ANN: pywinauto 0.3.1 released - Performance tune-ups

[mark.m.mcmahon at gmail.com]

Hi,

The 0.3.1 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 0.3.0:

0.3.1 Performance tune-ups
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30-Mar-2006

* Change calculation of distance in
findbestmatch.GetNonTextControlName()
  so that it does not need to square or get the square root to
  find the real distance - as we only need to compare values - not have
  the actual distance. (Thanks to Stefaan Himple)

* Compiled regular expression patterns before doing the match to
  avoid compiling the regular expression for window that is being
  tested (Thanks to Stefaan Himple)

* Made it easier to add your own control tests by adding a file
  extra_tests.py which needs to export a ModifyRegisteredTests()
method.
  Also cleaned up the code a little.

* Updated notepad_fast.py to make it easier to profile (adde a method)

* Changed WrapHandle to use a cache for classes it has matched - this
is
  to avoid having to match against all classes constantly.

* Changed default timeout in SendMessageTimeout to .001 seconds from .4
  seconds this results in a significant speedup. Will need to make this
  value modifiable via the timing module/routine.

* WaitNot was raising an error if the control was not found - it should
  have returned (i.e. success - control is not in any particular state
  because it does not exist!).

* Added ListViewWrapper.Deselect() per Chistophe Keller's suggestion.
  While I was at it I added a check on the item value passed in and
added
  a call to WaitGuiIdle(self) so that the control has a chance to
process
  the message.

* Changed doc templates and moved dependencies into pywinauto
  subversion to ensure that all files were availabe at www.openqa.org
and
  that they are not broken when viewed there.

* Moved all timing information into the timings.Timings class. There
are
  some simple methods for changing the timings.


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Thanks
 Mark

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Mark Mc Mahon
Manchester, NH 03110, USA