Python pywinauto search windows with partial title

Question

Is there any way to make pywinauto find a window just with a part of the title?

This is my code:

import pywinauto

pwa_app = pywinauto.application.Application()
w_handle = pywinauto.findwindows.find_windows(title=u'Minitab Professional 5.1 64bit - 3333348.temp.project',
                                              class_name='Window')[0]

The problem is that the number before temp.project changes every time I open the software and because of that I cannot get pywinauto to find the right window.

Answer 1

By skimming the source code on google code, I see you can feed a regex for the title :

#=========================================================================
def find_windows(class_name = None,
                class_name_re = None,
                parent = None,
                process = None,
                title = None,
                title_re = None,
                top_level_only = True,
                visible_only = True,
                enabled_only = False,
                best_match = None,
                handle = None,
                ctrl_index = None,
                predicate_func = None,
                active_only = False,
                control_id = None,
    ):
    """Find windows based on criteria passed in

    Possible values are:

    * **class_name**  Windows with this window class
    * **class_name_re**  Windows whose class match this regular expression
    * **parent**    Windows that are children of this
    * **process**   Windows running in this process
    * **title**     Windows with this Text
    * **title_re**  Windows whose Text match this regular expression
    * **top_level_only** Top level windows only (default=True)
    * **visible_only**   Visible windows only (default=True)
    * **enabled_only**   Enabled windows only (default=True)
    * **best_match**  Windows with a title similar to this
    * **handle**      The handle of the window to return
    * **ctrl_index**  The index of the child window to return
    * **active_only**  Active windows only (default=False)
    * **control_id**  Windows with this control id
   """

According to me pywinauto.findwindows.find_windows(title_re = r'Minitab Professional 5.1 64bit*', class_name='Window')[0] should work.