The automation module

Moved to GitHub: Python-UIAutomation-for-Windows.

The automation module

This module is for automation on Windows(Windows XP with SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1/10). It supports automation for the applications which implmented IUIAutomation, such as MFC, Windows Form, WPF, Modern UI(Metro UI), Qt and Firefox.

automation is shared under the MIT Licence. This means that the code can be freely copied and distributed, and costs nothing to use.

Only 3 files(automation.py, AutomationClientX86.dll and AutomationClientX64.dll) are needed for UIAutomation. Other scripts are all demos.

Run 'automation.py -h' for help. Run automate_notepad_py3.py to see a simple demo.

Microsoft IUIAutomation Minimum supported client: Windows 7, Windows Vista with SP2 and Platform Update for Windows Vista, Windows XP with SP3 and Platform Update for Windows Vista [desktop apps only]

Microsoft IUIAutomation Minimum supported server: Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 and Platform Update for Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 and Platform Update for Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]

If "RuntimeError: Can not get an instance of IUIAutomation" occured when running automation.py, You need to install update KB971513 for your Windows. You can also download from here https://github.com/yinkaisheng/WindowsUpdateKB971513ForIUIAutomation

Another UI tool inspectX86.exe or inspectX64.exe supplied by Microsoft can also be used to see the UI elements.

Inspect (Inspect.exe) is a Windows-based tool that enables you select any UI element and view the element's accessibility data. You can view Microsoft UI Automation properties and control patterns, as well as Microsoft Active Accessibility properties. Inspect also enables you to test the navigational structure of the automation elements in the UI Automation tree, and the accessible objects in the Microsoft Active Accessibility hierarchy.

Inspect is installed with the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8. (It is also available in previous versions of Windows SDK.) It is located in the \bin<platform> folder of the SDK installation path (Inspect.exe).

Author mail: yinkaisheng@foxmail.com

具体用法参考

例子:使用python UIAutomation从QQ2016(8.0)群界面获取所有群成员详细资料

Inspect Inspect