From alex at verk.info  Wed Feb  1 22:53:13 2006
From: alex at verk.info (Alexey Verkhovsky)
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:53:13 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Anyone use Test::Unit::Reporter? Fwd: Help with
 File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..') ?
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Chris McMahon wrote:

>Seriously, I thought I might have missed some sort of super-brainless
>CruiseControl integration.  I'm definitely going to be studying on
>Reporter in the very near future.  
>
Chris,

In terms of CruiseControl connection, it should be entirely brainless, 
because I wrote it for CruiseControl connection, and used it that way. 
The Reporter produces XML output conforming to the same schema as JUnit. 
You treat it exactly the same way as you do JUnit output.

It's putting the test suite together that is a little more complicated 
than it should be - you need to actually assemble a TestSuite object, 
can't just write a list of require statements in a file.
I've also heard that there is a "require 'stringio'" missing, and README 
has some wrong (in fact, obsolete) module names.

All going well, weather permitting, you should be able to figure it all 
out in under an hour.

If you get it working, please at least write some "how-to". Apparently, 
I'm going to need the same thing soon :)))

Best regards,
Alex



From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  1 00:43:13 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:43:13 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
In-Reply-To: <20060201012551.1632.qmail@web42108.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20060201012551.1632.qmail@web42108.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0601312143h8b07256yd15f707e9b8392b4@mail.gmail.com>

I suggest you email us the entire html for the page, possibly as an
attachment.

On 1/31/06, Gavazn Vahshi <gavazn at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I went through the recent email thread for the tab
> click problem, but unfortunately was unable to solve
> my problem.  I'm knida new to Ruby and Watir and any
> help is greatly appreciated.
>
> It's about a JS pop-up wizard with 4 tabs which opens
> up when I click on a gif image in main UI.
>
> HTML source for the wizard looks like this (...
> instead of some tags & extras):
>
> <table id='tabs_table' cellspacing='0' class='tsc'
> border='0'...
> <div id='tabset_pstabset'><table cellspacing='0'
> class='tsc' border='0' cellpadding...
> <span>title_for_tab1</span></a></td><td
> height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> class='sel' style='background...>...<a
> href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab1'>
> <span>title_for_tab2</span></a></td><td
> height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> class='unsel' style...>...<a
> href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab2'>
> ... (total of 4 tabs on page)
> </table></div>
>
> For my testing purposes I need to click on each tab
> and visit each page.  There're some text fields that I
> need to modify.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> gavazn
>
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From buggins at byte-force.com  Wed Feb  1 04:55:16 2006
From: buggins at byte-force.com (Yury Krasavin)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:55:16 +0300
Subject: [Wtr-general] Anyone use Test::Unit::Reporter? Fwd: Help with
	File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..') ?
In-Reply-To: <mailman.30336.1138766412.7182.wtr-general@rubyforge.org>
Message-ID: <001501c62715$9afd0ef0$5864bbd5@byteforce.yar.ru>

> It's putting the test suite together that is a little more 
> complicated 
> than it should be - you need to actually assemble a TestSuite object, 
> can't just write a list of require statements in a file.
> I've also heard that there is a "require 'stringio'" missing, 
> and README 
> has some wrong (in fact, obsolete) module names.
> 
> If you get it working, please at least write some "how-to". 
> Apparently, 
> I'm going to need the same thing soon :)))
> 
> Best regards,
> Alex

Hi, Alexey.

I was previously asked here to give a sample of usage of the Reporter. So I
did it in my blog:
http://blogs.byte-force.com/buggins/archive/2005/11/29/704.aspx

Reporter, as it is now, seems to suppose replacement of the autorunner. I
didn't like the idea. I would prefer to call runner implicitly, because
running test for xml is not really a common case.
Although I haven't assembled a TestSuite in my sample runner. Cases
executed in random order are enough for me. So I left it simplest yet.

Best regards,
Yury



From carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com  Wed Feb  1 08:47:46 2006
From: carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com (carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 07:47:46 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] method
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Hi Gina,

Something like this should give you a start.

# Creates the array of elements in the list

myList = ie2.select_list(:name, "<Name of select list>").getAllContents

# Prints the elements in the list
            puts connections[1]
            puts connections[2]
            puts connections[3]
            puts connections[4]
            puts connections[5]
            puts connections[6]
            puts connections[7]
            puts connections[8]
            puts connections[9]
            puts connections[10]
            puts connections[11]
            puts connections[12]
            puts connections[13]
#  Asserts that specific values are present
            assert(connections.include?("<item 1>"))
            assert(connections.include?("<item 2>"))
            assert_false(connections.include?("<item X>"))

Good luck!

Carl L. Shaulis
Convergys - Senior Analyst






                                                                           
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From carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com  Wed Feb  1 08:49:19 2006
From: carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com (carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 07:49:19 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] method
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Sorry I forgot to edit the print statements!  Probably obvious, but they
should be

puts myList[1]

etc...

Carl L. Shaulis
Convergys - Senior Analyst



                                                                           
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Hi Gina,

Something like this should give you a start.

# Creates the array of elements in the list

myList = ie2.select_list(:name, "<Name of select list>").getAllContents

# Prints the elements in the list
            puts connections[1]
            puts connections[2]
            puts connections[3]
            puts connections[4]
            puts connections[5]
            puts connections[6]
            puts connections[7]
            puts connections[8]
            puts connections[9]
            puts connections[10]
            puts connections[11]
            puts connections[12]
            puts connections[13]
#  Asserts that specific values are present
            assert(connections.include?("<item 1>"))
            assert(connections.include?("<item 2>"))
            assert_false(connections.include?("<item X>"))

Good luck!

Carl L. Shaulis
Convergys - Senior Analyst






                                                                           
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From gavazn at yahoo.com  Wed Feb  1 12:40:55 2006
From: gavazn at yahoo.com (Gavazn Vahshi)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 09:40:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
In-Reply-To: <003701c626e5$a62078b0$0902a8c0@Koko>
Message-ID: <20060201174055.4577.qmail@web42109.mail.yahoo.com>

I can't select another tab, don't know how to do it
here.

Well when the wizard opens up, it defaults to the
first tab.  From there I'm unable to select tabs for
other pages.  For instance if I want to modify stuff
on the 2nd tab, I'd rather click on the tab in order
to see it's content.

    -gavazn

--- Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:

> What is the problem that you were unable to solve?
> 
> ---Michael B. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf
> Of Gavazn Vahshi
> Sent: January 31, 2006 8:26 PM
> To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> Subject: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I went through the recent email thread for the tab
> click problem, but unfortunately was unable to solve
> my problem.  I'm knida new to Ruby and Watir and any
> help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> It's about a JS pop-up wizard with 4 tabs which
> opens
> up when I click on a gif image in main UI.
> 
> HTML source for the wizard looks like this (...
> instead of some tags & extras):
> 
> <table id='tabs_table' cellspacing='0' class='tsc'
> border='0'...
> <div id='tabset_pstabset'><table cellspacing='0'
> class='tsc' border='0' cellpadding...
> <span>title_for_tab1</span></a></td><td
> height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> class='sel' style='background...>...<a
> href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab1'>
> <span>title_for_tab2</span></a></td><td
> height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> class='unsel' style...>...<a
> href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab2'>
> ... (total of 4 tabs on page)
> </table></div>
> 
> For my testing purposes I need to click on each tab
> and visit each page.  There're some text fields that
> I
> need to modify.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> gavazn
> 
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From Mark_Cain at rl.gov  Wed Feb  1 13:31:37 2006
From: Mark_Cain at rl.gov (Cain, Mark)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:31:37 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
Message-ID: <9C0BD1E3DAF1204D842D72E2DCE2A04ED1D546@EX5V.rl.gov>

Is the wizard a separate window that opens?  If yes then you might want
to try:
#e.g. usage from WATiR API
#  IE.attach(:url, 'www.google.com') 
#  IE.attach(:title, 'Google')

$ie.image(:src, /<gif image name in main UI>/).click

new_ie  = IE.attach(:title, /<Title of the new window>/i)

new_ie.show_all_objects

new_ie.span(:index,2).click #index for tab2

NOTE:  If the window is invoked as showModalDialog then you'll need to
use AutoIT.  WATiR currently does not support windows invoked as
showModalDialog.

Hope this helps,

--Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Gavazn Vahshi
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:41 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem

I can't select another tab, don't know how to do it
here.

Well when the wizard opens up, it defaults to the
first tab.  From there I'm unable to select tabs for
other pages.  For instance if I want to modify stuff
on the 2nd tab, I'd rather click on the tab in order
to see it's content.

    -gavazn

--- Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:

> What is the problem that you were unable to solve?
> 
> ---Michael B. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf
> Of Gavazn Vahshi
> Sent: January 31, 2006 8:26 PM
> To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> Subject: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I went through the recent email thread for the tab
> click problem, but unfortunately was unable to solve
> my problem.  I'm knida new to Ruby and Watir and any
> help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> It's about a JS pop-up wizard with 4 tabs which
> opens
> up when I click on a gif image in main UI.
> 
> HTML source for the wizard looks like this (...
> instead of some tags & extras):
> 
> <table id='tabs_table' cellspacing='0' class='tsc'
> border='0'...
> <div id='tabset_pstabset'><table cellspacing='0'
> class='tsc' border='0' cellpadding...
> <span>title_for_tab1</span></a></td><td
> height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> class='sel' style='background...>...<a
> href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab1'>
> <span>title_for_tab2</span></a></td><td
> height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> class='unsel' style...>...<a
> href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab2'>
> ... (total of 4 tabs on page)
> </table></div>
> 
> For my testing purposes I need to click on each tab
> and visit each page.  There're some text fields that
> I
> need to modify.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> gavazn
> 
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From gavazn at yahoo.com  Wed Feb  1 13:55:19 2006
From: gavazn at yahoo.com (Gavazn Vahshi)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:55:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
In-Reply-To: <9C0BD1E3DAF1204D842D72E2DCE2A04ED1D546@EX5V.rl.gov>
Message-ID: <20060201185519.27497.qmail@web42109.mail.yahoo.com>

Thanks for the input Mark,

Even though a new pop-up opens up, but it's not a new
window.  It's more of a "div block" containing
javascript that opens up.

     -g

--- "Cain, Mark" <Mark_Cain at rl.gov> wrote:

> Is the wizard a separate window that opens?  If yes
> then you might want
> to try:
> #e.g. usage from WATiR API
> #  IE.attach(:url, 'www.google.com') 
> #  IE.attach(:title, 'Google')
> 
> $ie.image(:src, /<gif image name in main UI>/).click
> 
> new_ie  = IE.attach(:title, /<Title of the new
> window>/i)
> 
> new_ie.show_all_objects
> 
> new_ie.span(:index,2).click #index for tab2
> 
> NOTE:  If the window is invoked as showModalDialog
> then you'll need to
> use AutoIT.  WATiR currently does not support
> windows invoked as
> showModalDialog.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> --Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf
> Of Gavazn Vahshi
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:41 AM
> To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
> 
> I can't select another tab, don't know how to do it
> here.
> 
> Well when the wizard opens up, it defaults to the
> first tab.  From there I'm unable to select tabs for
> other pages.  For instance if I want to modify stuff
> on the 2nd tab, I'd rather click on the tab in order
> to see it's content.
> 
>     -gavazn
> 
> --- Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
> 
> > What is the problem that you were unable to solve?
> > 
> > ---Michael B. 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of Gavazn Vahshi
> > Sent: January 31, 2006 8:26 PM
> > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > Subject: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I went through the recent email thread for the tab
> > click problem, but unfortunately was unable to
> solve
> > my problem.  I'm knida new to Ruby and Watir and
> any
> > help is greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > It's about a JS pop-up wizard with 4 tabs which
> > opens
> > up when I click on a gif image in main UI.
> > 
> > HTML source for the wizard looks like this (...
> > instead of some tags & extras):
> > 
> > <table id='tabs_table' cellspacing='0' class='tsc'
> > border='0'...
> > <div id='tabset_pstabset'><table cellspacing='0'
> > class='tsc' border='0' cellpadding...
> > <span>title_for_tab1</span></a></td><td
> > height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> > class='sel' style='background...>...<a
> > href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab1'>
> > <span>title_for_tab2</span></a></td><td
> > height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> > class='unsel' style...>...<a
> > href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab2'>
> > ... (total of 4 tabs on page)
> > </table></div>
> > 
> > For my testing purposes I need to click on each
> tab
> > and visit each page.  There're some text fields
> that
> > I
> > need to modify.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > gavazn
> > 
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> > protection around 
> > http://mail.yahoo.com 
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> > 
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> 
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From gavazn at yahoo.com  Wed Feb  1 13:59:59 2006
From: gavazn at yahoo.com (Gavazn Vahshi)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:59:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
In-Reply-To: <9C0BD1E3DAF1204D842D72E2DCE2A04ED1D546@EX5V.rl.gov>
Message-ID: <20060201185959.87307.qmail@web42107.mail.yahoo.com>

I don't know if that helps or not. When I first open
the wizard (showing 1st tab) and do ie.showAllObjects,
I get some stuff.  Then when I click on the 2nd tab
and do ie.showAllObjects I get the extra line below:
hidden            name=com.cc.framework.state 
id=com.cc.framework.state 
value=ctrl=pstabset;first=tab1;selected=tab2
alt=                src=

Is there a way to use this info to access tab2?

Thanks,

     -g

--- "Cain, Mark" <Mark_Cain at rl.gov> wrote:

> Is the wizard a separate window that opens?  If yes
> then you might want
> to try:
> #e.g. usage from WATiR API
> #  IE.attach(:url, 'www.google.com') 
> #  IE.attach(:title, 'Google')
> 
> $ie.image(:src, /<gif image name in main UI>/).click
> 
> new_ie  = IE.attach(:title, /<Title of the new
> window>/i)
> 
> new_ie.show_all_objects
> 
> new_ie.span(:index,2).click #index for tab2
> 
> NOTE:  If the window is invoked as showModalDialog
> then you'll need to
> use AutoIT.  WATiR currently does not support
> windows invoked as
> showModalDialog.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> --Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf
> Of Gavazn Vahshi
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:41 AM
> To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
> 
> I can't select another tab, don't know how to do it
> here.
> 
> Well when the wizard opens up, it defaults to the
> first tab.  From there I'm unable to select tabs for
> other pages.  For instance if I want to modify stuff
> on the 2nd tab, I'd rather click on the tab in order
> to see it's content.
> 
>     -gavazn
> 
> --- Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
> 
> > What is the problem that you were unable to solve?
> > 
> > ---Michael B. 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of Gavazn Vahshi
> > Sent: January 31, 2006 8:26 PM
> > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > Subject: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I went through the recent email thread for the tab
> > click problem, but unfortunately was unable to
> solve
> > my problem.  I'm knida new to Ruby and Watir and
> any
> > help is greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > It's about a JS pop-up wizard with 4 tabs which
> > opens
> > up when I click on a gif image in main UI.
> > 
> > HTML source for the wizard looks like this (...
> > instead of some tags & extras):
> > 
> > <table id='tabs_table' cellspacing='0' class='tsc'
> > border='0'...
> > <div id='tabset_pstabset'><table cellspacing='0'
> > class='tsc' border='0' cellpadding...
> > <span>title_for_tab1</span></a></td><td
> > height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> > class='sel' style='background...>...<a
> > href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab1'>
> > <span>title_for_tab2</span></a></td><td
> > height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> > class='unsel' style...>...<a
> > href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab2'>
> > ... (total of 4 tabs on page)
> > </table></div>
> > 
> > For my testing purposes I need to click on each
> tab
> > and visit each page.  There're some text fields
> that
> > I
> > need to modify.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > gavazn
> > 
> > __________________________________________________
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From Mark_Cain at rl.gov  Wed Feb  1 14:13:49 2006
From: Mark_Cain at rl.gov (Cain, Mark)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:13:49 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
Message-ID: <9C0BD1E3DAF1204D842D72E2DCE2A04ED1D547@EX5V.rl.gov>

Is the content of the tabs displayed in an iFrame?  
If you could post the entire html for the main page and popup wizard it
would help.

--Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Gavazn Vahshi
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:00 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem

I don't know if that helps or not. When I first open
the wizard (showing 1st tab) and do ie.showAllObjects,
I get some stuff.  Then when I click on the 2nd tab
and do ie.showAllObjects I get the extra line below:
hidden            name=com.cc.framework.state 
id=com.cc.framework.state 
value=ctrl=pstabset;first=tab1;selected=tab2
alt=                src=

Is there a way to use this info to access tab2?

Thanks,

     -g

--- "Cain, Mark" <Mark_Cain at rl.gov> wrote:

> Is the wizard a separate window that opens?  If yes
> then you might want
> to try:
> #e.g. usage from WATiR API
> #  IE.attach(:url, 'www.google.com') 
> #  IE.attach(:title, 'Google')
> 
> $ie.image(:src, /<gif image name in main UI>/).click
> 
> new_ie  = IE.attach(:title, /<Title of the new
> window>/i)
> 
> new_ie.show_all_objects
> 
> new_ie.span(:index,2).click #index for tab2
> 
> NOTE:  If the window is invoked as showModalDialog
> then you'll need to
> use AutoIT.  WATiR currently does not support
> windows invoked as
> showModalDialog.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> --Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf
> Of Gavazn Vahshi
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:41 AM
> To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
> 
> I can't select another tab, don't know how to do it
> here.
> 
> Well when the wizard opens up, it defaults to the
> first tab.  From there I'm unable to select tabs for
> other pages.  For instance if I want to modify stuff
> on the 2nd tab, I'd rather click on the tab in order
> to see it's content.
> 
>     -gavazn
> 
> --- Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
> 
> > What is the problem that you were unable to solve?
> > 
> > ---Michael B. 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of Gavazn Vahshi
> > Sent: January 31, 2006 8:26 PM
> > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > Subject: [Wtr-general] My Tab Click problem
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I went through the recent email thread for the tab
> > click problem, but unfortunately was unable to
> solve
> > my problem.  I'm knida new to Ruby and Watir and
> any
> > help is greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > It's about a JS pop-up wizard with 4 tabs which
> > opens
> > up when I click on a gif image in main UI.
> > 
> > HTML source for the wizard looks like this (...
> > instead of some tags & extras):
> > 
> > <table id='tabs_table' cellspacing='0' class='tsc'
> > border='0'...
> > <div id='tabset_pstabset'><table cellspacing='0'
> > class='tsc' border='0' cellpadding...
> > <span>title_for_tab1</span></a></td><td
> > height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> > class='sel' style='background...>...<a
> > href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab1'>
> > <span>title_for_tab2</span></a></td><td
> > height='19'><img width...>...</td><td height='19'
> > class='unsel' style...>...<a
> > href='#?ctrl=pstabset&action=TabClick&param=tab2'>
> > ... (total of 4 tabs on page)
> > </table></div>
> > 
> > For my testing purposes I need to click on each
> tab
> > and visit each page.  There're some text fields
> that
> > I
> > need to modify.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > gavazn
> > 
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> > protection around 
> > http://mail.yahoo.com 
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> > 
> 
> 
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From David.J.Solis at wellsfargo.com  Wed Feb  1 16:21:40 2006
From: David.J.Solis at wellsfargo.com (David.J.Solis at wellsfargo.com)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 15:21:40 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] clicking on a link problem
Message-ID: <493148DCF171954FBBF8E8AAB261638C057506@msgswbmnmsp35.wellsfargo.com>

I encountered an error that I cannot figure out. In my code, I'm linking
to a new page using
 
$ie.link(:text, "Administration").click
 
But instead, I get this error:
 
WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
    HRESULT error code:0x80010108
      The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1347:in `method_missing'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1347:in `document'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:899:in `getLink'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:2841:in `initialize'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:570:in `new'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:570:in `link'
 
 
I have no idea what is causing this.
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From rosecao at us.ibm.com  Wed Feb  1 16:45:21 2006
From: rosecao at us.ibm.com (Rose Cao)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 14:45:21 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] clicking on a link problem
In-Reply-To: <493148DCF171954FBBF8E8AAB261638C057506@msgswbmnmsp35.wellsfargo.com>
Message-ID: <OFCB07B53C.134F2FB2-ON87257108.007725E9-87257108.007746BA@us.ibm.com>






Make sure the link 'Administration' is not in any frame like 'reportframe'
etc.

