ANN: pywinauto 0.3.1 released - Performance tune-ups

[Mark Mc Mahon]

Hi,

The 0.3.1 release of pywinauto is now available.

pywinauto is a set of open-source (LGPL) modules for using Python as a GUI
automation 'driver' for Windows NT based Operating Systems (NT/W2K/XP).

SourceForge project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywinauto

Download from SourceForge
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=157379


Here is the list of changes from 0.3.0:

0.3.1 Performance tune-ups
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30-Mar-2006

    * Change calculation of distance in findbestmatch.GetNonTextControlName()
      so that it does not need to square or get the square root to
      find the real distance - as we only need to compare values - not have
      the actual distance. (Thanks to Stefaan Himple)

    * Compiled regular expression patterns before doing the match to
      avoid compiling the regular expression for window that is being
      tested (Thanks to Stefaan Himple)

    * Made it easier to add your own control tests by adding a file
      extra_tests.py which needs to export a ModifyRegisteredTests() method.
      Also cleaned up the code a little.

    * Updated notepad_fast.py to make it easier to profile (adde a method)

    * Changed WrapHandle to use a cache for classes it has matched - this is
      to avoid having to match against all classes constantly.

    * Changed default timeout in SendMessageTimeout to .001 seconds from .4
      seconds this results in a significant speedup. Will need to make this
      value modifiable via the timing module/routine.

    * WaitNot was raising an error if the control was not found - it should
      have returned (i.e. success - control is not in any particular state
      because it does not exist!).

    * Added ListViewWrapper.Deselect() per Chistophe Keller's suggestion.
      While I was at it I added a check on the item value passed in and added
      a call to WaitGuiIdle(self) so that the control has a chance to process
      the message.

    * Changed doc templates and moved dependencies into pywinauto
      subversion to ensure that all files were availabe at www.openqa.org and
      that they are not broken when viewed there.

    * Moved all timing information into the timings.Timings class. There are
      some simple methods for changing the timings.


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Thanks
 Mark

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Mark Mc Mahon
Manchester, NH 03110, USA

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Simple Windows GUI automation with Python. (30-Mar-06)