def main():
th = threading.currentThread()
auto.Logger.WriteLine(
'This is running in main thread. {} {}'.format(th.ident, th.name),
auto.ConsoleColor.Cyan)
time.sleep(2)
auto.GetConsoleWindow().CaptureToImage('console_mainthread.png')
root = auto.GetRootControl()
auto.EnumAndLogControl(root, 1)
th = threading.Thread(target=threadFunc, args=(root, ))
th.start()
th.join()
auto.Logger.WriteLine(
'\nMain thread exits. {} {}'.format(th.ident, th.name),
auto.ConsoleColor.Cyan)
def threadFunc(uselessRoot):
"""
If you want to use UI Controls in a new thread, create an UIAutomationInitializerInThread object first.
But you can't use use a Control or a Pattern created in a different thread.
So you can't create a Control or a Pattern in main thread and then pass it to a new thread and use it.
"""
# print(uselessRoot)# you cannot use uselessRoot because it is a control created in a different thread
_uiobj = auto.UIAutomationInitializerInThread(debug=True)
th = threading.currentThread()
auto.Logger.WriteLine(
'\nThis is running in a new thread. {} {}'.format(th.ident, th.name),
auto.ConsoleColor.Cyan)
time.sleep(2)
auto.GetConsoleWindow().CaptureToImage('console_newthread.png')
newRoot = auto.GetRootControl(
) # ok, root control created in current thread
auto.EnumAndLogControl(newRoot, 1)
auto.Logger.WriteLine('\nThread exits. {} {}'.format(th.ident, th.name),
auto.ConsoleColor.Cyan)