[python-win32] Getting a list of "task buttons" or tasks/windows in the "alt-tab" list?

[Lincoln Yeoh]

Hi,

With python win32 is there a way to get only the windows that are 
represented by the buttons of the Windows taskbar (or the windows 
listed in the "alt-tab" list)?

I have found various ways of doing so, but I can't seem to get them 
to work with Excel's windows.

 From what I observe (I may be wrong though), Excel by default 
appears to have a main window and some "dummy windows" 
(classname=MS-SDIb) representing the opened Excel documents. If you 
click on those "dummy windows" the relevant excel document gets 
foregrounded in the _main_ window (not the dummy windows).

If three Excel documents are opened, there are four top level Excel 
windows (or at least they appear to be top level to me) - the main, 
and three MS-SDIb ones. But the taskbar and alt-tab list only show 3 
items. What logic should one use to create the same list?

I've created a python program to dynamically map key combos to 
top-level windows[1], it kind of works (enough to be helpful to me), 
but I'm having difficulty handling even common stuff like the Excel 
case so it's not ready to be inflicted on the public yet :).

Thanks,

Link.

[1] Does something similar to some of the stuff I suggest here: 
http://www.mail-archive.com/usability@gnome.org/msg04993.html
and here: 
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/DesignersPlayground/KeyboardShortcuts