i have been working on Altreyx workflows (https://help.alteryx.com/).
As a part of my project i want to document the workflow which are huge and taking screenshot of those workflows is a tough job.
I was thinking if anything could be done using python or C++ to automate a scrolling window screenshot, the screenshot window should be able to move up and down.
Any help or leads will be appreciated.
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I am trying to make a GUI in python that only consists of 1 window. I think this is better explained with examples. If you have say the settings app open on the computer when you click an option a new window doesn't pop up, the original window changes the a new layout. Is there a way to do this without deleting everything in the window and then adding new stuff, and when going back doing the same process.
If you're using a QT based gui framework like PyQT or PySimpleGUI, you can accomplish this task using a Tab object. Here is a link to a sample program with using Tabs in PySimpleGUI
PySimpleGUI is a really good option for getting your feet wet with GUI development in Python. You can get a lot done with very little code and learn about how GUI's work.
I have a script that is used to login in to a company-made application and click the right buttons like "continue", or "ok", etc. to perform a certain process. However, I have had to use screenshots of these buttons to click in order to do this using pyautogui. Is there any package or way to automate this process without using images. Maybe it can detect the text of the button and click it. I do not have identifiers for the buttons available and no access to the code/info behind the application. Let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks!
I have a few questions that may be helpful:
Does the layout of the buttons change? If it's always the same you can just program the correct locations and timing and not worry about reading the screen.
If you really have to read the screen, look into optical character recognition (ocr).
Is the application keyboard accessible? If so, using Tab and Enter to activate the buttons is simpler than controlling the mouse. Also, if it was made by superstars you can use find (ctrl-F) to search for the text on the buttons and go to them.
This answer is pretty vague, but I can only be as specific as the question asked.
I am pretty unfamiliar with the automation environment but I'm looking to create a solution for a problem I'm having right now.
There is a proprietary application on my work laptop that shows me some relevant information. Above the table is a refresh button that I have to click as often as possible to refresh this table until a new row shows up which I have to process.
My first approach to this was to create a small .exe in Python that would control the mouse and click the refresh button on an interval and then take a screenshot of the part of the application where the new row would show up and compare it to a screenshot without the row to check that there is a difference.
The issue with that approach is that I would be unable to use the laptop when this program would run as it would control the mouse and the window would have to be in focus.
What other approach could I take to tackle this?
I am very much concerned about my productivity all the time. I have recently come across this beautiful chrome extension Limitless
But this is only measuring what i'm doing within the chrome application. As I work most of the time with pdfs, videos etc, I want to develop similar application for linux(ubuntu) desktop enviroment.
Basically I want the script to run continuously as long as the workstation is on.
It should be able to know what I'm currently looking at (for eg a pdf file or a lecture video in vlc) and get the name of the respective file, start time, end times etc and finally post to db.
It is better if it could know if the system is idle or at sleep.
I don't have slightest clue at bash scripting. so my questions is could this task be accomplished with python.
What I've tried?
I started with a search in google "get current application python", "current window title python" etc etc and really surprised to see absurd results.
Please give me pointers on this.
I think you are asking for vocabulary. So I give you what I know.
You are using Ubuntu so your Window Manager may be Gnome.
The window manager knows which window has the focus.
So maybe you want to find out which window has the focus and you want to map it to the Process that opened the window.
What you need to focus on is is module for Python or a Python Binding for the window manager. This module is likely to also be able to control the windows.
The window manager is started with startx.
You could try to call a command line tool and catch the results
How do get the process list on command line:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53489/how-do-you-list-all-processes-on-the-command-line-in-windows
And how to call a tool with python:
Python subprocess.call and subprocess.Popen stdout
[edit] Repeating the call in Intervals and counting the intervals a process were running gives you a good estimation of running time of a process...
[edit2] As GreenAsJade said, you search a way to find out which windows has the focus.
See How do I detect the currently focused application?
I'm writing a python script that runs in the background and takes screenshots of another application that is active. Then it analyses the screenshots and now it should overlay a certain image over the active app or the screen. I still need to be able to make mouse and keyboard inputs in the active app.
So I need a way to overlay/paint on another window or on the screen, and still keep the other window the active window so that I can make inputs.
I would prefer to do that with python in Mac OS, but if it isn't possible, other languages and even Windows (if really necessary) would also be ok.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks in advance!
http://www.michaelfogleman.com/2009/12/drawing-on-the-windows-desktop-using-python-and-wxpython/
Seems to do what you want, but is windows only, as are some other answers to similar questions here on stackoverflow