Windows application automation

ruby-talk
1

Hi all,

I wan't to automate some applications which are running on mswin. Is it somehow possible to "send" key prints to that application? For example like "control s" for save.

Any suggestions?

Wolfgang

2

require 'win32ole' and read up on your favorite OLE browser.

What I've found is that I wind up fighting the (lack of) Ole
documentation as much as anything.

Here's a simple Ruby script I've written to check a mail store via
Mapi for #of new messages and attachments:

require 'win32ole'

mapiSession = WIN32OLE::new('Mapi.Session')
logonParam = "server" + "\n" + "account"
mapiSession.Logon('ProfileInfo' => logonParam)

new_messages = 0
total_messages = 0

mapiSession.Inbox.Messages.each {
    >message>
    begin
        new_messages += 1 if(message['UnRead'])
        total_messages += 1
        puts message['Sender'].Address
        puts message['Subject']
        puts 'Number of Attachments: ' + message['Attachments'].count.to_s
    end
}

puts "You have #{new_messages} new message(s)"
puts "You have #{total_messages} total message(s)"

mapiSession.Logoff

Was there a particular application(Outlook, Excel, etc?) that you were
hoping to automate?

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On 4/7/06, Wolfgang <wollez@gmx.net> wrote:

Hi all,

I wan't to automate some applications which are running on mswin. Is it
somehow possible to "send" key prints to that application? For example
like "control s" for save.

Any suggestions?

Wolfgang

--
Keith Sader
ksader@gmail.com
http://www.saderfamily.org/roller/page/ksader

3

Hello Keith,

I have absolutely no information about OLE object that software uses. It is a software for a microtomograph and I need to save images every minute or so. All I would need is to send keyboard shortcuts to do the task.

Wolfgang

Keith Sader schrieb:

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require 'win32ole' and read up on your favorite OLE browser.

What I've found is that I wind up fighting the (lack of) Ole
documentation as much as anything.

Here's a simple Ruby script I've written to check a mail store via
Mapi for #of new messages and attachments:

require 'win32ole'

mapiSession = WIN32OLE::new('Mapi.Session')
logonParam = "server" + "\n" + "account"
mapiSession.Logon('ProfileInfo' => logonParam)

new_messages = 0
total_messages = 0

mapiSession.Inbox.Messages.each {
    >message>
    begin
        new_messages += 1 if(message['UnRead'])
        total_messages += 1
        puts message['Sender'].Address
        puts message['Subject']
        puts 'Number of Attachments: ' + message['Attachments'].count.to_s
    end
}

puts "You have #{new_messages} new message(s)"
puts "You have #{total_messages} total message(s)"

mapiSession.Logoff

Was there a particular application(Outlook, Excel, etc?) that you were
hoping to automate?

On 4/7/06, Wolfgang <wollez@gmx.net> wrote:

Hi all,

I wan't to automate some applications which are running on mswin. Is it
somehow possible to "send" key prints to that application? For example
like "control s" for save.

Any suggestions?

Wolfgang

--
Keith Sader
ksader@gmail.com
http://www.saderfamily.org/roller/page/ksader

4

You can use the AutoItX com control to automate windows apps.

Try searching the list for autoit, there have been recent posts about
it and some have code samples.

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On 4/7/06, Wolfgang <wollez@gmx.net> wrote:

Hello Keith,

I have absolutely no information about OLE object that software uses. It
is a software for a microtomograph and I need to save images every
minute or so. All I would need is to send keyboard shortcuts to do the task.

Wolfgang

--
Cristi BALAN
http://evil.che.lu/

5

Hello Cristi,

that looks really good! Thanks a lot!
Wolfgang

Cristi BALAN schrieb:

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On 4/7/06, Wolfgang <wollez@gmx.net> wrote:

Hello Keith,

I have absolutely no information about OLE object that software uses. It
is a software for a microtomograph and I need to save images every
minute or so. All I would need is to send keyboard shortcuts to do the task.

Wolfgang

You can use the AutoItX com control to automate windows apps.
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/

Try searching the list for autoit, there have been recent posts about
it and some have code samples.

--
Cristi BALAN
http://evil.che.lu/