How to access control identifiers in pywinauto

Question

I am trying to access the control identifiers that are displayed, but I cannot do this. when an open window opens, only the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons open, which I can access. I can not access the options. Please, help

Answer 1

Once you open the dialog and assign it to a variable, then the print_control_identifiers () method (also called PrintControlIdentifiers) should print all available controls.

>>> app = Application.Start('Notepad') >>> app.UntitledNotepad.MenuItem("Edit -> Replace").Select() >>> app.Replace.print_control_identifiers() Control Identifiers: Static - 'Fi&nd what:' (L1456, T336, R1528, B349) 'Fi&nd what:' 'Fi&nd what:Static' 'Static' 'Static0' 'Static1' Edit - '' (L1531, T332, R1702, B352) 'Edit' 'Edit0' 'Edit1' 'Fi&nd what:Edit' Static - 'Re&place with:' (L1456, T363, R1528, B376) 'Re&place with:' 'Re&place with:Static' 'Static2' Edit - '' (L1531, T360, R1702, B380) 'Edit2' 'Re&place with:Edit' Button - 'Match &case' (L1458, T422, R1547, B442) 'CheckBox2' 'Match &case' 'Match &caseCheckBox' Button - '&Find Next' (L1711, T328, R1786, B351) '&Find Next' '&Find NextButton' 'Button' 'Button0' 'Button1' Button - '&Replace' (L1711, T355, R1786, B378) '&Replace' '&ReplaceButton' 'Button2' Button - 'Replace &All' (L1711, T383, R1786, B406) 'Button3' 'Replace &All' 'Replace &AllButton' Button - 'Cancel' (L1711, T410, R1786, B433) 'Button4' 'Cancel' 'CancelButton' >>> app.Replace.PrintControlIdentifiers() Control Identifiers: Static - 'Fi&nd what:' (L1456, T336, R1528, B349) 'Fi&nd what:' 'Fi&nd what:Static' 'Static' 'Static0' 'Static1' Edit - '' (L1531, T332, R1702, B352) 'Edit' 'Edit0' 'Edit1' 'Fi&nd what:Edit' Static - 'Re&place with:' (L1456, T363, R1528, B376) 'Re&place with:' 'Re&place with:Static' 'Static2' Edit - '' (L1531, T360, R1702, B380) 'Edit2' 'Re&place with:Edit' Button - 'Match &case' (L1458, T422, R1547, B442) 'CheckBox2' 'Match &case' 'Match &caseCheckBox' Button - '&Find Next' (L1711, T328, R1786, B351) '&Find Next' '&Find NextButton' 'Button' 'Button0' 'Button1' Button - '&Replace' (L1711, T355, R1786, B378) '&Replace' '&ReplaceButton' 'Button2' Button - 'Replace &All' (L1711, T383, R1786, B406) 'Button3' 'Replace &All' 'Replace &AllButton' Button - 'Cancel' (L1711, T410, R1786, B433) 'Button4' 'Cancel' 'CancelButton' 

The output of the second line for each control is a different identifier (although things like spaces and ampersands (&) should be removed.

It is possible that Windows Media Player does not use the "standard" Win32 dialogs. But the Open dialog should be simple enough.

Here is the result of my testing of this (with bugs and bugs removed to protect those responsible :))

