pywin32

Using Python Win32 extensions, how do you make an arbitrary window on Windows XP transparent? PabloG SetLayeredWindowsAttributes example: import win32gui import win32con import winxpgui import win32api import subprocess import time subprocess.Popen("notepad.exe", shell=True) time.sleep(1) hwnd = win32gui.FindWindow(None, "New file - metapad") ## The caption of my empty notepad (MetaPad) win32gui.SetWindowLong (hwnd, win32con.GWL_EXSTYLE, win32gui.GetWindowLong (hwnd, win32con.GWL_EXSTYLE ) | win32con.WS_EX_LAYERED ) winxpgui.SetLayeredWindowAttributes(hwnd, win32api.RGB(0,0,0), 180, win32con

I need to invoke a VBA macro within an Excel workbook from a python script. Someone else has provided the Excel workbook with the macro. The macro grabs updated values from an external database, and performs some fairly complex massaging of the data. I need the results from this massaging, and I don't really want to duplicate this in my Python script, if I can avoid it. So, it would be great if I could just invoke the macro from my script, and grab the massaged results. Everything I know about COM I learned from "Python Programming on Win32". Good book, but not enough for my task at hand. I

I am trying to create a simple open source utility for windows using Python that can perform user-defined actions on the selected text of the currently active window. The utility should be activated using a pre-defined keyboard shortcut. Usage is partially outlined in the following example: The user selects some text using the mouse or the keyboard (in any application window) The user presses a pre-defined keyboard shortcut The selected text is retrieved by our utility or copied to clipboard (both approaches should be fine) The keyboard shortcut-dependent action is performed on the selected

I'm trying to start a simple service example: someservice.py: import win32serviceutil import win32service import win32event class SmallestPythonService(win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework): _svc_name_ = "SmallestPythonService" _svc_display_name_ = "display service" def __init__(self, args): win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, args) self.hWaitStop = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None) def SvcStop(self): self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING) win32event.SetEvent(self.hWaitStop) def SvcDoRun(self): win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.hWaitStop, win32event

I'm trying add some shell extensions using python with icons and a sub menu but I'm struggling to get much further than the demo in pywin32. I can't seem to come up with anything by searching google, either. I believe I need to register a com server to be able to change the options in submenu depending on where the right clicked file/folder is and the type of file etc. # A sample context menu handler. # Adds a 'Hello from Python' menu entry to .py files. When clicked, a # simple message box is displayed. # # To demostrate: # * Execute this script to register the context menu. # * Open Windows

I need to connect to an Exchange mailbox in a Python script, without using any profile setup on the local machine (including using Outlook). If I use win32com to create a MAPI.Session I could logon (with the Logon() method) with an existing profile, but I want to just provide a username & password. Is this possible? If so, could someone provide example code? I would prefer if it only used the standard library and the pywin32 package. Unfortunately, enabling IMAP access for the Exchange server (and then using imaplib) is not possible. In case it is necessary: all the script will be doing is