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Pywinauto - Wait for process to end without timeout

I've got a python script 3.9.7 64-bit that uses PyWinAuto to automate an application.

I have a long operation in my application

and the app raise an exception of timeout while trying two ways of doing it

Is there a way to wait for process to end without timeout?

first way :

Application(backend="uia").start(reg360path)
reg360App = Application(backend="uia").connect(path=reg360path, title='Cyclone REGISTER 360')        
       
      while(reg360App.CycloneREGISTER360.Publishing.exists()):
        if(reg360App.CycloneREGISTER360.PublishResults.exists()):
            break

second way:

Application(backend="uia").start(reg360path)
reg360App = Application(backend="uia").connect(path=reg360path, title='Cyclone REGISTER 360')            
        
  publishing_is_on = False
  while not publishing_is_on:
   if(reg360App.CycloneREGISTER360.PublishResults.wait('enabled')):
         publishing_is_on = True

Both ways raise error timeout

Solution

  • Methods wait() and exists() have parameter timeout. Just set large enough timeout in seconds:

    # wait for up to 10 minutes
reg360App.CycloneREGISTER360.PublishResults.wait('enabled', timeout=600)

# or
reg360App.CycloneREGISTER360.child_window(title="Publishing").wait_not('exists', timeout=600)

# or
reg360App.CycloneREGISTER360.PublishResults.exists(timeout=600)

    Exact matching for title="Publishing" is better because usual attribute access .Publishing is resistant to a typo. Words "Publishing" and "PublishResults" may be too similar (I didn't test it, it's just a guess).