A bit of Googling turned up some blog entries, which look useful:
http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/000652.html
Before ploughing ahead I wanted to check whether any useful Python tools are available now, which weren't when the articles above were written.
While not Python related, The "AutoIT Windows Spy" I found here:
http://www.hiddensoft.com/AutoIt/
looks like it will be useful.
Any pointers gratefully received.
Regards,
Andrew McLean
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