_window(auto_id="93", control_type="Edit").wrapper_object()
                                                                                                      EditPublisherName.set_edit_text("XYZ Publishers")
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      Again, for the first time above code, works perfectly fine. It fills the "Publisher" edit box with "XYZ Publisher" string. However this script would fail to work if I restart the dialog box. And when I run the .print_control_identifiers() after restarting the program or dialog box, all the auto_ids would have been changed. Is there a better way to target these edit boxes?

                                                                                                      ANSWER

                                                                                                      Answered 2022-Feb-01 at 16:00

                                                                                                      I assume, the alias Name doesn't change from one run to another runs. If so we can do something like this.

                                                                                                      set_text=app.DialogName["PublisherEdit"].type_keys("XYZ Publishers")
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      Need to try something like this

                                                                                                      Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70870748

                                                                                                      QUESTION

                                                                                                      Access a Button in Toolbar Pywinauto
                                                                                                      Asked 2022-Jan-27 at 09:12

                                                                                                      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)

                                                                                                      app = Application(backend="uia").start(r"C:\Program Files\Leica Geosystems\TruView\TruView.exe", timeout=5)
                                                                                                      main_dlg = app['TruView']
                                                                                                      main_dlg.print_control_identifiers()
                                                                                                      # main_dlg["Open Project File"].click_input()
                                                                                                      main_dlg.child_window(title="Open Project File", control_type="Button").click_input()
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      Dialog - 'TruView'    (L846, T0, R1895, B1038)
                                                                                                      ['Dialog', 'TruView', 'TruViewDialog']
                                                                                                      child_window(title="TruView", control_type="Window")
                                                                                                         | 
                                                                                                         | Toolbar - ''    (L855, T38, R908, B1001)
                                                                                                         | ['ToolbarOpen Project File', 'ToolbarSaved Clips', 'Toolbar', 'ToolbarSave Project File', 'ToolbarSiteMaps', 'Toolbar0', 'Toolbar1']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | MenuItem - ''    (L859, T460, R904, B505)
                                                                                                         |    | ['MenuItem', 'MenuItem0', 'MenuItem1']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | MenuItem - ''    (L859, T413, R904, B458)
                                                                                                         |    | ['MenuItem2']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | Button - 'Save Project File'    (L859, T367, R904, B412)
                                                                                                         |    | ['Save Project FileButton', 'Save Project File', 'Button', 'Button0', 'Button1']
                                                                                                         |    | child_window(title="Save Project File", control_type="Button")
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | MenuItem - ''    (L859, T321, R904, B366)
                                                                                                         |    | ['MenuItem3']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | MenuItem - ''    (L859, T274, R904, B319)
                                                                                                         |    | ['MenuItem4']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | MenuItem - 'Saved Clips'    (L859, T228, R904, B273)
                                                                                                         |    | ['Saved ClipsMenuItem', 'Saved Clips', 'MenuItem5']
                                                                                                         |    | child_window(title="Saved Clips", control_type="MenuItem")
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | MenuItem - ''    (L859, T182, R904, B227)
                                                                                                         |    | ['MenuItem6']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | Button - ''    (L859, T134, R904, B179)
                                                                                                         |    | ['Button2']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | Button - 'SiteMaps'    (L859, T88, R904, B133)
                                                                                                         |    | ['SiteMaps', 'SiteMapsButton', 'Button3']
                                                                                                         |    | child_window(title="SiteMaps", control_type="Button")
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | Button - 'Open Project File'    (L859, T42, R904, B87)
                                                                                                         |    | ['Open Project File', 'Open Project FileButton', 'Button4']
                                                                                                         |    | child_window(title="Open Project File", control_type="Button")
                                                                                                         | 
                                                                                                         | StatusBar - ''    (L855, T1001, R1886, B1029)
                                                                                                         | ['StatusBar']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | Thumb - ''    (L1869, T1012, R1886, B1029)
                                                                                                         |    | ['Thumb']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | Static - ''    (L857, T1004, R1107, B1027)
                                                                                                         |    | ['Static', 'Static0', 'Static1']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | Static - ''    (L1113, T1004, R1433, B1027)
                                                                                                         |    | ['Static2']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | Static - ''    (L1439, T1004, R1639, B1027)
                                                                                                         |    | ['Static3']
                                                                                                         |    | 
                                                                                                         |    | Static - ''    (L1645, T1004, R1845, B1027)
                                                                                                         |    | ['Static4']
                                                                                                         | 
                                                                                                         | ...
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      ANSWER

                                                                                                      Answered 2022-Jan-27 at 09:12

                                                                                                      Let's guess your top level window specification is named dialog. It's easy to copy-paste code from print_control_identifiers()/dump_tree() output:

                                                                                                      main_dlg.child_window(title="Open Project File", control_type="Button").click()
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      If .click() raises NoPatternInterfaceError, try .click_input() or .toggle().

