[python-win32] Control IE with COM: how to get at drop down menus?

[Mark Mc Mahon]

Hi Jamil,

I have a couple of suggestions...

You could look at my package "pywinauto", but that is probably
overkill for your problem - and it doesn't deal nicely with IE menu's
(as they do not expose their text easily).

I would suggest that you look at SendKeys (google for
SendKeys/Python). That would allow you to easily send keystrokes to
IE. (you would just have to ensure that it is the foreground
application - or set it as the foreground application before sending
the keystrokes).

Thanks
   Mark


On 5/14/06, Jamil Edgemir <unclejamil at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have used PAMIE to automate IE and click on some buttons.  That
> works great.  Now what I want to do is use 'Select All' from the drop
> down 'Edit' menu of Explorer, 'Copy' and then get at the clipboard
> text.  I just don't know how to get at the menus.
>
> Does anyone know how to do this using PAMIE or win32com?  I've googled
> like crazy and can't seem to find anything on it.
>
> -j
>
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