[python-win32] setting title bar of cmd.exe

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Fri Jul 29 23:15:00 CEST 2011


Thomas Heller wrote:
> Am 29.07.2011 19:19, schrieb Thomas Heller:
>> Am 29.07.2011 19:15, schrieb Ethan Furman:
>>> When running commands from cmd the title bar will update to relect the
>>> currently running command. Is there a way to have python scripts run
>>> from cmd.exe to update the cmd title bar?
>>>
>>> ~Ethan~
>>
>> from ctypes import windll
>>
>> windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTitleA("foobar")
>> -or-
>> windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTitleA(u"spam")
> 
> Sorry, the last one should read (note the 'W' instead of 'A'):
> 
> windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTitleW(u"spam")

Thank you very much!

Just out of curiosity, is there a similar command using win32?

~Ethan~


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