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Cannot get pywinauto to click button


I am trying to use pywinauto to run a large number of exe files that add items to an existing application. The exe file starts as expected, and the dialog of interest (below) appears, but I cannot get the "Next" button in the dialog clicked. Looks like pywinauto cannot find the "Next" button. An ideas how to get his to work? Here is my code:

import time
import pywinauto


def do_installs():
    app = pywinauto.application.Application()
    app.start("You're_a_Hoot_Brushes-(lrd)_windows.exe")

    # setup wizard starts
    # a "Setup" windows appears with a `Next >" button that I want to click

    time.sleep(10)  # excessive wait for Setup dialog

    dlg = app['Setup']
    print('dlg:')
    dlg.print_control_identifiers()
    dlg['Next'].click()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    do_installs()

Here is the output log:

C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\python.exe C:/Users/John/PycharmProjects/installMM_downloads/main.py
dlg:
Control Identifiers:

SunAwtFrame - 'Setup'    (L710, T345, R1210, B735)
['Setup', 'SunAwtFrame', 'SetupSunAwtFrame']
child_window(title="Setup", class_name="SunAwtFrame")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pywinauto\application.py", line 250, in __resolve_control
    ctrl = wait_until_passes(
  File "C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pywinauto\timings.py", line 458, in wait_until_passes
    raise err
pywinauto.timings.TimeoutError

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/John/PycharmProjects/installMM_downloads/main.py", line 22, in <module>
    do_installs()
  File "C:/Users/John/PycharmProjects/installMM_downloads/main.py", line 18, in do_installs
    dlg['Next'].click()
  File "C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pywinauto\application.py", line 379, in __getattribute__
    ctrls = self.__resolve_control(self.criteria)
  File "C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pywinauto\application.py", line 261, in __resolve_control
    raise e.original_exception
  File "C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pywinauto\timings.py", line 436, in wait_until_passes
    func_val = func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pywinauto\application.py", line 222, in __get_ctrl
    ctrl = self.backend.generic_wrapper_class(findwindows.find_element(**ctrl_criteria))
  File "C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pywinauto\findwindows.py", line 87, in find_element
    raise ElementNotFoundError(kwargs)
pywinauto.findwindows.ElementNotFoundError: {'best_match': 'Next', 'top_level_only': False, 'parent': <win32_element_info.HwndElementInfo - 'Setup', SunAwtFrame, 2490776>, 'backend': 'win32'}

Process finished with exit code 1

And Here is the dialog with the "Next" that I want to click:

Here is the dialog with the "Next" that I want to click


Solution

  • The solution is to not try to find the buttons.

    I was able to do what I wanted by using:

    keyboard.send_keys('{ENTER}')
    

    to hit the enter key for cases when the desired selection is selected, as it is for the dialog that I posted. And:

    dlg.click_input(coords=(x, y))
    

    to click the mouse at the specified coordinates (relative to the dialog, dlg) for other cases.