Module win32gui
A module which provides an interface to the native win32
GUI API.
Note that a module winxpgui also exists,
which has the same methods as win32gui, but has an XP
manifest and is setup for side-by-side sharing support for
certain system DLLs, notably commctl32.
Methods
- EnumFontFamilies
- Enumerates the available font families.
- set_logger
- Sets a logger object for exceptions and error information
- LOGFONT
- Creates a LOGFONT object.
- CreateFontIndirect
- function creates a logical font that has the specified characteristics. The font can subsequently be selected as the current font for any device context.
- GetObject
- GetObjectType
- Returns the type (OBJ_* constant) of a GDI handle
- PyMakeBuffer
- Returns a buffer object from addr,len or just len
- PyGetString
- Returns a string object from an address.
- PySetString
- Copies a string to an address (null terminated). You almost certainly should use win32gui::PySetMemory instead.
- PySetMemory
- Copies bytes to an address.
- PyGetArraySignedLong
- Returns a signed long from an array object at specified index
- PyGetBufferAddressAndLen
- Returns a buffer object address and len
- FlashWindow
- The FlashWindow function flashes the specified window one time. It does not change the active state of the window.
- FlashWindowEx
- The FlashWindowEx function flashes the specified window a specified number of times.
- AnimateWindow
- Enables you to produce special effects when showing or hiding windows. There are three types of animation: roll, slide, and alpha-blended fade.
- UpdateLayeredWindow
- Updates the position, size, shape, content, and translucency of a layered window.
- GetWindowLong
- GetClassLong
- SetWindowLong
- CallWindowProc
- SendMessage
- Sends a message to the window.
- SendMessageTimeout
- Sends a message to the window.
- PostMessage
- PostThreadMessage
- ReplyMessage
- Used to reply to a message sent through the SendMessage function without returning control to the function that called SendMessage.
- RegisterWindowMessage
- Defines a new window message that is guaranteed to be unique throughout the system. The message value can be used when sending or posting messages.
- DefWindowProc
- EnumWindows
- Enumerates all top-level windows on the screen by passing the handle to each window, in turn, to an application-defined callback function. EnumWindows continues until the last top-level window is enumerated or the callback function returns FALSE
- EnumThreadWindows
- Enumerates all top-level windows associated with a thread on the screen by passing the handle to each window, in turn, to an application-defined callback function. EnumThreadWindows continues until the last top-level window associated with the thread is enumerated or the callback function returns FALSE
- EnumChildWindows
- Enumerates the child windows that belong to the specified parent window by passing the handle to each child window, in turn, to an application-defined callback function. EnumChildWindows continues until the last child window is enumerated or the callback function returns FALSE.
- DialogBox
- Creates a modal dialog box.
- DialogBoxParam
- See win32gui::DialogBox
- DialogBoxIndirect
- Creates a modal dialog box from a template, see win32ui::CreateDialogIndirect
- DialogBoxIndirectParam
- See win32gui::DialogBoxIndirect
- CreateDialogIndirect
- Creates a modeless dialog box from a template, see win32ui::CreateDialogIndirect
- DialogBoxIndirectParam
- See win32gui::CreateDialogIndirect
- EndDialog
- Ends a dialog box.
- GetDlgItem
- Retrieves the handle to a control in the specified dialog box.
- GetDlgItemInt
- Returns the integer value of a dialog control
- SetDlgItemInt
- Places an integer value in a dialog control
- GetDlgCtrlID
- Retrieves the identifier of the specified control.
- GetDlgItemText
- Returns the text of a dialog control
- SetDlgItemText
- Sets the text for a window or control
- GetNextDlgTabItem
- Retrieves a handle to the first control that has the WS_TABSTOP style that precedes (or follows) the specified control.
- GetNextDlgGroupItem
- Retrieves a handle to the first control in a group of controls that precedes (or follows) the specified control in a dialog box.
- SetWindowText
- Sets the window text.
- GetWindowText
- Get the window text.
- InitCommonControls
- Initializes the common controls.
- InitCommonControlsEx
- Initializes specific common controls.
- LoadCursor
- Loads a cursor.
- SetCursor
- GetCursor
- GetCursorInfo
- Retrieves information about the global cursor.
- CreateAcceleratorTable
- Creates an accelerator table
- DestroyAccleratorTable
- Destroys an accelerator table
- LoadMenu
- Loads a menu
- DestroyMenu
- Destroys a previously loaded menu.
- SetMenu
- Sets the menu for the specified window.
- GetMenu
- Gets the menu for the specified window.
