---------------------------------------- > To: python-list@python.org > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Getting name of control under mouse in Windows? > Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:32:54 -0300 > > En Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:16:25 -0300, Shane Clark > escribi�: > >> I am trying to get my python app to output the name of the control under >> the mouse each time it is clicked. Currently, I am trying to do this >> with a combination of pyhook and pyAA, but pyAA gives me "pyAA.Error: >> -2147417843" for almost any control in Microsoft Office apps, for >> example. If it matters, I am trying to retrieve the control's name based >> on the mouse position coordinates. > > pywinauto does that. > > -- > Gabriel Genellina > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Thanks for the response. Pywinauto is more or less incompatible with Office apps so far as I can tell. According to what I have read, this is because Office does not use standard Windows controls. For more info: http://forums.openqa.org/message.jspa?messageID=28199 Shane _________________________________________________________________ You keep typing, we keep giving. Download Messenger and join the i’m Initiative now. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGLM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
