Read/parse application content - powershell

I wanted to see the possibility of getting the text displayed by a certain installed application and running on windows in a certain open window.
Is there a generic way to access the contents of an open window?
Thanks for all your help

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Can I upload a file to onedrive via Windows 10 command line?

I need to upload a file to OneDrive, via the command line. This will be done through a batch file which is distributed to end users.
From searching on Stack Overflow, I find questions like this one which say that you need to register an app and create an app password, using Azure. I don't have the necessary permissions to do this in the organization where I work, nor can I do anything that requires an admin account. So I can't any install software - I have to use what comes with Windows 10. I can't use VBA either as that's blocked.
I've managed to download files from OneDrive without anything like that, using the process described here:
Open the URL in either of the browser.
Open Developer options using Ctrl+Shift+I.
Go to Network tab.
Now click on download. Saving file isn’t required. We only need the network activity while browser requests the file from the server.
A new entry will appear which would look like “download.aspx?…”.
Right click on that and Copy → Copy as cURL.
Paste the copied content directly in the terminal and append ‘--output file.extension’ to save the content in file.extension since
terminal isn’t capable of showing binary data.
Example:
curl https://xyz.sharepoint.com/personal/someting/_layouts/15/download.aspx?UniqueId=cefb6082%2D696e%2D4f23%2D8c7a%2
…. some long text ….
cCtHR3NuTy82bWFtN1JBRXNlV2ZmekZOdWp3cFRsNTdJdjE2c2syZmxQamhGWnMwdkFBeXZlNWx2UkxDTkJic2hycGNGazVSTnJGUnY1Y1d0WjF5SDJMWHBqTjRmcUNUUWJxVnZYb1JjRG1WbEtjK0VIVWx2clBDQWNyZldid1R3PT08L1NQPg==;
cucg=1’ --compressed --output file.extension
I tried to do something similar after clicking 'upload' on the browser, but didn't find anything useful when trying to filter the requests.
I found these two questions but there is no keyboard shortcut to upload, AFAICT. Also the end user will be uploading a file to a folder I've shared with them from my OneDrive. Opening Chrome or Edge as a minimised window is fine, but I can't just shove a window in their face which automatically clicks on things - they won't like that.
It's just occurred to me that I might be able to use an office application to Save As the file to the necessary onedrive folder, where the keyboard shortcuts are pretty stable, but have no idea how to achieve that via the command line.
The best and more secure way to accomplish this goal I think is going to be with the Rest API for OneDrive.
(Small Files <4MB)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/developer/rest-api/api/driveitem_put_content?view=odsp-graph-online
(Large files)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/developer/rest-api/api/driveitem_createuploadsession?view=odsp-graph-online
You still need a Azure AD App Registration (which your admin should be able to configure for you), to provide API access to services in Azure. Coding with the API is going to be far easier and less complicated, not to mention more versatile.

Selecting a file from a windows dialog box in Telerik Web Test

Hi guys,
Is it possible to select a file from a dialog box when we are running a web test in Telerik Test Studio? The scenario of this execution is when we click a field in a web browser, a windows dialog box pops out and we would need to input a path to a local folder and select a file(SelectFile.PNG).
But I'm unable to detect any element from this dialog box presuming this is because the test script is a web test and hence this limitation(do correct me if i'm wrong).
Is there any workaround or suggestion to this limitation?
Many many thanks!
Best Regards,
Pravin
praja#dongenergy.dk
Kind of a late response but if your recording is enabled, it should automatically record the step for a File Upload dialog box (and handle it appropriately when using play back).
Alternatively, you can manually add the "Dialogs->FileUpload" step, and fill in the properties appropriately.

Is there a way to programmatically open a server-side file in a new tab?

I'm running Jupyter notebook on a server and executing it from a client computer. In Rstudio server, one can programmably open a server-side file in a new tab via file.show. This is sometimes very convenient. For example, I have a script that processes a rather large image. Because of its size I don't want it to show directly in the output panel, rather I want to view it in a new tab. In Rstudio server I would normally do:
... image processing code ....
ggsave('temp.png')
file.show('temp.png')
This will automatically pop up the new image in a new tab once the script is finished.
Is it possible to do something similar in Jupyter?
I noticed that I could achieve this by clicking the image file in the built-in file browser, but I wonder if this could be programmed.
Similarly, is it possible to programmably open a webpage in a new tab like browseURL in Rstudio server? Note that webbrowser.open(url) doesn't quite do it because it tries to open a local browser, which in the server-client scenario will not open the new tab on the client side.
You can make a link. Relative URLs will open in a new browser tab. Files are served relative to the directory containing the notebook you are currently working on.
In Python:
from IPython.display import display, HTML
display(HTML('see image'))
Opening new tabs programmatically often triggers pop-up blockers, but publishing a link that the user clicks should be reliable.

Download attachments without browser

Does anybody know if it's possible to attach a big file to an e-mail and open it without opening a browser window? I mean, if I attach a small file, the file goes with the e-mail and I can open it without nothing more than the e-mail application. But when it's a big file (let's say 200Mb) normally I upload the file to an FTP, Dropbox, or other internet services. My client receives an e-mail with a link, and when he opens it, it starts a browser and he needs to click a link there to finally download the file. I would want to do that automatically, so my client only needs to click the link (or maybe drag'n drop) and it automatically downloads the attachment with no browser windows.
Do you think it's possible somehow? No problem if I need any programming language. Thanks in advance
It's not possible.
It would imply the use of Javascript that's not allowed in mail clients.

Pop-up window that can be controlled remotely?

I was requested to put a pop-up window on each 3rd usage of an app but I have to control this pop-up so I can take it off whenever I want or change it remotely.
I don't want an alert view, just a background that I will insert myself, that can be controlled from a server.
What's the easy way to do that? Do I need my own server that the app connects to and get a "boolean number" whether to remove it or play it?
The way I handled this was with a configuration file on an amazon s3 bucket. The application downloads the configuration file, and checks the appropriate values for how to behave. It's worked fairly well so far.
http://www.bucketexplorer.com/documentation/amazon-s3--how-to-use-Amazon-s3-for-web-hosting.html
As for the window, you should just use a modal.
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1771684&seqNum=5