Weird Behavior in Windows XP with Python snippet - python-2.7

I wrote a snippet that would automatically copy a file from a source directory to a path on an usb. Because drive letter names are assigned by the PC independent o the slot I figured I would GetLogicalDrives() and if the path to the usb directory is in any of those drives then it would copy (I hope I'm making some sense). Here is the piece of code I wrote in Python:
import itertools, ctypes, string, sys, os.path, shutil
def drive_list():
drive_bitmask = ctypes.cdll.kernel32.GetLogicalDrives()
drive_list = list(itertools.compress(string.ascii_uppercase,
map(lambda x:ord(x) - ord('0'), bin(drive_bitmask)[:1:-1])))
return drive_list
for drive in drive_list():
path = drive + ":\\targer_directory\target_file.ext"
if drive not in ["C", "D", "E"]:
if os.path.exists(path) == True:
shutil.copy2(r'C:\source_directory\source_file.ext', path)
Whenever I run this script I get a bunch of error messages saying:
"Exception Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 75b1bf7c 4 75b1bf7c 75b1bf7c"
I think this probably means that I have some "ghost drives" in my pc. Any help in bypassing this behavior is deeply appreciated.
Note: The code runs at the end and the copy job is done succesfuly, but not until the error messages are cleared which is not the objective if I want to perform automatic backups.

I'm not sure whether this will help or not. But you can try this!
We were receiving the same error on execution of a windows application (an .exe file) and the below steps resolved it.
Goto Registry Editor
(Run -> type 'regedit' -> hit enter)
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Expand System
Expand CurrentControlSet
Expand Control
Select Windows
Double click on ErrorMode in the right side pane
Set the Value Data as 2
Click OK
Restart your system

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Receiving back string of lenght 0 from os.popen('cmd').read()

I am working with a command line tool called 'ideviceinfo' (see https://github.com/libimobiledevice) to help me to quickly get back serial, IMEI and battery health information from the iOS device I work with daily. It executes much quicker than Apple's own 'cfgutil' tools.
Up to know I have been able to develop a more complicated script than the one shown below in PyCharm (my main IDE) to assign specific values etc to individual variables and then to use something like to pyclip and pyautogui to help automatically paste these into the fields of the database app we work with. I have also been able to use the simplified version of the script both in Mac OS X terminal and in the python shell without any hiccups.
I am looking to use AppleScript to help make running the script as easy as possible.
When I try to use Applescript's "do shell script 'python script.py'" I just get back a string of lenght zero when I call 'ideviceinfo'. The exact same thing happens when I try to build an Automator app with a 'Run Shell Script' component for "python script.py".
I have tried my best to isolate the problem down. When other more basic commands such as 'date' are called within the script they return valid strings.
#!/usr/bin/python
import os
ideviceinfoOutput = os.popen('ideviceinfo').read()
print ideviceinfoOutput
print len (ideviceinfoOutput)
boringExample = os.popen('date').read()
print boringExample
print len (boringExample)
I am running Mac OS X 10.11 and am on Python 2.7
Thanks.
I think I've managed to fix it on my own. I just need to be far more explicit about where the 'ideviceinfo' binary (I hope that's the correct term) was stored on the computer.
Changed one line of code to
ideviceinfoOutput = os.popen('/usr/local/bin/ideviceinfo').read()
and all seems to be OK again.

dragonfly+dragon naturally speaking not working

I've got Dragon Naturally Speaking 14, dragonfly, the latest natlink (4.1 or something), pywin32, python 2.7, and wxpython installed
I've got a python file with this in it in my "user configuration directory" set up by natlink
I get the natlink popup message when Dragon Naturally Speaking starts, telling me that it's working. I reset DNS 14 to ensure my "macro" (dosomething.py) is loaded.
this is the code in my dosomething.py
from dragonfly import Grammar, CompoundRule
# Voice command rule combining spoken form and recognition processing.
class ExampleRule(CompoundRule):
spec = "do something computer" # Spoken form of command.
def _process_recognition(self, node, extras): # Callback when command is spoken.
print "Voice command spoken."
# Create a grammar which contains and loads the command rule.
grammar = Grammar("example grammar") # Create a grammar to contain the command rule.
grammar.add_rule(ExampleRule()) # Add the command rule to the grammar.
grammar.load() # Load the grammar.
while True:
pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages()
sleep(.1)
however, when I start up & activate DNS and say "do something computer" with dictation & command mode, or just command mode, the transcription box pops up, how can I tell if it's working or not? I don't think it is. What is supposed to happen? I'm new to python, I fired up the interpreter in the cmd window and no prompt like "Voice command spoken." is ever generated when I say the voice command. Is that what's supposed to happen?
There are two ways to load up Dragonfly grammars: through Natlink, and through Windows Speech Recognition. WSR requires you to put in that while loop with pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages(), but that won't work with Natlink. You should comment it out.
If you set this up correctly, you won't see "Voice command spoken." in any cmd prompt -- you will see it in the Natlink window.

