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pyHook is a python wrapper for global input hooks in Windows. Specifically it wraps the Windows SetWindowsHookEx API function using low-level keyboard (WH_KEYBOARD_LL) and mouse (WH_MOUSE_LL) hooks.

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why does pythoncom.pumpmessages() stop working?

so I am writing a program that is logging keystrokes and it works great until I click away from the program's box. when i clicked on like cortana a browser and started typing, it logged a few strokes then completely stopped. It also didn't throw…
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Windows Python get data from Clipboard. Clipboard returns previously copied word

I am using pyhook to detect when user presses Control + C. Then I get the data copied from the clipboard using win32clipboard api. The problem I am facing is that the code returns the last copied data not the current one. Is it because it takes time…
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How to quit using python script pyhook use shortcut keys?

This is , I intend to do a can automatically pasted into the chat window and click with the mouse to send a small script. However, this script can only run up until after running can stop. My question is how you can set a shortcut key ( such as F12…
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Install pyHook 3.5

I started coding with python about a month or so ago, and I've only just recently started using other modules within my code. I want to use pyHook for one of my projects. However, I've had no luck at finding a version of pyHook for python 3.5. There…
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PyHook mouse event

I wrote a small program in Python, which executes the function "go" when I press the left mouse button. My intention however is to execute go only while I hold LMB. If I release LMB it should cancel "go". Finally when canceld or successfully…
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time.sleep (got type NoneType)

So I have been working on a very basic 'fastclick macro'. I want the program to click more if I click faster than around 5 clicks per second. When it reaches the limit of 5 clicks per second, i want it to click in between your last and your next…
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loosing button control in kivy in combination with pyhook

I have a small recorder application in kivy which should control screen capture activity. The recorder app should present a status line and a recording / pause button depending on the status of the recorder. The initial sequence is: Waiting (i.e.…
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Python TypeError an integer is required pyHook pythoncom

I wrote a script: import pythoncom, pyHook import time from time import strftime,localtime def OKBE(event): log =str("log "+str(time.strftime("%d,%B",localtime()))+".txt") f=open(str(log),"a") …
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Pyhook UTF-8 issue

I'm making a python app that triggers an action when the print screen key is pressed. I'm using pyhook library. However, every time I press a character written with the language of my country (ãíé and others) is doubling the characters . For example…
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hooking the keyboard in multiple threads - pyhook and threading

Im trying to capture a set of words from the keyboard and run a coresponding command to each word. Each thread looks for a different word. For some reason although both threads are running only one word is captured. import pythoncom, pyHook, os,…
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Py2EXE compiled pyhook binary error

I was compiling some python script using pyhook and pythoncom. The build was successfully after notifying that there is missing module named _cpyHook from pyHook.cpyHook. When i start the .exe file it returns this import error. Traceback (most…
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Python: How can I have a script write to a file when it's run then stay open to write on a keypress?

I'm trying to write a script that when I run it, it will write the current time to a file, then I want it to stay open running in the background so that any time I press the Insert key it will write the current time to the file minus 7 minutes. I…
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My script does not delete the last char

I've got a very long script so I will sum it up. LOG_TEXT is where all the chars are stored and the data goes there through Key strokes, so every time a user types a key on the keyboard, it goes to LOG_TEXT. Eventually, the LOG_TEXT is saved in…
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Python import error on compiled binary?

I'm trying to distribute a python app which uses pyHook I used cx_Freeze to make a compiled binary. The orginal python project works flawlessly while in .py form. But the compiled binary from cx_freeze just terminates after giving this Traceback: …
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Need help for my keylogger program python

I'm new to Python. I'm writing a key-logger program. I wrote this: #!/usr/bin/python import pythoncom , pyHook , time, smtplib LOG = open("C:\LOG.txt", "a") LOG.write("") LOG.close() _time = time.strftime(" %A, %d, %B, %Y, %H : %M ") _time1…
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