On Aug 28, 1:13 pm, geoffbache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 28 Aug, 18:18, Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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). > > > -Larry > > Hi Larry, > > I don't know if that would help. I've tried running minimized from the > command line as > suggested by Mike and that has the same issue (child windows and > dialogs don't get minimized) > So the question is moving away from how to technically achieve this in > Python to whether > Windows even supports it... > > Geoff
I just discovered Tim Golden's recipe for running processes minimized: http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/wmi_cookbook.html#run-process-minimised I haven't tested it, but his stuff usually works. However, it may have the same issues with modal dialogs that my other suggestion had. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
