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From: Mikhail Terekhov <terekhov@emc.com>
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Steve wrote:

> I recently tried using autoit and found it interesting.  Unfortunately it 
> wasn't able to do everything I wanted to do with out a lot of extra work, or 
> at least learning a new programming language (the special dialect of basic 
> used by autoit).  I did a little research to see if there was an easier way 
> and found the Microsoft UI Automation Library.
> 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163288.aspx
> 
> For my app I wound up using the c# and the.net framework which contains an 
> automation framework (system.windows.automation).  If I were developing the 
> same app in Ada I would either use A# or create a binding to the Microsoft 
> UI Automation Library using GnatCOM.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
> 
> 
You may find this link interesting as well http://pywinauto.openqa.org

Regards,
Mikhail