This is same as echo abcd | notepad.exe in Command Prompt. You won't see the abcd neither.
On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 8:41 AM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 10:01 AM <jf...@ms4.hinet.net> wrote: > > > > I have the test0.py below. I expect to see 'abcd' showing in the notepad > window: > > --------- > > import subprocess as sp > > p0 = sp.Popen('notepad.exe', stdin=sp.PIPE) > > p0.communicate(input=b'abcd') > > --------- > > But nothing happens. The notepad is completely empty. What have I missed? > > > > The "communicate" method sends text to the standard input pipe. This > has nothing to do with the GUI, and most Windows GUI programs take no > notice of it. You'll need something GUI-aware for this. > > Is Notepad just an example, or are you actually trying to control MS > Notepad? > > ChrisA > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list