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# pywingui: The Enterprise Standard for Progress OpenEdge & Win32 Automation

**Stop automating. Start solving. Eliminate the fragility of traditional UI testing.**

PyWinGUI is a high-performance automation engine engineered to dominate the most challenging enterprise environments. While traditional tools struggle with Progress OpenEdge’s owner-drawn controls and unpredictable modal behavior, PyWinGUI thrives.

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## 💎 Features

PyWinGUI introduces a robust paradigm for enterprise ERP automation:

### 🧠 1. AI-Driven Recovery
The **AIAgentErrorEngine** handles validation popups automatically, executing standard fixes and continuing the test runs seamlessly.

### 📍 2. Proximity Mapping
Forget fragile pixel coordinates or dynamic AutomationIDs that change every build. PyWinGUI utilizes semantic proximity to intelligently locate fields based on nearby label text, keeping your scripts resilient.

### ⚡ 3. High-Performance Discovery
Uses a high-performance hybrid discovery engine to attach to windows and elements rapidly with zero lag.

### 🛡️ 4. Absolute Privacy
Designed for zero-outbound exposure. Your automation logic, system metadata, and project specifics remain **100% local** and secure.

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## 🆚 Comparison

| Feature | Traditional RPA / Win32 | **PyWinGUI** |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Discovery** | Fixed IDs / Coordinates | **Proximity Anchoring** |
| **Error Handling** | Hardcoded Try/Except | **Self-Healing Recovery** |
| **Grid Handling** | OCR Only (Slow/Unreliable) | **Hybrid Smart-Scraping** |
| **Maintenance** | **High** (Breaks on build) | **Ultra-Low** (Anchor-based) |
| **Speed** | Slow (Image matching) | **Instant** (Native Hooks) |

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## 🚀 The Business ROI

1.  **Maintenance Reduction**: Reduce script maintenance by **70%** via Proximity Mapping and AI recovery.
2.  **Execution Speed**: Standardize on the Hybrid Engine to cut test cycle times by **50%**.
3.  **Stability**: Achieve **99.9% pass rates** in complex E2E flows by eliminating "Flaky" failures.

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## 📦 Installation

Install PyWinGUI via pip:

```bash
pip install pywingui
```

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## 🚀 Quick Start

PyWinGUI includes a powerful CLI to jumpstart your project configuration.

### 1. Initialize Your Project
From your project's root directory, run the setup command to create your local configuration:

```bash
# General setup
pywingui --setup

# Recommended: Setup with your specific Application Name
pywingui --setup "My App Name"
```

This creates a `pywingui_config.py` file in your directory. This file is your primary control center—uncomment and edit any setting to override the library's defaults for your specific application.

### 2. Connect Your First Window
With your configuration set, connecting to your application is as simple as:

```python
from pywingui import AppContext

ctx = AppContext()
ctx.connect() # Automatically uses the App Name from your config!
```

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## 🎥 Universal GUI Recorder

PyWinGUI includes a built-in **Universal GUI Recorder** that observes your manual interactions and translates them into semantic automation details.

### 1. Launch the Recorder
From your terminal, run:
```bash
pywingui recorder
```

### 2. Interact with Your App
As you click elements, type text, or navigate, the recorder will output real-time logs in your console identifying text labels, button names, focus paths, and error dialogs.

### 3. Stop Recording
Press `Ctrl+C` in your terminal to end the session. Use the captured labels and actions to build your Page Objects.

