pywinauto is a set of python modules to automate the Microsoft Windows GUI. At its simplest it allows you to send mouse and keyboard actions to windows dialogs and controls.

It’s a core concept for the high level pywinauto API. You are able to describe any window or control approximately or in more details even if it doesn’t exist yet or already closed.

By default, pywinauto sets up the client Multithreading COM model (MTA) on init if no other model was defined prior to import of pywinauto. The model can be set up by another imported …

Bases: Exception Could not find that process class pywinauto.application.WindowSpecification(search_criteria, allow_magic_lookup=True) ¶ …

Methods available to each different control type ¶ Windows have many controls, buttons, lists, etc

Press the mouse button pywinauto.mouse.release(button='left', coords= (0, 0)) ¶ Release the mouse button pywinauto.mouse.right_click(coords= (0, 0)) ¶ Right click at the specified coords …

For Windows only, pywinauto defaults to sending a virtual key packet (VK_PACKET) for textual input. For applications that do not handle VK_PACKET appropriately, the vk_packet option …

A GUI application behaviour is often unstable and your script needs waiting until a new window appears or an existing window is closed/hidden. pywinauto can flexibly wait for a dialog …

--- - name: test ra module hosts: ***** tasks: - name: run GUI automation win_psexec: command: python pywinauto_example.py executable: C: \ Windows \ PSTools \ psexec.exe interactive: …

pywinauto.findwindows ¶ Provides functions for iterating and finding windows/elements exception pywinauto.findwindows.ElementAmbiguousError ¶ There was more then one element that …