Thanks for the reference to Spy++! I'm checking it out and it looks like a useful program. But I don't understand, how do I use it to accomplish what I wanted?
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:39 PM, Zachary Turner <ztur...@google.com> wrote: > Why do you need to use Python? Sounds like this is done very easily with > Spy++ > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:12 AM Ram Rachum <r...@rachum.com> wrote: > >> Hi everybody, >> >> There's a problem in my Windows 7 machine that I want to diagnose using >> Python. >> >> Once in a while, I'm noticing that focus is being stolen from the active >> window and then immediately given back. For example, right now as I'm >> writing this message to you in GMail, I see that the window title, once in >> about 5 seconds, changes its color rapidly from active to inactive and then >> to active again. This happens not only in Chrome but in any program. It >> doesn't always happen, but it's been happening on some days during the last >> few months. This is really annoying because if I opened a dropdown, for >> example, this action makes the dropdown disappear. Another example is that >> if I'm renaming a file in explorer, when the event happens it's as if I >> pressed "enter" and the file gets the partial name before I finished >> typing. >> >> I'm guessing that some app that's installed on my computer is causing >> this, but I don't know which one. I want to use Python to figure out which >> one. I want to set Python up to listen to WM_ACTIVATE events (or any other >> kind of events? Please let me know) and write a log saying which program >> the focus was passed to. I'm hoping that this way I can find the offending >> program. >> >> I have no idea how to write a thing like this in Python, and whether this >> is even possible. Can you please help me? >> >> >> Thanks for your help, >> Ram Rachum. >> _______________________________________________ >> python-win32 mailing list >> python-win32@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 >> >
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