redhawk module service function usage example crashes

So I am building a redhawk module and trying to just pass data through it as a test. After putting their example of how to work with input and output ports into the serviceFunction() I am able to build the module with no errors (I changed variable names to match my ports). When I put the module on the white board and link it up it's fine but as soon as I start the module it crashes. I added a line to write the incoming stream id to the console and that will hit the console 10 to 20 times before the crash (it correctly writes the id of the signal generator that is providing the signal). If I plot the output port nothing is plotted before the crash (when I say crash I mean that the module just disappears from the white board, the ide is still up and running).
The service function is:
int freqModFrTest_i::serviceFunction()
{
bulkio::InFloatPort::dataTransfer *tmp = dataFloatIn->getPacket(bulkio::Const::BLOCKING);
if (not tmp) { // No data is available
return NOOP;
}
else
{
std::cout<<tmp->streamID<<std::endl;
std::vector<float> outputData;
outputData.resize(tmp->dataBuffer.size());
for (unsigned int i=0; i<tmp->dataBuffer.size(); i++) {
outputData[i] = (float)tmp->dataBuffer[i];
}
// NOTE: You must make at least one valid pushSRI call
if (tmp->sriChanged) {
ComplexOut->pushSRI(tmp->SRI);
}
ComplexOut->pushPacket(outputData, tmp->T, tmp->EOS, tmp->streamID);
delete tmp; // IMPORTANT: MUST RELEASE THE RECEIVED DATA BLOCK
return NORMAL;
}
}
Has anyone had a similar issue or any ideas on what would be causing this?
Additional Info:
Following the sugestion by pwolfram I built a sig generator and this component into a waveform. When launching it from a domain I got the error:
2016-01-14 07:41:50,430 ERROR DCE:aa1a189e-0b5b-4968-9150-5fc3d501dadc{1}:1030 -
Child process 3772 terminated with signal 11
when trying to restart the component (as it just stoped rather then disapering) I get the following error:
Error while executing callable. Caused by org.omg.CORBA.TRANSIENT:
Retries exceeded, couldn't reconnect to 10.62.7.21:56857
Retries exceeded, couldn't reconnect to 10.62.7.21:56857
In REDHAWK 2.0.0 I created a component with the same name (freqModFrTest) and port names (dataFloatIn and ComplexOut) and used your service function verbatim. I did not however get any issues.
Here are a few things to try:
Clean and rebuild the component. The Sandbox (what you referred to as the whiteboard) will run the binary that has been built. It is possible that you've modified the code and have an older version of the binary on disk. Right click on the project and select "clean project". Then right click and select "Build Project" this will make sure that the binary matches your source code.
Run the component in debug mode. If you double click on the SPD file, under the "overview" tab there is "Debug a component in the sandbox". This will launch the component in the chalkboard within a debugging context. You can set breakpoints and walk through the code line by line. If you set no breakpoints though the IDE will stop execution when a fatal error occurs. If there is an issue (like invalid memory access) the IDE will prompt you to enter debug mode and it should point out the line in code where the issue is.
If those options fail, you can enable core dumps and use GDB to see where in the code the issue is occurring. There are lots of tutorials online for GDB but the gist is that before launching the IDE, you'll want to type "ulimit -c unlimited" then from the same terminal, launch the IDE. Now when your component dies, it will produce a core file.
Hopefully one of these gets you going down the right path.

