calling Win32 Functions in pythonscript

[thug]

how?

this is what i have in as a pythonscript (python editor)

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from win32gui import FindWindow

def SomeFunctionIWantToUse():

  strAString = ""

  hWnd = FindWindow("XYZApp", None)

  return strAString

print(SomeFunctionIWantToUse())

but when I execute it I get this :-

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Python Script
Traceback (most recent call last):
  Python script "38", line 11, in ?
    print(SomeFunctionIWantToUse())
  Python script "38", line 7, in SomeFunctionIWantToUse
    hWnd = FindWindow("XYZApp", None)
error: (2, 'FindWindow', 'The system cannot find the file specified.')

how do i use FindWindow (or any win32 function) in a python script?

[Bitmonster]

Well, you actually did it right. But FindWindow is not finding any window class with the value "XYZApp" and therefor (very pythonic) is raising an exception.

To catch such things, you have to use try/except blocks.

[thug]

Nice one!