[PDF] Parallels Python API Reference

Package prlsdkapi Class VmDisplayDev
of the remote virtual machine. In scripts, you can take a snapshot of a particular screen
in advance and then compare it to the screen captured at runtime. If comparison
operation determines that you’ve got the screen of interest, you can interact with it by
sending mouse or keyboard commands (pressing buttons, making selections, etc.).
• Secondary display capture. This group of functions is almost identical to the Primary
Display Capture group with the exception that it operates on a secondary display(s) if
one is installed in a virtual machine.
• Mouse control. These functions provide control over the mouse in a virtual machine.
You can change the position of the mouse pointer, press and release mouse buttons,
and use a scroll wheel. In scripts, you can move a mouse pointer to the coordinates you
know in advance (coordinates of a button, an edit control, etc.) and perform an action.
• Keyboard control. These functions simply send a key/action code combination to the
virtual machine. In scripts, you can use these functions to interact with controls on a
window opened inside the virtual machine (pressing buttons, selecting options, etc.).
In a typical GUI application, essential visual controls usually have keyboard shortcuts
(accelerator keys) assigned to them. If a control doesn’t have a shortcut, then you will
have to use mouse control functions to position a mouse pointer over the control to
select it.
For more information and code samples, please see Parallels Virtualization SDK Programmer’s
Guide.
1.26.1 Methods
init (self, vm)
x. init (...) initializes x; see x. class . doc for signature
Overrides: object. init extit(inherited documentation)
del (self )
ensure attr (self )
Overrides: prlsdkapi.VmObjEmulation. ensure attr
engage job(self, job)
check connected(self )
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