If the link is in one of the frame, then will be
ie.frame("framename").link(:text, "Administration").click.

Use this to see all the frame on the web page:  ie.show_frames

Use this to see all the detail of the frame on the web page:
ie.show_all_objects

Hope this will help.


Please contact me if you have any questions or if I may be of any
assistance.

Thanks,
Rose Cao
SDC West - LLXC, ACD Team
IBM Global Services
303.924.1916 T/L 347-1916
rosecao at us.ibm.com
Highland Contractor


                                                                           
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I encountered an error that I cannot figure out. In my code, I'm linking to
a new page using

$ie.link(:text, "Administration").click

But instead, I get this error:

WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
    HRESULT error code:0x80010108
      The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1347:in `method_missing'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1347:in `document'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:899:in `getLink'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:2841:in `initialize'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:570:in `new'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:570:in `link'


I have no idea what is causing this.
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From mb at michaelbolton.net  Wed Feb  1 17:19:38 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 17:19:38 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] clicking on a link problem
In-Reply-To: <493148DCF171954FBBF8E8AAB261638C057506@msgswbmnmsp35.wellsfargo.com>
Message-ID: <001801c6277d$97680610$0902a8c0@Koko>

>I have no idea what is causing this.
 
Neither do we.   So far as we know, your code snippet might be preceded by
 
$ie = nil
 
What does the original page look like?  What does your original code look
like (that is, at least a few lines before the call in question)?  
 
(General question, not specific to David:  When did the charter for this
list begin to include "please, to the greatest extent possible, leave out
HTML, Ruby code, or other clues that might help us to solve your problem?")
 
---Michael B., a little cranky this afternoon

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
David.J.Solis at wellsfargo.com
Sent: February 1, 2006 4:22 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] clicking on a link problem


I encountered an error that I cannot figure out. In my code, I'm linking to
a new page using
 
$ie.link(:text, "Administration").click
 
But instead, I get this error:
 
WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
    HRESULT error code:0x80010108
      The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1347:in `method_missing'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1347:in `document'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:899:in `getLink'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:2841:in `initialize'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:570:in `new'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:570:in `link'
 
 
I have no idea what is causing this.
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From BPaatsch at activevoice.com  Wed Feb  1 17:58:00 2006
From: BPaatsch at activevoice.com (Paatsch, Bernd)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:58:00 -0600 
Subject: [Wtr-general] How to handle a timeout when allert window not found?
Message-ID: <DB8B2DF09344624C84867DA023FA4ADE44A097@activevoice2.necam.prv>

Hi Rague,

I refere to a thread Nov 22. Within this thread your recommended following
code:


	We ran into a similar issue a while back. For some reason
	(I dont know if it is a ruby issue), rescue doesn't trap 'Timeout'
errors.
	You have explicitly catch a Timeout error as:
	
	begin
	     .....
	    ...
	rescue Timeout::Error
	  puts "No alert window found"
	end
	
	Raghu



I tried it and it does not work. Do I have to include any special module?

I have this nasty and popup to deal with however when there is no popup
window it does not go into rescue.

	begin
  	  puts "begin"
	  br=nil
	  br = Browser("url:=/add.php/")
	  br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet Explorer")

	  #dublicate_win = br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet
Explorer").Label("index:=2")
  	  dublicate_win = br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet
Explorer").Label("text:=/DUPLICATE/")
	  puts dublicate_win
	  
	rescue TIMEOUT::ERROR
	  # great we don't have dublicate extension
	  puts "rescue"
	  $logger.log( "  Action: no popup window with dublicated extension
found.")
	ensure
	  text = dublicate_win.display_text
	  # wwe have to deal with the popup window dublicate extension

 	  $logger.log( "  Action: found popup window " + text)
	  br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet
Explorer").Button("text:=OK").click
	  sleep(1.5)
	  dublicate_win = nil
	end


Thanks,
Bernd
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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Wed Feb  1 17:58:52 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 17:58:52 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby Nubie fails to get out of the box with Unittests
Message-ID: <37c405480602011458y2df7055fr@mail.gmail.com>

Hello there.  I just installed Ruby and WATIR on my computer a fewhours ago and am still learning about this scripting language.
I started with the WATIR User Guide and tried out the steps in "Step 3- Run the Watir Unit Tests".   The final sentence here says: "Thetests should all run and pass."
Unfortunately, I keep getting failures when I run "all_tests.rb" :"182 tests, 1036 assertions, 5 failures, 2 errors"
Here are my system specs:- Windows XP SP2 (all the latest windows updates/security patches applied)- Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519- ruby182-15.exe (installed to default c:\ruby)- watir-1.4.1.exe (installed to default C:\Program Files\Watir)- Active Content is allowed to run in files on My Computer. (I knowthis is working for a fact because I am running my internet radioscript file in a background IE window process while I work.)
I've scanned through the message archives and found similar errormessages reported by Hugh Sasse on Fri Jan 13 10:08:54 EST 2006(subject = "Unit testing").
First observation: I noticed that the unittests\html\images folder ismissing, but I'm assuming that these files aren't really required forsuccessful completion of the tests.Still, I did notice a few popup errors while running the testscomplaining that the files were missing.  I can't think that this isnormal/expected behaviour.
Second observation: it looks like a file (pass2.html) is missing.  Isthis also intentional?
I decided to run "core_tests.rb" but it also failed : "154 tests, 929assertions, 3 failures, 0 errors"
-> Is there something that I'm missing here?  Is there a setup optionor environment variable that I should set to get these tests to workcorrectly?
Please let me know.  Thanks in advance.  I won't let these hiccupsslow me down while I run through the other examples and tutorials.  Ijust thought I'd ask before I forget.
Cheers.Paul.


From rosecao at us.ibm.com  Wed Feb  1 18:06:21 2006
From: rosecao at us.ibm.com (Rose Cao)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:06:21 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] clicking on a link problem
In-Reply-To: <001801c6277d$97680610$0902a8c0@Koko>
Message-ID: <OFAE17E3AF.C999AFBC-ON87257108.007EE07D-87257108.007EB172@us.ibm.com>






Yes, why not take off the $ before ie and run it again?


Please contact me if you have any questions or if I may be of any
assistance.

Thanks,
Rose Cao
SDC West - LLXC, ACD Team
IBM Global Services
303.924.1916 T/L 347-1916
rosecao at us.ibm.com
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>I have no idea what is causing this.

Neither do we.   So far as we know, your code snippet might be preceded by

$ie = nil

What does the original page look like?  What does your original code look
like (that is, at least a few lines before the call in question)?

(General question, not specific to David:  When did the charter for this
list begin to include "please, to the greatest extent possible, leave out
HTML, Ruby code, or other clues that might help us to solve your problem?")

---Michael B., a little cranky this afternoon

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
David.J.Solis at wellsfargo.com
Sent: February 1, 2006 4:22 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] clicking on a link problem

I encountered an error that I cannot figure out. In my code, I'm linking to
a new page using

$ie.link(:text, "Administration").click

But instead, I get this error:

WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
    HRESULT error code:0x80010108
      The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1347:in `method_missing'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1347:in `document'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:899:in `getLink'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:2841:in `initialize'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:570:in `new'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:570:in `link'


I have no idea what is causing this.
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From BPaatsch at activevoice.com  Wed Feb  1 18:17:59 2006
From: BPaatsch at activevoice.com (Paatsch, Bernd)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 17:17:59 -0600 
Subject: [Wtr-general] How to handle a timeout when allert window not
	found?
Message-ID: <DB8B2DF09344624C84867DA023FA4ADE44A098@activevoice2.necam.prv>

I get following error:
./wacSubAddRangeSubscriber.rb:128:in `addRangeSubscriber': uninitialized
constant WebAC::TIMEOUT (NameError) from
C:/watir-v1_4/examples/WAC/wacTestCollection.rb:51

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paatsch, Bernd
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 2:58 PM
To: 'wtr-general at rubyforge.org'
Subject: [Wtr-general] How to handle a timeout when allert window not found?



Hi Rague,

I refere to a thread Nov 22. Within this thread your recommended following
code: 


	We ran into a similar issue a while back. For some reason
(I dont know if it is a ruby issue), rescue doesn't trap 'Timeout' errors.
You have explicitly catch a Timeout error as:

begin
     .....
    ...
rescue Timeout::Error
  puts "No alert window found"
end

Raghu 



I tried it and it does not work. Do I have to include any special module? 

I have this nasty and popup to deal with however when there is no popup
window it does not go into rescue. 

        begin 
          puts "begin" 
          br=nil 
          br = Browser("url:=/add.php/") 
          br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet Explorer") 

          #dublicate_win = br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet
Explorer").Label("index:=2") 
          dublicate_win = br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet
Explorer").Label("text:=/DUPLICATE/") 
          puts dublicate_win 
          
        rescue TIMEOUT::ERROR 
          # great we don't have dublicate extension 
          puts "rescue" 
          $logger.log( "  Action: no popup window with dublicated extension
found.") 
        ensure 
          text = dublicate_win.display_text 
          # wwe have to deal with the popup window dublicate extension

          $logger.log( "  Action: found popup window " + text) 
          br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet
Explorer").Button("text:=OK").click 
          sleep(1.5) 
          dublicate_win = nil 
        end 


Thanks, 
Bernd 

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From BPaatsch at activevoice.com  Wed Feb  1 18:32:43 2006
From: BPaatsch at activevoice.com (Paatsch, Bernd)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 17:32:43 -0600 
Subject: [Wtr-general] How to handle a timeout when allert window
	notf	ound?
Message-ID: <DB8B2DF09344624C84867DA023FA4ADE44A099@activevoice2.necam.prv>

I found the answer
 
reguire 'timeout'
 
begin
     .....
    ...
rescue TimeoutError # this does not work on my machineTimeout::Error
  puts "No alert window found"
end


 
Bernd
 
  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paatsch, Bernd
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 3:18 PM
To: 'wtr-general at rubyforge.org'
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] How to handle a timeout when allert window
notfound?


I get following error:
./wacSubAddRangeSubscriber.rb:128:in `addRangeSubscriber': uninitialized
constant WebAC::TIMEOUT (NameError) from
C:/watir-v1_4/examples/WAC/wacTestCollection.rb:51

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paatsch, Bernd
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 2:58 PM
To: 'wtr-general at rubyforge.org'
Subject: [Wtr-general] How to handle a timeout when allert window not found?



Hi Rague,

I refere to a thread Nov 22. Within this thread your recommended following
code: 


	We ran into a similar issue a while back. For some reason
(I dont know if it is a ruby issue), rescue doesn't trap 'Timeout' errors.
You have explicitly catch a Timeout error as:

begin
     .....
    ...
rescue Timeout::Error
  puts "No alert window found"
end

Raghu 



I tried it and it does not work. Do I have to include any special module? 

I have this nasty and popup to deal with however when there is no popup
window it does not go into rescue. 

        begin 
          puts "begin" 
          br=nil 
          br = Browser("url:=/add.php/") 
          br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet Explorer") 

          #dublicate_win = br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet
Explorer").Label("index:=2") 
          dublicate_win = br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet
Explorer").Label("text:=/DUPLICATE/") 
          puts dublicate_win 
          
        rescue TIMEOUT::ERROR 
          # great we don't have dublicate extension 
          puts "rescue" 
          $logger.log( "  Action: no popup window with dublicated extension
found.") 
        ensure 
          text = dublicate_win.display_text 
          # wwe have to deal with the popup window dublicate extension

          $logger.log( "  Action: found popup window " + text) 
          br.Dialog("title:=Microsoft Internet
Explorer").Button("text:=OK").click 
          sleep(1.5) 
          dublicate_win = nil 
        end 


Thanks, 
Bernd 

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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  1 18:40:49 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 17:40:49 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby Nubie fails to get out of the box with
	Unittests
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602011458y2df7055fr@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602011458y2df7055fr@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602011540y7ac55547x9cf173498b08b492@mail.gmail.com>

Paul,

There are several known problematical tests in all_tests.rb. I've updated
the user guide so that the next version will tell people to run
core_tests.rb, but you already figured that part out.

The specific problems you mentioned (in all_tests.rb) mostly sound familiar.
They are known and in several cases happen intermittently.

However, i specifically created core_tests.rb as a robust subset of
all_tests.rb. I would like to see the details about the 3 failures you found
while running them.

In one case recently, i found that -- believe it or not -- the IP phone
software i was running caused a couple of these tests to fail. It somehow
embedded html and javascript in every web page by browser served and
therefore was affecting some of the element counts.

In any case, it sounds like you've installed Watir correctly and have just
run into some marginal issues.

Bret

On 2/1/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello there.  I just installed Ruby and WATIR on my computer a fewhours
> ago and am still learning about this scripting language.
> I started with the WATIR User Guide and tried out the steps in "Step 3-
> Run the Watir Unit Tests".   The final sentence here says: "Thetests should
> all run and pass."
> Unfortunately, I keep getting failures when I run "all_tests.rb" :"182
> tests, 1036 assertions, 5 failures, 2 errors"
> Here are my system specs:- Windows XP SP2 (all the latest windows
> updates/security patches applied)- Internet Explorer
> 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519- ruby182-15.exe (installed to
> default c:\ruby)- watir-1.4.1.exe (installed to default C:\Program
> Files\Watir)- Active Content is allowed to run in files on My Computer. (I
> knowthis is working for a fact because I am running my internet radioscript
> file in a background IE window process while I work.)
> I've scanned through the message archives and found similar errormessages
> reported by Hugh Sasse on Fri Jan 13 10:08:54 EST 2006(subject = "Unit
> testing").
> First observation: I noticed that the unittests\html\images folder
> ismissing, but I'm assuming that these files aren't really required
> forsuccessful completion of the tests.Still, I did notice a few popup
> errors while running the testscomplaining that the files were missing.  I
> can't think that this isnormal/expected behaviour.
> Second observation: it looks like a file (pass2.html) is missing.  Isthis
> also intentional?
> I decided to run "core_tests.rb" but it also failed : "154 tests,
> 929assertions, 3 failures, 0 errors"
> -> Is there something that I'm missing here?  Is there a setup optionor
> environment variable that I should set to get these tests to workcorrectly?
> Please let me know.  Thanks in advance.  I won't let these hiccupsslow me
> down while I run through the other examples and tutorials.  Ijust thought
> I'd ask before I forget.
> Cheers.Paul.
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  1 20:22:40 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 19:22:40 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] clicking on a link problem
In-Reply-To: <493148DCF171954FBBF8E8AAB261638C057506@msgswbmnmsp35.wellsfargo.com>
References: <493148DCF171954FBBF8E8AAB261638C057506@msgswbmnmsp35.wellsfargo.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602011722t43128b1pd1fac41c34d90867@mail.gmail.com>

Bolton is right. We need more to go on.

But i can actually answer your actual question ("what is causing this") if
not your implied question ("how can i get my code to work").

This is happening because the IE window that "$ie" was bound to was closed.
That is what "The object invoked has disconnected from its clients" means.
The object, in this case is the browser and the client is our COM binding to
it. This message means that there used to be something at the other end of
the $ie, but now it is gone.

Bret

On 2/1/06, David.J.Solis at wellsfargo.com <David.J.Solis at wellsfargo.com>
wrote:
>
> I encountered an error that I cannot figure out. In my code, I'm linking
> to a new page using
>
> $ie.link(:text, "Administration").click
>
> But instead, I get this error:
>
> WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
>     HRESULT error code:0x80010108
>       The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
>     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1347:in `method_missing'
>     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1347:in `document'
>     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:899:in `getLink'
>     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:2841:in `initialize'
>     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:570:in `new'
>     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:570:in `link'
>
>
> I have no idea what is causing this.
>
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From mb at michaelbolton.net  Wed Feb  1 23:46:28 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 23:46:28 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby Nubie fails to get out of the box with
	Unittests
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602011458y2df7055fr@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <003b01c627b3$a28d5b40$0902a8c0@Koko>

I'm not sure what Paul Carvalho's issue is such that the folder didn't get
created.  Are you sure you're looking in the right place, Paul?  Just to be
sure, it shouldn't appear anywhere in your C:\ruby directory tree (assuming
that's your Ruby base directory).  It should appear in a subdirectory of the
same unittests directory in which all_tests.rb is found.  Could you check
again?

I can report this:  upon changing the name of the unittests\html\images
folder to unittests\html\imagesx on my system, I get a report that 8
assertions failed and that there were 3 errors.  That's Error Set A below.

And when I restored that folder to its proper name, I got 5 failures and 2
errors.  That's Error Set B below.

---Michael B.

Error set A
===========

  1) Failure:
test_imageHasLoaded(TC_Images) [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittest
s/../unittests/images_test.rb:76]:
<false> is not true.

  2) Error:
test_image_click(TC_Images):
Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate object, using
name and disabler_test
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../watir.rb:1939:in `asser
t_exists'
    (eval):2:in `disabled'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:56:in `test_image_click'

  3) Failure:
test_image_properties(TC_Images) [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael
Bolton/My Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unitte
sts/../unittests/images_test.rb:104]:
<"88"> expected but was
<"30">.

  4) Error:
test_save_local_image(TC_Images):
WIN32OLERuntimeError: navigate
    OLE error code:800704C7 in <Unknown>
      <No Description>
    HRESULT error code:0x80020009
      Exception occurred.
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../watir.rb:1253:in `metho
d_missing'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../watir.rb:1253:in `goto'

    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../watir.rb:2808:in `save'

    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:160:in `safe_file_block'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:160:in `each'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:160:in `safe_file_block'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:143:in `test_save_local_image'

  5) Error:
test_save_local_image_returns_original_page(TC_Images):
WIN32OLERuntimeError: navigate
    OLE error code:800704C7 in <Unknown>
      <No Description>
    HRESULT error code:0x80020009
      Exception occurred.
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../watir.rb:1253:in `metho
d_missing'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../watir.rb:1253:in `goto'

    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../watir.rb:2808:in `save'

    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:160:in `safe_file_block'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:160:in `each'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:160:in `safe_file_block'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:153:in `test_save_local_image_returns_original_page'

  6) Failure:
test_navigation(TC_Navigate) [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/
../unittests/navigate_test.rb:19]:
<"file://c:/documents%20and%20settings/michael%20bolton/my%20documents/downl
oad/watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/html/buttons1
.html"> expected but was
<"file://c:/documents and settings/michael bolton/my
documents/download/watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/html/buttons1.html">.


  7) Failure:
test_links_and_images_in_table(TC_Tables) [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael
Bolton/My Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1
_4/unittests/../unittests/table_test.rb:165]:
<"106"> expected but was
<"28">.

  8) Failure:
test_button_frames(TC_show_frames)
    [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:113:in `capture_and_compare'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:125:in `test_button_frames']:
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 0 name: buttonFrame\nframe  index: 1
name: buttonFrame2\n"> expected but was
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 1 name: buttonFrame\nframe  index: 2
name: buttonFrame2\n">.

  9) Failure:
test_iframes(TC_show_frames)
    [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:113:in `capture_and_compare'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:133:in `test_iframes']:
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 0 name: senderFrame\nframe  index: 1
name: receiverFrame\n"> expected but was
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 1 name: senderFrame\nframe  index: 2
name: receiverFrame\n">.

 10) Failure:
test_show_nested_frames(TC_show_frames)
    [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:113:in `capture_and_compare'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:117:in `test_show_nested_frames']:
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 0 name: nestedFrame\nframe  index: 1
name: nestedFrame2\n"> expected but was
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 1 name: nestedFrame\nframe  index: 2
name: nestedFrame2\n">.