- LoadIcon
- Loads an icon
- CopyIcon
- Copies an icon
- DrawIcon
- Draws an icon or cursor into the specified device context. To specify additional drawing options, use the win32gui::DrawIconEx function.
- DrawIconEx
- Draws an icon or cursor into the specified device context, performing the specified raster operations, and stretching or compressing the icon or cursor as specified.
- CreateIconIndirect
- Creates an icon or cursor from an ICONINFO structure.
- CreateIconFromResource
- Creates an icon or cursor from resource bits describing the icon.
- LoadImage
- Loads a bitmap, cursor or icon
- DeleteObject
- Deletes a logical pen, brush, font, bitmap, region, or palette, freeing all system resources associated with the object. After the object is deleted, the specified handle is no longer valid.
- BitBlt
- Performs a bit-block transfer of the color data corresponding to a rectangle of pixels from the specified source device context into a destination device context.
- StretchBlt
- Copies a bitmap from a source rectangle into a destination rectangle, stretching or compressing the bitmap to fit the dimensions of the destination rectangle, if necessary
- SetStretchBltMode
- MaskBlt
- Combines the color data for the source and destination bitmaps using the specified mask and raster operation.
- ImageList_Add
- Adds an image or images to an image list.
- ImageList_Create
- Create an image list
- ImageList_Destroy
- Destroy an imagelist
- ImageList_Draw
- Draw an image on an HDC
- ImageList_DrawEx
- Draw an image on an HDC
- ImageList_GetIcon
- Extract an icon from an imagelist
- ImageList_GetImageCount
- Return count of images in imagelist
- ImageList_LoadImage
- Loads bitmaps, cursors or icons, creates imagelist
- ImageList_LoadBitmap
- Creates an image list from the specified bitmap resource.
- ImageList_Remove
- Remove an image from an imagelist
- ImageList_Replace
- Replace an image in an imagelist with a bitmap image
- ImageList_ReplaceIcon
- Replace an image in an imagelist with an icon image
- ImageList_SetBkColor
- Set the background color for the imagelist
- ImageList_SetOverlayImage
- Adds a specified image to the list of images to be used as overlay masks. An image list can have up to four overlay masks in version 4.70 and earlier and up to 15 in version 4.71. The function assigns an overlay mask index to the specified image.
- MessageBox
- Displays a message box
- MessageBeep
- Plays a waveform sound.
- CreateWindow
- Creates a new window.
- DestroyWindow
- EnableWindow
- Enables and disables keyboard and mouse input to a window
- FindWindow
- Retrieves a handle to the top-level window whose class name and window name match the specified strings.
- FindWindowEx
- Retrieves a handle to the top-level window whose class name and window name match the specified strings.
- DragAcceptFiles
- Registers whether a window accepts dropped files.
- DragDetect
- captures the mouse and tracks its movement until the user releases the left button, presses the ESC key, or moves the mouse outside the drag rectangle around the specified point.
- SetDoubleClickTime
- GetDoubleClickTime
- HideCaret
- SetCaretPos
- ShowCaret
- ShowWindow
- IsWindowVisible
- Indicates if the window has the WS_VISIBLE style.
- IsWindowEnabled
- Indicates if the window is enabled.
- SetFocus
- Sets focus to the specified window.
- GetFocus
- Returns the HWND of the window with focus.
- UpdateWindow
- BringWindowToTop
- SetActiveWindow
- GetActiveWindow
- SetForegroundWindow
- GetForegroundWindow
- GetClientRect
- GetDC
- Gets the device context for the window.
- DeleteDC
- Deletes a DC
- CreateCompatibleDC
- Creates a memory device context (DC) compatible with the specified device.
- CreateCompatibleBitmap
- Creates a bitmap compatible with the device that is associated with the specified device context.
- CreateBitmap
- Creates a bitmap
- SelectObject
- Selects an object into the specified device context (DC). The new object replaces the previous object of the same type.
- GetWindowRect
- GetStockObject
- PostQuitMessage
- WaitMessage
- Waits for a message
- SetWindowPos
- GetWindowPlacement
- Returns placement information about the current window.
- SetWindowPlacement
- Sets the windows placement
- RegisterClass
- Registers a window class.
- UnregisterClass
- PumpMessages
- Runs a message loop until a WM_QUIT message is received.
- PumpWaitingMessages
- Pumps all waiting messages for the current thread.