How to read text from an application window using pywinauto

I have a python code which opens a SSH session using Putty and passes a command to reboot a remote machine using pywinauto.
I want to read the text from the putty terminal after typing the password and compare it
Is there a way I can do it?
Below is the piece of code for the same
app_Putty = application.Application()
app_Putty.start_("C:\Users\debajyoti.bose\Downloads\putty.exe")
app_Putty.top_window_().TypeKeys(IP)
app_Putty.top_window_().TypeKeys("{TAB}"+"22")
app_Putty.top_window_().RadioButton4.Click()
app_Putty.top_window_().OpenButton.Click()
time.sleep(10)
app_Putty.top_window_().NoButton.Click()
time.sleep(2)
app_Putty.top_window_().TypeKeys(user+"{ENTER}")
time.sleep(3)
app_Putty.top_window_().TypeKeys(password+"{ENTER}")
time.sleep(3)
app_Putty.top_window_().TypeKeys("/bin/reboot"+"{ENTER}")
time.sleep(5)
app_Putty.kill_()
time.sleep(120)
I am using pywinauto v0.4.0
Thanks in advance.
OK, let's try app_Putty.top_window_().WindowText(). If it fails your mission looks impossible.
You can't capture directly like this from what I can tell, but I had to find a workaround, and the one I found was this
#clear the buffer with alt space menu
app.window(title='PuTTY - Title').type_keys('% l',with_spaces=True)
#copy the buffer to clipboard
app.window(title='PuTTY - Title').type_keys('% o',with_spaces=True)
I was having to do this because the putty.log file was missing the selection indicator icon (asterisk) on the screen when it was logging output and I needed a way to know which item was selected to move up or down.

Using "rundll32.exe" to access SpeechUX.dll

Good Day,
I have searched the Internet tirelessly trying to find an example of how to start Windows Speech Training from with in my VB.Net Speech Recognition Application.
I have found a couple examples, which I can not get working to save my life.
One such example is on the Visual Studios Fourms:
HERE
this particular example users the "Process.Start" call to try and start the Speech Training Session. However this does not work for me. Here is the exmaple from that thread:
Process.Start("rundll32.exe", "C:\Windows\system32\speech\speechux\SpeechUX.dll, RunWizard UserTraining")
What happens is I get and error that says:
There was a problem starting
C:\Windows\system32\speech\speechux\SpeechUX.dll
The specified module could not be found
So I tried creating a shortcut (.lnk) file and thought I could access the DLL this way. My short cut kind of does the same thing. In the short cut I call the "rundll32.exe" with parameters:
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\system32\speech\speechux\SpeechUX.dll" RunWizard UserTraining
Then in my VB.Net application I use the "Process.Start" and try to run the shortcut.
This also gives me the same error. However the shortcut itself will start the SPeech Training session. Weird?!?
So, I then took it one step further, to see if it has something to do with my VB.Net Application and the "Process.Start" Call.
I created a VBScript, and using "Wscript.Shell" I point to the Shortcut.
Running the VBScript calls the Shortcut and low and behold the Speech Training starts!
Great! But...
when I try to run the VBscript from my VB.net Application, I get that error again.
What the heck is going on here?
Your problem likely is that your program is compiled as 32-bit and your OS is 64-bit, and thus, when you try to access "C:\Windows\System32\Speech\SpeechUX\SpeechUX.dll" from your program, you're really accessing "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Speech\SpeechUX\SpeechUX.dll" which, as rundll32.exe is reporting doesn't exist.
Compile your program as 64-bit instead or try the pseudo directory %SystemRoot%\sysnative.
Also, instead of rundll32.exe, you may want to just run SpeechUXWiz.exe with an argument.
Eg.
private Process StartSpeechMicrophoneTraining()
{
Process process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.SystemDirectory, "speech\\speechux\\SpeechUXWiz.exe");
process.StartInfo.Arguments = "MicTraining";
process.Start();
return process;
}
private Process StartSpeechUserTraining()
{
Process process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.SystemDirectory, "speech\\speechux\\SpeechUXWiz.exe");
process.StartInfo.Arguments = "UserTraining";
process.Start();
return process;
}
Hope that helps.
Read more about Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoW64
or your problem specifically at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoW64#Registry_and_file_system
If you are using a 64bit OS and want to access system32 folder you must use the directory alias name, which is "sysnative".
"C:\windows\sysnative" will allow you access to system32 folder and all it's contents.
Honestly, who decided this at Microsoft is just silly!!