 11) Failure:
test_showLinks(TC_showlinks)
    [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/links_test.r
b:163:in `test_showLinks'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/links_test.r
b:163:in `each_with_index'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/links_test.r
b:163:in `each'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/links_test.r
b:163:in `each_with_index'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/links_test.r
b:163:in `test_showLinks']:
<"1
file:///c:/documents%20and%20settings/michael%20bolton/my%20documents/downlo
ad/watir/wat
ir-v1_4/unittests/html/links2.htmltest1"> expected to be =~
</^1 + +file:\/\/\/c:\/documents and settings\/michael bolton\/my
documents\/download\/watir\/watir-v1_4\/unittests\/htm
l\/links2.html *test1$/>.

182 tests, 1032 assertions, 8 failures, 3 errors

Error set B
===========

  1) Error:
test_image_click(TC_Images):
Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate object, using
name and disabler_test
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../watir.rb:1939:in `asser
t_exists'
    (eval):2:in `disabled'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:56:in `test_image_click'

  2) Error:
test_save_local_image(TC_Images):
Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory -
C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Michael%20Bolton/My%20Documents/Download/Watir
/
watir-v1_4/unittests/html/images/triangle.jpg
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/ftools.rb:136:in `stat'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/ftools.rb:136:in `compare'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:144:in `test_save_local_image'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:143:in `safe_file_block'
    C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/images_test.r
b:143:in `test_save_local_image'

  3) Failure:
test_navigation(TC_Navigate) [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/
../unittests/navigate_test.rb:19]:
<"file://c:/documents%20and%20settings/michael%20bolton/my%20documents/downl
oad/watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/html/buttons1
.html"> expected but was
<"file://c:/documents and settings/michael bolton/my
documents/download/watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/html/buttons1.html">.


  4) Failure:
test_button_frames(TC_show_frames)
    [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:113:in `capture_and_compare'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:125:in `test_button_frames']:
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 0 name: buttonFrame\nframe  index: 1
name: buttonFrame2\n"> expected but was
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 1 name: buttonFrame\nframe  index: 2
name: buttonFrame2\n">.

  5) Failure:
test_iframes(TC_show_frames)
    [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:113:in `capture_and_compare'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:133:in `test_iframes']:
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 0 name: senderFrame\nframe  index: 1
name: receiverFrame\n"> expected but was
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 1 name: senderFrame\nframe  index: 2
name: receiverFrame\n">.

  6) Failure:
test_show_nested_frames(TC_show_frames)
    [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:113:in `capture_and_compare'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/frame_test.r
b:117:in `test_show_nested_frames']:
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 0 name: nestedFrame\nframe  index: 1
name: nestedFrame2\n"> expected but was
<"there are 2 frames\nframe  index: 1 name: nestedFrame\nframe  index: 2
name: nestedFrame2\n">.

  7) Failure:
test_showLinks(TC_showlinks)
    [C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/links_test.r
b:163:in `test_showLinks'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/links_test.r
b:163:in `each_with_index'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/links_test.r
b:163:in `each'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/links_test.r
b:163:in `each_with_index'
     C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My
Documents/Download/Watir/watir-v1_4/unittests/../unittests/links_test.r
b:163:in `test_showLinks']:
<"1
file:///c:/documents%20and%20settings/michael%20bolton/my%20documents/downlo
ad/watir/wat
ir-v1_4/unittests/html/links2.htmltest1"> expected to be =~
</^1 + +file:\/\/\/c:\/documents and settings\/michael bolton\/my
documents\/download\/watir\/watir-v1_4\/unittests\/htm
l\/links2.html *test1$/>.

182 tests, 1040 assertions, 5 failures, 2 errors

 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paul Carvalho
Sent: February 1, 2006 5:59 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby Nubie fails to get out of the box with Unittests

Hello there.  I just installed Ruby and WATIR on my computer a fewhours ago
and am still learning about this scripting language.
I started with the WATIR User Guide and tried out the steps in "Step 3- Run
the Watir Unit Tests".   The final sentence here says: "Thetests should all
run and pass."
Unfortunately, I keep getting failures when I run "all_tests.rb" :"182
tests, 1036 assertions, 5 failures, 2 errors"
Here are my system specs:- Windows XP SP2 (all the latest windows
updates/security patches applied)- Internet Explorer
6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519- ruby182-15.exe (installed to default
c:\ruby)- watir-1.4.1.exe (installed to default C:\Program Files\Watir)-
Active Content is allowed to run in files on My Computer. (I knowthis is
working for a fact because I am running my internet radioscript file in a
background IE window process while I work.)
I've scanned through the message archives and found similar errormessages
reported by Hugh Sasse on Fri Jan 13 10:08:54 EST 2006(subject = "Unit
testing").
First observation: I noticed that the unittests\html\images folder
ismissing, but I'm assuming that these files aren't really required
forsuccessful completion of the tests.Still, I did notice a few popup errors
while running the testscomplaining that the files were missing.  I can't
think that this isnormal/expected behaviour.
Second observation: it looks like a file (pass2.html) is missing.  Isthis
also intentional?
I decided to run "core_tests.rb" but it also failed : "154 tests,
929assertions, 3 failures, 0 errors"
-> Is there something that I'm missing here?  Is there a setup optionor
environment variable that I should set to get these tests to workcorrectly?
Please let me know.  Thanks in advance.  I won't let these hiccupsslow me
down while I run through the other examples and tutorials.  Ijust thought
I'd ask before I forget.
Cheers.Paul.
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From bret at pettichord.com  Thu Feb  2 00:58:37 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 23:58:37 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby Nubie fails to get out of the box with
	Unittests
In-Reply-To: <003b01c627b3$a28d5b40$0902a8c0@Koko>
References: <37c405480602011458y2df7055fr@mail.gmail.com>
	<003b01c627b3$a28d5b40$0902a8c0@Koko>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602012158o5971df4fg11e406f3903732ff@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the detailed reports.

The image bugs are common. That code is buggy and needs rewriting.

The frame index bugs (expected 0, actual 1) are test-bugs. The code is
correct and the tests were fixed in 1.4.1. (Michael is running 1.4.0, but
Paul is running 1.4.1).

A couple of these bugs are new to me, but seem to stem from the fact that
Michael has watir installed in a directory with blanks in its path.

I don't know why the table count problem is happening. That is a new one for
me too.

Bret
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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Thu Feb  2 09:30:23 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 09:30:23 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby Nubie fails to get out of the box with
	Unittests
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602011540y7ac55547x9cf173498b08b492@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602011458y2df7055fr@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602011540y7ac55547x9cf173498b08b492@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <37c405480602020630n7d0e06ebw@mail.gmail.com>

On 01/02/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:>> However, i specifically created core_tests.rb as a robust subset of> all_tests.rb. I would like to see the details about the 3 failures you found> while running them.>
Hi Bret, I ran the tests again this morning with nothing else running(disabled MSN Messenger, A/V service, etc.) and I got the same errors:
----
C:\Program Files\Watir\unittests>core_tests.rbLoaded suite C:/Program Files/Watir/unittests/core_testsStarted...........................................................-----------Objects in  page -------------
[snip]
.......................F......................................F............................FFinished in 69.985 seconds.
  1) Failure:test_navigation(TC_Navigate) [C:/Program Files/Watir/unittests/../unittests/navigate_test.rb:19]:<"file://c:/program%20files/watir/unittests/html/buttons1.html"> expected but was<"file://c:/program files/watir/unittests/html/buttons1.html">.
  2) Failure:test_links_and_images_in_table(TC_Tables) [C:/Program Files/Watir/unittests/../unittests/table_test.rb:165]:<"106"> expected but was<"28">.
  3) Failure:test_showLinks(TC_showlinks)    [C:/ProgramFiles/Watir/unittests/../unittests/links_test.rb:163:in`test_showLinks'     C:/ProgramFiles/Watir/unittests/../unittests/links_test.rb:163:in`each_with_index'     C:/Program Files/Watir/unittests/../unittests/links_test.rb:163:in `each'     C:/ProgramFiles/Watir/unittests/../unittests/links_test.rb:163:in`each_with_index'     C:/ProgramFiles/Watir/unittests/../unittests/links_test.rb:163:in`test_showLinks']:<"1                             file:///c:/program%20files/watir/unittests/html/links2.html test1"> expected to be =~</^1 + +file:\/\/\/c:\/program files\/watir\/unittests\/html\/links2.html *test1$/>.
154 tests, 929 assertions, 3 failures, 0 errors
----
Hope this helps.  TTYL.  Paul.


From bret at pettichord.com  Thu Feb  2 12:09:29 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 11:09:29 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby Nubie fails to get out of the box with
	Unittests
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602020630n7d0e06ebw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602011458y2df7055fr@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602011540y7ac55547x9cf173498b08b492@mail.gmail.com>
	<37c405480602020630n7d0e06ebw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602020909u5744ad5dif817e545af541d67@mail.gmail.com>

1 and 3 are happening because of test-bugs -- the tests don't work right
when watir is installed in a directory with a space in the name.

2 fails in:

        table = $ie.table(:id, 'pic_table')
        image = table[1][2].image(:index,1)
        assert_equal("106", image.width)

At the moment i am stumped as to what this failure indicates. It is getting
the wrong width for the image. Hmm.

Bret

On 2/2/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 01/02/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:>> However, i
> specifically created core_tests.rb as a robust subset of> all_tests.rb. I
> would like to see the details about the 3 failures you found> while running
> them.>
> Hi Bret, I ran the tests again this morning with nothing else
> running(disabled MSN Messenger, A/V service, etc.) and I got the same
> errors:
> ----
> C:\Program Files\Watir\unittests>core_tests.rbLoaded suite C:/Program
> Files/Watir/unittests/core_testsStarted...........................................................-----------Objects
> in  page -------------
> [snip]
> .......................F......................................F............................FFinished
> in 69.985 seconds.
>   1) Failure:test_navigation(TC_Navigate) [C:/Program
> Files/Watir/unittests/../unittests/navigate_test.rb:19]:<"
> file://c:/program%20files/watir/unittests/html/buttons1.html"> expected
> but was<"file://c:/program files/watir/unittests/html/buttons1.html">.
>   2) Failure:test_links_and_images_in_table(TC_Tables) [C:/Program
> Files/Watir/unittests/../unittests/table_test.rb:165]:<"106"> expected but
> was<"28">.
>   3)
> Failure:test_showLinks(TC_showlinks)    [C:/ProgramFiles/Watir/unittests/../unittests/links_test.rb:163:in`test_showLinks'
> C:/ProgramFiles/Watir/unittests/../unittests/links_test.rb:163:in`each_with_index'
> C:/Program Files/Watir/unittests/../unittests/links_test.rb:163:in
> `each'
> C:/ProgramFiles/Watir/unittests/../unittests/links_test.rb:163:in`each_with_index'
> C:/ProgramFiles/Watir/unittests/../unittests/links_test.rb:163:in`test_showLinks']:<"1
> file:///c:/program%20files/watir/unittests/html/links2.html test1">
> expected to be =~</^1 + +file:\/\/\/c:\/program
> files\/watir\/unittests\/html\/links2.html *test1$/>.
> 154 tests, 929 assertions, 3 failures, 0 errors
> ----
> Hope this helps.  TTYL.  Paul.
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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Thu Feb  2 18:35:50 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 18:35:50 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir Examples that need to be updated
Message-ID: <37c405480602021535t54547dc3k@mail.gmail.com>

I've spent the day running through examples and creating new scripts. I am now happily exploring our web apps and struggling throughdeveloping some scripts.
Regarding the Watir examples, here is some feedback on what I've observed.
The C:\Program Files\Watir\examples folder has 4 scripts that need tobe updated:
(1) articleExample.rb- assertion fails because the exact string doesn't appear on the page
(2) google_maps.rb- line 34: the text field ID has changed from "q" to "q_d"
(3) mouse_over.rb- The last 3 page navigation links fail because the URL links havechanged from "05" to "06".- 'TopicProposalScheduleW05.htm' has also changed to'ProposalPresentationsW06.htm'
(4) yahooCheckbox_test.rb- Only the first test actually works.  The rest all fail because thesepages have completely changed on the Yahoo! site.  If you want to democheckboxes, you'll have to find another site to use.
----
On a related note, I tried to work through the "Scripting 101" Labexercises, but the instructions seem to be missing a key piece ofinformation:=> How do you launch the Timeclock web application??
I read through the specs, cheat sheets, and every script I could find,but nowhere does it say how to launch the app.  I must be missingsomething.  (I've run the Timeclock server and tested it as per theInstall instructions, so I know that part works.)
I've decided to ignore these exercises, but I would be curious to knowhow to get the app working for my own piece of mind.
Paul.


From Mark_Cain at rl.gov  Fri Feb  3 10:16:35 2006
From: Mark_Cain at rl.gov (Cain, Mark)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 07:16:35 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir Examples that need to be updated
Message-ID: <9C0BD1E3DAF1204D842D72E2DCE2A04ED1D558@EX5V.rl.gov>

Probably a better use of your time would be to go through the unittests
(in the Watir install directory) for examples of usage.  There is not
much that I have encountered that does not have a fairly decent
representation in the unittests; and they are maintained a little better
than the examples because they are really used to unittest Watir.  As to
specific question regarding how to do something in Watir that is not in
the unittests this forum is the best that I have seen--people are eager
to pass alone things they have learned and post solutions and improved
solutions quickly as well as offer direction for getting over or around
the roadblocks!

Also, for general all-around ruby information you can't do any better
than the famous Pickaxe book - Programming Ruby (2nd edition) by Dave
Thomas it is well worth the money.

 

--Mark

 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paul Carvalho
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 3:36 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir Examples that need to be updated

 

I've spent the day running through examples and creating new scripts. I
am now happily exploring our web apps and struggling throughdeveloping
some scripts.

Regarding the Watir examples, here is some feedback on what I've
observed.

The C:\Program Files\Watir\examples folder has 4 scripts that need tobe
updated:

(1) articleExample.rb- assertion fails because the exact string doesn't
appear on the page

(2) google_maps.rb- line 34: the text field ID has changed from "q" to
"q_d"

(3) mouse_over.rb- The last 3 page navigation links fail because the URL
links havechanged from "05" to "06".- 'TopicProposalScheduleW05.htm' has
also changed to'ProposalPresentationsW06.htm'

(4) yahooCheckbox_test.rb- Only the first test actually works.  The rest
all fail because thesepages have completely changed on the Yahoo! site.
If you want to democheckboxes, you'll have to find another site to use.

----

On a related note, I tried to work through the "Scripting 101"
Labexercises, but the instructions seem to be missing a key piece
ofinformation:=> How do you launch the Timeclock web application??

I read through the specs, cheat sheets, and every script I could
find,but nowhere does it say how to launch the app.  I must be
missingsomething.  (I've run the Timeclock server and tested it as per
theInstall instructions, so I know that part works.)

I've decided to ignore these exercises, but I would be curious to
knowhow to get the app working for my own piece of mind.

Paul.

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From Joseph_Graham at adp.com  Fri Feb  3 11:04:05 2006
From: Joseph_Graham at adp.com (Graham, Joseph     x66237)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 11:04:05 -0500 
Subject: [Wtr-general] how to set frame URL location
Message-ID: <DA5E76C21FEA85459B0E959CFAC237820813580C@sisexpo01.sis>

Hello,
I recently installed (2 days ago) the latest release of Watir and am running
into some issues. 
Is there an example somewhere of how to set the URL of a frame.  I tried the
following
<code_snip>
# provides a reference to a frame with name "main"
main_frame = ie.frame('main') 
main_frame.navigate_to( ...url... )  // <-- not supported
</code_snip>

I could also just invoke some javascript function because I am really trying
to manipulate a custom DHTML toolbar that has some JS hooks exposed for
navigating the frame in question.  Any examples of this would be great.

I would also appreciate any guidance as to best practices of testing
applications that take extensive advantage of AJAX and js.

BR_joe

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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Fri Feb  3 12:04:19 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:04:19 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby Nubie fails to get out of the box with
	Unittests
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602020909u5744ad5dif817e545af541d67@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602011458y2df7055fr@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602011540y7ac55547x9cf173498b08b492@mail.gmail.com>
	<37c405480602020630n7d0e06ebw@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602020909u5744ad5dif817e545af541d67@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <37c405480602030904j168b1f86v@mail.gmail.com>

I followed up on your suggestions.
I downloaded "watir-v1_4.zip" and extracted just the"/unittests/html/images" folder.I then copied the whole "unittests" folder (and subfolders) to my"C:\Scripts\" folder.
Now when I run "all_tests.rb", I get the result:  "182 tests, 1063 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors"
When I run "core_tests.rb", I get the result:  "154 tests, 947 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors"
I think this is the result you expected.  Just thought you'd want toknow.  Thanks for the help.
Cheers.  Paul.

On 02/02/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:> 1 and 3 are happening because of test-bugs -- the tests don't work right> when watir is installed in a directory with a space in the name.>> 2 fails in:>>         table = $ie.table(:id, 'pic_table')>         image = table[1][2].image(:index,1)>         assert_equal("106", image.width)>> At the moment i am stumped as to what this failure indicates. It is getting> the wrong width for the image. Hmm.>> Bret


From angrez at gmail.com  Fri Feb  3 12:40:00 2006
From: angrez at gmail.com (Angrez Singh)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 23:10:00 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] Is it a bug in doKeyPress() function?
Message-ID: <e26bda3e0602030940w6718eff0h4f391b18e32e0369@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I have noticed a variable called suppliedValue that is not defined
anywhere in the code. Is it a bug or I am missing something?

def doKeyPress( value )
begin
    maxLength = @o.maxLength
    if value.length > maxLength
    value = suppliedValue[0 .. maxLength ]
    @container.log " Supplied string is #{suppliedValue.length} chars, which
exceeds the max length (#{maxLength}) of the field. Using value: #{value}"



Regards,
Angrez
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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Fri Feb  3 17:41:01 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:41:01 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] How do you pass values to Hidden Input fields?
Message-ID: <37c405480602031441o53eb252eq@mail.gmail.com>

Hi there, I have encountered an interesting roadblock that I need somehelp with.
In the Dot-Net application that I am testing, there is a Context Treein the Left frame that when you click on something, it changes thecontext/display in the MainWindow frame.  (i.e. similar to the"Interacting with a JavaScripttree view" example in the FAQ.)
Unfortunately, the Javascript tree that our app uses is not quite assimple as the Joust example.
When I use "ie.frame("ContextTree").image(:index, 3).flash", the[-]/[+] icon flashes.  I can "click" this to expand/collapse thecurrently selected item. (that's good)
However, this command/control doesn't actually *select* the item. (that's bad)
I scanned through the HTML (and used SpySmith) to discover that thetree item names are stored within "div" tags.  Okay.  So then Idiscovered that I can highlight any item in the tree that I want usingsomething like:  "ie.frame("ContextTree").div(:id, "ContextList1Tree_1_2").flash"
(where the "_1_2" is kind of like an array of the items listed in thetree.) (that's good)
When I try to "click" this item, nothing happens. (that's bad)
Back to scanning the HTML.  I used "show_all_objects" to give me alist of the frame elements.  Then I noticed the *hidden* input fields.
I think that I need to pass values to one of these hidden inputfields, but I haven't been successful using ".text_field(..).set(..)"
When I try this, I keep getting an error similar to the following:"Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate object.."

I've searched through the mail archives for other postings on Hiddenfields, but I haven't found any solutions posted that would apply tothe page/frame that I am trying to interact with.  There are *no*visible fields to input on this Context Tree.  It is simply lookingfor an onkeydown / onkeyup / onclick event of some sort.
Has anyone had any success trying to pass values to hidden inputfields that are looking for these kinds of values?
I'll keep exploring, but I thought I would post my question in themeantime to see if anyone here has any advice that might help.
Cheers.  Paul.


