On Aug 27, 3:21 pm, geoffbache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > As part of my efforts to write a test tool that copes with GUIs > nicely, I'm trying to establish how I can start a GUI process on > Windows that will not bring up the window. So I try to hide the window > as follows: > > info = subprocess.STARTUPINFO() > info.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW > info.wShowWindow = subprocess.SW_HIDE > > proc = subprocess.Popen(..., startupinfo=info) > > This works, in a way, but doesn't work recursively. I.e. if the > started process itself starts a window, that second window will not be > hidden. This even applies to dialog boxes within the application. So > instead of a lot of windows popping up I now get a lot of disembodied > dialogs appearing, which is a slight improvement but not much. > > Also, certain processes (e.g. tkdiff) seem to ignore the directive to > be hidden altogether. > > This is dead easy on UNIX with virtual displays like Xvfb. Can someone > shed any light if it's possible on Windows from python? > > Regards, > Geoff Bache
I'm confused. Why would you create a GUI if you're not going to actually display it? Isn't that the point of a GUI? Or are you talking about the command window popping up? Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