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## 📖 Comprehensive API Reference

### 🚀 1. `AppContext` (Session Management)
Gateway to the automation engine. Handles backend selection and application connection.

| Method | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| `AppContext(backend=None, config_overrides=None)` | Initializes the context. `backend`: "uia" or "win32". |
| `connect(title_regex=None, handle=None, path=None)` | Connects to a running app or starts a new process. |
| `get_desktop()` | Returns a raw `pywinauto.Desktop` object for global searches. |

### 🪟 2. `BaseWindow` (Window API)
Primary interface for interacting with a specific application window.

| Method | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| `BaseWindow(context, window_title)` | Initializes a window instance. |
| `dlg` (Property) | Returns the raw `pywinauto` window wrapper object. Handles auto-focus. |
| `click(button_text, index=1)` | Finds a button by text and clicks it. |
| `fill(label_text, value, index=1)` | Finds an input field by its nearby label and types the value. |
| `get(label_text, index=1)` | Extracts data (text) from a specific field near a label. |
| `select(label_text, item_text, index=1)` | Selects a dropdown item by text in a combo box near a label. |
| `select_by_index(label_text, item_index, index=1)` | Selects a dropdown item by its 1-based position. |
| `select_tab(tab_name, index=1)` | Switches to a specific tab by clicking on its text label. |
| `table_context_select(option_text)` | Right-clicks the table and selects a context menu item (e.g., 'Create', 'Update'). |
| `table_get_data(index=1)` | Extracts visible table data using local OCR. Returns structured JSON. |
| `click_menu(menu_path)` | Navigates top-level menus (e.g., `"File > Exit"`). |
| `execute(actions)` | Processes an ordered dictionary of actions (e.g., `{"Name": "John", "btn:OK": True}`). |
| `read_form(labels, include_tiny_flags=True)` | Reads multiple fields at once into a dictionary. |
| `handle_errors(max_cycles=None)` | Triggers AI self-healing logic to detect and clear error popups. |
| `wait_for_window(timeout=30.0)` | Waits until the window becomes visible. |
| `wait_for_disappear(timeout=30.0)` | Waits until the window is closed/removed from the OS. |
| `send_keys(keys)` | Sends raw keyboard input to the window (e.g., `"{ENTER}"`, `"^a"`). |
| `fill_active(value)` | Clears the currently focused control and types the value. |
| `close()` | Gracefully attempts to close the window. |
| `kill()` | Force-closes the specific window handle using Win32 PostMessage. |
| `kill_process()` | Force-terminates the entire application process. |
| `blind_center_click_and_enter()` | A rescue method that clicks the center of the window and hits ENTER. |

### 🌲 3. `TreeNavigator` (Tree API)
Specialized for deep menu navigation in ERP systems.

| Method | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| `navigate(window_title, path)` | Expands and selects a path in a TreeView (e.g., `["Sales", "Invoices"]`). |

### 🗺️ 4. Menu Navigation (Menu API)
Highly optimized for nested application menus. Supports robust path-based selection.

| Method | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| `click_menu(menu_path)` | Navigates top-level and nested menus (e.g., `"File > Exit"`). |

**Usage Example**:
```python
win.click_menu("File > Exit")
```

### 🎮 5. `controller` (Global Actions)
High-level interface for scripts that don't use the Page Object Model.

| Function | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| `sync_context(ctx)` | Links the global controller to an active `AppContext`. |
| `click(label, index=1)` | Performs a click on the last active window. |
| `fill(label, value, index=1)` | Fills a field on the last active window. |
| `get_value(label, index=1)` | Retrieves data from the last active window. |
| `click_menu(menu_path)` | Navigates menus on the last active window. |
| `navigate_tree(path)` | Navigates a TreeView on the last active window. |
| `table_get_data(index=1)` | Extracts visible table data using local OCR. |
| `set_error_engine(engine)` | Registers an `AIAgentErrorEngine` for global self-healing. |
| `get_error_document_text(window_name)` | Returns OCR/text from an error window for diagnostics. |

### 🧱 6. UI Elements (`pywingui.elements`)
Individual components for targeted Page Object Model interactions.

#### `BaseElement` (Common Properties)
*   `exists` (Property): Returns `True` if the element is currently on screen.
*   `is_visible` (Property): Returns `True` if the element is visible.
*   `is_enabled` (Property): Returns `True` if the element can be interacted with.
*   `wait_for(state="exists", timeout=30.0)`: Polls until the element reaches a state.

