capturing text from a GUI window
Josef Meile
jmeile at hotmail.com
Thu Mar 10 05:06:03 EST 2005
Hi Earl,
>>>Anyone know how to capture text from GUI output? I need to process
>>>information returned via a GUI window.
>>>
>>>Earl
>>
>>Assuming Windows, then these guys have an interesting tool:
>> http://www.skesoft.com/textcatch.htm
>>It's not free, but you can try it before you buy it.
>>You will need COM to control it from Python.
>
>
> This sounds like just what I need. What is COM, and where do I get it?
> (I'm really a Linux guy. I don't ken the mysteries of Window very well.)
You may also try WATSUP - Windows Application Test System Using Python:
http://www.tizmoi.net/watsup/intro.html
Now the website seems to be down, but perhaps there is a mirror
somewhere.
Regards,
Josef
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