[python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx

[Simon Dahlbacka]

This http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363243.aspx might be a
starting point...

On 5/3/07, Amit Arora <Amit.Arora at infogain.com> wrote:
>
>  Exact Requirement :
> Need to write a Python script that keeps on running and when a USB device
> is plugged in , it detects the device and flashes a message on the propt or
> logs it to a file
> do suggest your ideas on this ........
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Simon Dahlbacka [mailto:simon.dahlbacka at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:55 AM
> *To:* Amit Arora
> *Cc:* Roger Upole; python-win32 at python.org
> *Subject:* Re: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
>
> Random thought.. there *has* to be a better way of finding out when a usb
> device is plugged in...
>
> (not that I know how, but I haven't needed to find out either..)
>
> On 5/3/07, Amit Arora <Amit.Arora at infogain.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > This helps a lot,  there was actually a confusion in window names as you
> > mentioned . I tried this now for notepad while opening notepad on
> > desktop , it worked :)
> >
> > Import win32gui
> > hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx (win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(),
> > None,"Notepad",None)
> >
> > Value of hWnd I get :
> > object 'PyCWnd' - assoc is 00B4E620, vi=<None>, notify=0,ch/u=0/0, mh=0,
> > kh=0
> >
> > Should this be applicable to locate popups on desktop (may be during an
> > application installation, as we get like - while connecting a new
> > hardware on USB - "New Hardware found" ) , guess there's an API
> > AnyPopup() for this,  any imputs on this will be of great help too .....
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > ~Amit Arora
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: python-win32-bounces at python.org
> > [mailto: python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Roger Upole
> > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:56 AM
> > To: python-win32 at python.org
> > Subject: [python-win32] Re: Help needed : FindWindowEx
> >
> > > Amit Arora wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am a Amateur in python and an doing some work on Python and Win32
> > APIs.
> > >
> > > One of my task includes finding the active window , during any
> > > installation proces and proceed ......
> > > Take an instance : I connect a USB device say a USB printer to the USB
> >
> > > port , as soon as it connects we get a pop-up saying "New Hardware
> > Found"
> > >
> > > I need to detect that popup , and then proceed with the other
> > > installation steps if that popup occurs :
> > >
> > > Trying to check its appearance with the following command :
> > >
> > > #!/usr/local/bin/python
> > > Import os , win32gui, win32ui
> > >
> > > hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx(win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(), None,
> > > "wndclass_desked_gsk",None)
> > >
> > > Getting the following message :
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
> > > win32ui: No window can be found.
> >
> > A couple things to check:
> > Are you sure the window class name is correct ?
> > Is the desktop window actually its parent ?
> >
> >    hth
> >        Roger
> >
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