Python pyhandle object in win32gui

Question

I played around trying to create a transparent window that overlays another application. I find that win32 extensions are a bit messy, there are win32ui, win32gui, winxpgui, etc. Somewhat confusing.

In any case, I'm trying to pass a handle to the win32gui.UpdateLayeredWindow window of this function.

the first argument he wants is a descriptor, like a pyhandle type.

all methods to search for a window handle, all return an int, not a pyhandle type. even those from the same modules. win32gui.findwindow (None, "windowtitle") finds and returns the handle to the window that I want, but only in int form, and not like PyHandle.

here are the documents for the object. http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.5/pywin32/PyHANDLE.html

here are the docs for the findwindow method. docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.5/pywin32/win32gui__FindWindow_meth.html

and here are the docs for the method that will not accept int. docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.5/pywin32/win32gui__UpdateLayeredWindow_meth.html

I even tried using WX to create and search for window handles; it also returns an int.

there is another function that wants a descriptor written by the same people and accepts int as a descriptor. win32api.SetWindowLong

Question: is there a way to create a PyHANDLE object from int i? I can not understand.

Answer 1

PyHANDLE, " , handle, ". UpdateLayeredWindow ?

, PyHANDLE - , , , PyHANDLE , win32api.CloseHandle .

Answer 2

pywintypes.HANDLE

PyHANDLE = HANDLE()

HANDLE