Thanks for the help. I will have to checkout PyAA from CVS and see how far I get.
Shane On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:00 AM, MR Michael Robellard (5314) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The short answer is use pyAA. > > I tried your script on my machine and also saw the same bug. > I switched your code around to use pyAA instead and everything worked as > expected. > Here is your changed code. > I also imported win32traceutil to output the clicks to the Python Trace > Collector > > This isn't really an answer, just a work around > > import pythoncom, pyHook > from threading import Timer > 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 > import win32traceutil > import pyAA > > oleacc = oledll.oleacc > > def AccessibleObjectFromPoint(x, y): > #pacc = POINTER(IUnknown)() > var = VARIANT() > pacc = pyAA.AccessibleObjectFromPoint((x, y)) > return pacc, var.value > > def ShowButton(): > pythoncom.CoInitialize() > x,y, = GetCursorPos() > pacc, value = AccessibleObjectFromPoint(x, y) > print pacc > print pacc.Name() > > def GetCursorPos(): > pt = POINT() > windll.user32.GetCursorPos(byref(pt)) > return pt.x, pt.y > > # Event handler > def OnMouseClick(event): > t = Timer(0.01, ShowButton) > t.start() > return True > > if __name__ == "__main__": > hm = pyHook.HookManager() > hm.MouseLeftDown = OnMouseClick > hm.HookMouse() > pythoncom.PumpMessages() > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane > Clark > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:37 AM > To: comtypes-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [comtypes-users] Confusion with accessible objects > > Hi, > > I am trying to do some Windows automation and I am having alot of > trouble with even finding the names of the controls that I would like to > manipulate. I need to launch a media player and play a file, so I wrote > a quick little script to just grab the name of the control under my > mouse when I click. It fails miserably in many programs with the > following error: > > Exception in thread Thread-5: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\Python25\lib\threading.py", line 460, in __bootstrap > self.run() > File "C:\Python25\lib\threading.py", line 625, in run > self.function(*self.args, **self.kwargs) > File "comhook.py", line 23, in ShowButton > print pacc.accName() > File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\comtypes\__init__.py", line 607, > in __call __ > return self.getter(self.im_inst, *args) > COMError: (-2147024809, 'The parameter is incorrect.', (None, None, > None, 0, Non > e)) > > Am I completely misunderstanding something or going about this the wrong > way? > Here is my code for reference: > > import pythoncom, pyHook > from threading import Timer > 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 ShowButton(): > pythoncom.CoInitialize() > x,y, = GetCursorPos() > pacc, value = AccessibleObjectFromPoint(x, y) > print pacc.accName() > > def GetCursorPos(): > pt = POINT() > windll.user32.GetCursorPos(byref(pt)) > return pt.x, pt.y > > # Event handler > def OnMouseClick(event): > t = Timer(0.01, ShowButton) > t.start() > return True > > if __name__ == "__main__": > hm = pyHook.HookManager() > hm.MouseLeftDown = OnMouseClick > hm.HookMouse() > pythoncom.PumpMessages() > > Any help is appreciated. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. > Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > comtypes-users mailing list > comtypes-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/comtypes-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > comtypes-users mailing list > comtypes-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/comtypes-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ comtypes-users mailing list comtypes-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/comtypes-users
