Win32file python 3 install
The answer may seem straightforward, but I’ve been banging my head against a wall for hours at this point.
What I’ve tried so far pip install pypiwin32:
(venv) C:\Users\Beheerder\PycharmProjects\Personal-Automation-Programs>pip install pypiwin32 Collecting pypiwin32 Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d0/1b/2f292bbd742e369a100c91faa0483172cd91a1a422a6692055ac920946c5/pypiwin32-223-py3- none-any.whl Collecting pywin32>=223 (from pypiwin32) Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pywin32>=223 (from pypiwin32) (from versions: ) No matching distribution found for pywin32>=223 (from pypiwin32)
(venv) C:\Users\Beheerder\PycharmProjects\Personal-Automation-Programs>pip install pywin32 Collecting pywin32 Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pywin32 (from versions: ) No matching distribution found for pywin32
Several specific versions like pip install pywin32==226:
(venv) C:\Users\Beheerder\PycharmProjects\Personal-Automation-Programs>pip install pywin32==226 Collecting pywin32==226 Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pywin32==226 (from versions: ) No matching distribution found for pywin32==226
and pip install pypiwin32==220:
(venv) C:\Users\Beheerder\PycharmProjects\Personal-Automation-Programs>pip install pypiwin32==220 Collecting pypiwin32==220 Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pypiwin32==220 (from versions: 219, 223) No matching distribution found for pypiwin32==220
Even some shot-in-the-dark kind of attempts like pip install win32api:
(venv) C:\Users\Beheerder\PycharmProjects\Personal-Automation-Programs>pip install win32api Collecting win32api Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement win32api (from versions: ) No matching distribution found for win32api
and python -m pip install pypiwin32:
(venv) C:\Users\Beheerder\PycharmProjects\Personal-Automation-Programs>python -m pip install pypiwin32 Collecting pypiwin32 Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d0/1b/2f292bbd742e369a100c91faa0483172cd91a1a422a6692055ac920946c5/pypiwin32-223-py3- none-any.whl Collecting pywin32>=223 (from pypiwin32) Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pywin32>=223 (from pypiwin32) (from versions: ) No matching distribution found for pywin32>=223 (from pypiwin32)
I even tried many combinations of these previous commands using previous versions of pip and python to no avail. Do any of you know a possible solution?
pywin32 python library for Windows OS
pywin32 is an open source python library that can be used to access Windows COM. Access to COM means that we can control and modify windows programs using python.
This helps us to implement almost any thing a windows program can do, like working with excel data, sending outlook email, track session lock/unlock events, mouse pointer data, screen information, etc.
pywin32 is a huge library and forms the foundation of many other libraries.
For example, any python GUI libraries that supports Windows OS implements pywin32 , as this already has components related to windows GUI.
This article lists some of the most important modules of pywin32 with sample usages.
Complete documentation here.
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Install pywin32
Download and install the latest version of python from Python Website. Set up virtual environment also if needed. Install pywin32 using the command: pip install pywin32
To check if pywin32 installed successfully
Important pywin32 modules
pywin32 has many sub modules, which handles specific functions. When working with pywin32 in our python code, we will be importing these modules mostly, rather than importing pywin32 . Below are list of some of the most used modules and its functionalities.
Module Name | Description |
---|---|
win32 clipboard | Access and modify clipboard data. |
win32api | Enables implementing functions like shutdown or restart, log off, beep from speaker, copy file, delete file, search file get computer name, current user name, local time, windows OS details etc. |
odbc | To manage an odbc connection |
timer | Start a timer to execute a function. Stop timer. |
win32evtlog | Actions like retrieving and reading through a list of events, clearing event logs, backing it up, etc |
win32file | Create directories, create/copy/ move/delete files, get/set filename, get file size, read/write strings to file, etc |
win32gui | Working with windows GUI like, creating and modifying a GUI window, dialog boxes, writing text to window, creating images in window, draw shapes like, ellipse, rectangle, polygons, lines, etc |
win32ts | Actions like, listing all the sessions in a server, get information about a session, logging off a session, etc |
pywintypes | Create GUID, time object etc. |
win32clipboard samples
import win32clipboard as w print("Number of formats currently on clipboard : ", w.CountClipboardFormats())#'Should have some copied data before executing this line' w.OpenClipboard(None) str = w.GetClipboardData(1) print("Clipboard data : ", str) w.SetClipboardText("New data in clipboard", 1) str = w.GetClipboardData(1) print("New clipboard data : ", str) print("Empty clipboard : ", w.EmptyClipboard()) #str = w.GetClipboardData(1)#'Will throw an error because clipboard emptied - Specified clipboard format is not available.'
