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Asked: 2026-06-01T21:51:06+00:00

I’ve a closed-sourced Windows XP GUI-based that performs some measurements. My current manual workflow

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I’ve a closed-sourced Windows XP GUI-based that performs some measurements.

My current manual workflow is:

  1. Start the data capture by clicking on the “Run” button on the GUI
  2. Stop the data capture by pressing the “Stop” button on the GUI.
  3. Read some value displayed on the screen.
  4. Save the data for the session to a file.

There is no library or API to automate this whole interaction and therefore I’ve no option but to do it manually 🙁 and I’m sick of it !

As you clearly see that this approach is not only time-consuming but also error prone because it is limited by my reaction time which varies with every run.

I was wondering if there is a way to automate this interaction? If yes, what are my options? I would prefer to implement something in Python or Java. But I’m open to other options as well.

My idea is to implement a server process that runs on the Windows XP machine. I can then remotely send requests to this server process which in turn will execute my workflow automatically.

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  1. Editorial Team

    There’s an amazing windows GUI automation tool called autoit. http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/

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