Why do you need to use Python? Sounds like this is done very easily with Spy++
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:12 AM Ram Rachum <r...@rachum.com> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > There's a problem in my Windows 7 machine that I want to diagnose using > Python. > > Once in a while, I'm noticing that focus is being stolen from the active > window and then immediately given back. For example, right now as I'm > writing this message to you in GMail, I see that the window title, once in > about 5 seconds, changes its color rapidly from active to inactive and then > to active again. This happens not only in Chrome but in any program. It > doesn't always happen, but it's been happening on some days during the last > few months. This is really annoying because if I opened a dropdown, for > example, this action makes the dropdown disappear. Another example is that > if I'm renaming a file in explorer, when the event happens it's as if I > pressed "enter" and the file gets the partial name before I finished > typing. > > I'm guessing that some app that's installed on my computer is causing > this, but I don't know which one. I want to use Python to figure out which > one. I want to set Python up to listen to WM_ACTIVATE events (or any other > kind of events? Please let me know) and write a log saying which program > the focus was passed to. I'm hoping that this way I can find the offending > program. > > I have no idea how to write a thing like this in Python, and whether this > is even possible. Can you please help me? > > > Thanks for your help, > Ram Rachum. > _______________________________________________ > python-win32 mailing list > python-win32@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 >
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