From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb  3 20:33:54 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 19:33:54 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Is it a bug in doKeyPress() function?
In-Reply-To: <e26bda3e0602030940w6718eff0h4f391b18e32e0369@mail.gmail.com>
References: <e26bda3e0602030940w6718eff0h4f391b18e32e0369@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602031733m4b9bf784r1e617e53b1837192@mail.gmail.com>

Looks like a bug to me.

I guess we need to add a unit test for this case.

In any case, i just checked in a fix, or at least an improvement for this.

Bret

On 2/3/06, Angrez Singh <angrez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have noticed a variable called suppliedValue that is not defined anywhere in the code. Is it a bug or I am missing something?
>
> def doKeyPress( value )
> begin
>     maxLength = @o.maxLength
>     if value.length > maxLength
>     value = suppliedValue[0 .. maxLength ]
>     @container.log " Supplied string is #{suppliedValue.length } chars,
> which exceeds the max length (#{maxLength}) of the field. Using value:
> #{value}"
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Angrez
>
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb  3 20:47:40 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 19:47:40 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] How do you pass values to Hidden Input fields?
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602031441o53eb252eq@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602031441o53eb252eq@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602031747g4fd82c8cpcdc57a4d5d8a9517@mail.gmail.com>

There are tricks you sometimes (always?) have to use to enter text with
hidden text fields. But watir can see hidden fields without any special
problem and the error you are getting is because watir can't find it. So you
are still have problems with the identification.

Bret

On 2/3/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there, I have encountered an interesting roadblock that I need somehelp
> with.
> In the Dot-Net application that I am testing, there is a Context Treein
> the Left frame that when you click on something, it changes
> thecontext/display in the MainWindow frame.  (i.e. similar to
> the"Interacting with a JavaScripttree view" example in the FAQ.)
> Unfortunately, the Javascript tree that our app uses is not quite assimple
> as the Joust example.
> When I use "ie.frame("ContextTree").image(:index, 3).flash", the[-]/[+]
> icon flashes.  I can "click" this to expand/collapse thecurrently selected
> item. (that's good)
> However, this command/control doesn't actually *select* the item. (that's
> bad)
> I scanned through the HTML (and used SpySmith) to discover that thetree
> item names are stored within "div" tags.  Okay.  So then Idiscovered that I
> can highlight any item in the tree that I want usingsomething like:  "
> ie.frame("ContextTree").div(:id, "ContextList1Tree_1_2").flash"
> (where the "_1_2" is kind of like an array of the items listed in
> thetree.) (that's good)
> When I try to "click" this item, nothing happens. (that's bad)
> Back to scanning the HTML.  I used "show_all_objects" to give me alist of
> the frame elements.  Then I noticed the *hidden* input fields.
> I think that I need to pass values to one of these hidden inputfields, but
> I haven't been successful using ".text_field(..).set(..)"
> When I try this, I keep getting an error similar to the
> following:"Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate
> object.."
>
> I've searched through the mail archives for other postings on
> Hiddenfields, but I haven't found any solutions posted that would apply
> tothe page/frame that I am trying to interact with.  There are *no*visible
> fields to input on this Context Tree.  It is simply lookingfor an onkeydown
> / onkeyup / onclick event of some sort.
> Has anyone had any success trying to pass values to hidden inputfields
> that are looking for these kinds of values?
> I'll keep exploring, but I thought I would post my question in themeantime
> to see if anyone here has any advice that might help.
> Cheers.  Paul.
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From murgundesachin at yahoo.com  Sat Feb  4 00:21:41 2006
From: murgundesachin at yahoo.com (SACHIN MURGUNDE)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 21:21:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Regarding Links
Message-ID: <20060204052141.76765.qmail@web50713.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi,
   
  Iam very very new to watir and ruby.
  I have a small problem in watir.Iam having a page with 10 links with same name "Send Message" with differend parameter in query string
   
  eg <a href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login? View' target=_blank>fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=53045355"> View Profile </a>
   
  <a href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?View' target=_blank>fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=53040035">View Profile </a> <br />
   
  .
  .
  .
  .
  .
  etc......
   
  so how can i write script to click or open new window from "view Profile" hyper link as shown above
  Is it possible to do so?
   
  Thanks and regards,
  Sachin

		
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From bret at pettichord.com  Sat Feb  4 13:08:20 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 12:08:20 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Regarding Links
In-Reply-To: <20060204052141.76765.qmail@web50713.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20060204052141.76765.qmail@web50713.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602041008l14338e5bs62027bfcfaffcfff@mail.gmail.com>

ie.link(:url, "http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?
fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=53045355"<http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/user.viewProfile&friendID=53045355%22%3E+View>
).click

On 2/3/06, SACHIN MURGUNDE <murgundesachin at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Iam very very new to watir and ruby.
> I have a small problem in watir.Iam having a page with 10 links with same
> name "Send Message" with differend parameter in query string
>
> eg <a href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=53045355">
> View<http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/user.viewProfile&friendID=53045355%22%3E+View>Profile </a>
>
> <a href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?
> fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=53040035">View<http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/user.viewProfile&friendID=53040035%22%3EView>Profile </a> <br />
>
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> etc......
>
> so how can i write script to click or open new window from "*view Profile*"
> hyper link as shown above
> Is it possible to do so?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Sachin
>
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From sreedhar.kharidehal at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 05:56:39 2006
From: sreedhar.kharidehal at gmail.com (Sreedhar Kharidehal)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:26:39 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] link click problem
Message-ID: <48150ae20602060256y549d1b64wfbb54575b19c5a9d@mail.gmail.com>

Hi ,i see the following for a link in view source
<a href="javascript:fnOnView(75)">link name</a>
I want to click link using "javascript:fnOnView(75)" function and not
the text which happens to be link name in this case .How can i do it ?
some more info:
Number 75 comes from the database and it changes .I can connect to the
database and access the id
I tried the following
ie.link(:title,"\"javascript:fnOnView("+link_id+")\"").click
where link_id is 75 but i got the following exception
Unable to locate object, using title and "javascript:fnOnView(75)"
(Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException)
.Does the href need to have explicit title = "" for the above to work .

Thanks
--sreedhar



From sreedhar.kharidehal at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 07:06:39 2006
From: sreedhar.kharidehal at gmail.com (Sreedhar Kharidehal)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:36:39 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] link click problem
In-Reply-To: <48150ae20602060256y549d1b64wfbb54575b19c5a9d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <48150ae20602060256y549d1b64wfbb54575b19c5a9d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <48150ae20602060406o23352db6qc596e7eec483e89b@mail.gmail.com>

Hi ,tried using :url instead of title and it worked.

On 2/6/06, Sreedhar Kharidehal <sreedhar.kharidehal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi ,i see the following for a link in view source
> <a href="javascript:fnOnView(75)">link name</a>
> I want to click link using "javascript:fnOnView(75)" function and not
> the text which happens to be link name in this case .How can i do it ?
> some more info:
> Number 75 comes from the database and it changes .I can connect to the
> database and access the id
> I tried the following
> ie.link(:title,"\"javascript:fnOnView("+link_id+")\"").click
> where link_id is 75 but i got the following exception
> Unable to locate object, using title and "javascript:fnOnView(75)"
> (Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException)
> .Does the href need to have explicit title = "" for the above to work .
>
> Thanks
> --sreedhar
>


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From jimche218 at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 07:40:27 2006
From: jimche218 at gmail.com (Jim Che)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:40:27 +0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] How to get the second part which is found by Regexp
Message-ID: <5397f6f80602060440m4462c3dbk@mail.gmail.com>

for example there is a line as below:
     http://www.co.bo.com in the http://www.hello.com
    I am want to find the all website address and use the reguler express:
     re = /http\:\/\/[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+[\._a-zA-Z0-9-]+/
     md = re.match(line)
     but the result was just the first website address http://www.co.bo.com
     So my question is how to get the "http://www.hello.com"
thank you for any help
Jim
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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 09:52:04 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:52:04 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] How to get the second part which is found by
	Regexp
In-Reply-To: <5397f6f80602060440m4462c3dbk@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5397f6f80602060440m4462c3dbk@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <72799cd70602060652k22fc4d11g16e0e97363276785@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/6/06, Jim Che <jimche218 at gmail.com> wrote:
> for example there is a line as below:
>      http://www.co.bo.com in the http://www.hello.com
>     I am want to find the all website address and use the reguler express:
>      re = /http\:\/\/[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+[\._a-zA-Z0-9-]+/
>      md = re.match(line)
>      but the result was just the first website address http://www.co.bo.com
>      So my question is how to get the "http://www.hello.com"
> thank you for any help

You could use scan:

matches = []
your_http_string.scan //http\:\/\/[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+[\._a-zA-Z0-9-]+/ do |match|
matches<<match
end

It's not tested, but I think it'll work.
-Chris



From tester.paul at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 10:28:47 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 10:28:47 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
Message-ID: <37c405480602060728v6bc7244j@mail.gmail.com>

Hi there.  I have been trying to figure out how the Assertions work inWatir, but I seem to be getting something wrong.
I tried to add the following to one of my scripts (improvised from theexamples in the "WATIR User Guide"), but it doesn't work the way Iexpect it to:
   if assert($ie.contains_text("Please try again"))      puts "=> TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "   else      puts "=> TEST FAILED."   end
--> This *always* returns "TEST FAILED", even when the string isreally on the page. (unexpected for me - so I must have somethingwrong.)
>From the Help file, I found the following, less than helpful info:> assert(boolean, message=nil)> Passes if boolean is true.
Absolutely clueless as to what this actually means, I tried to outputthe assert line and I see that it always returns "nil".  Of course,that would be unexpected for the "if" statement waiting for aTrue/False response, so that's why it goes to the .else. when I expectit to pass.
Back to the less-than-helpful Help file, I found the following:> assert_nil(object, message="")> Passes if object.nil?.
Should I use this instead?  Is it even possible to combine the assertand if statements in this way?
Please let me know.  Thanks.Paul.


From sreedhar.kharidehal at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 10:34:43 2006
From: sreedhar.kharidehal at gmail.com (Sreedhar Kharidehal)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:04:43 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] running watir scripts from ANT
Message-ID: <48150ae20602060734q155dbf44hc2aec6a222e9b031@mail.gmail.com>

Hi i am not sure whether this is the right group to post this question
but can i run watir scripts from ANT ?

--
sreedhar



From jeff.darklight at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 10:43:33 2006
From: jeff.darklight at gmail.com (Jeff Wood)
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:43:33 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] How to get the second part which is found by
	Regexp
In-Reply-To: <5397f6f80602060440m4462c3dbk@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5397f6f80602060440m4462c3dbk@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <43E76EA5.9010901@gmail.com>

Jim Che wrote:
> for example there is a line as below:
>      http://www.co.bo.com in the http://www.hello.com
>     I am want to find the all website address and use the reguler express:
>      re = /http\:\/\/[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+[\._a-zA-Z0-9-]+/
>      md = re.match(line)
>      but the result was just the first website 
> address http://www.co.bo.com
>      So my question is how to get the "http://www.hello.com 
> <http://www.hello.com/>"
> thank you for any help
> Jim
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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Usually for this I will go the opposite direction ...

Use something like :

re = /http\:\/\/[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+[\._a-zA-Z0-9-]+/
matches = line.scan( re )

It will return an array that contains everything you are looking for 
...  Whats nice is if you use grouping inside your regexp like this:

re = /http\:\/\/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]+)([\._a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/
matches = line.scan( re )

each of the matches items will be an array of the groupings.

... anyways, thats how I normally do it, just my $0.02USD

j.


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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 10:48:53 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 09:48:53 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] How to get the second part which is found by
	Regexp
In-Reply-To: <43E76EA5.9010901@gmail.com>
References: <5397f6f80602060440m4462c3dbk@mail.gmail.com>
	<43E76EA5.9010901@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <72799cd70602060748p825100dx21f32dd581000a79@mail.gmail.com>

>  re = /http\:\/\/[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+[\._a-zA-Z0-9-]+/
>  matches = line.scan( re )
>
>  It will return an array that contains everything you are looking for ...


Cool, I didn't know if scan returned an array (although I might have
suspected it, so many Ruby methods do.)

-Chris



From email at derkaan.de  Mon Feb  6 10:59:59 2006
From: email at derkaan.de (Kaan Karaca)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:59:59 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] running watir scripts from ANT
In-Reply-To: <48150ae20602060734q155dbf44hc2aec6a222e9b031@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <E1F68mS-0003pn-8K@vizzard.develnet>

There is an "Exec" task in Ant where you can invoke system commands.
Maybe you should also look at rake - ruby make (google for it). Its really
powerful.

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Kharidehal
Gesendet: Montag, 6. Februar 2006 16:35
An: Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Betreff: [Wtr-general] running watir scripts from ANT

Hi i am not sure whether this is the right group to post this question
but can i run watir scripts from ANT ?

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From bret at pettichord.com  Mon Feb  6 12:30:27 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 11:30:27 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602060728v6bc7244j@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602060728v6bc7244j@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602060930n20aaff5ctc3ed46db28b93005@mail.gmail.com>

You are looking at old and buggy documentation. Is this what we bundled with
1.4.1? Updated documentation is here:
http://wtr.rubyforge.org/watir_user_guide.html

>Is it even possible to combine the assertand if statements in this way?
No.

Bret

On 2/6/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there.  I have been trying to figure out how the Assertions work
> inWatir, but I seem to be getting something wrong.
> I tried to add the following to one of my scripts (improvised from
> theexamples in the "WATIR User Guide"), but it doesn't work the way Iexpect
> it to:
>    if assert($ie.contains_text("Please try again"))      puts "=> TEST
> PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "   else      puts "=> TEST
> FAILED."   end
> --> This *always* returns "TEST FAILED", even when the string isreally on
> the page. (unexpected for me - so I must have somethingwrong.)
> >From the Help file, I found the following, less than helpful info:>
> assert(boolean, message=nil)> Passes if boolean is true.
> Absolutely clueless as to what this actually means, I tried to outputthe
> assert line and I see that it always returns "nil".  Of course,that would be
> unexpected for the "if" statement waiting for aTrue/False response, so
> that's why it goes to the .else. when I expectit to pass.
> Back to the less-than-helpful Help file, I found the following:>
> assert_nil(object, message="")> Passes if object.nil?.
> Should I use this instead?  Is it even possible to combine the assertand
> if statements in this way?
> Please let me know.  Thanks.Paul.
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From thealy at midicorp.com  Mon Feb  6 12:53:21 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:53:21 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800CD1@MIDISERVER>

Can Watir be used to test drop and drag functionality? If so how?
 
Thanks,
 
Thom
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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 13:41:12 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:41:12 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Drag'n'drop Re:  Assertions help
Message-ID: <72799cd70602061041j57c9d975yc407f8358507f3b2@mail.gmail.com>

> Can Watir be used to test drop and drag functionality? If so how?

I hope Paul sees this.  Some time ago we looked into this, and it
seemed possible, but the demand was lacking.  Maybe it's time to
re-examine.

If I remember, it was a matter of extending support for more
Javascript:  onDrag and onDrop messages.  Maybe it's already in there?

-Chris



From tester.paul at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 16:38:22 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:38:22 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] How do you pass values to Hidden Input fields?
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602031747g4fd82c8cpcdc57a4d5d8a9517@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602031441o53eb252eq@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602031747g4fd82c8cpcdc57a4d5d8a9517@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <37c405480602061338w3380445fn@mail.gmail.com>

I found some of the classes and methods for working with Hiddenfields, but all this programming stuff is a bit too terse for me.(Dammit Jim, I'm a tester not a programmer! ;))
I tried the following:> ie.frame("ContextTree").hiddens.length=> Returns a value of 8. (matches the number identified via "show_all_objects")
> ie.frame("ContextTree").text_fields.length=> Returned a value of 2. (This is interesting, because only one inputfield is visible.)
When I tried to input text into the first text_field, it appeared asexpected.  When I tried to input text into the second input field, Igot the following:
> ie.frame("ContextTree").text_field(:index, 2).set("wasup?")=> WIN32OLERuntimeError: focus    OLE error code:800A083E in htmlfile      Can't move focus to the control because it is invisible, notenabled, or of a type that does not accept the focus.[snip]
So, how do I send info to this input field?  Do I use something likethe following?> ie.frame("ContextTree").hidden(:id, "_ContextList1:Tree").set("wasup?")
I think I'm mixing apples and oranges here.  The second text inputfield doesn't have a "hidden" attribute, yet it is "invisible".
This tree control will be the end of me yet.  I think I've found a wayto bypass it using the URL.  If that works, I'm going to give up ontrying to manipulate the UI directly with Watir.  This is one timewhere the mouse is mightier than the keyboard.  Sigh.
Cheers.  Paul.
BTW, does anyone know a tool that will allow me to see what info IEpasses from one page to another?  SpySmith is nice for viewing staticinformation on a page, but not for showing me what's being passed fromone page to another.  TIA.

On 03/02/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:> There are tricks you sometimes (always?) have to use to enter text with> hidden text fields. But watir can see hidden fields without any special> problem and the error you are getting is because watir can't find it. So you> are still have problems with the identification.>> Bret


From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 16:53:53 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:53:53 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] page-to-page;
	sniffing server traffic. Re: How do you pass values to Hidden Input
	fields?
Message-ID: <72799cd70602061353w867cbcfh5442a3b4e68b56df@mail.gmail.com>

> BTW, does anyone know a tool that will allow me to see what info IEpasses from one page to another?  SpySmith is nice for viewing staticinformation on a page, but not for showing me what's being passed fromone page to another.  TIA.

http://search.cpan.org/~book/HTTP-Proxy-0.17/lib/HTTP/Proxy.pm
maybe with
http://search.cpan.org/~leira/HTTP-Recorder-0.05/lib/HTTP/Recorder.pm

I can't remember if you need Recorder to get the nice formatted output
to STDOUT from the proxy.

Please don't flame me, if I knew of a proxy as nice as this in Ruby,
I'd recommend it.  :)
-Chris



From bret at pettichord.com  Mon Feb  6 16:57:30 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:57:30 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] How do you pass values to Hidden Input fields?
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602061338w3380445fn@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602031441o53eb252eq@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602031747g4fd82c8cpcdc57a4d5d8a9517@mail.gmail.com>
	<37c405480602061338w3380445fn@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602061357y1566bbdcya1e98b2abf1b2d03@mail.gmail.com>

Try ie.frame("ContextTree").text_field(:index, 2).value = "wasup?"

As a general rule, setting the value of a field via value= often works when
set fails.

