WxPython

[Chris Mellon]

On 3 Dec 2006 04:14:08 -0800, Raja <rokkamraja at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>   I am trying to develop an application which would mainly do the
> following 2 things . I would like to know how it can be achieved and
> also the libraries needed for it .
>
> i)  active window tracking
>              In this substate, the application records the title bar
> contents of the active/foreground window
>              and how long, in seconds, that that window is active/in
> the foreground.  If the same window
>              remains in the foreground but the title bar changes (as
> happens with a web browser application)  then a new record is created
> for each new window title.  If a window title is recorded that
>              was previously recorded (on the same date -- see "Data
> Structures" info in section 4.4),
>              then the time should be added to the previously recorded
> active time for that window title.
>              -- Example --
>                1) User clicks "Start" -> app enters "recording" state.
>                2) User opens window titled "Window 1" -> app looks for
> any prior records for "Window 1"
>                 on current date.  Finding none, it creates a new
> record.
>                3) User opens another window titled "Window 2" -> app
> records total time spent in "Window 1", then looks for any prior
> records for "Window 2" on current date.  Finding none,
>                    it creates a new record.
>                4) User re-raises/re-activates previous window "Window
> 1" -> app records total time spent
>                  in  "Window 2", then looks for any prior records for
> "Window 1" on current date.  It finds
>                    the record created earlier, so no new record is
> created.
>                5) User clicks "Stop" (or "Exit") -> the app adds the
> time just spent in "Window 1" to the
>                     previously recorded time spent in "Window 1".  App
> then returns to "ready" state.
>          ii) idle
>              In this substate, the app has detected that the computer's
> screensaver is active and no time
>              will be recorded for the active/foreground window.  This
> substate is entered automatically
>             (from the active window tracking state) when the
> screensaver activates and exited
>             automatically (returning to the active window tracking
> state) when the screensaver is
>               deactivated.  Note that this substate should only be
> entered if the app was in the active
>             window tracking state when the screensaver activated.
>
>
> Awaiting Your Reply,
> Thank You ,
> Raja.
>


wxPython is a toolkit for writing interfaces, and most of the
functionality you want are systems tasks. wxPython can provide the UI,
but for the system calls you'll need to use the pywin32 module or
ctypes to work directly with the win32 api.