 >>> wmp = Application.Start(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe') >>> wmp.WindowsMediaPlayer.TypeKeys("^O") <pywinauto.controls.win32_controls.DialogWrapper object at 0x027CCDB0> >>> wmp.Open.PrintControlIdentifiers() Control Identifiers: DUIViewWndClassName - '' (L200, T187, R1152, B590) 'DUIViewWndClassName' 'Files of &type:DUIViewWndClassName' DirectUIHWND - '' (L200, T187, R1152, B590) 'DirectUIHWND' 'DirectUIHWND0' 'DirectUIHWND1' 'Files of &type:DirectUIHWND' 'Files of &type :DirectUIHWND0' 'Files of &type:DirectUIHWND1' CtrlNotifySink - '' (L201, T217, R426, B590) 'CtrlNotifySink' 'CtrlNotifySink0' 'CtrlNotifySink1' 'Files of &type:CtrlNotifySink' 'Files of &type:CtrlNotifySink0' 'Files of &type:CtrlNotifySink1' NamespaceTreeControl - 'Namespace Tree Control' (L201, T217, R426, B590) 'Namespace Tree Control' 'Namespace Tree Control0' 'Namespace Tree Control1' 'Namespace Tree ControlNamespaceTreeControl' 'NamespaceTreeControl' SysTreeView32 - 'Tree View' (L201, T217, R426, B590) 'Tree View' 'Tree ViewTreeView' 'TreeView' CtrlNotifySink - '' (L429, T217, R1152, B590) 'CtrlNotifySink3' 'Files of &type:CtrlNotifySink2' SHELLDLL_DefView - 'ShellView' (L429, T217, R1152, B590) 'SHELLDLL_DefView' 'ShellView' 'ShellViewSHELLDLL_DefView' DirectUIHWND - '' (L429, T217, R1152, B590) 'DirectUIHWND2' 'Files of &type:DirectUIHWND2' Static - 'File &name:' (L330, T603, R384, B618) 'File &name:' 'File &name:Static' 'Static2' ComboBoxEx32 - '' (L389, T599, R935, B623) 'ComboBoxEx' 'File &name:ComboBoxEx' ComboBox - '' (L389, T599, R935, B623) 'ComboBox' 'ComboBox0' 'ComboBox1' 'File &name:ComboBox' 'File &name:ComboBox0' 'File &name: ComboBox1' Edit - '' (L393, T604, R917, B619) 'Edit' 'File &name:Edit' Static - 'Files of &type:' (L200, T152, R200, B152) 'Files of &type:' 'Files of &type:Static' 'Files of &type:Static0' 'Files of &type:Static1' 'Static3' ComboBox - 'Media files (all types)' (L947, T599, R1135, B622) 'ComboBox2' 'File &name:ComboBox2' 'Files of &type:ComboBox' Button - '&Open' (L947, T628, R1035, B654) '&Open' '&OpenButton' 'Button' 'Button0' 'Button1' Button - 'Cancel' (L1047, T628, R1135, B654) 'Button2' 'Cancel' 'CancelButton' ScrollBar - '' (L1137, T651, R1152, B666) 'CancelScrollBar' 'ScrollBar3' WorkerW - '' (L200, T152, R1152, B187) 'Files of &type:WorkerW' 'WorkerW' ReBarWindow32 - '' (L200, T152, R1152, B187) 'Files of &type:ReBar' 'ReBar' TravelBand - '' (L200, T152, R270, B184) 'Files of &type:TravelBand' 'TravelBand' ToolbarWindow32 - '' (L202, T154, R270, B184) 'Files of &type:Toolbar' 'Files of &type:Toolbar0' 'Files of &type:Toolbar1' 'Toolbar' 'Tool bar0' 'Toolbar1' Address Band Root - '' (L270, T156, R944, B179) 'Address Band Root' 'Files of &type:Address Band Root' msctls_progress32 - '' (L272, T157, R942, B178) 'Files of &type:Progress' 'Progress' Breadcrumb Parent - '' (L272, T157, R898, B178) 'Breadcrumb Parent' 'Files of &type:Breadcrumb Parent' ToolbarWindow32 - 'Address: C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Media Player' (L272, T157, R898, B178 ) 'Address: C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Media Player' 'Address: C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ Windows Media PlayerToolbar' 'Toolbar2' ToolbarWindow32 - '' (L898, T157, R942, B178) 'Files of &type:Toolbar2' 'Toolbar3' UniversalSearchBand - '' (L948, T156, R1152, B179) 'Files of &type:UniversalSearchBand' 'UniversalSearchBand' Search Box - '' (L948, T156, R1152, B179) 'Files of &type:Search Box' 'Search Box' SearchEditBoxWrapperClass - '' (L953, T156, R1147, B179) 'Files of &type:SearchEditBoxWrapperClass' 'SearchEditBoxWrapperClass' DirectUIHWND - '' (L953, T156, R1147, B179) 'DirectUIHWND3' 'Files of &type:DirectUIHWND3' >>> >>> wmp.Open.FilenameEdit.TypeKeys(r"c:\your_file_name.mp3") <pywinauto.controls.win32_controls.EditWrapper object at 0x027CCC50> >>> wmp.Open.Open.Click() 

