ANN: pywinauto 0.3.0 released - now localization proof

[Bryan]

mark.m.mcmahon at gmail.com wrote:
> ANN: pywinauto 0.3.0 released - now localization proof
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The 0.3.0 release of pywinauto is now available.
> 
> pywinauto is a set of open-source (LGPL) modules for using Python as a
> GUI automation 'driver' for Windows NT based Operating Systems
> (NT/W2K/XP).
> 
> SourceForge project page:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywinauto
> 
> Download from SourceForge
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=157379
> 
> 
> Here is the list of changes from 0.2.5:
> 
> 0.3.0 Added Application data - now useful for localization testing
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 20-Mar-2006
> 
>   * Added automatic Application data collection which can be used
>     when running the same test on a different spoken language
>     version. Support is still preliminary and is expected to change.
>     Please treat as early Alpha.
> 
>     If you have a different language version of Windows then you can
>     try this out by running the notepad_fast.py example with the
>     langauge argument e.g. ::
> 
>       examples\notepad_fast.py language
> 
>     This will load the application data from the supplied file
>     notepad_fast.pkl and use it for finding the right menu items
>     and controls to select.
> 
>   * Test implementation to make it easier to start using an
>     application. Previously you needed to write code like ::
> 
>       app = Application().connect_(title = 'Find')
>       app.Find.Close.Click()
>       app.NotePad.MenuSelect("File->Exit")
> 
>     1st change was to implement static methods ``start()`` and
>     ``connect()``. These methods return a new Application instance
>     so the above code becomes::
> 
>       app = Application.connect(title = 'Find')
>       app.Find.Close.Click()
>       app.NotePad.MenuSelect("File->Exit")
> 
>     I also wanted to make it easier to start working with a simple
>     application - that may or may not have only one dialog. To make
>     this situation easier I made ``window_()`` not throw if the
>     application has not been ``start()ed`` or ``connect()ed`` first.
>     This leads to simpler code like::
> 
>       app = Application()
>       app.Find.Close.Click()
>       app.NotePad.MenuSelect("File->Exit")
> 
>   What happens here is that when you execute any of
>   Application.window_(), Application.__getattr__() or
>   Application.__getitem__() when the application hasn't been connected
>   or started. It looks for the window that best matches your
>   specification and connects the application to that process.
> 
>   This is extra functionality - existing connect_() and
>   start_() methods still exist
> 
>   * Fixed HwndWrapper.SetFocus() so that it would work even if
>     the window was not in the foreground. (it now makes the window
>     foreground as well as giving it focus). This overcomes a
>     restriction in Windows where you can only change the foreground
>     window if you own the foreground window.
> 
>   * Changed some 2.4'isms that an anonymous commenter left on my
>     blog :-) with these changes pywinauto should run on Python 2.3
>     (though I haven't done extensive testing).
> 
>   * Commented out
> controls.common_controls.TabControlWrapper.GetTabState()
>     and TabStates() as these did not seem to be returning valid
>     values anyway.
> 
>   * Fixed documentation issues were parts of the documentation were
>     not getting generated to the HTML files.
> 
>   * Fixed issue where MenuSelect would sometimes not work as
>     expected. Some Menu actions require that the window that owns the
>     menu be active. Added a call to SetFocus() before selecting a menu
>     item to ensure that the window was active.
> 
>   * Fixed Bug 1452832 where clipboard was not closed in
>     clipboard.GetData()
> 
>   * Added more unit tests now up to 248 from 207
> 
> 
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> 
> Thanks
>  Mark
> 


i just tried the notepad demo and it's very nice.  the only thing was in the 
demo it shows one Click() method to close the notepadabout dialog. but for me on 
windows xp media edition, it took two Click()  methods.  the first click clearly 
had the button depressed and the second click released the button back up.  is 
this a bug in 0.3.0? or is it the new way of doing it... two clicks for each 
button?

also, i would be really nice if the FAQ mentioned where you could get free or 
opensourced spy utilities so you could spy on controls and get their id values 
or internal names.

thanks,

bryan