Python win32con.SW_HIDE Examples

def start(self, cmd):
        sAttr = win32security.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES()
        sAttr.bInheritHandle = True

        stdout_r, stdout_w = win32pipe.CreatePipe(sAttr,0)
        stdin_r, stdin_w = win32pipe.CreatePipe(sAttr,0)
        self.read_handle=stdout_r
        self.write_handle=stdout_w
        self.stdin_write=stdin_w

        si = win32process.STARTUPINFO()
        si.dwFlags = win32process.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW | win32process.STARTF_USESTDHANDLES
        si.wShowWindow = win32con.SW_HIDE
        si.hStdInput = stdin_r            # file descriptor of origin stdin
        si.hStdOutput = stdout_w
        si.hStdError = stdout_w
        hProcess, hThread, dwProcessID, dwThreadID = win32process.CreateProcess(None,"cmd", None, None, True, win32process.CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, None, None, si)
        self.dwProcessID=dwProcessID
        self.hProcess=hProcess
        sleep(0.5)
        if self.hProcess == 0:
            DebugOutput("Start Process Fail:{:d}".format(win32api.GetLastError()))
        DebugOutput('[*] pid: {:x}'.format(self.dwProcessID))
        self.Console_hwnd = get_hwnds_for_pid(self.dwProcessID)
        if len(self.Console_hwnd)==0:
            raise Exception("Fail to run,No Process!")
        DebugOutput('[*] hwnd:{:x}'.format(self.Console_hwnd[0])) 

def runAsAdmin(cmdLine=None, wait=True):

    if os.name != 'nt':
        raise RuntimeError, "This function is only implemented on Windows."

    import win32api
    import win32con
    import win32event
    import win32process
    from win32com.shell.shell import ShellExecuteEx
    from win32com.shell import shellcon

    python_exe = sys.executable

    if cmdLine is None:
        cmdLine = [python_exe] + sys.argv
    elif type(cmdLine) not in (types.TupleType, types.ListType):
        raise ValueError, "cmdLine is not a sequence."
    cmd = '"%s"' % (cmdLine[0],)
    # XXX TODO: isn't there a function or something we can call to massage command line params?
    params = " ".join(['"%s"' % (x,) for x in cmdLine[1:]])
    cmdDir = ''
    #showCmd = win32con.SW_SHOWNORMAL
    showCmd = win32con.SW_HIDE
    lpVerb = 'runas'  # causes UAC elevation prompt.

    # print "Running", cmd, params

    # ShellExecute() doesn't seem to allow us to fetch the PID or handle
    # of the process, so we can't get anything useful from it. Therefore
    # the more complex ShellExecuteEx() must be used.

    # procHandle = win32api.ShellExecute(0, lpVerb, cmd, params, cmdDir, showCmd)

    procInfo = ShellExecuteEx(nShow=showCmd,
                              fMask=shellcon.SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS,
                              lpVerb=lpVerb,
                              lpFile=cmd,
                              lpParameters=params)

    if wait:
        procHandle = procInfo['hProcess']
        obj = win32event.WaitForSingleObject(procHandle, win32event.INFINITE)
        rc = win32process.GetExitCodeProcess(procHandle)
        # print "Process handle %s returned code %s" % (procHandle, rc)
    else:
        rc = None

    return rc 

def hide(self):
        print("hide")
        win32gui.ShowWindow(self.hwnd, win32con.SW_HIDE)
        self.hidden = True 

def LoadMainFrame(self):
		" Create the main applications frame "
		self.frame = self.CreateMainFrame()
		self.SetMainFrame(self.frame)
		self.frame.LoadFrame(win32ui.IDR_DEBUGGER, win32con.WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW)
		self.frame.DragAcceptFiles()	# we can accept these.
		self.frame.ShowWindow(win32con.SW_HIDE);
		self.frame.UpdateWindow();

