Question

Is there ANY way( using python) to get values of variables stored in GUI? As an example to explain my question I will take a well known built in windows calculator. Lets say I type in it a value 245. It is easy to see this value when looking at calculator GUI display, but how can I make the python to get this value?

I have tried to use famous cheat engine to find in which memory adress this value is stored… without any result. Thank you for your answers.

Answer 1

Let’s wrap up this thread…

pywinauto will be your friend.

Sample case:

1. Launch Windows Calculator (calc.exe)
2. type a number in it, say 42

This script will get and print you 42:

from pywinauto import application

app = application.Application()
app.connect_(title='Calculator')
window = app.Calculator
print window.Children[5].Text

Homepage of pywinauto is here

If you run on Python 2.7, you need to install and compile SendKeys yourself, or take useful information for this page.