You can see (hopefully) that FilenameEdit came from

 Edit - '' (L393, T604, R917, B619) 'Edit' 'File &name:Edit' 

Answer 2

I get access to “File Name” in “Select File to Export” in 3ds max 2015:

First, I got information about the elements of the dialog box with the parameter "print_control_identifiers ()":

 import pywinauto from time import sleep pwa_app = pywinauto.application.Application() # pwa_app.start('{app} {path}\{scene}'.format(app=BINARY_PATH, path=TEST_PATH, scene=TEST_SCENE)) export_dlg_handles = pywinauto.findwindows.find_windows(title=u'Select File to Export', class_name='#32770') if export_dlg_handles: export_dlg = pwa_app.window_(handle=export_dlg_handles[0]) export_dlg.print_control_identifiers() 

Output:

 Control Identifiers: Static - 'Save &in:' (L172, T146, R258, B159) 'Save &in:' 'Save &in:Static' 'Static' 'Static0' 'Static1' ComboBox - 'export' (L265, T142, R526, B166) 'ComboBox' 'ComboBox0' 'ComboBox1' 'Save &in:ComboBox' ToolbarWindow32 - '' (L538, T142, R800, B165) ' Toolbar' 'Toolbar' 'Toolbar0' 'Toolbar1' ToolbarWindow32 - '' (L172, T171, R259, B705) 'Save &in:Toolbar' 'Toolbar2' SHELLDLL_DefView - '' (L265, T171, R857, B650) 'SHELLDLL_DefView' 'Save &in:SHELLDLL_DefView' SysListView32 - 'FolderView' (L265, T171, R857, B650) 'FolderView' 'FolderViewListView' 'ListView' SysHeader32 - '' (L265, T171, R857, B190) 'Header' 'Save &in:Header' Static - 'File &name:' (L267, T664, R354, B677) 'File &name:' 'File &name:Static' 'Static3' ComboBoxEx32 - '' (L361, T659, R762, B681) 'ComboBoxEx' 'File &name:ComboBoxEx' ComboBox - '' (L361, T659, R762, B681) 'ComboBox2' 'File &name:ComboBox' Edit - '' (L365, T664, R742, B677) 'Edit' 'File &name:Edit' Static - 'Save as &type:' (L267, T690, R354, B703) 'Save as &type:' 'Save as &type:Static' 'Static4' ComboBox - 'Autodesk (*.FBX)' (L361, T687, R762, B708) 'ComboBox3' 'Save as &type:ComboBox' Button - '&Save' (L782, T659, R857, B682) '&Save' '&SaveButton' 'Button' 'Button0' 'Button1' Button - 'Cancel' (L782, T685, R857, B708) 'Button2' 'Cancel' 'CancelButton' ScrollBar - '' (L848, T699, R865, B716) 'CancelScrollBar' 'ScrollBar' #32770 - '' (L166, T102, R865, B716) '#32770' 'Save &in:#32770' Static - ' ' (L166, T135, R721, B520) ' ' ' Static2' 'Static5' Static - '' (L715, T165, R715, B188) ' Static3' 'Static6' Static - 'Thumbnail' (L906, T144, R957, B157) 'Static7' 'Thumbnail' 'ThumbnailStatic' ComboBox - 'C:\\Users\\stas\\Documents\\3dsMax\\export' (L265, T109, R857, B130) 'ComboBox4' 'History:ComboBox' Static - 'History:' (L219, T113, R255, B126) 'History:' 'History:Static' 'Static8' 

Then I will find the lines:

 Edit - '' (L365, T664, R742, B677) 'Edit' 'File &name:Edit' Button - '&Save' (L782, T659, R857, B682) '&Save' '&SaveButton' 'Button' 'Button0' 'Button1' 

'Edit' and 'Button' are the names of the controls to access.

And I ran:

 # Endter file name export_dlg.Edit.SetText(SAVE_FILE_NAME) # Wait one second sleep(1.0) # Click to "Save" button export_dlg.Button.Click() 

For reference, view the docs:

https://pywinauto.googlecode.com/hg/pywinauto/docs/controls_overview.html

For example, "SetText" for all controls:

 SetText(text, pos_start=None, pos_end=None) Set the text of the edit control