35. MS Windows Specific Services

This chapter describes modules that are only available on MS Windows platforms.

• 35.1. msilib — Read and write Microsoft Installer files
  • FCICreate()
  • UuidCreate()
  • OpenDatabase()
  • CreateRecord()
  • init_database()
  • add_data()
  • Binary
  • add_tables()
  • add_stream()
  • gen_uuid()
  • 35.1.1. Database Objects
    • Database.OpenView()
    • Database.Commit()
    • Database.GetSummaryInformation()
  • 35.1.2. View Objects
    • View.Execute()
    • View.GetColumnInfo()
    • View.Fetch()
    • View.Modify()
    • View.Close()
  • 35.1.3. Summary Information Objects
    • SummaryInformation.GetProperty()
    • SummaryInformation.GetPropertyCount()
    • SummaryInformation.SetProperty()
    • SummaryInformation.Persist()
  • 35.1.4. Record Objects
    • Record.GetFieldCount()
    • Record.GetInteger()
    • Record.GetString()
    • Record.SetString()
    • Record.SetStream()
    • Record.SetInteger()
    • Record.ClearData()
  • 35.1.5. Errors
  • 35.1.6. CAB Objects
    • CAB
      • CAB.append()
      • CAB.commit()
  • 35.1.7. Directory Objects
    • Directory
      • Directory.start_component()
      • Directory.add_file()
      • Directory.glob()
      • Directory.remove_pyc()
  • 35.1.8. Features
    • Feature
      • Feature.set_current()
  • 35.1.9. GUI classes
    • Control
      • Control.event()
      • Control.mapping()
      • Control.condition()
    • RadioButtonGroup
      • RadioButtonGroup.add()
    • Dialog
      • Dialog.control()
      • Dialog.text()
      • Dialog.bitmap()
      • Dialog.line()
      • Dialog.pushbutton()
      • Dialog.radiogroup()
      • Dialog.checkbox()
  • 35.1.10. Precomputed tables
    • schema
    • sequence
    • text
• 35.2. msvcrt — Useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime
  • 35.2.1. File Operations
    • locking()
    • LK_LOCK
    • LK_RLCK
    • LK_NBLCK
    • LK_NBRLCK
    • LK_UNLCK
    • setmode()
    • open_osfhandle()
    • get_osfhandle()
  • 35.2.2. Console I/O
    • kbhit()
    • getch()
    • getwch()
    • getche()
    • getwche()
    • putch()
    • putwch()
    • ungetch()
    • ungetwch()
  • 35.2.3. Other Functions
    • heapmin()
• 35.3. _winreg — Windows registry access
  • CloseKey()
  • ConnectRegistry()
  • CreateKey()
  • CreateKeyEx()
  • DeleteKey()
  • DeleteKeyEx()
  • DeleteValue()
  • EnumKey()
  • EnumValue()
  • ExpandEnvironmentStrings()
  • FlushKey()
  • LoadKey()
  • OpenKey()
  • OpenKeyEx()
  • QueryInfoKey()
  • QueryValue()
  • QueryValueEx()
  • SaveKey()
  • SetValue()
  • SetValueEx()
  • DisableReflectionKey()
  • EnableReflectionKey()
  • QueryReflectionKey()
  • 35.3.1. Constants
    • 35.3.1.1. HKEY_* Constants
      • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
      • HKEY_CURRENT_USER
      • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
      • HKEY_USERS
      • HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA
      • HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
      • HKEY_DYN_DATA
    • 35.3.1.2. Access Rights
      • KEY_ALL_ACCESS
      • KEY_WRITE
      • KEY_READ
      • KEY_EXECUTE
      • KEY_QUERY_VALUE
      • KEY_SET_VALUE
      • KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY
      • KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS
      • KEY_NOTIFY
      • KEY_CREATE_LINK
      • 35.3.1.2.1. 64-bit Specific
        • KEY_WOW64_64KEY
        • KEY_WOW64_32KEY
    • 35.3.1.3. Value Types
      • REG_BINARY
      • REG_DWORD
      • REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN
      • REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN
      • REG_EXPAND_SZ
      • REG_LINK
      • REG_MULTI_SZ
      • REG_NONE
      • REG_RESOURCE_LIST
      • REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR
      • REG_RESOURCE_REQUIREMENTS_LIST
      • REG_SZ
  • 35.3.2. Registry Handle Objects
    • PyHKEY.Close()
    • PyHKEY.Detach()
    • PyHKEY.__enter__()
    • PyHKEY.__exit__()
• 35.4. winsound — Sound-playing interface for Windows
  • Beep()
  • PlaySound()
  • MessageBeep()
  • SND_FILENAME
  • SND_ALIAS
  • SND_LOOP
  • SND_MEMORY
  • SND_PURGE
  • SND_ASYNC
  • SND_NODEFAULT
  • SND_NOSTOP
  • SND_NOWAIT
  • MB_ICONASTERISK
  • MB_ICONEXCLAMATION
  • MB_ICONHAND
  • MB_ICONQUESTION
  • MB_OK