pywinAuto - working with Windows MFC controls

Question

have anyone explored pywinAuto works handling windows MFC contorols? my custom built application primarly on .net also uses technologies like MFC and C++ and pure custom grids. Wondering anyone have handled such complex apps with pywinAuto

Answer 1

Based on https://pywinauto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html:

The list of supported accessibility technologies on Windows:

• Win32 API (backend="win32") - a default backend for now
  • MFC, VB6, VCL, simple WinForms controls and most of the old legacy apps
• MS UI Automation (backend="uia")
  • WinForms, WPF, Store apps, Qt5, browsers

Also, check Vasily Ryabov (pywinauto developer)'s answer from this post: Free automated Testing tools for MFC based GUI App