How to hide COM object Dispatched from Python

Question

I'm using COM in Python and I want the object to run in background - hidden. With Excel I do:

Import win32com.client 
Excel=win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application") 
Excel.Visible=1

but my application do not have property .Visible - is there any other way to hide it? Maybe some special parameter to Dispatch?

Thanks in advance R

Answer 1

If you know your application title or class, you can hide it via ShowWindow:

import win32com.client 
import win32con
import win32gui
import time

print "Start"
excel = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application") 
excel.Visible = 1   # Visible via automation
time.sleep(2)
hwnd = win32gui.FindWindow(None, "Microsoft Excel")  # Class or title
print "Hide"
win32gui.ShowWindow(hwnd, win32con.SW_HIDE) # Hide via Win32Api
time.sleep(2)
print "Show"
win32gui.ShowWindow(hwnd, win32con.SW_SHOW) # Show via Win32Api
time.sleep(2)

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HTH, Pablo