win32api samples
Enables implementing functions like shutdown or restart, log off, beep from speaker, copy file, delete file, search file get computer name, current user name, local time, windows os details etc.
import win32api as w str = w.Beep(100, 1000)#'Frequency and duration in ms' w.CopyFile('src_file_name', 'dest_file_name', 0)#'Provide right path for it to work' w.DeleteFile('file_name') w.ExitWindows(0, 0)#'Log off current user' w.FindFiles('srchkey')#'Keyword should be a file or directory name. Wild cards * and ? allowed' w.FindExecutable(filename, dir)#'Retrieves details of exe associated with file specified' w.GetUserName()#'Current user name' w.GetLocalTime() w.GetSystemInfo() w.GetTickCount()#'Milliseconds since start of the system' w.mouse_event(0, 10, 200, 0, 0)#'Simulate mouse event'
odbc Samples
To list out all the ODBC data sources available, use below code. Will return None, if nothing is available.
import odbc print(odbc.SQLDataSources(1))
timer samples
import timer as t def func(timer_id, time): print('Timer function called every second') t.kill_timer(id) func) print(id)
win32evtlog samples
import win32evtlog as w hdle = w.OpenEventLog(None,'Information')#'Server name and log name' flags = w.EVENTLOG_SEQUENTIAL_READ | w.EVENTLOG_BACKWARDS_READ ev=w.ReadEventLog(hdle,flags,0) print (ev) ev=w.CloseEventLog(hdle)
win32file samples
Create directories, create/copy/move/delete files, get/set filename, get file size, read/write strings to file, etc.
import win32file as w w.CreateDirectory('New Dir', None) hdle = w.CreateFile('NewFile.txt', w.GENERIC_READ, 0, None, w.CREATE_NEW, 0, None) print(w.GetFileSize(hdle)) print(w.ReadFile(hdle, 1000, None)) #w.WriteFile(hdle, 'New Text', None)#'While creating file use w.GENERIC_WRITE for this to work' hdle.close() w.DeleteFile('NewFile.txt')
win32gui samples
Working with windows GUI like, creating and modifying a GUI window, dialog boxes, writing text to window, creating images in window, draw shapes like, ellipse, rectangle, polygons, lines, etc. This is a big topic. Below example just shows creating a window with a specified size.
import win32api as api import win32con as con import win32gui as gui import win32ts as ts cname = "Test" hndle = api.GetModuleHandle(None) wc = gui.WNDCLASS() wc.hInstance = hndle wc.lpszClassName = cname cl = gui.RegisterClass(wc) s = con.WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW w = gui.CreateWindow(cl, cname, s, 100, 100, 500, 500, 0, 0, hndle, None) gui.UpdateWindow(w) gui.ShowWindow(w, con.SW_SHOW) ts.WTSRegisterSessionNotification(w, ts.NOTIFY_FOR_ALL_SESSIONS) if __name__ == '__main__': gui.PumpMessages()
win32ts
Actions like, listing all the sessions in a server, get information about a session, logging off a session, etc.
Refer sample application Sedentary Reminder for usage details.
pywintypes samples
import pywintypes print("New GUID : ", pywintypes.CreateGuid()) print("Check Unicode : ", pywintypes.IsTextUnicode("1", 1))#Result is non zero if test passes print("New Time : ", pywintypes.Time(1000000000))
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