Bret

On 2/6/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I found some of the classes and methods for working with Hiddenfields, but
> all this programming stuff is a bit too terse for me.(Dammit Jim, I'm a
> tester not a programmer! ;))
> I tried the following:> ie.frame("ContextTree").hiddens.length=> Returns a
> value of 8. (matches the number identified via "show_all_objects")
> > ie.frame("ContextTree").text_fields.length=> Returned a value of 2.
> (This is interesting, because only one inputfield is visible.)
> When I tried to input text into the first text_field, it appeared
> asexpected.  When I tried to input text into the second input field, Igot
> the following:
> > ie.frame("ContextTree").text_field(:index, 2).set("wasup?")=>
> WIN32OLERuntimeError: focus    OLE error code:800A083E in
> htmlfile      Can't move focus to the control because it is invisible,
> notenabled, or of a type that does not accept the focus.[snip]
> So, how do I send info to this input field?  Do I use something likethe
> following?> ie.frame("ContextTree").hidden(:id,
> "_ContextList1:Tree").set("wasup?")
> I think I'm mixing apples and oranges here.  The second text inputfield
> doesn't have a "hidden" attribute, yet it is "invisible".
> This tree control will be the end of me yet.  I think I've found a wayto
> bypass it using the URL.  If that works, I'm going to give up ontrying to
> manipulate the UI directly with Watir.  This is one timewhere the mouse is
> mightier than the keyboard.  Sigh.
> Cheers.  Paul.
> BTW, does anyone know a tool that will allow me to see what info IEpasses
> from one page to another?  SpySmith is nice for viewing staticinformation on
> a page, but not for showing me what's being passed fromone page to
> another.  TIA.
>
> On 03/02/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:> There are
> tricks you sometimes (always?) have to use to enter text with> hidden text
> fields. But watir can see hidden fields without any special> problem and the
> error you are getting is because watir can't find it. So you> are still have
> problems with the identification.>> Bret
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> Wtr-general mailing list
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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 17:04:47 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:04:47 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] page-to-page;
	sniffing server traffic. Re: How do you pass values to Hidden Input
	fields?
In-Reply-To: <72799cd70602061353w867cbcfh5442a3b4e68b56df@mail.gmail.com>
References: <72799cd70602061353w867cbcfh5442a3b4e68b56df@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks, Chris.  A developer friend just sent me a link tohttp://www.blunck.info/iehttpheaders.html
It's a nice plugin for IE.  I'm still playing with it to see if itshows me what I want.
Cheers.  Paul.
On 06/02/06, Chris McMahon <christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com> wrote:>> http://search.cpan.org/~book/HTTP-Proxy-0.17/lib/HTTP/Proxy.pm> maybe with> http://search.cpan.org/~leira/HTTP-Recorder-0.05/lib/HTTP/Recorder.pm>> I can't remember if you need Recorder to get the nice formatted output> to STDOUT from the proxy.>> Please don't flame me, if I knew of a proxy as nice as this in Ruby,> I'd recommend it.  :)> -Chris


From bret at pettichord.com  Mon Feb  6 18:31:44 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:31:44 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] running watir scripts from ANT
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For Nant integration, see
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/NUnitWatirRubyTestIntegration.aspx

I suspect Ant would be similar.
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From rosecao at us.ibm.com  Mon Feb  6 23:40:01 2006
From: rosecao at us.ibm.com (Rose Cao)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:40:01 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general]  how to connect to DB2 database.
Message-ID: <OF44D65EBA.EF4899BD-ON8725710E.00189962-8725710E.001961EF@us.ibm.com>





Please help ......

Here is what I need do:
1.  Get value from DB2 database == value1
2.  Get corresponding field from Webpage == value2
3.  Compare value1 and value2 to see if they are matching each other.

I have difficulty to connect to DB2 database and pass value1 out of
database.

The environment is:
1.  IBM DB2 ODBC Driver is installed
2.  system DSN name for the database is dsnbat

Here is my testing code for getting database values, and it doesn't work:
require 'DB2'
conn = dsnbat.logon("username","password")
cursor = conn.open
cursor.parse("myquery here")
cursor.exec
while r = cursor.fetch
    p r
end
cursor.close
conn.logoff


Thanks,
Rose
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From jayasree.k at marlabs.com  Mon Feb  6 23:40:31 2006
From: jayasree.k at marlabs.com (jayashree)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 10:10:31 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] assert_equal problem in the module
Message-ID: <EKEJIKLLJMIAAEDOAMDLEEILCAAA.jayasree.k@marlabs.com>

Hi,
I am new to watir and ruby.
There are two ruby files.In the main ruby file I am using assert_equal.It's
working fine.There is another ruby file which contains module.I want to
write all the assert_equal statements in the module.
At the top of the module, I am using - $LOAD_PATH.<<
File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '') if $0 == __FILE__.

If I use assert_equal in the module file, I am getting error: undefined
method : assert_equal.

What is the require statements for this.

Thanks,
Jayashree.

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From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Tue Feb  7 03:11:18 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 09:11:18 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] How do you pass values to Hidden Input fields?
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Try http://www.fiddlertool.com/fiddler/

Zeljko

2006/2/6, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com>:
> BTW, does anyone know a tool that will allow me to see what info IEpasses from one page to another?  SpySmith is nice for viewing staticinformation on a page, but not for showing me what's being passed fromone page to another.  TIA.



From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Tue Feb  7 03:14:42 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 09:14:42 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] assert_equal problem in the module
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require 'test/unit/assertions'
include Test::Unit::Assertions

2006/2/7, jayashree <jayasree.k at marlabs.com>:
> Hi,
> I am new to watir and ruby.
> There are two ruby files.In the main ruby file I am using assert_equal.It's
> working fine.There is another ruby file which contains module.I want to
> write all the assert_equal statements in the module.
> At the top of the module, I am using - $LOAD_PATH.<<
> File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '') if $0 == __FILE__.
>
> If I use assert_equal in the module file, I am getting error: undefined
> method : assert_equal.
>
> What is the require statements for this.
>
> Thanks,
> Jayashree.
>
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From jayasree.k at marlabs.com  Tue Feb  7 04:06:24 2006
From: jayasree.k at marlabs.com (jayashree)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:36:24 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] assert_equal problem in the module
In-Reply-To: <f81b1250602070014p1557da83r@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <EKEJIKLLJMIAAEDOAMDLMEIMCAAA.jayasree.k@marlabs.com>

Hi Zeljko Filipin,

It's working fine.

Thank you,
Jayashree.

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require 'test/unit/assertions'
include Test::Unit::Assertions

2006/2/7, jayashree <jayasree.k at marlabs.com>:
> Hi,
> I am new to watir and ruby.
> There are two ruby files.In the main ruby file I am using
assert_equal.It's
> working fine.There is another ruby file which contains module.I want to
> write all the assert_equal statements in the module.
> At the top of the module, I am using - $LOAD_PATH.<<
> File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '') if $0 == __FILE__.
>
> If I use assert_equal in the module file, I am getting error: undefined
> method : assert_equal.
>
> What is the require statements for this.
>
> Thanks,
> Jayashree.
>
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>
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From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Tue Feb  7 04:21:04 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 10:21:04 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] assert_equal problem in the module
In-Reply-To: <EKEJIKLLJMIAAEDOAMDLMEIMCAAA.jayasree.k@marlabs.com>
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I had the same problem not so long ago :)

2006/2/7, jayashree <jayasree.k at marlabs.com>:
> Hi Zeljko Filipin,
>
> It's working fine.
>
> Thank you,
> Jayashree.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org]On Behalf Of Zeljko Filipin
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:45 PM
> To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] assert_equal problem in the module
>
>
> require 'test/unit/assertions'
> include Test::Unit::Assertions
>
> 2006/2/7, jayashree <jayasree.k at marlabs.com>:
> > Hi,
> > I am new to watir and ruby.
> > There are two ruby files.In the main ruby file I am using
> assert_equal.It's
> > working fine.There is another ruby file which contains module.I want to
> > write all the assert_equal statements in the module.
> > At the top of the module, I am using - $LOAD_PATH.<<
> > File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '') if $0 == __FILE__.
> >
> > If I use assert_equal in the module file, I am getting error: undefined
> > method : assert_equal.
> >
> > What is the require statements for this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jayashree.
> >
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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Tue Feb  7 10:03:00 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 09:03:00 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] how to connect to DB2 database.
In-Reply-To: <OF44D65EBA.EF4899BD-ON8725710E.00189962-8725710E.001961EF@us.ibm.com>
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Hi...

You *really* need to read more about ODBC:
http://www.ch-werner.de/rubyodbc/ . Right now.  I mean it.

>  Here is my testing code for getting database values, and it doesn't work:
>  require 'DB2'
>  conn = dsnbat.logon("username","password")
>  cursor = conn.open
>  cursor.parse("myquery here")
>  cursor.exec
>  while r = cursor.fetch
>  p r
>  end
>  cursor.close
>  conn.logoff

require 'odbc'
c = ODBC::connect('odbc database name, 'user', 'password')
data = c.run("SELECT * FROM FOO")
data.each do |record|
puts record
end
c.disconnect

You can't just make stuff up and expect it work.

-Chris



From tester.paul at gmail.com  Tue Feb  7 12:21:42 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:21:42 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602060930n20aaff5ctc3ed46db28b93005@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602060728v6bc7244j@mail.gmail.com>
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On 06/02/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
>
> >Is it even possible to combine the assertand if statements in this way?
> No.
>

Hi Bret, I didn't want to give up on this and I managed to get part of it
work.

According to the Ruby Cheat Sheet's "Truth and falsehood" section, "In Ruby,
anything but the two special values 'false' and 'nil' are considered true
for purposes of an 'if' statement."  Since the assert always returns "nil"
when it works correctly, I just added a bang to the if statement:

   if ! assert($ie.contains_text("Please try again"))
      puts "TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "
   end

So now my script will output "Test Passed" if the assertion passes (i.e. =
"nil").  The "else" doesn't work, but then it's kind of redundant to print
"Test Failed" anyway since the failure info appears at the end of the run
(as expected).

Thanks for pointing me to the right doc info.

Cheers.  Paul.

(P.S. as an aside, I am sending this msg with different formatting to see if
it preserves the formatting and spacing. Sorry about the previous posts.  I
didn't know they were being truncated like that.)
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From rosecao at us.ibm.com  Tue Feb  7 12:53:21 2006
From: rosecao at us.ibm.com (Rose Cao)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 10:53:21 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] how to connect to DB2 database.
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Thank you very much, Chris!  It works and the document is helpful too.

Is there any document on 'Schedule Watir Script to run on the server after
the web pages generated'?  I need some info on this topic too.


Thanks,
Rose




                                                                           
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Hi...

You *really* need to read more about ODBC:
http://www.ch-werner.de/rubyodbc/ . Right now.  I mean it.

>  Here is my testing code for getting database values, and it doesn't
work:
>  require 'DB2'
>  conn = dsnbat.logon("username","password")
>  cursor = conn.open
>  cursor.parse("myquery here")
>  cursor.exec
>  while r = cursor.fetch
>  p r
>  end
>  cursor.close
>  conn.logoff

require 'odbc'
c = ODBC::connect('odbc database name, 'user', 'password')
data = c.run("SELECT * FROM FOO")
data.each do |record|
puts record
end
c.disconnect

You can't just make stuff up and expect it work.

-Chris

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From bret at pettichord.com  Tue Feb  7 13:20:42 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:20:42 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602070921j672a2c7ct@mail.gmail.com>
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This would be clearer and has the same results:

   assert($ie.contains_text("Please try again"))
   puts "TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "

Bret

On 2/7/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>    if ! assert($ie.contains_text("Please try again"))
>       puts "TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "
>    end
>
> So now my script will output "Test Passed" if the assertion passes (i.e. =
> "nil").  The "else" doesn't work, but then it's kind of redundant to print
> "Test Failed" anyway since the failure info appears at the end of the run
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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Tue Feb  7 14:26:59 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:26:59 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
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Okay, how that works is voodoo, man.

I understand what you mean by clarity (compared to my not-nil-if-block), but
it's unintuitive to me how the next line is magically attached to the
"assert" command without some kind of "if" statement.

Can you describe how this line coherence works?  I noticed some strange
behaviour in one script that I can't figure out yet.  Here's what my script
does (in pseudo code):

def test_case_01
    open browser
    goto Reset Password page
    enter incorrect email address
    check that the correct error message appears ("assert" & output here)
    press the "cancel" button to return to the Login page
end

What I noticed is that if the assert line passes, then this script works as
expected.  However, if the assert *doesn't* pass (i.e. the "contains_text"
fails to find the message), then the next line is skipped.  So the "cancel"
button is never pressed and the remaining test cases all break because
they're not starting from the correct [login] page.

To get around this, I moved the "Press the "cancel" button" command to the
start of the next test case.  That way it starts from the right place.

Do you know why this line is skipped (no matter how many blank lines I put
between them) if the assert line fails?

Paul.


On 07/02/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
>
> This would be clearer and has the same results:
>
>    assert($ie.contains_text("Please try again"))
>    puts "TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "
>
> Bret
>
> On 2/7/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >    if ! assert($ie.contains_text("Please try again"))
> >       puts "TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "
> >    end
> >
> > So now my script will output "Test Passed" if the assertion passes (i.e.
> > = "nil").  The "else" doesn't work, but then it's kind of redundant to print
> > "Test Failed" anyway since the failure info appears at the end of the run
> > (as expected). <http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>
> >
> >
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From thealy at midicorp.com  Tue Feb  7 14:57:37 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:57:37 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800CFB@MIDISERVER>

Paul,
 
It seems that you need a fail case for when it fails, I have run into
the same thing yesterday... when I used the "rescue => e" it seems to
work... in my case... the script that works for me is...
 
begin
   assert($ie.contains_text("User profile has been updated.") )
   $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST PASSED####' ")
   $logger.log_results("test_b_add_new_user", "User profile has been
updated.", "User profile has been updated.", "TEST PASSED.") 
rescue => e
   $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST FAILED####" + e.message + "\n" +
e.backtrace.join("\n"))
   $logger.log_results("test_b_add_new_user", "User profile has been
updated.", "User profile has been updated.", "TEST FAILED.")     
end

Regards,
 
Thom

________________________________

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paul Carvalho
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:27 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Assertions help


Okay, how that works is voodoo, man.

I understand what you mean by clarity (compared to my not-nil-if-block),
but it's unintuitive to me how the next line is magically attached to
the "assert" command without some kind of "if" statement.

Can you describe how this line coherence works?  I noticed some strange
behaviour in one script that I can't figure out yet.  Here's what my
script does (in pseudo code):

def test_case_01
    open browser
    goto Reset Password page
    enter incorrect email address
    check that the correct error message appears ("assert" & output
here)
    press the "cancel" button to return to the Login page
end

What I noticed is that if the assert line passes, then this script works
as expected.  However, if the assert *doesn't* pass (i.e. the
"contains_text" fails to find the message), then the next line is
skipped.  So the "cancel" button is never pressed and the remaining test
cases all break because they're not starting from the correct [login]
page.

To get around this, I moved the "Press the "cancel" button" command to
the start of the next test case.  That way it starts from the right
place.

Do you know why this line is skipped (no matter how many blank lines I
put between them) if the assert line fails?

Paul.


On 07/02/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote: 

	This would be clearer and has the same results:
	
	   assert($ie.contains_text("Please try again"))
	   puts "TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "
	
	Bret
	
	
	
	On 2/7/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com > wrote: 

		
		   if ! assert($ie.contains_text("Please try again"))
		      puts "TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try
again.' "
		   end
		
		So now my script will output "Test Passed" if the
assertion passes (i.e. = "nil").  The "else" doesn't work, but then it's
kind of redundant to print "Test Failed" anyway since the failure info
appears at the end of the run (as expected).
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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Tue Feb  7 15:24:48 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 15:24:48 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
In-Reply-To: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800CFB@MIDISERVER>
References: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800CFB@MIDISERVER>
Message-ID: <37c405480602071224w1ecdc772q@mail.gmail.com>

Sweet!  Thanks, Thomas.  That did the trick.  The last line in my script now
works as expected when the assertion fails.

Cheers.  Paul.

On 07/02/06, Thomas Healy <thealy at midicorp.com> wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> It seems that you need a fail case for when it fails, I have run into the
> same thing yesterday... when I used the "rescue => e" it seems to work... in
> my case... the script that works for me is...
>
> begin
>    assert($ie.contains_text("User profile has been updated.") )
>    $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST PASSED####' ")
> rescue => e
>    $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST FAILED####")
> end
> Regards,
>
> Thom
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From hgs at dmu.ac.uk  Tue Feb  7 15:38:29 2006
From: hgs at dmu.ac.uk (Hugh Sasse)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 20:38:29 +0000 (WET)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
In-Reply-To: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800CFB@MIDISERVER>
References: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800CFB@MIDISERVER>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0602072026050.13317@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Thomas Healy wrote:

> Paul,
>  
> It seems that you need a fail case for when it fails, I have run into
> the same thing yesterday... when I used the "rescue => e" it seems to
> work... in my case... the script that works for me is...
>  
> begin
>    assert($ie.contains_text("User profile has been updated.") )
>    $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST PASSED####' ")
>    $logger.log_results("test_b_add_new_user", "User profile has been
> updated.", "User profile has been updated.", "TEST PASSED.") 
> rescue => e
>    $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST FAILED####" + e.message + "\n" +
> e.backtrace.join("\n"))
>    $logger.log_results("test_b_add_new_user", "User profile has been
> updated.", "User profile has been updated.", "TEST FAILED.")     
> end

You are making work for yourself, I think. Watir is based on Test::Unit
and it works like this:

brains hgs 112 %> cat !$
cat ./test_unit_example
#!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w

# Example usage of Test::Unit

require 'test/unit'

class Testy < Test::Unit::TestCase

  def test_assertions
    assert(false, "this Will fail")
    assert(false, "So will this, but you won't see it.")
  end

end

brains hgs 113 %>

So you get:

brains hgs 113 %> ./test_unit_example
Loaded suite ./test_unit_example
Started
F
Finished in 0.048761 seconds.

  1) Failure:
test_assertions(Testy) [./test_unit_example:10]:
this Will fail.
<false> is not true.

1 tests, 1 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors
brains hgs 114 %>

If there is a failure in one test, only so many assertions are
completed.  That test is then halted before any other assertions can
be run, and then the other test_... methods are called.

So you write each test method so that it works on its own.

You can use methods called setup and teardown to do preliminary work
before, and cleanup afterwards.

http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?UsingTestUnit

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/test/unit/rdoc/index.html


I've entered in the middle of this, so sorry if you knew that already.
> 
> Regards,
>  
> Thom

        HTH
        Hugh


From thealy at midicorp.com  Tue Feb  7 15:48:44 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 15:48:44 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800CFE@MIDISERVER>

Hugh,

I will stick to mine... I am a nubie and I understood very little of
what you just wrote... I am sure as I go along and get more skilled...
It will start to make sense... But for the new guy (me)... Readability &
understandability is important...

Thanks,

Thom 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Hugh Sasse
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:38 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Assertions help

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Thomas Healy wrote:

> Paul,
>  
> It seems that you need a fail case for when it fails, I have run into 
> the same thing yesterday... when I used the "rescue => e" it seems to 
> work... in my case... the script that works for me is...
>  
> begin
>    assert($ie.contains_text("User profile has been updated.") )
>    $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST PASSED####' ")
>    $logger.log_results("test_b_add_new_user", "User profile has been 
> updated.", "User profile has been updated.", "TEST PASSED.") rescue =>

> e
>    $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST FAILED####" + e.message + "\n" +
> e.backtrace.join("\n"))
>    $logger.log_results("test_b_add_new_user", "User profile has been
> updated.", "User profile has been updated.", "TEST FAILED.")     
> end

You are making work for yourself, I think. Watir is based on Test::Unit
and it works like this:

brains hgs 112 %> cat !$
cat ./test_unit_example
#!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w

# Example usage of Test::Unit

require 'test/unit'

class Testy < Test::Unit::TestCase

  def test_assertions
    assert(false, "this Will fail")
    assert(false, "So will this, but you won't see it.")
  end

end

brains hgs 113 %>

So you get:

brains hgs 113 %> ./test_unit_example
Loaded suite ./test_unit_example
Started
F
Finished in 0.048761 seconds.

  1) Failure:
test_assertions(Testy) [./test_unit_example:10]:
this Will fail.
<false> is not true.

1 tests, 1 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors brains hgs 114 %>

If there is a failure in one test, only so many assertions are
completed.  That test is then halted before any other assertions can be
run, and then the other test_... methods are called.

So you write each test method so that it works on its own.

You can use methods called setup and teardown to do preliminary work
before, and cleanup afterwards.

http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?UsingTestUnit

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/test/unit/rdoc/index.html


I've entered in the middle of this, so sorry if you knew that already.
> 
> Regards,
>  
> Thom

        HTH
        Hugh
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From hgs at dmu.ac.uk  Tue Feb  7 16:01:17 2006
From: hgs at dmu.ac.uk (Hugh Sasse)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 21:01:17 +0000 (WET)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
In-Reply-To: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800CFE@MIDISERVER>
References: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800CFE@MIDISERVER>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0602072054170.13317@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Thomas Healy wrote:

> Hugh,
> 
> I will stick to mine... I am a nubie and I understood very little of
> what you just wrote... I am sure as I go along and get more skilled...
> It will start to make sense... But for the new guy (me)... Readability &
> understandability is important...

