[Tutor] Using os.popen*() and os.spawn*() to interact with a dos-box

[Orri Ganel]

Alan Gauld wrote:

>>Well, ultimately, what I want to be able to do is open Audacity
>>(http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) at a predetermined time and have
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>it
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>>begin recording wave mix out (the default i have it set to anyway),
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>and
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>>then have it stop again when i send it a command.
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>This will be much easier from python than using the DOS box as
>an intermediate. I use Audacity but have no idea whether it
>has any kind of message interface, but at the worst case you
>can generate windows message events and use the Win32 API
>to send them (using PostMessage() API call) to the Audacity
>window.
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>But since Audacity is quite a sophisticated programme I
>wouldn't be surprised if it has a message based API of
>its own.
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>>Right now I have little to no idea where to go from here. I have the
>>idea of what I want to do, but no knowledge on how to do it. Once
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>again,
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>>any help would be appreciated.
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>If you have to use the WIin32 api then its faurly messy
>and will require some experimenting from the >>> prompt
>to work out exactly what you need to do. BUt its not impossibly
>difficult.
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>If Audacity exposes an interface of its own then it shouldn't
>be too hard at all, you'll need to check the Audacity docs
>and web site closely.
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>Alan G.
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Hoo boy . . . Looking at the 'help' of the win32api has left this newbie 
hopelessly confused . . . Anyone who knows of a good Win32 tutorial, 
please let me know!

Many thanks,
Orri

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