rdahlstrom wrote: > On Apr 11, 1:45 pm, rdahlstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does anyone know how to determine the window status (Running or Not >> Responding)? I've tried various methods with no success... >> >> This would be on a variety of Windows systems, but all at least XP, >> and mostly server 2003. Everyone will have Python 2.5.1 on them, and >> the script would be running locally. >> >> Any ideas? > > > Basically, I'm looking for something similar to the Process.Responding > property in System.Diagnostics...
Well one (slightly drastic) possibility might be to use IronPython [1] or Python.NET [2] to invoke the .Net functionality directly. AFAIK there is no direct alternative: I believe that WMI can be a useful match for System.Diagnostics but doesn't deal with windows (ie user-interface elements). Presumably you could find a top-level window for each process, using something vaguely like this [3] coupled with this [4] and send it a suitable SendMessage to "ping" it. Haven't done it myself but can't see why it shouldn't work. All a bit handwavey but maybe it'll point you somewhere... TJG [1] http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=IronPython [2] http://pythonnet.sourceforge.net/ [3] http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi_cookbook.html#running_processes [4] http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/find-the-window-for-my-subprocess.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