Yes, but writing less code means less chance to write bugs.
Basically, you want tests to pass unless they cannot.  The asserts
determine whether a test is on track to pass.  If an assert fails,
Test::Unit does the begin...rescue...end magic for you, and bails
out, and so that one test fails.  It then allows the other tests to
be run, in case those bits of code still work.

Does that help?  Else, tell me what baffles, and I'll try to explain
differently.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Thom 
> 
        Hugh


From thealy at midicorp.com  Tue Feb  7 16:32:03 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:32:03 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D01@MIDISERVER>

Hugh,

I am a nubie and I understand what you are saying that less is more...
However, Readability of code is important for me... Especially when
explaining the code to others in the office and having others in the
office follow the code six months from now...

While you are technically correct, less is more... In my case,
readability is a high priority for me and less is... Well, less. My goal
is to make it compact but readable by others...

An example of the scripts I write is as follows... I would invite
suggestions on making it tighter but still retain the readability so
that 6 months from now when someone else in the office has to update
this script to make it work with changes to the webpage... It will be
easy to update and understand...

def test_new_user

   #variables
    test_site = 'http://a_location'
    test_add_url = 'http://another_location'
    test_FN_field = 'xxxxx'
    test_LN_field = 'xxxxx'
    test_FN_value = 'xxxxx'
    test_LN_value = 'xxxxx'
    test_ID_field = 'xxxxx'
    test_ID_value = 'xxxxx'
    test_EM_field = 'xxxxx'
    test_EM_value = 'xxxxx'
    test_P1_field = 'xxxxx'
    test_P1_value = 'xxxxx'
    test_P2_field = 'xxxxx'
    test_P2_value = 'xxxxx'
    test_SN_field = 'xxxxx'
    test_SN_value = 'xxxxx'
    test_SE_field = 'xxxxx'
    test_SE_value = 'xxxxx'
    test_CF_field = 'xxxxx'
    test_CF_value = 'xxxxx'
    test_select_index = 'xxxxx'
    test_look_text = "This Student ID is already in use. Please select
another Student ID."

   #go to the test page
    $ie.goto(test_site)
    $ie.goto(test_add_url)

   # add the page details
    $ie.text_field(:name, test_FN_field).set(test_FN_value)
    $ie.text_field(:name, test_LN_field).set(test_LN_value)
    $ie.text_field(:name, test_ID_field).set(test_ID_value)
    $ie.text_field(:name, test_EM_field).set(test_EM_value)
    $ie.text_field(:name, test_P1_field).set(test_P1_value)
    $ie.text_field(:name, test_P2_field).set(test_P2_value)
    $ie.text_field(:name, test_SN_field).set(test_SN_value)
    $ie.text_field(:name, test_SE_field).set(test_SE_value)
    $ie.text_field(:name, test_CF_field).set(test_CF_value)
    $ie.select_list( :index , 1).select(test_select_index)

   #submit page
    $ie.button(:name, "submit").click

   #check for expected text
    begin
       assert($ie.contains_text(test_look_text) )
       $logger.log("###NEW USER TEST PASSED####' ")
        $logger.log_results("test_new_user", test_look_text,
test_look_text, "TEST PASSED.") 
    rescue => e
        $logger.log("###NEW USER TEST FAILED####" + e.message + "\n" +
e.backtrace.join("\n"))
        $logger.log_results("test_new_user", test_look_text,
test_look_text, "TEST FAILED.")  
    end
   
   #return to the admin page
    $ie.link(:text, "administration").click 


end # end test_new_user


Regards,

Thom 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Hugh Sasse
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:01 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Assertions help

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Thomas Healy wrote:

> Hugh,
> 
> I will stick to mine... I am a nubie and I understood very little of 
> what you just wrote... I am sure as I go along and get more skilled...
> It will start to make sense... But for the new guy (me)... Readability

> & understandability is important...

Yes, but writing less code means less chance to write bugs.
Basically, you want tests to pass unless they cannot.  The asserts
determine whether a test is on track to pass.  If an assert fails,
Test::Unit does the begin...rescue...end magic for you, and bails out,
and so that one test fails.  It then allows the other tests to be run,
in case those bits of code still work.

Does that help?  Else, tell me what baffles, and I'll try to explain
differently.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Thom
> 
        Hugh
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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Tue Feb  7 16:58:59 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 15:58:59 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
In-Reply-To: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D01@MIDISERVER>
References: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D01@MIDISERVER>
Message-ID: <72799cd70602071358g143120ccxfd274c03317ab22@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/7/06, Thomas Healy <thealy at midicorp.com> wrote:
> Hugh,
>
> I am a nubie and I understand what you are saying that less is more...
> However, Readability of code is important for me...

You should really learn test/unit-- for readability.  It allows you to
easily build your own readable assertions like

assert_valid_token
assert_guest_name_in_cookie
assert_guest_ushered_to_room

I stole these examples from Marcel Molina's (37signals, Rails)
presentation to the Chicago Ruby User Group.  You build these custom
assertions from the raw materials of what's available in test/unit
(and then you can hide them in a module or library and not have them
cluttering up the beautiful logic of your tests):

def assert_valid_token
assert_equal @token, assigns(:token)
end
def assert_guest_name_in_cookie
assert_equal [assigns(:guest).name], cookies['guest_name']
end
def assert_guest_ushered_to_room
assert_redirected_to room_url(:id => @token.room)
end



From PGarigue at EXTEND.COM  Tue Feb  7 17:34:05 2006
From: PGarigue at EXTEND.COM (Pierre Garigue)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 17:34:05 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
Message-ID: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04CAC29D@mail.extend.com>

http://rspec.rubyforge.org/

while we are on the subject, at the last Toronto Ruby user's group 
we started talking about using Rspec to develop tests.


This could be of interest to others. Have a look at the tutorial.

Cheers
Pierre 



From roy_sin at yahoo.com  Tue Feb  7 20:17:17 2006
From: roy_sin at yahoo.com (Roy Sin)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 17:17:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Wtr-general] is there a way to package watir scripts to run on
	another PC...
Message-ID: <20060208011717.69560.qmail@web52915.mail.yahoo.com>

I use Eclipse with RDT plugin to write my Test Scripts and
I run them from my ide from my machine. But I want to be
able to have someone else run the scripts from a different
PC

1) Is there a way to package my test scripts to run on a
machine that don't have Ruby/Watir installed.

2) If a PC has Ruby/Watir installed but don't have eclipse
ide ,is there a way to make my scripts into an executable
and the person running the scripts could just double click
on the file

thanks

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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Tue Feb  7 21:30:08 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 20:30:08 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] is there a way to package watir scripts to run on
	another PC...
In-Reply-To: <20060208011717.69560.qmail@web52915.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20060208011717.69560.qmail@web52915.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <72799cd70602071830m254c629ahc5f12d7464cf8ab0@mail.gmail.com>

> 1) Is there a way to package my test scripts to run on a
> machine that don't have Ruby/Watir installed.
>
> 2) If a PC has Ruby/Watir installed but don't have eclipse
> ide ,is there a way to make my scripts into an executable
> and the person running the scripts could just double click
> on the file

Google for rubyscript2exe.  I haven't used it myself, but I know
people who've used it with great success.  In a nutshell, it creates
an executable .dll file from any particular script you have that
contains all require/include libraries and the ruby interpreter
itself. (Pay attention to user input, though-- if you have any ARGV
stuff, you'll have to change your script to get them from STDIN.) 
Also keep in mind that it isn't foolproof.  Windows machines are
weird, and sometimes the executable doesn't work.  But it works enough
that I definitely recommend you try it.
-Chris



From paul.rogers at shaw.ca  Tue Feb  7 22:40:24 2006
From: paul.rogers at shaw.ca (Paul Rogers)
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 20:40:24 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] drag drop
Message-ID: <1f432aa1f41357.1f413571f432aa@shaw.ca>

I think watir can currently do something like

ie.text_field(:id, 'foo').dragContentsTo( :id, 'foo2')

I may have a need to do some testing on more advanced drag drop so I will take a look at doing this if i get a chance.

I guess the demo here http://demo.script.aculo.us/shop is the sort of thing

Does anyone know of other drag and drop dhtml sites ?

Paul



From marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au  Wed Feb  8 00:03:06 2006
From: marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au (Neri, Marco)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:03:06 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from its
	clients.
Message-ID: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B454C@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>

 
Has anyone else run into this error? ( whats worse is it's intermittent
). 

I've tried uninstall/reinstall of ruby and watir. 

>From within my test script I start an ie browser window as per normal

     @ie = IE.new
     @ie.bring_to_front()

A new browser window is popped up. And that's as far as it gets.

And the error is

  1) Error:
test001(TC_test001):
WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
    HRESULT error code:0x80010108
      The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
    C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in `method_missing'
    C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in `title'
    C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1302:in `bring_to_front'


# Make the window come to the front
        def bring_to_front
    		autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control')
    		autoit.WinActivate title, ''		
     	end

# Return the title of the window
        def title
            @ie.document.title
        end


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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  8 00:23:05 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:23:05 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir Examples that need to be updated
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602021535t54547dc3k@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602021535t54547dc3k@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602072123x2703ccble0ef11087efdf6df@mail.gmail.com>

I often get private requests from people who want to know how they can
contribute to Watir.

Here is a great list. Any interest? Send me the corrected files and i'll be
happy to give you credit and update the examples.

Bret


On 2/2/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've spent the day running through examples and creating new scripts. I am
> now happily exploring our web apps and struggling throughdeveloping some
> scripts.
> Regarding the Watir examples, here is some feedback on what I've observed.
> The C:\Program Files\Watir\examples folder has 4 scripts that need tobe
> updated:
> (1) articleExample.rb- assertion fails because the exact string doesn't
> appear on the page
> (2) google_maps.rb- line 34: the text field ID has changed from "q" to
> "q_d"
> (3) mouse_over.rb- The last 3 page navigation links fail because the URL
> links havechanged from "05" to "06".- 'TopicProposalScheduleW05.htm' has
> also changed to'ProposalPresentationsW06.htm'
> (4) yahooCheckbox_test.rb- Only the first test actually works.  The rest
> all fail because thesepages have completely changed on the Yahoo! site.  If
> you want to democheckboxes, you'll have to find another site to use.
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  8 00:37:56 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:37:56 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from its
	clients.
In-Reply-To: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B454C@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>
References: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B454C@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602072137i63a78617h133533fb9eef4920@mail.gmail.com>

Marco,

I think i may know what the problem is.

Please tell us whether this reliably fixes it:

     @ie = IE.new
     @ie.goto("http://www.google.com") # any site will do
     @ie.bring_to_front()

Bret

On 2/7/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
>
> Has anyone else run into this error? ( whats worse is it's intermittent
> ).
>
> I've tried uninstall/reinstall of ruby and watir.
>
> >From within my test script I start an ie browser window as per normal
>
>      @ie = IE.new
>      @ie.bring_to_front()
>
> A new browser window is popped up. And that's as far as it gets.
>
> And the error is
>
>   1) Error:
> test001(TC_test001):
> WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
>     HRESULT error code:0x80010108
>       The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
>     C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in `method_missing'
>     C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in `title'
>     C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1302:in `bring_to_front'
>
>
> # Make the window come to the front
>         def bring_to_front
>                 autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control')
>                 autoit.WinActivate title, ''
>         end
>
> # Return the title of the window
>         def title
>             @ie.document.title
>         end
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  8 00:56:24 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:56:24 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
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Replies in line...

On 2/7/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Okay, how that works is voodoo, man.
>
> I understand what you mean by clarity (compared to my not-nil-if-block),
> but it's unintuitive to me how the next line is magically attached to the
> "assert" command without some kind of "if" statement.


It is very important that you understand this. I will try to explain, and if
it's not clear please keep asking.

What assert does is "raise an exception" -- that is the "voodoo" magic. It
is also how modern languages handle errors, so every tester needs to
understand the concept.

Consider the following code

    puts "hello"
    raise "Error"
    puts "world"

This code will print "hello", then an exception will be raised. Typically
this will exit the program. Or the exception can be "caught" by other code
that called this code, in which case it decides what to do. In any case,
"world" will never be printed.

All the assert does is raise an error conditionally. So this:

   assert($ie.contains_text("Please try again"))
   puts "TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "

Is the same as

    if ! $ie.contains_text("Please try again")
       raise "error"
   end
   puts "TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "


Can you describe how this line coherence works?  I noticed some strange
> behaviour in one script that I can't figure out yet.  Here's what my script
> does (in pseudo code):
>
> def test_case_01
>     open browser
>     goto Reset Password page
>     enter incorrect email address
>     check that the correct error message appears ("assert" & output here)
>     press the "cancel" button to return to the Login page
> end
>
> What I noticed is that if the assert line passes, then this script works
> as expected.  However, if the assert *doesn't* pass (i.e. the
> "contains_text" fails to find the message), then the next line is skipped.
> So the "cancel" button is never pressed and the remaining test cases all
> break because they're not starting from the correct [login] page.


Right. That is exactly how assert works.


> To get around this, I moved the "Press the "cancel" button" command to the
> start of the next test case.  That way it starts from the right place.
>
> Do you know why this line is skipped (no matter how many blank lines I put
> between them) if the assert line fails?


Hopefully by now, this is clear to you.

One thing you should know is that  the  test/unit testing framework has a
special  thing to handle this situation.

The teardown method is always called after each test method. So you might
want to try this instead:

def test_case_01
    open browser
    goto Reset Password page
    enter incorrect email address
    check that the correct error message appears ("assert" & output here)
end

def teardown
    press the "cancel" button to return to the Login page
end
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  8 01:00:51 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 00:00:51 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Rspec was Re: Assertions help
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602072200n33166054y5aedaf3f8993ad2c@mail.gmail.com>

Have you used Rspec with Watir? I'd be curious to see how this would be
done.

Bret

On 2/7/06, Pierre Garigue <PGarigue at extend.com> wrote:
>
> http://rspec.rubyforge.org/
>
> while we are on the subject, at the last Toronto Ruby user's group
> we started talking about using Rspec to develop tests.
>
> This could be of interest to others. Have a look at the tutorial.
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  8 01:05:18 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 00:05:18 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
In-Reply-To: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800CFB@MIDISERVER>
References: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800CFB@MIDISERVER>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602072205s1ea47c2ak17792c8ec2236869@mail.gmail.com>

Thomas, i think there is a simpler way.

On 2/7/06, Thomas Healy <thealy at midicorp.com> wrote:

> begin
>    assert($ie.contains_text("User profile has been updated.") )
>    $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST PASSED####' ")
>    $logger.log_results("test_b_add_new_user", "User profile has been
> updated.", "User profile has been updated.", "TEST PASSED.")
> rescue => e
>    $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST FAILED####" + e.message + "\n" +
> e.backtrace.join("\n"))
>    $logger.log_results("test_b_add_new_user", "User profile has been
> updated.", "User profile has been updated.", "TEST FAILED.")
> end
>

I would write this instead:


> if $ie.contains_text("User profile has been updated.")
>    $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST PASSED####' ")
>    $logger.log_results("test_b_add_new_user", "User profile has been
> updated.", "User profile has been updated.", "TEST PASSED.")
> else
>    $logger.log("###USER UPDATE TEST FAILED####" + e.message + "\n" +
> e.backtrace.join("\n"))
>    $logger.log_results("test_b_add_new_user", "User profile has been
> updated.", "User profile has been updated.", "TEST FAILED.")
> end
>

Don't you find this easier to read?

Bret
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  8 01:18:53 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 00:18:53 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] is there a way to package watir scripts to run on
	another PC...
In-Reply-To: <20060208011717.69560.qmail@web52915.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20060208011717.69560.qmail@web52915.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602072218l1d6cf195yff8b2cb5b950c655@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/7/06, Roy Sin <roy_sin at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 2) If a PC has Ruby/Watir installed but don't have eclipse
> ide ,is there a way to make my scripts into an executable
> and the person running the scripts could just double click
> on the file


First of all, they can just double click the test.rb file and it will run.
The only problem is that the output will appear in a temporary command
window that will go away when the script is done.

But there you can get it to run in a nifty GUI if you run it with a command
line argument.

In a cmd window you can do this:
  test.rb --runner=t

You can also create a shortcut to your test and then edit the target in the
properties to include this argument. Then when you double click on it, it
will run in its GUI.

  Target: C:\workspace\watir\unittests\div_test.rb --runner=t

Everybody should actually give this a try. It looks cool!

Another idea would be to put this in a batch file.

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From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 03:51:48 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:51:48 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir, Ruby, objects and variables
Message-ID: <f81b1250602080051s1551d3f6k@mail.gmail.com>

I would like to replace

@page_view = Page.new(
  "app.com/view.aspx",
  ["File > View"])
@page_view_after_add = Page.new(
  "app.com/view.aspx",
  ["File > View", "File added."])
@page_view_after_edit = Page.new(
  "app.com/view.aspx",
  ["File > View", "File edited."])

with something like

@page_view = @page_view_after_add = @page_view_after_edit = Page.new(
  "app.com/view.aspx",
  ["File > View"])
@page_view_after_add.texts << "File added."
@page_view_after_edit.texts << "File edited."

But (surprise!), it does not work.

I started to explain why would I like to do that, but it got pretty
long, so I put it at my blog.
http://www.testingreflections.com/node/view/3214



From hgs at dmu.ac.uk  Wed Feb  8 05:47:30 2006
From: hgs at dmu.ac.uk (Hugh Sasse)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:47:30 +0000 (WET)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
In-Reply-To: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D01@MIDISERVER>
References: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D01@MIDISERVER>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0602081005470.20514@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Thomas Healy wrote:

> Hugh,
> 
> I am a nubie and I understand what you are saying that less is more...
> However, Readability of code is important for me... Especially when
> explaining the code to others in the office and having others in the
> office follow the code six months from now...

Agreed.  People have asserted that Ruby is very readable, in comparison
to languages where everything must be declared up front, for example.
They have said it can be used a pseudocode.  I can't find that
example now, but a google for [Ruby readable] will turn up a lot.
> 
> While you are technically correct, less is more... In my case,
> readability is a high priority for me and less is... Well, less. My goal
> is to make it compact but readable by others...

Tell me which bits are opaque, and it may be that we can express them
differently.  Some things will boil down to the object oriented nature
of ruby and will be part of the syntax.  This is Web Application
Testing *In Ruby* after all :-)
> 
> An example of the scripts I write is as follows... I would invite
> suggestions on making it tighter but still retain the readability so
> that 6 months from now when someone else in the office has to update
> this script to make it work with changes to the webpage... It will be
> easy to update and understand...
> 
> def test_new_user
> 
>    #variables
>     test_site = 'http://a_location'
>     test_add_url = 'http://another_location'
>     test_FN_field = 'xxxxx'
        [other declarations trimmed.]

If you use these a lot it might make sense to make the instance
variables, declared in one place.  Instance variables belong to 
your testing object, and are shared between methods of that object.
They begin with @.  Also you can do the setup in a method named
setup

  def setup
    # do stuff in here that apply to all tests for this testing object
    # i.e. all methods that are called test_...
  end

>     test_CF_value = 'xxxxx'
>     test_select_index = 'xxxxx'
>     test_look_text = "This Student ID is already in use. Please select
> another Student ID."
> 
>    #go to the test page
>     $ie.goto(test_site)
>     $ie.goto(test_add_url)

The URL is sufficient: it includes the test site, so you can do that
in one clear step.
> 
>    # add the page details
>     $ie.text_field(:name, test_FN_field).set(test_FN_value)
        [...]
>     $ie.text_field(:name, test_CF_field).set(test_CF_value)
>     $ie.select_list( :index , 1).select(test_select_index)
> 
>    #submit page
>     $ie.button(:name, "submit").click
> 
>    #check for expected text
>     begin
>        assert($ie.contains_text(test_look_text) )
>        $logger.log("###NEW USER TEST PASSED####' ")
>         $logger.log_results("test_new_user", test_look_text,
> test_look_text, "TEST PASSED.") 

