[Tutor] does anyone know a good module for automation

[Frank Schiro]

Pywinauto is not working with this application that opens from the internet
via javascript. Its not in a browser, its a complete application thats not
installed on the computer just installed on the internet.

Pywinauto sees the window...but cant find any controls and does not
recognize menu items, neither does its helper program swapy. Does anyone
know how I could automate a program like this ? I guess something about it
is not the same as normal installed on your own computer programs... Also I
dont like sikuli, because I hate its interpreter.

On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>wrote:

> On 20/04/13 23:07, Frank Schiro wrote:
>
>>
>> Unless you think pywinauto would work in a game envoirnment ? I think it
>> might but have not tried it because no games on my pc... I just know it
>> didnt work for internet explorer.
>>
>
> I don't know pywinauto but the lowest common denominator on Windows is the
> Win32 API and the Windows messages. You can use either ctypes or pythonwin
> to access those and/or create your own to simulate button presses and mouse
> clicks etc. Doing that you can automate anything in windows, but its a non
> trivial, error prone and frustrating exercise so its better to get a higher
> level library if you can.
>
>
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> Alan G
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