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Swapy could not be used to access swing properties of swing based java application.How to access swing properties of a java application

I am using swapy(desktop automation tool which uses pywinauto python package) to automate desktop UI activities, but swapy does not recognize the properties of a swing based java application, but it can recognize the properties of other applications like notepad windows media player etc..

can anybody please the reason for this problem

and can I use swing explorer for this swing based application of which I don not have code, just the application

If i cant use it, please give me a way/solution to access the properties of swing based java application.

Thanks in advance..

Solution

  • Pywinauto uses standard windows API calls. Unfortunately many UI libraries (like Swing/QT/GTK) do not respond in a typical way to the API calls used - so unfortunately pywinauto usually cannot get the control information. (I am the Author of pywinauto).

    I can't give you a way to access the properties of the Swing controls.