<p dir="ltr">I'll just answer the one part I don't feel has had enough attention yet, all other parts chopped... </p>
<p dir="ltr">On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 10:39 E.D.G. <<a href="mailto:edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com" target="_blank">edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com</a>> wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p dir="ltr">Posted by E.D.G. July 25, </p>
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<p dir="ltr">2015</p>
<p dir="ltr">6. What is Python's version of the DOS level "System" command that many<br>
programs use as in:</p>
<p dir="ltr">system "open notepad.exe"</p>
<p dir="ltr">You can use the subprocess module from the standard library for this but... </p>
<blockquote><p dir="ltr"><br></p>
<p dir="ltr">7. What is Python's version of the SendKey command that many programs use to<br>
send information to an active Windows program as in:</p>
<p dir="ltr">SendKey("Message to be printed on the Notepad screen")</p>
<p dir="ltr">or</p>
<p dir="ltr">SendKey(Right Arrow Key)</p>
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<p dir="ltr">pywinauto would be my recommendation here. It can be used to automate sending of keys and button presses, filling in text fields etc., all within the context of a "connected" application... </p>
<blockquote><p dir="ltr">8. What commands does Python use to send to, and retrieve information from,<br>
the Windows clipboard?<br>
</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><br>
...And it has an interface for manipulating the clipboard, pywinauto.clipboard</p>
<p dir="ltr">Behind the scenes it makes heavy use of the PyWin32 library, and it hides a lot of the complexity you would have to deal with quite nicely. </p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://pywinauto.github.io/">http://pywinauto.github.io/</a> has examples and docs.</p>