Replace ctypes by existing pywin32 functions

Author: Avasam

pyproject.toml

@@ -177,5 +177,5 @@ reportFunctionMemberAccess = "none"
 reportUnnecessaryComparison = "warning"
 # Using Flake8/Ruff instead
 reportUnusedImport = "none"
-# numpy has way too many complex types that triggers this
+# pywin32 has way too many Unknown parameters left
 reportUnknownMemberType = "none"

src/AutoSplit.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-import ctypes
 import os
 import signal
 import sys
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@
 from PySide6.QtTest import QTest
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QFileDialog, QLabel, QMainWindow, QMessageBox
 from typing_extensions import override
+from win32comext.shell import shell as shell32
 
 import error_messages
 import user_profile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 # Needed when compiled, along with the custom hook-requests PyInstaller hook
 os.environ["REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE"] = certifi.where()
 myappid = f"Toufool.AutoSplit.v{AUTOSPLIT_VERSION}"
-ctypes.windll.shell32.SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(myappid)
+shell32.SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(myappid)
 
 
 class AutoSplit(QMainWindow, design.Ui_MainWindow):

src/capture_method/BitBltCaptureMethod.py

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import ctypes
-import ctypes.wintypes
 
 import numpy as np
 import pywintypes
 import win32con
+import win32gui
 import win32ui
 from cv2.typing import MatLike
 from typing_extensions import override
-from win32 import win32gui
 
 from capture_method.CaptureMethodBase import CaptureMethodBase
 from utils import BGRA_CHANNEL_COUNT, get_window_bounds, is_valid_hwnd, try_delete_dc

src/capture_method/DesktopDuplicationCaptureMethod.py

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import ctypes
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 
 import cv2
 import d3dshot
+import win32api
 import win32con
+import win32gui
 from cv2.typing import MatLike
 from typing_extensions import override
-from win32 import win32gui
 
 from capture_method.BitBltCaptureMethod import BitBltCaptureMethod
 from utils import GITHUB_REPOSITORY, get_window_bounds
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def __init__(self, autosplit: "AutoSplit"):
     def get_frame(self):
         selection = self._autosplit_ref.settings_dict["capture_region"]
         hwnd = self._autosplit_ref.hwnd
-        hmonitor = ctypes.windll.user32.MonitorFromWindow(hwnd, win32con.MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST)
+        hmonitor = win32api.MonitorFromWindow(hwnd, win32con.MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST)
         if not hmonitor or not self.check_selected_region_exists():
             return None
 

src/capture_method/WindowsGraphicsCaptureMethod.py

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 
 import numpy as np
+import win32gui
 from cv2.typing import MatLike
 from typing_extensions import override
-from win32 import win32gui
 from winsdk.windows.graphics import SizeInt32
 from winsdk.windows.graphics.capture import Direct3D11CaptureFramePool, GraphicsCaptureSession
 from winsdk.windows.graphics.capture.interop import create_for_window

src/region_selection.py

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-import ctypes
-import ctypes.wintypes
 import os
 from math import ceil
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 
 import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import win32api
+import win32gui
 from cv2.typing import MatLike
 from PySide6 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
 from PySide6.QtTest import QTest
 from pywinctl import getTopWindowAt
 from typing_extensions import override
-from win32 import win32gui
 from win32con import SM_CXVIRTUALSCREEN, SM_CYVIRTUALSCREEN, SM_XVIRTUALSCREEN, SM_YVIRTUALSCREEN
 from winsdk._winrt import initialize_with_window
 from winsdk.windows.foundation import AsyncStatus, IAsyncOperation
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@
     is_valid_image,
 )
 
-user32 = ctypes.windll.user32
-
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from AutoSplit import AutoSplit
 
@@ -298,10 +294,10 @@ def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         # We need to pull the monitor information to correctly draw the geometry covering all portions
         # of the user's screen. These parameters create the bounding box with left, top, width, and height
-        x = user32.GetSystemMetrics(SM_XVIRTUALSCREEN)
-        y = user32.GetSystemMetrics(SM_YVIRTUALSCREEN)
-        width = user32.GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXVIRTUALSCREEN)
-        height = user32.GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYVIRTUALSCREEN)
+        x = cast(int, win32api.GetSystemMetrics(SM_XVIRTUALSCREEN))
+        y = cast(int, win32api.GetSystemMetrics(SM_YVIRTUALSCREEN))
+        width = cast(int, win32api.GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXVIRTUALSCREEN))
+        height = cast(int, win32api.GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYVIRTUALSCREEN))
         self.setGeometry(x, y, width, height)
         self.setFixedSize(width, height)  # Prevent move/resizing on Linux
         self.setWindowTitle(type(self).__name__)

src/utils.py

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 from threading import Thread
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, TypeGuard, TypeVar
 
+import win32gui
 import win32ui
 from cv2.typing import MatLike
-from win32 import win32gui
 from winsdk.windows.ai.machinelearning import LearningModelDevice, LearningModelDeviceKind
 from winsdk.windows.media.capture import MediaCapture