Re: [Pywinauto-users] Pywinauto-users Digest, Vol 30, Issue 1

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wpf means windows presentation foundation, neither pywinatuo or autoit has
control on gui automation over it

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>   1. Re: Pywinauto-users Digest, Vol 29, Issue 1 (Casey Havenor)
>   2. Waiting for a time-consuming process to finish    before
>      continuing automation (Tan Zong Xuan)
>   3. Re: Waiting for a time-consuming process to finish before
>      continuing automation (Mark Mc Mahon)
>   4. ListBox texts are all empty when ListBox items    also contain
>      graphics (Tan Zong Xuan)
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> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 10:48:50 -0600
> From: "Casey Havenor" <ca...@th...>
> Subject: Re: [Pywinauto-users] Pywinauto-users Digest, Vol 29, Issue 1
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> What is WPF app mean?  Elaborate on it do you have an example I can
> download
> and play with to see if it will work?  Thanks!
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>   1. Floating Dialog Click Input Issue? (Casey Havenor)
>   2. Re: Floating Dialog Click Input Issue? (Mark Mc Mahon)
>   3. How to automate WPF based apps using python /     Pywinauto
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> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:29:08 -0600
> From: "Casey Havenor" <ca...@th...>
> Subject: [Pywinauto-users] Floating Dialog Click Input Issue?
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> I'm automating join.me (found at join.me - click on share screen you'll
> get
> exe) where if my clients click somewhere within my application it will open
> up the join.me.exe - click share screen - then copy down the text and
> submit
> it to me in a post or get request across the internet.
>
>
>
> Here is the FAQ section that has some screenshots of the app - look at the
> bottom of this page.
> https://join.me/welcome/webhelp/joinme/join.me/jm_faq_joinpart.html
>
> Another screen shot after clicking the share button
> https://join.me/welcome/webhelp/joinme/join.me/jm_faq_pause.html
>
>
>
> So far I have completed the following.
>
> -          Opening the show.me.exe application.
>
> -          Clicking on share screen button.
>
> -          Clicking on the join.me button that contains the join.memeeting
> number.  This opens a dialog box with link that says "click me to copy code
> to clipboard"   here is a s
>
> STUCK HERE - When I try to click the "click me to copy code to clipboard"
> it
> seems like it losses focus and the click is going behind the pop-up dialog.
> I've tried both click and click input functions with cords and button
> pressed..   I need to use the clipboard approach as the text isn't
> available
> to pywinauto for some reason.   Also I'm not even sure what the object for
> the dialog box is and tried to locate it but whenever I click off back into
> python interrupter the dialog loses focus and disappears?   Anyone have any
> ideas for me?
>
>
>
> Here's my source code so far.
>
>
>
> import time, sys, os, pywinauto
>
> from pywinauto.application import Application
>
>
>
> app = Application()
>
> app.start_(r"C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application
> Data\join.me\join.me.exe") #start join.me.exe.
>
> #starting the meeting.
>
> time.sleep(2)
>
> app.joinme.LMI_JOINME_BUTTON3.Click()
>
> time.sleep(2)
>
> print "pop up visible"
>
> print(app.joinme.Children())  #looking for anything for this dialog when
> visible.
>
> print ""
>
> app.joinme.TypeKeys("{ENTER}")
>
> print "no pop up"
>
> print(app.joinme.Children())#looking for anything for this dialog when
> invisible --- nothing changed out of comparison with first.
>
> app.joinme.LMI_JOINME_StaticExpressMain.ClickInput(button='left',
> coords=(50, 15))
>
> time.sleep(2)
>
> print(app.joinme.GetFocus())
>
> time.sleep(3)
>
> app.joinme.LMI_JOINME_BUTTON2.Click() # exit
>
> app.joinme.Exit.Click()
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:01:57 +0800
> From: Mark Mc Mahon <mtn...@gm...>
> Subject: Re: [Pywinauto-users] Floating Dialog Click Input Issue?
> To: Casey Havenor <ca...@th...>
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> Hi Casey,
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Casey Havenor <ca...@th...> wrote:
> > I?m automating join.me (found at join.me ? click on share screen
> > you?ll get
> > exe) where if my clients click somewhere within my application it will
> > open up the join.me.exe ? click share screen ? then copy down the text
> > and submit it to me in a post or get request across the internet.
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is the FAQ section that has some screenshots of the app ? look at
> > the bottom of this page.
> > https://join.me/welcome/webhelp/joinme/join.me/jm_faq_joinpart.html
> >
> > Another screen shot after clicking the share button
> > https://join.me/welcome/webhelp/joinme/join.me/jm_faq_pause.html
> >
> >
> >
> > So far I have completed the following?
> >
> > -????????? Opening the show.me.exe application.
> >
> > -????????? Clicking on share screen button.
> >
> > -????????? Clicking on the join.me button that contains the join.me
> > meeting number.? This opens a dialog box with link that says ?click me
> > to copy code to clipboard??? here is a s
> >
> > STUCK HERE ? When I try to click the ?click me to copy code to
> > clipboard? it seems like it losses focus and the click is going behind
> > the pop-up dialog.?? I?ve tried both click and click input functions
> > with cords and button pressed..?? I need to use the clipboard approach
> > as the text isn?t available to pywinauto for some reason.?? Also I?m
> > not even sure what the object for the dialog box is and tried to
> > locate it but whenever I click off back into python interrupter the
> > dialog loses focus and disappears??? Anyone have any ideas for me?
> >
> >
> >
> > Here?s my source code so far.
> >
> >
> >
> > import time, sys, os, pywinauto
> >
> > from pywinauto.application import Application
> >
> >
> >
> > app = Application()
> >
> > app.start_(r"C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local
> > Settings\Application
> > Data\join.me\join.me.exe") #start join.me.exe.