- GetMessage
- TranslateMessage
- DispatchMessage
- TranslateAccelerator
- PeekMessage
- Shell_NotifyIcon
- Adds, removes or modifies a taskbar icon,
- GetSystemMenu
- DrawMenuBar
- MoveWindow
- CloseWindow
- DeleteMenu
- RemoveMenu
- CreateMenu
- CreatePopupMenu
- TrackPopupMenu
- Display popup shortcut menu
- CommDlgExtendedError
- ExtractIcon
- ExtractIconEx
- DestroyIcon
- GetIconInfo
- ScreenToClient
- Convert screen coordinates to client coords
- ClientToScreen
- Convert client coordinates to screen coords
- GetTextExtentPoint32
- Computes the width and height of the specified string of text.
- GetOpenFileName
- Creates an Open dialog box that lets the user specify the drive, directory, and the name of a file or set of files to open.
- InsertMenuItem
- Inserts a menu item
- SetMenuItemInfo
- Sets menu information
- GetMenuItemInfo
- Gets menu information
- GetMenuItemCount
- GetMenuItemRect
- GetMenuState
- SetMenuDefaultItem
- GetMenuDefaultItem
- AppendMenu
- InsertMenu
- EnableMenuItem
- CheckMenuItem
- GetSubMenu
- ModifyMenu
- Changes an existing menu item. This function is used to specify the content, appearance, and behavior of the menu item.
- GetMenuItemID
- Retrieves the menu item identifier of a menu item located at the specified position in a menu.
- SetMenuItemBitmaps
- Associates the specified bitmap with a menu item. Whether the menu item is selected or clear, the system displays the appropriate bitmap next to the menu item.
- CheckMenuRadioItem
- Checks a specified menu item and makes it a radio item. At the same time, the function clears all other menu items in the associated group and clears the radio-item type flag for those items.
- SetMenuInfo
- Sets information for a specified menu.
- GetMenuInfo
- Gets information about a specified menu.
- DrawFocusRect
- DrawText
- Draws formatted text on a device context
- ExtTextOut
- Writes text to a DC.
- SetTextColor
- Changes the text color for a device context
- SetBkMode
- Sets the background mode for a device context
- SetBkColor
- Sets the background color for a device context
- DrawEdge
- FillRect
- DrawAnimatedRects
- CreateSolidBrush
- CreatePen
- GetSysColor
- GetSysColorBrush
- InvalidateRect
- FrameRect
- GetUpdateRgn
- Rectangle
- BeginPaint
- EndPaint
- CreateWindowEx
- Creates a new window with Extended Style.
- GetParent
- Retrieves a handle to the specified child window's parent window.
- SetParent
- changes the parent window of the specified child window.
- GetCursorPos
- retrieves the cursor's position, in screen coordinates.
- GetDesktopWindow
- returns the desktop window
- GetWindow
- returns a window that has the specified relationship (Z order or owner) to the specified window.
- GetWindowDC
- returns the device context (DC) for the entire window, including title bar, menus, and scroll bars.
- IsIconic
- determines whether the specified window is minimized (iconic).
- IsWindow
- determines whether the specified window handle identifies an existing window.
- IsChild
- Tests whether a window is a child window or descendant window of a specified parent window
- ReleaseCapture
- Releases the moust capture for a window.
- GetCapture
- Returns the window with the mouse capture.
- SetCapture
- Captures the mouse for the specified window.
- _TrackMouseEvent
- Posts messages when the mouse pointer leaves a window or hovers over a window for a specified amount of time.
- ReleaseDC
- Releases a device context.
- CreateCaret
- DestroyCaret
- ScrollWindowEx
- scrolls the content of the specified window's client area.
- SetScrollInfo
- Sets information about a scroll-bar
- GetScrollInfo
- Returns information about a scroll bar
- GetClassName
- Retrieves the name of the class to which the specified window belongs.
- WindowFromPoint
- Retrieves a handle to the window that contains the specified point.
- ChildWindowFromPoint
- Determines which, if any, of the child windows belonging to a parent window contains the specified point.
- ChildWindowFromPoint
- Determines which, if any, of the child windows belonging to a parent window contains the specified point.
- ListView_SortItems
- Uses an application-defined comparison function to sort the items of a list view control.
- ListView_SortItemsEx
- Uses an application-defined comparison function to sort the items of a list view control.
- CreateDC
- Creates a device context for a printer or display device
- GetSaveFileNameW
- Creates a dialog for user to specify location to save a file or files
- GetOpenFileNameW
- Creates a dialog to allow user to select file(s) to open
- SystemParametersInfo
- Queries or sets system-wide parameters. This function can also update the user profile while setting a parameter.
- SetLayeredWindowAttributes
- Sets the opacity and transparency color key of a layered window.
- GetLayeredWindowAttributes
- Retrieves the layering parameters of a window with the WS_EX_LAYERED extended style