                                                                                                      Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70830935

                                                                                                      QUESTION

                                                                                                      How to add an application to a list with PyWinAuto?
                                                                                                      Asked 2022-Jan-13 at 06:28

                                                                                                      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:

                                                                                                      Exception: Object is not iterable, try to use .windows()
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      My script:

                                                                                                      import pyautogui
                                                                                                      import time
                                                                                                      import pyperclip
                                                                                                      from pywinauto.application import Application
                                                                                                      from win32gui import GetWindowRect, GetForegroundWindow
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      website = 'https://www.google.com/'
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      pages = ['Profile 1']
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      applications = []
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      try:
                                                                                                          for page in pages:
                                                                                                              app = Application(backend="uia").start(r"C:\\Program Files\\BraveSoftware\\Brave-Browser\\Application\\brave.exe" + str(' --profile-directory="' + str(page) + '"'))
                                                                                                              time.sleep(3)
                                                                                                              GetWindowRect(GetForegroundWindow())
                                                                                                              time.sleep(3)
                                                                                                              pyautogui.hotkey('ctrl','l')
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                              for char in str(website):
                                                                                                                  pyperclip.copy(char)
                                                                                                                  pyautogui.hotkey('ctrl', 'v')
                                                                                                              pyautogui.hotkey('enter')
                                                                                                              pyautogui.hotkey('ctrl', 'f5')
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                              print(app)
                                                                                                              applications.extend(app)
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      except Exception as e:
                                                                                                          print("Exception: " + str(e))
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      Is there a way to add an application to a list and then iterate (open window) through them later?

                                                                                                      ANSWER

                                                                                                      Answered 2022-Jan-13 at 06:28

                                                                                                      Instead of applications.extend(app) Add the current window to list like this :
                                                                                                      applications.append(GetForegroundWindow())

                                                                                                      And later use it like this (I mean activating the browser windows) :
                                                                                                      SetForegroundWindow(applications[0])

                                                                                                      Both the Functions are the implementation win32gui.

                                                                                                      Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70688527

                                                                                                      QUESTION

                                                                                                      Pywinauto: How to set focus on a window from a dataframe
                                                                                                      Asked 2021-Dec-24 at 02:34

                                                                                                      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:

                                                                                                      from pywinauto import Desktop
                                                                                                      import pandas as pd
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      windows = Desktop(backend="uia").windows()
                                                                                                      window = [w.window_text() for w in windows]
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      # Create a dataframe in order to store the windows needed
                                                                                                      df_windows = pd.DataFrame(window, columns =['WebBrowser'])
                                                                                                      # Filter dataframe only to show all windows from Brave web browser
                                                                                                      df_windows = df_windows.loc[df_windows['WebBrowser'].str.contains("Brave:", case=False)]
                                                                                                      # Add column profile from Brave
                                                                                                      df_windows['Profile'] = df_windows['WebBrowser'].str.split(':').str[1].str.strip()
                                                                                                      # Add column window open from Brave
                                                                                                      df_windows['Window'] = df_windows['WebBrowser'].str.split(':').str[0].str.strip()
                                                                                                      # Add column about the website open from Brave
                                                                                                      df_windows['Website'] = df_windows['Window'].str.replace(" - Brave", "").str.strip()
                                                                                                      # Filter dataframe only to show all bombcrypto game window
                                                                                                      df_windows = df_windows.loc[df_windows['Website'] == 'GuilhermeMatheus']
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      print(df_windows)
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      for x in df_windows['WebBrowser']:
                                                                                                          print(x)
                                                                                                          app = Desktop(backend="uia").windows(title=x)
                                                                                                          app.set_focus()
                                                                                                          # resize window after
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      ANSWER

                                                                                                      Answered 2021-Dec-24 at 02:34

                                                                                                      After I run your code, I found your app in app = Desktop(backend="uia").windows(title=x) is a list. So you need to get the app element in list, that is, app[0]. Here is the fixed code and it will run correctly.

                                                                                                      for x in df_windows['WebBrowser']:
                                                                                                          #get first element in list
                                                                                                          app = Desktop(backend="uia").windows(title=x)[0]
                                                                                                          app.set_focus()
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      And if you want resize windows, you can read article here

                                                                                                      Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70468935

                                                                                                      QUESTION

                                                                                                      Monitoring the process in python
                                                                                                      Asked 2021-Nov-29 at 11:52

                                                                                                      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?

                                                                                                      ANSWER

                                                                                                      Answered 2021-Nov-29 at 11:52

                                                                                                      This guide contains all necessary methods: Waiting for Long Operations. What you need is method dialog_spec.wait_not('exists', timeout=20) which waits till dialog is closed during 20 seconds.

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