How to automate loading a ".txt" file from local to MFC application using pywinauto?

Question

I'm trying to load a ".txt" file from local to MFC application using pywinauto or at-least I need to able to type the text in the "File name:" section and then able to click Open button (as shown in the below screenshot).

screenshot

Following is the code which i'm using:

from pywinauto.application import Application
import time
app = Application().Start(cmd_line=u'"path of the application (.exe)" ')
window = app.Dialog
window.Wait('ready')
button = window.Button
button.Click()
app.Open.edit.SetText("Test_File%r.txt" % b)
app.Open.Open.Click()

I searched many blogs for this and couldn't find the solution. Any help is appreciated!!! Thanks.

Are you able to find wrapper object for the whole File Open dialog? — Vasily Ryabov, Feb 25 '19 at 21:38
No, I couldn't able to find that. You can take example of "Save as" command in notepad application. — Sairamz V, Feb 26 '19 at 01:54

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 26 '19 at 18:44

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I made progress on this and it worked for me.

Below is the code which i'm using now:

from pywinauto.application import Application
import time
import ctypes
app = Application().Start(cmd_line=u'"path of the application (.exe)" ')
window = app.Dialog
window.Wait('ready')
button = window.Button
button.Click()
button2 = window.Button10
button2.Click()
app.Open.edit.SetText("Hello.txt")
time.sleep(2)
app.Open.Open.click_input()

answered Feb 26 '19 at 18:44

Sairamz V

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Camel case methods like `SetText` are deprecated (will be removed this year), use `set_text` which is recommended by PEP8. – Vasily Ryabov Feb 27 '19 at 09:12
Save As example from pywinauto repo: [examples/save_from_firefox.py](https://github.com/pywinauto/pywinauto/blob/master/examples/save_from_firefox.py) – Vasily Ryabov Feb 27 '19 at 09:13
Got it. Thank you. – Sairamz V Feb 27 '19 at 15:23

How to automate loading a ".txt" file from local to MFC application using pywinauto?

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