Open a big red window when a window called r".*Reminder.*" exists. Because Outlook reminder windows get buried and fail to remind.

report_reminder.py

"""
Open a big red window when a window called r".*Reminder.*" exists.

Because Outlook reminder windows get buried and fail to remind.

Thanks to http://stackoverflow.com/q/18146596/1072212

[email protected], 2016-09-19
"""

import sys
import win32gui
import time

from tkinter import *


def callback(hwnd, main):
    """from win32gui.EnumWindows, per window handle (hwnd)"""
    text = win32gui.GetWindowText(hwnd)
    if win32gui.IsWindowVisible(hwnd):
        windows.add(text)


windows = set()

print("Watching for Outlook hiding reminders")

while True:

    windows.intersection_update(set())  # clear set

    win32gui.EnumWindows(callback, 0)

    reminder = any('Reminder' in i for i in windows)
    nooutlook = not any(i.startswith('Inbox -') for i in windows)
    message = "Outlook not running" if nooutlook else "Reminder present"
    if reminder or nooutlook:
        print("Reminder present")
        root = Tk()
        w = Label(root, text=message, bg='red', width=120, height=60)
        w.pack()
        root.call('wm', 'attributes', '.', '-topmost', '1')
        root.resizable(0, 0)
        root.attributes('-toolwindow', True)
        root.mainloop()

    print("reoport_reminder.py: %s" % time.asctime())
    time.sleep(10)

report_reminder_qt.py

# DON'T USE THIS use the Tk version above

"""
Open a big red window when a window called r".*Reminder.*" exists.

Because Outlook reminder windows get buried and fail to remind.

Thanks to http://stackoverflow.com/q/18146596/1072212

[email protected], 2016-09-19
"""

import sys
import win32gui
import time
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore, Qt
from PyQt4.QtCore import Qt as QtConst

def callback(hwnd, main):
    """from win32gui.EnumWindows, per window handle (hwnd)"""
    text = (win32gui.GetWindowText(hwnd))
    if win32gui.IsWindowVisible(hwnd):
        windows.add(text)

windows = set()

app = Qt.QApplication(sys.argv)
main = QtGui.QMainWindow(None, 
   QtConst.WindowStaysOnTopHint |
   QtConst.CustomizeWindowHint  | 
   QtConst.WindowCloseButtonHint
)
main.resize(800,800)
main.move(40,40)
qtextedit = QtGui.QTextEdit()
main.setCentralWidget(qtextedit)
qtextedit.setPlainText('A Reminder is present')
qtextedit.setReadOnly(True)
qtextedit.setStyleSheet("background: red;")

while True:

    windows.intersection_update(set())  # clear set

    win32gui.EnumWindows(callback, 0)
    
    if any('Reminder' in i for i in windows):
        main.show()
        main.move(40,40)
        app.exec_()
    
    time.sleep(30)