#### `TextField(page, label, index=1)`
*   `fill(text)`: Clears and types text.
*   `get()`: Returns current text.
*   `clear()`: Wipes the field.
*   `send_keys(keys)`: Sends keys to the focused field.

#### `Button(page, label, index=1)`
*   `click()`: Performs a native click.
*   `double_click()`: Performs a double-click.

#### `CheckBox(page, label, side="right", index=1)`
*   `check()`: Ensures the box is checked.
*   `uncheck()`: Ensures the box is unchecked.
*   `set(value)`: Sets to `True` or `False`.
*   `get_state()`: Returns `True` if checked.

#### `Radio(page, label, group_label=None, index=1)`
*   `select()`: Activates the radio option.

#### `Combo(page, label, index=1)`
*   `select(item_text)`: Selects item by text.
*   `select_by_index(index)`: Selects item by 1-based index.
*   `get()`: Returns current selection.

#### `Table(page, label="Main Table")`
*   `get_data()`: Extracts visible table data.
*   `right_click_select(option_text)`: Right-clicks the table center and selects a context menu item.

#### `Tab(page, label, index=1)`
*   `select()`: Switches to the tab.

#### `Image(page, image_path, index=1)`
*   `click(timeout=20)`: Finds image on screen and clicks.
*   `double_click(timeout=20)`: Finds image and double-clicks.

#### `OCRElement(page)`
*   `get_text(provider="ocr_space")`: Returns all text from the window.

### 🛠️ 7. Global Helpers
*   `wait_for_window(title_substring, timeout=30)`: Global helper to find a window wrapper.

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## 📍 Relative Coordinate-Based Click & Fill
PyWinGUI supports window-relative coordinates as a fallback for controls that lack labels or unique text identifiers.

```python
# Click at coordinates (x, y) relative to top-left of the target window
win.click(coordinate=(200, 150))

# Fill at coordinates (x, y)
win.fill(value="12345", coordinate=(150, 80))
```

Coordinates are calculated relative to the active window wrapper, keeping them resilient against dragging or resolution changes.

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## 📍 Page Object Model (POM) ID-Based Selectors

In addition to text-label proximity mapping, PyWinGUI's Page Object Model elements support direct child lookup using standard selector dictionaries (e.g. `auto_id` or `control_id`).

### How to Use

Pass a dictionary of standard selectors instead of a string label when instantiating the element:

```python
from pywingui.elements.textfield import TextField
from pywingui.elements.button import Button

class MyFormPage:
    def __init__(self, page):
        # Locate by UIA AutomationId
        self.username = TextField(page, {"auto_id": "txtUsername"})
        
        # Locate by Win32 ControlId
        self.password = TextField(page, {"control_id": 1002})
        
        # Locate by multiple selectors
        self.login_btn = Button(page, {"auto_id": "btnLogin", "class_name": "Button"})
```

This ensures full support for both text label-based mapping and stable identifier-based targeting within the same codebase, with zero breakage to existing string-based locators.

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## ⚙️ Project-Level Configuration (`pywingui_config.py`)

Every PyWinGUI project can have a local `pywingui_config.py` file in its root directory to tune the engine specifically for your target application.

**Common overrides include:**
*   `TESSERACT_PATH`: Path to your local `tesseract.exe`.
*   `BACKEND`: Switch between `"uia"` and `"win32"`.
*   `DEFAULT_APP_TITLE_RE`: Set the default window name.
*   `GLOBAL_TIMEOUT`: Adjust how long the engine waits for elements to appear.
*   `PROXIMITY_ROW_DELTA`: Fine-tune how "nearby" elements are detected.

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## 🛡️ Security & Integrity

*   **No Execution on Import**: Importing PyWinGUI is a passive action. It never executes code, opens network sockets, or initiates background processes upon import.
*   **Zero-PII & Hardware Isolation**: Our architecture is strictly isolated from your machine's identity. We do not collect MAC addresses.
*   **Data Sanctity**: All automation logic and project data are processed strictly within your local infrastructure.

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© 2020 PyWinGUI Framework.
 The future of Win32 and Progress OpenEdge Automation.
