[Wtr-general] simple solution for basic authentication

[Bret Pettichord]

Danny R. Faught wrote:
>>> Maybe doing the GUI automation isn't such a bad solution.  But let's
>>> see if IE gives us this password setting mechanism before we give up.
>>>
>>>       
>> How would we do this? I feel like i've already done this, but i'm not
>> quite sure if you have something specific in mind.
>>     
>
> You mean GUI automation?  
No. What i meant was i thought we'd already investigated whether IE 
gives us a decent password setting mechanism. (It seems like it doesn't.)

I agree that Watir lacks a reliable solution to the general problem. It 
seems like we will have to go with way of directly handling the password 
pop ups.

> It still might be interesting to prove that Win32::IE::Mechanize
> doesn't work on Chris' site.
>   
This was what i was digging to get from you (Namely a specific request 
for what additional research you wanted to see). I agree that this would 
be interesting.

Bret