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Article #51Re: win32ui.GetActiveWindow() problem
From: Robin Becker
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:00
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In article <Gkdz4.9356$vW.26052@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, Mark Hammond
<mhammond@skippinet.com.au> writes
>
>"Michal Bozon" <bozon@natur.cuni.cz> wrote in message
>news:Pine.OSF.4.10.10003131737550.6506-100000@prfdec.natur.cuni.cz...
>> __Hi__ all.
>> If you are not Win9x/2000 user, this won't be probably something for
>you.
>...
>
>> from win32ui import *
>> from time import sleep
>>
>> while 1:
>
>Change this line from:
>> s = GetActiveWindow().GetWindowName()
>To:
> s = GetForegroundWindow().GetWindowText()
>
>and you will be right!
>
>Mark.
>
>
>
I tried exactly this and got an error while clicking on my email window
C:\>python \tmp\window.py
PYTHON
PYTHON
PYTHON
PYTHON
PYTHON
PYTHON
PYTHON
6.9 time -- Time access and conversions. - Netscape
6.9 time -- Time access and conversions. - Netscape
6.9 time -- Time access and conversions. - Netscape
6.9 time -- Time access and conversions. - Netscape
6.9 time -- Time access and conversions. - Netscape
6.9 time -- Time access and conversions. - Netscape
6.9 time -- Time access and conversions. - Netscape
6.9 time -- Time access and conversions. - Netscape
6.9 time -- Time access and conversions. - Netscape
6.9 time -- Time access and conversions. - Netscape
Traceback (innermost last):
File "\tmp\window.py", line 5, in ?
s = GetForegroundWindow().GetWindowText()
win32ui: The window was created in a different thread and can not be mapped.
C:\>
--
Robin Becker
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