> >
> > #starting the meeting.
> >
> > time.sleep(2)
> >
> > app.joinme.LMI_JOINME_BUTTON3.Click()
> >
> > time.sleep(2)
> >
> > print "pop up visible"
> >
> > print(app.joinme.Children())? #looking for anything for this dialog
> > when visible.
> >
> > print ""
> >
> > app.joinme.TypeKeys("{ENTER}")
> >
> > print "no pop up"
> >
> > print(app.joinme.Children())#looking for anything for this dialog when
> > invisible --- nothing changed out of comparison with first.
> >
>
> I am not sure that I really understand that comment :(
>
>
> > app.joinme.LMI_JOINME_StaticExpressMain.ClickInput(button='left',
> > coords=(50, 15))
> >
>
> My suggestion here sounds a bit hacky (because it is) but maybe try to
> click
> the button twice in a row. Alternatively - you may want to use the keyboard
> (e.g. tab to it and then send the {ENTER} to click the
> button)
>
>
> > time.sleep(2)
> >
> > print(app.joinme.GetFocus())
> >
> > time.sleep(3)
> >
> > app.joinme.LMI_JOINME_BUTTON2.Click() # exit
> >
> > app.joinme.Exit.Click()
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > BOS Sales LLC
> >
> > ca...@th...
> >
> > 608-347-4775
> >
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> >
>
> I hope that helps somewhat,
>  Mark
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:08:32 +0530
> From: "pav...@gm..." <pav...@gm...>
> Subject: [Pywinauto-users] How to automate WPF based apps using python
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> Hi All,
>
> Does any one know how to automate a WPF based app using pywinauto or python
> in general
>
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> Subject: [Pywinauto-users] Help
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> Hi All,
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> Does any one know how to automate a WPF based app using pywinauto or python
> in general
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> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:12:12 +0800
> From: Tan Zong Xuan <ta...@gm...>
> Subject: [Pywinauto-users] Waiting for a time-consuming process to
>        finish  before continuing automation
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm new to pywinauto and I haven't actually tried to implement anything
> using it yet, but I've looked through the documentation briefly, and I've
> not managed to find an exact solution to the GUI automation that I will be
> doing.
>
> Suppose I get pywinauto to automate a few commands, which causes the
> application in question to start a time-consuming process (it could be
> downloading a file, for example). I would like pywinauto to continue
> automation after this time-consuming process has finished. Is there anyway
> for me to do this without having to poll the application at regular
> intervals to check whether the process has finished? (I don't want to be
> specific about how the application indicates the process has finished. It
> could be through a dialog box that pops up at the end, or it could be that
> the application just outputs some new text in some widget somewhere.)
>
> Regards,
> Zong Xuan
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> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:06:53 +0900
> From: Mark Mc Mahon <mtn...@gm...>
> Subject: Re: [Pywinauto-users] Waiting for a time-consuming process to
>        finish before continuing automation
> To: Tan Zong Xuan <ta...@gm...>
> Cc: pyw...@li...
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> Hi Zong Xuan,
>
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Tan Zong Xuan <ta...@gm...> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm new to pywinauto and I haven't actually tried to implement anything
> > using it yet, but I've looked through the documentation briefly, and I've
> > not managed to find an exact solution to the GUI automation that I will
> be
> > doing.
> >
> > Suppose I get pywinauto to automate a few commands, which causes the
> > application in question to start a time-consuming process (it could be
> > downloading a file, for example). I would like pywinauto to continue
> > automation after this time-consuming process has finished. Is there
> anyway
> > for me to do this without having to poll the application at regular
> > intervals to check whether the process has finished?
> It is not possible without polling (at least with pywinauto) - but
> pywinauto can hide and do the polling for you :)
>
> > (I don't want to be
> > specific about how the application indicates the process has finished. It
> > could be through a dialog box that pops up at the end, or it could be
> that
> > the application just outputs some new text in some widget somewhere.)
>
> I don't quite understand what you mean by this. When writing your
> script - you will have to give a condition for it to know it can
> continue.
>
> Overall - there are a number of possiblities:
>
> a) If the next action (after the operation is finished) cannot happen
> until the operation is done (i.e. when the operation is done - a
> dialog will pop up) then you should be able to do something like
>
> (UNTESTED CODE!!)
> # start long running process
> Dialog.StartProcess.Click()
>
> # wait 1 hour (checking every 30 seconds) for the OK button on the
> Done dialog to be ready (exist, visible, enabled); and then click it.
> DoneDialog.OK.Wait('ready', 60 * 60, 30 ).Click()
>
>
> b) explicitly use timings.WaitUntil()
>
> c) Set a very long default wait time e.g. (UNTESTED - not sure if this
> is the right timeout :/)
> timings.Timings.window_find_timeout = 60*60
>
>
> > Regards,
> > Zong Xuan
>
> Hope this helps (rushed the reply as I am shutting down for the day)
>  Mark
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:14:53 +0800
> From: Tan Zong Xuan <ta...@gm...>
> Subject: [Pywinauto-users] ListBox texts are all empty when ListBox
>        items   also contain graphics
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> I think I've found either a bug or some lack of feature-completeness in
> pywinauto.
>
> In the application I'm trying to automate, there are ListBoxes which
> contain items that have graphics in addition to text (see attached
> screenshot).
>
> When I try doing ListBox.Texts(), it returns me a list with the correct
> length, but every element is just an empty unicode string.
>
> This also means that I cannot select items by providing a string, which is
> very inconvenient.
>
> Is there any workaround this? Or will I have to wait for pywinauto to
> implement functionality that supports such ListBoxes?
>
> Regards,
> Zong Xuan
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