On Aug 27, 11:28 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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
Only in the context of testing it. If I run lots of GUI tests on my computer I want the tested GUIs to remain hidden so I can still use my computer in the meantime... Though if you can tell me how to stop the command window popping up on Windows I'll be grateful for that too (though it wasn't the original question). Geoff -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
