geoffbache wrote: > Hi, > > As part of my efforts to write a test tool that copes with GUIs > nicely, I'm trying to establish how I can start a GUI process on > Windows that will not bring up the window. So I try to hide the window > as follows: > > info = subprocess.STARTUPINFO() > info.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW > info.wShowWindow = subprocess.SW_HIDE > > proc = subprocess.Popen(..., startupinfo=info) > > This works, in a way, but doesn't work recursively. I.e. if the > started process itself starts a window, that second window will not be > hidden. This even applies to dialog boxes within the application. So > instead of a lot of windows popping up I now get a lot of disembodied > dialogs appearing, which is a slight improvement but not much. > > Also, certain processes (e.g. tkdiff) seem to ignore the directive to > be hidden altogether. > > This is dead easy on UNIX with virtual displays like Xvfb. Can someone > shed any light if it's possible on Windows from python? > > Regards, > Geoff Bache > While I'm not entirely sure I understand what you want, I think you can accomplish it by using win32CreateProcess instead of subprocess. You can run the application minimized or perhaps in a REALLY small window. If you have modal dialog boxes, I don't think you can do anything as they don't run in the parent windows frame but rather outside (I could be wrong about this).
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