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Tag: winapi

Interrupt (NOT prevent from starting) screensaver

I am trying to programmatically interrupt the screensaver by moving the cursor like this: And it fails with the message: This error only occurs if the screensaver is actively running. The reason for this request is that the computer is ONLY used for inputting data through a bluetooth device (via a Python program). When the BT device sends data to

how to select a particlular portion of a window’s client area to display in window’s thumbnail in the taskbar in Python/PyQt5/PySide2/Tkinter?

I want to set a particular portion(like only a frame or widget) of my application window to taskbar thumbnail.I found one windows API that is ITaskbarList3::SetThumbnailClip here but this is in C++.I want to do this in python.However PyQt5 contains one class that is Qt Windows Extras which doesnot include this function.I have also found something that show one example

pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221008, ‘CoInitialize has not been called.’, None, None)

When I try to run this code as is I get this error “IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx, pythoncom.IID_IDispatch) pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221008, ‘CoInitialize has not been called.’, None, None)” , however if I run stp_tracker alone it works fine and if I run notify stp’s alone it works just fine. I appreciate anyones input. Thanks Answer Apologize for that, but searching

python win32 COM closing excel workbook

I open several different workbooks (excel xlsx format) in COM, and mess with them. As the program progresses I wish to close one specific workbook but keep the rest open. How do I close ONE workbook? (instead of the entire excel application) Answer The the Workbook COM object has a Close() method. Basically, it should be something like: The above

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