Switch between applications - pywinauto

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I am trying to loop between applications at a certain interval, for now, I came up with this just wanting to see it work, but I am not able to "focus" on the Chrome application. Note: multiple applications could be running (Chrome, Notepad, PyCharm, Skype) but I only want to switch between Notepad and Chrome So far I came up with this:

from pywinauto import application
from time import sleep
notepad = application.Application()
chrome = application.Application()

chrome.start("chrome.exe")
notepad.start("notepad.exe")


def loopApps():
    while True:
        chrome.connect(title_re="Google Chrome")
        chrome_dialog = chrome.top_window_()
        chrome_dialog.Minimize()
        print("[+] Sleeping 10 seconds")
        sleep(10)
        notepad.connect()
        notepad_dialog = notepad.top_window_()


loopApps()

I am not sure that this could be done using pyautogui as I've looked into the docs... This is not useful(and it's outdated) how to switch between two application using pywinauto 0.5.4

Is notepad_dialog.set_focus() and chrome_dialog.set_focus() working for you? — Vasily Ryabov, Sep 12 '18 at 06:30
No, I have tried that also, it gives me an error saying that the program is unable to find Chrome — Julanu, Sep 12 '18 at 07:04
Maybe window title doesn't contain `"Google Chrome"`? Connect by title is right way. But correct title is also important. — Vasily Ryabov, Sep 12 '18 at 09:19
The title is correct so that is not the problem, I will update in a few hours with a answer. — Julanu, Sep 12 '18 at 10:14

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '18 at 07:37

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I've found the answer I was looking for here: Python win32gui set-as-foreground-window function

You can get around the code and build your functionality

answered Sep 13 '18 at 07:37

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