Re: [python-win32] Wait for process to be started

2018-04-25 Thread Tim Roberts
Ram Rachum wrote: > > I'm writing a Python program on Windows 7. I want the program to > patiently wait for a process to be started that has a certain name, > and then do an action after it was started. > > I can easily write the program using polling, i.e. checking every > second whether the

Re: [python-win32] Wait for process to be started

2018-04-25 Thread Ram Rachum
Awesome, looks like what I need is wmi.WMI().Win32_Process.watch_for('creation', name='notepad.exe') Thanks! On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 4:27 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:26:37 +0300, Ram Rachum declaimed > the following: > > > > >I

[python-win32] Wait for process to be started

2018-04-25 Thread Ram Rachum
I'm writing a Python program on Windows 7. I want the program to patiently wait for a process to be started that has a certain name, and then do an action after it was started. I can easily write the program using polling, i.e. checking every second whether the process is active, but I want to