		# but we do rehook, hooking the new code objects.
		self.HookCommands() 

def GUIAboutToFinishInteract(self):
		"""Called as the GUI is about to finish any interaction with the user
		   Returns non zero if we are allowed to stop interacting"""
		if self.oldForeground is not None:
			try:
				win32ui.GetMainFrame().EnableWindow(self.oldFrameEnableState)
				self.oldForeground.EnableWindow(1)
			except win32ui.error:
				# old window may be dead.
				pass
#			self.oldForeground.SetForegroundWindow() - fails??
		if not self.inForcedGUI:
			return 1 # Never a problem, and nothing else to do.
		# If we are running a forced GUI, we may never get an opportunity
		# to interact again.  Therefore we perform a "SaveAll", to makesure that
		# any documents are saved before leaving.
		for template in win32ui.GetApp().GetDocTemplateList():
			for doc in template.GetDocumentList():
				if not doc.SaveModified():
					return 0
		# All documents saved - now hide the app and debugger.
		if self.get_option(OPT_HIDE):
			frame = win32ui.GetMainFrame()
			frame.ShowWindow(win32con.SW_HIDE)
		return 1

	#
	# Pythonwin interface - all stuff to do with showing source files,
	# changing line states etc.
	# 

def OnInitDialog(self):
		self.SetWindowText(self.appName)
		butCancel = self.GetDlgItem(win32con.IDCANCEL)
		butCancel.ShowWindow(win32con.SW_HIDE)
		p1 = self.GetDlgItem(win32ui.IDC_PROMPT1)
		p2 = self.GetDlgItem(win32ui.IDC_PROMPT2)

		# Do something here!

		p1.SetWindowText("Hello there")
		p2.SetWindowText("from the demo") 

def ShowDW(self, bShow):
        if bShow:
            self.toolbar.ShowWindow(win32con.SW_SHOW)
        else:
            self.toolbar.ShowWindow(win32con.SW_HIDE) 

def hide(self, new=True):
        """Hide a window from the task bar.
        Kept the old way just to be on the safe side.
        """
        if new:
            win32gui.ShowWindow(self.hwnd, False)
        else:
            self.minimise()
            win32gui.ShowWindow(self.hwnd, win32con.SW_HIDE)
            win32gui.SetWindowLong(self.hwnd, win32con.GWL_EXSTYLE,
                                   win32gui.GetWindowLong(self.hwnd, win32con.GWL_EXSTYLE) | win32con.WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW)
            win32gui.ShowWindow(self.hwnd, win32con.SW_SHOW) 

def hide(self):
        print("hide")
        win32gui.ShowWindow(self.hwnd, win32con.SW_HIDE)
        self.hidden = True 

def set_visibility( self, visibility  ):
        state = win32con.SW_SHOW if visibility else win32con.SW_HIDE
        win32gui.ShowWindow( self.window_handle, state )
        win32gui.UpdateWindow( self.window_handle ) 

def _WindowsShutdownBlocker(title='Python script'):
    """
    Block Windows shutdown when you do something important.
    """
    from ctypes import CFUNCTYPE, c_bool, c_uint, c_void_p, c_wchar_p, windll
    import win32con
    import win32gui

    def WndProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam):
        if message == win32con.WM_QUERYENDSESSION:
            return False
        else:
            return win32gui.DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam)

    CALLBACK = CFUNCTYPE(c_bool, c_void_p, c_uint, c_void_p, c_void_p)

    wc = win32gui.WNDCLASS()
    wc.style = win32con.CS_GLOBALCLASS | win32con.CS_VREDRAW | win32con.CS_HREDRAW
    wc.lpfnWndProc = CALLBACK(WndProc)
    wc.hbrBackground = win32con.COLOR_WINDOW + 1
    wc.lpszClassName = "block_shutdown_class"
    win32gui.RegisterClass(wc)

    hwnd = win32gui.CreateWindow(wc.lpszClassName, title,
                                 win32con.WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 50,
                                 50, 100, 100, 0, 0,
                                 win32gui.GetForegroundWindow(), None)

    win32gui.ShowWindow(hwnd, win32con.SW_HIDE)

    windll.user32.ShutdownBlockReasonCreate.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_wchar_p]
    windll.user32.ShutdownBlockReasonCreate.restype = c_bool
    windll.user32.ShutdownBlockReasonCreate(
        hwnd, "Important work in processing, don't shutdown :-(")

    yield

    windll.user32.ShutdownBlockReasonDestroy.argtypes = [c_void_p]
    windll.user32.ShutdownBlockReasonDestroy.restype = c_bool
    windll.user32.ShutdownBlockReasonDestroy(hwnd)
    win32gui.DestroyWindow(hwnd)
    win32gui.UnregisterClass(wc.lpszClassName, None)