[python-advocacy] py is fun

[Carl Karsten]

Just saw this on a mail list.  seemed worth passing on.

Carl K

-------- Original Message --------
From: Matthew Turner <thshdwknws at hotmail.com>
To: vnc2swf-users at lists.sourceforge.net

For fun, - I don't know any python either :-) - I did some searching on the
net to see if I could come up with a way to stop the recording from the
command line I tried this:

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def SomeMethod(procname_ori):
     import win32api
     import win32pdh
     import win32con
     import win32pdhutil
     import sys
     print "killing " + procname_ori

     try:
         win32pdhutil.GetPerformanceAttributes('Process','ID
Process',procname_ori)
     except:
         pass

     pids = win32pdhutil.FindPerformanceAttributesByName(procname_ori)
     try:
         pids.remove(win32api.GetCurrentProcessId())
     except ValueError:
         pass

     if len(pids)==0:
         result = "Can't find %s" % procname_ori
     elif len(pids)>1:
         result = "Found too many %s's - pids=`%s`" % (procname,pids)
     else:
         handle = win32api.OpenProcess(win32con.PROCESS_TERMINATE, 0,pids[0])
         win32api.TerminateProcess(handle,0)
         win32api.CloseHandle(handle)
         result = ""

     return result


   SomeMethod = staticmethod(SomeMethod)



     elif k == "-q":
	Subprocess.SomeMethod("python")

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I started vnc2swf.py -n -o test.swf -t video

after the recording started I ran the new switch vnc2swf.py -n -q kill
it stopped the original vnc2swf.py thread but it terminated it before the
swf could be saved and it cuased corruption in the swf.


I also tried this code
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   def Test(port_name):
   import socket
   Host = "localhost"
   Port = port_name

# reference time (in seconds since 1900-01-01 00:00:00)

# connect to server
   s = socket.socket (socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
   s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
   s.connect((Host, port_name))
   s.send("somthing")
   data = s.recv(1024)
   s.close ()
   print 'Received', repr(data)


myFunc = staticmethod(Test)


     elif k == "-q":
	Subprocess.Test(5900)

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in the above code I'm not sure what to tell RFB, or if its even
communicating too RFB, to stop the communications on localhost :5900.


Even though I failed it was fun playing with python. I think I'm missing a
lot of things namely taking to the same thread that the recording is on.
Anyway maybe all this better explains what I'm trying to accomplish.

Thanks
Matt



>From: "Matthew Turner" <thshdwknws at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: General discussion about vnc2swf 
><vnc2swf-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>To: vnc2swf-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: [Vnc2swf-users] -Request- Quit command line option
>Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:08:48 -0700
>
>Hello
>Is there a command line parameter for vnc2swf.py to end a connection? If 
>not
>would be a difficult feature to add?
>
>I have automated some steps to connect remotely. Currently to end the
>connection and save the swf I remotely run an ultravnc command:
>
>winvnc -kill
>
>This works fine, however it also stops my vnc remote session. What I would
>like to do is pass a parameter to vnc2swf to safely stop the recording and
>save the file maybe something like
>
>vnc2swf.py -q
>
>I could then remotely start another recording without losing my vnc
>connection.
>
>Thanks for your work on this project,
>
>Matt
>
>
>
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