Shane Clark schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to get my python app to output the name of the control
> under the mouse each time it is clicked. Currently, I am trying to do
> this with a combination of pyhook and pyAA, but pyAA gives me errors
> for almost any control in Microsoft Office and some other apps that I
> need to support.
>
> I have seen comtypes referenced several times while searching for
> answers, but I am intermediate at best in Python and do not have great
> knowledge of COM in general. Could anyone point me in the right
> direction on how I might get this functionality using comtypes?
I have no idea what the problems with pyhook or pyAA are, but I made a simple
script for comtypes that works for me, with comtypes 0.4.0. When I have MS Word
open, and the cursor is over the 'Save' button, the document is saved when I
run the script.
It may get you started.
Thomas
<code>
from ctypes import oledll, windll, byref, POINTER
from ctypes.wintypes import POINT
from comtypes.client import wrap
from comtypes.automation import VARIANT
from comtypes import IUnknown
oleacc = oledll.oleacc
def AccessibleObjectFromPoint(x, y):
pacc = POINTER(IUnknown)()
var = VARIANT()
oleacc.AccessibleObjectFromPoint(POINT(x, y),
byref(pacc),
byref(var))
return wrap(pacc), var.value
def GetCursorPos():
pt = POINT()
windll.user32.GetCursorPos(byref(pt))
return pt.x, pt.y
if __name__ == "__main__":
x, y = GetCursorPos()
pacc, value = AccessibleObjectFromPoint(x, y)
print pacc.accName()
print pacc.accDefaultAction()
print pacc.accDoDefaultAction()
<code/>
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