You don't really need to log those.  Collect the output of the whole
testing framework with something like

C:\> ruby my_tests1.rb > test1_results.txt

That way you can use the results any way you like, you keep the
details of logging outside the code, you don't need the rescue block
because the asserts handle all the "bailing out if something is
wrong" for you.  Your assertions about what should be there are not
mixed up with logging details.  If the test passed, you got the
expected results, which are already documented in this script, no
need to write them out to the log.  The framework only writes out
differences from what you expect, along with what was expected.
That means you can find them easily enough.  And leaving out all
the $logger lines makes the method shorter.

>     rescue => e
>         $logger.log("###NEW USER TEST FAILED####" + e.message + "\n" +
> e.backtrace.join("\n"))
>         $logger.log_results("test_new_user", test_look_text,
> test_look_text, "TEST FAILED.")  
>     end
>    

This bit is done after each test so can go in a teardown method:
>    #return to the admin page
>     $ie.link(:text, "administration").click 

   def teardown
     #return to the admin page
     $ie.link(:text, "administration").click 
   end
> 
> 
> end # end test_new_user
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Thom 
> 
        HTH
        Hugh


From thealy at midicorp.com  Wed Feb  8 08:09:58 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:09:58 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D03@MIDISERVER>

Hugh,

Hummm... I am convinced that I don't have enough background in RUBY to
really go forward in this discussion... 

[Thom scrambles to find a good reference and sits down to read for a
while...]

I will e-mail more questions when I know the questions to ask...

Thanks,

Thom

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Hugh Sasse
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:48 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Assertions help

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Thomas Healy wrote:

> Hugh,
> 
> I am a nubie and I understand what you are saying that less is more...
> However, Readability of code is important for me... Especially when 
> explaining the code to others in the office and having others in the 
> office follow the code six months from now...

Agreed.  People have asserted that Ruby is very readable, in comparison
to languages where everything must be declared up front, for example.
They have said it can be used a pseudocode.  I can't find that example
now, but a google for [Ruby readable] will turn up a lot.
> 
> While you are technically correct, less is more... In my case, 
> readability is a high priority for me and less is... Well, less. My 
> goal is to make it compact but readable by others...

Tell me which bits are opaque, and it may be that we can express them
differently.  Some things will boil down to the object oriented nature
of ruby and will be part of the syntax.  This is Web Application Testing
*In Ruby* after all :-)
> 
> An example of the scripts I write is as follows... I would invite 
> suggestions on making it tighter but still retain the readability so 
> that 6 months from now when someone else in the office has to update 
> this script to make it work with changes to the webpage... It will be 
> easy to update and understand...
> 
> def test_new_user
> 
>    #variables
>     test_site = 'http://a_location'
>     test_add_url = 'http://another_location'
>     test_FN_field = 'xxxxx'
        [other declarations trimmed.]

If you use these a lot it might make sense to make the instance
variables, declared in one place.  Instance variables belong to your
testing object, and are shared between methods of that object.
They begin with @.  Also you can do the setup in a method named setup

  def setup
    # do stuff in here that apply to all tests for this testing object
    # i.e. all methods that are called test_...
  end

>     test_CF_value = 'xxxxx'
>     test_select_index = 'xxxxx'
>     test_look_text = "This Student ID is already in use. Please select

> another Student ID."
> 
>    #go to the test page
>     $ie.goto(test_site)
>     $ie.goto(test_add_url)

The URL is sufficient: it includes the test site, so you can do that in
one clear step.
> 
>    # add the page details
>     $ie.text_field(:name, test_FN_field).set(test_FN_value)
        [...]
>     $ie.text_field(:name, test_CF_field).set(test_CF_value)
>     $ie.select_list( :index , 1).select(test_select_index)
> 
>    #submit page
>     $ie.button(:name, "submit").click
> 
>    #check for expected text
>     begin
>        assert($ie.contains_text(test_look_text) )
>        $logger.log("###NEW USER TEST PASSED####' ")
>         $logger.log_results("test_new_user", test_look_text, 
> test_look_text, "TEST PASSED.")

You don't really need to log those.  Collect the output of the whole
testing framework with something like

C:\> ruby my_tests1.rb > test1_results.txt

That way you can use the results any way you like, you keep the details
of logging outside the code, you don't need the rescue block because the
asserts handle all the "bailing out if something is wrong" for you.
Your assertions about what should be there are not mixed up with logging
details.  If the test passed, you got the expected results, which are
already documented in this script, no need to write them out to the log.
The framework only writes out differences from what you expect, along
with what was expected.
That means you can find them easily enough.  And leaving out all the
$logger lines makes the method shorter.

>     rescue => e
>         $logger.log("###NEW USER TEST FAILED####" + e.message + "\n" +
> e.backtrace.join("\n"))
>         $logger.log_results("test_new_user", test_look_text, 
> test_look_text, "TEST FAILED.")
>     end
>    

This bit is done after each test so can go in a teardown method:
>    #return to the admin page
>     $ie.link(:text, "administration").click 

   def teardown
     #return to the admin page
     $ie.link(:text, "administration").click 
   end
> 
> 
> end # end test_new_user
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Thom 
> 
        HTH
        Hugh
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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 09:16:09 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:16:09 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir Examples that need to be updated
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602072123x2703ccble0ef11087efdf6df@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602021535t54547dc3k@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602072123x2703ccble0ef11087efdf6df@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <37c405480602080616v49b6b70s@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Bret, I already sent updated examples to Jonathan K.  The only one I
couldn't *update* was the "yahooCheckbox_test.rb" script.  The page it
refers to is completely gone.  This script would have to be completely
rewritten so I thought it best to leave that to someone else.

Cheers.  P.

On 08/02/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
>
> I often get private requests from people who want to know how they can
> contribute to Watir.
>
> Here is a great list. Any interest? Send me the corrected files and i'll
> be happy to give you credit and update the examples.
>
> Bret
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  8 09:36:32 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:36:32 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir, Ruby, objects and variables
In-Reply-To: <f81b1250602080051s1551d3f6k@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f81b1250602080051s1551d3f6k@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602080636j69a9d8b4s192bdadb13f756e7@mail.gmail.com>

>
> @page_view = @page_view_after_add = @page_view_after_edit = Page.new(
>   "app.com/view.aspx",
>   ["File > View"])
> @page_view_after_add.texts << "File added."
> @page_view_after_edit.texts << "File edited."
>
> But (surprise!), it does not work.


Try this:

@page_view = Page.new(
  "app.com/view.aspx",
  ["File > View"])
@page_view_after_add = @page_view.clone
@page_view_after_edit = @page_view.clone
@page_view_after_add.texts << "File added."
@page_view_after_edit.texts << "File edited."

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From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 09:51:49 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:51:49 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir, Ruby, objects and variables
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602080636j69a9d8b4s192bdadb13f756e7@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f81b1250602080051s1551d3f6k@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602080636j69a9d8b4s192bdadb13f756e7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f81b1250602080651x307fdc28h@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks, but it does not work.

class Page
	attr_accessor :texts
	def initialize(url, texts)
		@url, @texts = url, texts
	end
end

@page_view = Page.new(
 "app.com/view.aspx",
 ["File > View"])

@page_view_after_add = @page_view.clone
@page_view_after_edit = @page_view.clone

@page_view_after_add.texts << "File added."
@page_view_after_edit.texts << "File edited."

[@page_view, @page_view_after_add, @page_view_after_edit].each {|page|
puts page.inspect}

#<Page:0x4c1dce0 @url="app.com/view.aspx", @texts=["File > View",
"File added.", "File edited."]>
#<Page:0x4c1dcc8 @url="app.com/view.aspx", @texts=["File > View",
"File added.", "File edited."]>
#<Page:0x4c1dc98 @url="app.com/view.aspx", @texts=["File > View",
"File added.", "File edited."]>



From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 10:13:50 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:13:50 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir, Ruby, objects and variables
In-Reply-To: <f81b1250602080651x307fdc28h@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f81b1250602080051s1551d3f6k@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602080636j69a9d8b4s192bdadb13f756e7@mail.gmail.com>
	<f81b1250602080651x307fdc28h@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f81b1250602080713l3eca864bt@mail.gmail.com>

Now I know why it does not work.

"ri Object#clone" and "ri Object#dup" prints this.

Produces a shallow copy of _obj_---the instance variables of _obj_
are copied, but not the objects they reference.

Anybody knows method that copies the object, not just the instance
variables of object?



From mb at michaelbolton.net  Wed Feb  8 10:36:35 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:36:35 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] is there a way to package watir scripts to run
	onanother PC...
In-Reply-To: <72799cd70602071830m254c629ahc5f12d7464cf8ab0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <007e01c62cc5$77f4f700$6801a8c0@Koko>

>> 1) Is there a way to package my test scripts to run on a
>> machine that don't have Ruby/Watir installed.
>>
>> 2) If a PC has Ruby/Watir installed but don't have eclipse
>> ide ,is there a way to make my scripts into an executable
>> and the person running the scripts could just double click
>> on the file

>Google for rubyscript2exe...  

Is that rubyscript2exe or ruby2exe?  I've tried the latter with some
success.

---Michael B. 






From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 10:52:00 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:52:00 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir, Ruby, objects and variables
In-Reply-To: <f81b1250602080713l3eca864bt@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f81b1250602080051s1551d3f6k@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602080636j69a9d8b4s192bdadb13f756e7@mail.gmail.com>
	<f81b1250602080651x307fdc28h@mail.gmail.com>
	<f81b1250602080713l3eca864bt@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f81b1250602080752i2b0aa4f3s@mail.gmail.com>

Mr. Google helped me. I just asked "ruby copy object" and he showed me
(narrow) path that led to
http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?Make_A_Deep_Copy_Of_An_Object

I added this to class Page and got what I needed!

def deep_clone
  Marshal::load(Marshal.dump(self))
end

#<Page:0x4c1dae8 @url="app.com/view.aspx", @texts=["File > View"]>
#<Page:0x4c1da28 @url="app.com/view.aspx", @texts=["File > View",
"File added."]>
#<Page:0x4c1d920 @url="app.com/view.aspx", @texts=["File > View",
"File edited."]>

Thanks for Object#clone, it showed me the way.



From tester.paul at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 11:15:32 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 11:15:32 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602072156p3f01cbceof35472dd2c5e8ffe@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602060728v6bc7244j@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602060930n20aaff5ctc3ed46db28b93005@mail.gmail.com>
	<37c405480602070921j672a2c7ct@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602071020w604e3202qd8d2723f439a7bd2@mail.gmail.com>
	<37c405480602071126r4298218ch@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602072156p3f01cbceof35472dd2c5e8ffe@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <37c405480602080815i6be27997i@mail.gmail.com>

Wow.  *That* was very helpful.  Thanks, Bret!

On 08/02/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
>
> All the assert does is raise an error conditionally. So this:
>
>    assert($ie.contains_text("Please try again"))
>    puts "TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "
>
> Is the same as
>
>     if ! $ie.contains_text("Please try again")
>        raise "error"
>    end
>    puts "TEST PASSED. Found test string: 'Please try again.' "
>

Okay, so then, along the same lines, in a different test script I wrote
something like this:

def test_case_03
    Click a link to go to a Form input page
    * Check to see that the Form input page appeared as expected
    Input text, click Save button
    ** Check that the input saved correctly
    Return to the starting page
end

So, the assertion check at the first (*) will automatically break out of
this test case if it fails, right?

What would be a good way to catch the error here?  Here's what I'm
thinking...

If the form input page (in my example above), doesn't appear, then it's
likely one of two things. Either:
(a) the page UI has changed in some way so that the assertion check just
needs to be updated, or
(b) a Server Error has occurred.  If this happens, I need to capture the
Error text displayed on the page.  If the script were to continue with the
next test at this point, I would lose this valuable info (and I don't want
to do that).

So, if I have just the following line (i.e. instead of the
'begin-rescue-end' block that Thomas suggested) at the start of my script
(or anywhere I have an assertion, really):
> assert($ie.frame("MainWindow").contains_text("Create New User"))

..and it fails, then the rest of the (test_case_03) script is skipped.
That's good.  I want that.

How do I keep it from going on to test_case_04 though?  That is, if an
assertion kicks out of a test script, what would be a good way to redirect
Ruby to capture the page contents before proceeding to the next test?

It's important for me to know how to tell the scripts to tell the difference
between a Server Error and a change in UI when a test fails at any time.

Paul.
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From hgs at dmu.ac.uk  Wed Feb  8 11:47:17 2006
From: hgs at dmu.ac.uk (Hugh Sasse)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:47:17 +0000 (WET)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Assertions help
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602080815i6be27997i@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602060728v6bc7244j@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602060930n20aaff5ctc3ed46db28b93005@mail.gmail.com>
	<37c405480602070921j672a2c7ct@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602071020w604e3202qd8d2723f439a7bd2@mail.gmail.com>
	<37c405480602071126r4298218ch@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602072156p3f01cbceof35472dd2c5e8ffe@mail.gmail.com>
	<37c405480602080815i6be27997i@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0602081635040.20514@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Paul Carvalho wrote:

> Wow.  *That* was very helpful.  Thanks, Bret!

        [...]
> Okay, so then, along the same lines, in a different test script I wrote
> something like this:
> 
> def test_case_03
>     Click a link to go to a Form input page
>     * Check to see that the Form input page appeared as expected
>     Input text, click Save button
>     ** Check that the input saved correctly
>     Return to the starting page
> end
> 
> So, the assertion check at the first (*) will automatically break out of
> this test case if it fails, right?

Yes.
> 
> What would be a good way to catch the error here?  Here's what I'm
> thinking...

In general, you don't.  It gets reported.
> 
> If the form input page (in my example above), doesn't appear, then it's
> likely one of two things. Either:
> (a) the page UI has changed in some way so that the assertion check just
> needs to be updated, or
> (b) a Server Error has occurred.  If this happens, I need to capture the
> Error text displayed on the page.  If the script were to continue with the
> next test at this point, I would lose this valuable info (and I don't want
> to do that).

You can test for more than one thing in an assert.
You can call the functions you normally use within the assert, 

           $ie.frame("MainWindow").contains_text("Create New User")

outside of an assert, and make if...else...end decisions on them.

> 
> So, if I have just the following line (i.e. instead of the
> 'begin-rescue-end' block that Thomas suggested) at the start of my script
> (or anywhere I have an assertion, really):
> > assert($ie.frame("MainWindow").contains_text("Create New User"))
> 
> ..and it fails, then the rest of the (test_case_03) script is skipped.

Correct.

> That's good.  I want that.
> 
> How do I keep it from going on to test_case_04 though?  That is, if an

You only have one big test?  

> assertion kicks out of a test script, what would be a good way to redirect
> Ruby to capture the page contents before proceeding to the next test?

Capture them into a variable before the assert, clear it after all asserts
and use teardown to put it somewhere

        @treasure = $ie.text
        assert(...)
         ...
        assert()
        @treasure = nil


  def teardown
    unless @treasure.nil?
      # squirt it out to a logfile, etc.
    end
  end
> 
> It's important for me to know how to tell the scripts to tell the difference
> between a Server Error and a change in UI when a test fails at any time.

Not fluent enough in Watir myself to give good help there.
> 
> Paul.

        Hugh
> 
> 


From yannick.francois at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 12:16:43 2006
From: yannick.francois at gmail.com (Yannick Francois)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:16:43 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Introduce myself
Message-ID: <caf9a2850602080916m2a532b54w@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

Just to say hello on watir list.

I'm a fresh french ruby user (since 2 month) and some day for watir...

After discovering QA software past year with Rational Robot (just launch
some script made by someone else in the company) I change company few month
ago (november).

In this new company, I always make J2EE application but there no QA tools. I
searched for one, saw watir and here we are...

For the first time today I use it on 5 computers (due to a bad application
popup using, i can't launche more than one IE instance  on a computer) in
the same time to test server reactions, it's so interesting, and so easy to
deploy. Make ruby script for test plan is for me really good :-)

Well, I read something about Watir 2, for multi browser and multi OS use.
For me, it will be very nice !!!

If I can help to do something ...

Yannick.

ps: Sorry for my bad english, I'm french and not so good in english ;-)
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From ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com  Wed Feb  8 12:57:26 2006
From: ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com (Chintakrindi Meghanath )
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:57:26 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Testing of the Java Classes
Message-ID: <6CF3AA425295C7479483AC0018EDF98B01DADF85@MI8NYCMAIL03.Mi8.com>

Hi 
 
I am using watir to test the web application from the browser.
By using watir , is there any to unit test the java classes.
 
 

Thanks

Meghanath

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From thealy at midicorp.com  Wed Feb  8 13:31:29 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:31:29 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Testing in Other Browsers
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D16@MIDISERVER>

 
I have been reading "Programming Ruby -- by David Thomas" today as a
basis for me understanding Watir... I like what I see in Watir and want
to learn more... there seems to be a lot that can happen. 
 
Someone just wrote about making exe programs but I noticed in the
example folder in the Ruby build that there are menus and buttons that
can be constructed in ruby... I wonder if anyone has constructed a Ruby
program in such a way as to use it for launching Watir scripts... i.e..
have an interface with buttons on it... something like... for log into
the site press button 1... to test adding a client to the site press
button 2... to remove a client from the site... press button three...
etc? The button will launch the Watir scripts... write a log and then
return to the Ruby menu...
 

Also, for me... Watir seems to handle IE testing good... and most of our
clients use IE so it is, frankly, the focus of my testing... but there
is a small (but growing) emphasis on other browsers... I need to test in
other browsers and operating system platforms... 

 

>From my reading on Watir, it sounds like it may be supporting other
browsers in the future, but not currently...

 

 

 

Does anyone know of other testing tools I can deploy which will be
similar to Watir but will work for other browsers and operating system
platforms?

 

Thanks,

 

Thom

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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 13:41:36 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:41:36 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Testing in Other Browsers
In-Reply-To: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D16@MIDISERVER>
References: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D16@MIDISERVER>
Message-ID: <72799cd70602081041o44bac4c4kb6e0c53231e57127@mail.gmail.com>

Welcome Thom...

> I wonder if anyone has constructed a Ruby program in
> such a way as to use it for launching Watir scripts... i.e.. have an
> interface with buttons on it... something like... for log into the site
> press button 1... to test adding a client to the site press button 2... to
> remove a client from the site... press button three... etc? The button will
> launch the Watir scripts... write a log and then return to the Ruby menu...

Bret said recently on the list:
##################################
But there you can get it to run in a nifty GUI if you run it with a
command line argument.

In a cmd window you can do this:
  test.rb --runner=t

You can also create a shortcut to your test and then edit the target
in the properties to include this argument. Then when you double click
on it, it will run in its GUI.

  Target: C:\workspace\watir\unittests\div_test.rb --runner=t

Everybody should actually give this a try. It looks cool!
######################################3

You might also look at Atomic Objects' "SYSTIR" project as well: 
http://atomicobject.com/systir.page

> From my reading on Watir, it sounds like it may be supporting other browsers
> in the future, but not currently...

You might give Selenium a try: http://www.openqa.org/selenium/  It's a
little fussier than Watir (and is missing some things that Watir has,
like support for frames), but it might serve your purposes.
-Chris



From roy_sin at yahoo.com  Wed Feb  8 13:52:20 2006
From: roy_sin at yahoo.com (Roy Sin)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:52:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Wtr-general] is there a way to package watir scripts to run on
	another PC...
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602072218l1d6cf195yff8b2cb5b950c655@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060208185220.97581.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Bret,

When I double click on any of my rb files. A command window
comes up and disappear quickly but my script doesn't run.
Any idea!

But I did try 
textfields_test.rb --runner=t
Thanks for that tip it looks really cool.



--- Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:

> On 2/7/06, Roy Sin <roy_sin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > 2) If a PC has Ruby/Watir installed but don't have
> eclipse
> > ide ,is there a way to make my scripts into an
> executable
> > and the person running the scripts could just double
> click
> > on the file
> 
> 
> First of all, they can just double click the test.rb file
> and it will run.
> The only problem is that the output will appear in a
> temporary command
> window that will go away when the script is done.
> 
> But there you can get it to run in a nifty GUI if you run
> it with a command
> line argument.
> 
> In a cmd window you can do this:
>   test.rb --runner=t
> 
> You can also create a shortcut to your test and then edit
> the target in the
> properties to include this argument. Then when you double
> click on it, it
> will run in its GUI.
> 
>   Target: C:\workspace\watir\unittests\div_test.rb
> --runner=t
> 
> Everybody should actually give this a try. It looks cool!
> 
> Another idea would be to put this in a batch file.
> 
> Bret
> > _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general


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From thealy at midicorp.com  Wed Feb  8 14:00:53 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:00:53 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Testing in Other Browsers
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D19@MIDISERVER>

Chris,

Thanks for the reply... I looked at Selenium but it appears that it has
to be installed on the server hosting the item... For my testing, that
is not always possible or desirable... I am looking more for an
automated script like Watir...

Also I keep trying to run the cmd window example suggested but I get
error messages... The path is not correct -- blah blah blah ... I think
it has to do with the space in the path "Program Files" where Watir was
installed. I understand that Watir needs to live in this path structure?

Suggestions on this?

Thanks,

Thom

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Chris McMahon
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:42 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Testing in Other Browsers

Welcome Thom...

> I wonder if anyone has constructed a Ruby program in such a way as to 
> use it for launching Watir scripts... i.e.. have an interface with 
> buttons on it... something like... for log into the site press button 
> 1... to test adding a client to the site press button 2... to remove a

> client from the site... press button three... etc? The button will 
> launch the Watir scripts... write a log and then return to the Ruby
menu...

Bret said recently on the list:
##################################
But there you can get it to run in a nifty GUI if you run it with a
command line argument.

In a cmd window you can do this:
  test.rb --runner=t

You can also create a shortcut to your test and then edit the target in
the properties to include this argument. Then when you double click on
it, it will run in its GUI.

  Target: C:\workspace\watir\unittests\div_test.rb --runner=t

Everybody should actually give this a try. It looks cool!
######################################3

You might also look at Atomic Objects' "SYSTIR" project as well: 
http://atomicobject.com/systir.page

> From my reading on Watir, it sounds like it may be supporting other 
> browsers in the future, but not currently...

You might give Selenium a try: http://www.openqa.org/selenium/  It's a
little fussier than Watir (and is missing some things that Watir has,
like support for frames), but it might serve your purposes.
-Chris

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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  8 14:49:16 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:49:16 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] is there a way to package watir scripts to run on
	another PC...
In-Reply-To: <20060208185220.97581.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <ade75c5b0602072218l1d6cf195yff8b2cb5b950c655@mail.gmail.com>
	<20060208185220.97581.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602081149w3af1340br8b6ebde91cca0551@mail.gmail.com>

Well the script is running, but it might have an error message. If you only
learned to read faster, you'd know what it was saying.

Try double clicking on this script and see if you can see what is actually
happening.

  puts "hello"
  gets

Bret

On 2/8/06, Roy Sin <roy_sin at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Bret,
>
> When I double click on any of my rb files. A command window
> comes up and disappear quickly but my script doesn't run.
> Any idea!
>
> But I did try
> textfields_test.rb --runner=t
> Thanks for that tip it looks really cool.
>
>
>
> --- Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
>
> > On 2/7/06, Roy Sin <roy_sin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 2) If a PC has Ruby/Watir installed but don't have
> > eclipse
> > > ide ,is there a way to make my scripts into an
> > executable
> > > and the person running the scripts could just double
> > click
> > > on the file
> >
> >
> > First of all, they can just double click the test.rb file
> > and it will run.
> > The only problem is that the output will appear in a
> > temporary command
> > window that will go away when the script is done.
> >
> > But there you can get it to run in a nifty GUI if you run
> > it with a command
> > line argument.
> >
> > In a cmd window you can do this:
> >   test.rb --runner=t
> >
> > You can also create a shortcut to your test and then edit
> > the target in the
> > properties to include this argument. Then when you double
> > click on it, it
> > will run in its GUI.
> >
> >   Target: C:\workspace\watir\unittests\div_test.rb
> > --runner=t
> >
> > Everybody should actually give this a try. It looks cool!
> >
> > Another idea would be to put this in a batch file.
> >
> > Bret
> > > _______________________________________________
> > Wtr-general mailing list
> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  8 14:55:08 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:55:08 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Testing in Other Browsers
In-Reply-To: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D19@MIDISERVER>
References: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D19@MIDISERVER>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602081155t11579606jcf597732d71dfcd7@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/8/06, Thomas Healy <thealy at midicorp.com> wrote:
>
> Also I keep trying to run the cmd window example suggested but I get
> error messages... The path is not correct -- blah blah blah ... I think
> it has to do with the space in the path "Program Files" where Watir was
> installed. I understand that Watir needs to live in this path structure?
>
> Suggestions on this?


Send us the exact error message.
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From peppers at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 16:51:49 2006
From: peppers at gmail.com (Terry Peppers)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:51:49 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] WindowHelper
Message-ID: <8ca48b420602081351n61b3ab23jf7973abb119aae64@mail.gmail.com>

I asked a real foolish question a couple of weeks ago with regard to how you
can get Watir to enter in username and password credentials into a user auth
dialog - that I should apologize for. I figured the silence was really a nod
to RTFM so I did more digging in the 'unitTests' directory and found the '
WindowLogonExample.rb' and 'WindowLogonExtra.rb' files that apparently were
named too well for me to notice the first time around.

So I'm @ a bit of a stumbling block.

In the 'WindowLogonExtra.rb' - which is the script called by one of the
threads in the 'WindowLogonExample.rb' - the code is short and sweet.

<begin_code>
require 'watir/WindowHelper'

helper = WindowHelper.new
helper.logon('Connect to clio.lyris.com')
<end_code>


I modified the code so it reads the following:

<begin_code>
require 'watir/WindowHelper'

r = Regexp.new("Connect to stage.*")

helper = WindowHelper.new
helper.logon("#{r}", name="foo", password="bar")
<end_code>

We have multiple staging sites, and I'd like not to clutter up the code with
a huge if/else or case statement that accounts for all of the different
domains. I basically want to login to any auth window that matches the
Regex. Unfortunately, it looks like the script just hangs since the
WindowHelper can't seem to find the window.

Does anyone know if I'm doing something wrong? Can the 'logon' method not
accept a Regular Expression for the 'title' parameter? Is this a AutoIt
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From marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au  Wed Feb  8 17:47:35 2006
From: marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au (Neri, Marco)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 09:47:35 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from its
 clients.
Message-ID: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B454D@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>

Brett
 
good point about having to put the call to goto before bring_to_front. 
 
I suspect the problem may be something corrupt within ie or the OS. what
I'd originally set up was a module
 
module ModuleBrowser   
  def startBrowser()  
     ie = IE.new
     ie.goto(@test_site) 
     ie.bring_to_front()
     ie.maximize()
     return ie
  end  
end 
 
I'd then do a call @ie = startBrowser() from within my scripts. That was
working reliably. I then started having the errors. So I removed the
module and put that code directly into my script to see if the problem
was perhaps getting the reference to the ie object. That didn't work
 
Reason I suspect something corrupt is that running only
 
@ie = IE.new
@ie.goto("http://www.google.com")
 
is throwing 
 
WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `navigate'
    HRESULT error code:0x80010108
      The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.

If I run only 

@ie = IE.new

is throwing

WIN32OLERuntimeError: document
    OLE error code:80004005 in <Unknown>

It's not a consistent 100% failure sometimes the scripts run but more
often than not they don't.

So I'll have to try options
1) re-install ie
2) move all scripts to another box and if it runs reliably there I can
conclude that problem is within the OS and not ruby/watir/my scripts.
 
Thanks for helping 

I'll let you know what I find

Marco
 

________________________________

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord
Sent: Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:38
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from its
clients.


Marco,

I think i may know what the problem is.

Please tell us whether this reliably fixes it:

     @ie = IE.new
     @ie.goto("http://www.google.com") # any site will do 
     @ie.bring_to_front()

Bret


On 2/7/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote: 


	Has anyone else run into this error? ( whats worse is it's
intermittent
	).
	
	I've tried uninstall/reinstall of ruby and watir.
	
	>From within my test script I start an ie browser window as per
normal
	
	     @ie = IE.new
	     @ie.bring_to_front()
	
	A new browser window is popped up. And that's as far as it gets.

	
	And the error is
	
	  1) Error:
	test001(TC_test001):
	WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
	    HRESULT error code:0x80010108
	      The object invoked has disconnected from its clients. 
	    C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in
`method_missing'
	    C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in `title'
	    C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1302:in
`bring_to_front'
	
	
	# Make the window come to the front 
	        def bring_to_front
	                autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control')
	                autoit.WinActivate title, ''
	        end
	
	# Return the title of the window
	        def title
	            @ ie.document.title
	        end
	
	
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From rosecao at us.ibm.com  Wed Feb  8 18:43:14 2006
From: rosecao at us.ibm.com (Rose Cao)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:43:14 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby on AIX
Message-ID: <OFEE012896.EE54479D-ON8725710F.0081AFFF-8725710F.00820B37@us.ibm.com>






The scripts are running on Windows.  But it is personal desktop.  In order
to schedule the scripts on server, need install Ruby to server which is AIX
box.  I found one binary Ruby
@http://www.bullfreeware.com/download/aix52/ruby-1.8.2.0.bff.  For caution,
can anyone give some suggestions on use of the AIX version of Ruby?  Or are
there any documents on it?

Thanks,
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  8 18:42:20 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:42:20 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from its
	clients.
In-Reply-To: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B454D@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>
References: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B454D@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602081542j628521f5l92e660bd2aa7fb43@mail.gmail.com>

Marco,

Thank you for the detailed reply.

I think you are running into a problem that i've also seen intermittently.
My theory is that there is a resource leak in Watir. After a certain point,
you start getting these errors.

What i have found is that you can correct this problem by killing the
IEXPLORE.EXE process -- at least for a while. Rebooting has the same effect.
But with time, it recurs.

The reason i think this is a resource or memory leak is as follows.

If you start and stop IE manually, you'll see that the IEXPLORE process dies
when IE is closed. However, if you start and stop IE from a Watir script,
the IEXPLORE process is still running.

This is a problem that very much concerns me. For various reasons, automated
tests tend to open and close browsers more frequently than humans, so i need
to be able to do this reliably.

I'm planning to look into this further and would appreciate any ideas that
anyone has about this.

Bret


On 2/8/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> Brett
>
> good point about having to put the call to goto before bring_to_front.
>
> I suspect the problem may be something corrupt within ie or the OS. what
> I'd originally set up was a module
>
> module ModuleBrowser
>   def startBrowser()
>      ie = IE.new
>      ie.goto(@test_site)
>      ie.bring_to_front()
>      ie.maximize()
>      return ie
>   end
> end
>
> I'd then do a call @ie = startBrowser() from within my scripts. That was
> working reliably. I then started having the errors. So I removed the
> module and put that code directly into my script to see if the problem
> was perhaps getting the reference to the ie object. That didn't work
>
> Reason I suspect something corrupt is that running only
>
> @ie = IE.new
> @ie.goto("http://www.google.com")
>
> is throwing
>
> WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `navigate'
>     HRESULT error code:0x80010108
>       The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
>
> If I run only
>
> @ie = IE.new
>
> is throwing
>
> WIN32OLERuntimeError: document
>     OLE error code:80004005 in <Unknown>
>
> It's not a consistent 100% failure sometimes the scripts run but more
> often than not they don't.
>
> So I'll have to try options
> 1) re-install ie
> 2) move all scripts to another box and if it runs reliably there I can
> conclude that problem is within the OS and not ruby/watir/my scripts.
>
> Thanks for helping
>
> I'll let you know what I find
>
> Marco
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord
> Sent: Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:38
> To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from its
> clients.
>
>
> Marco,
>
> I think i may know what the problem is.
>
> Please tell us whether this reliably fixes it:
>
>      @ie = IE.new
>      @ie.goto("http://www.google.com") # any site will do
>      @ie.bring_to_front()
>
> Bret
>
>
> On 2/7/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
>
>         Has anyone else run into this error? ( whats worse is it's
> intermittent
>         ).
>
>         I've tried uninstall/reinstall of ruby and watir.
>
>         >From within my test script I start an ie browser window as per
> normal
>
>              @ie = IE.new
>              @ie.bring_to_front()
>
>         A new browser window is popped up. And that's as far as it gets.
>
>
>         And the error is
>
>           1) Error:
>         test001(TC_test001):
>         WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
>             HRESULT error code:0x80010108
>               The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
>             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in
> `method_missing'
>             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in `title'
>             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1302:in
> `bring_to_front'
>
>
>         # Make the window come to the front
>                 def bring_to_front
>                         autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control')
>                         autoit.WinActivate title, ''
>                 end
>
>         # Return the title of the window
>                 def title
>                     @ ie.document.title
>                 end
>
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From jkohl at telusplanet.net  Wed Feb  8 18:47:03 2006
From: jkohl at telusplanet.net (jkohl at telusplanet.net)
Date: Wed,  8 Feb 2006 15:47:03 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from its
	clients.
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Marco;

Are you using Winclickers code anywhere in your scripts? I've seen this kind of
behavior when using winclickers - it is leaky.

-Jonathan

Quoting Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com>:

> Marco,
> 
> Thank you for the detailed reply.
> 
> I think you are running into a problem that i've also seen intermittently.
> My theory is that there is a resource leak in Watir. After a certain point,
> you start getting these errors.
> 
> What i have found is that you can correct this problem by killing the
> IEXPLORE.EXE process -- at least for a while. Rebooting has the same effect.
> But with time, it recurs.
> 
> The reason i think this is a resource or memory leak is as follows.
> 
> If you start and stop IE manually, you'll see that the IEXPLORE process dies
> when IE is closed. However, if you start and stop IE from a Watir script,
> the IEXPLORE process is still running.
> 
> This is a problem that very much concerns me. For various reasons, automated
> tests tend to open and close browsers more frequently than humans, so i need
> to be able to do this reliably.
> 
> I'm planning to look into this further and would appreciate any ideas that
> anyone has about this.
> 
> Bret
> 
> 
> On 2/8/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> >
> > Brett
> >
> > good point about having to put the call to goto before bring_to_front.
> >
> > I suspect the problem may be something corrupt within ie or the OS. what
> > I'd originally set up was a module
> >
> > module ModuleBrowser
> >   def startBrowser()
> >      ie = IE.new
> >      ie.goto(@test_site)
> >      ie.bring_to_front()
> >      ie.maximize()
> >      return ie
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > I'd then do a call @ie = startBrowser() from within my scripts. That was
> > working reliably. I then started having the errors. So I removed the
> > module and put that code directly into my script to see if the problem
> > was perhaps getting the reference to the ie object. That didn't work
> >
> > Reason I suspect something corrupt is that running only
> >
> > @ie = IE.new
> > @ie.goto("http://www.google.com")
> >
> > is throwing
> >
> > WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `navigate'
> >     HRESULT error code:0x80010108
> >       The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
> >
> > If I run only
> >
> > @ie = IE.new
> >
> > is throwing
> >
> > WIN32OLERuntimeError: document
> >     OLE error code:80004005 in <Unknown>
> >
> > It's not a consistent 100% failure sometimes the scripts run but more
> > often than not they don't.
> >
> > So I'll have to try options
> > 1) re-install ie
> > 2) move all scripts to another box and if it runs reliably there I can
> > conclude that problem is within the OS and not ruby/watir/my scripts.
> >
> > Thanks for helping
> >
> > I'll let you know what I find
> >
> > Marco
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord
> > Sent: Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:38
> > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from its
> > clients.
> >
> >
> > Marco,
> >
> > I think i may know what the problem is.
> >
> > Please tell us whether this reliably fixes it:
> >
> >      @ie = IE.new
> >      @ie.goto("http://www.google.com") # any site will do
> >      @ie.bring_to_front()
> >
> > Bret
> >
> >
> > On 2/7/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> >         Has anyone else run into this error? ( whats worse is it's
> > intermittent
> >         ).
> >
> >         I've tried uninstall/reinstall of ruby and watir.
> >
> >         >From within my test script I start an ie browser window as per
> > normal
> >
> >              @ie = IE.new
> >              @ie.bring_to_front()
> >
> >         A new browser window is popped up. And that's as far as it gets.
> >
> >
> >         And the error is
> >
> >           1) Error:
> >         test001(TC_test001):
> >         WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
> >             HRESULT error code:0x80010108
> >               The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
> >             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in
> > `method_missing'
> >             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in `title'
> >             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1302:in
> > `bring_to_front'
> >
> >
> >         # Make the window come to the front
> >                 def bring_to_front
> >                         autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control')
> >                         autoit.WinActivate title, ''
> >                 end
> >
> >         # Return the title of the window
> >                 def title
> >                     @ ie.document.title
> >                 end
> >
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From marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au  Wed Feb  8 19:33:29 2006
From: marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au (Neri, Marco)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:33:29 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from
 itsclients.
Message-ID: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B454E@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>

Jonathan

No. not using winclicker. 

I still suspect it's something corrupt within my OS as rebooting is not
solving my problem. If it was purely a memory leak then a reboot should
solve this. I have a utility that sits in the system tray ( meminfo )
that shows memory usage and I do notice it tends to increase over time
though I haven't bothered too much what's holding onto the memory as the
scripts were still running ok.

In regards to Bretts comments about the iexplore process not stopping
I'd suggest for those of us using xp to try using taskkill in the
teardown for each test. I don't know if there's an equivalent cmd to
taskkill for other os's or windows versions.

Eg.
exec "taskkill /F /IM mspaint.exe /IM iexplore.exe" 



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[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
jkohl at telusplanet.net
Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2006 10:47
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from
itsclients.

Marco;

Are you using Winclickers code anywhere in your scripts? I've seen this
kind of behavior when using winclickers - it is leaky.

-Jonathan

Quoting Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com>:

> Marco,
> 
> Thank you for the detailed reply.
> 
> I think you are running into a problem that i've also seen
intermittently.
> My theory is that there is a resource leak in Watir. After a certain 
> point, you start getting these errors.
> 
> What i have found is that you can correct this problem by killing the 
> IEXPLORE.EXE process -- at least for a while. Rebooting has the same
effect.
> But with time, it recurs.
> 
> The reason i think this is a resource or memory leak is as follows.
> 
> If you start and stop IE manually, you'll see that the IEXPLORE 
> process dies when IE is closed. However, if you start and stop IE from

> a Watir script, the IEXPLORE process is still running.
> 
> This is a problem that very much concerns me. For various reasons, 
> automated tests tend to open and close browsers more frequently than 
> humans, so i need to be able to do this reliably.
> 
> I'm planning to look into this further and would appreciate any ideas 
> that anyone has about this.
> 
> Bret
> 
> 
> On 2/8/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> >
> > Brett
> >
> > good point about having to put the call to goto before
bring_to_front.
> >
> > I suspect the problem may be something corrupt within ie or the OS. 
> > what I'd originally set up was a module
> >
> > module ModuleBrowser
> >   def startBrowser()
> >      ie = IE.new
> >      ie.goto(@test_site)
> >      ie.bring_to_front()
> >      ie.maximize()
> >      return ie
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > I'd then do a call @ie = startBrowser() from within my scripts. That

> > was working reliably. I then started having the errors. So I removed

> > the module and put that code directly into my script to see if the 
> > problem was perhaps getting the reference to the ie object. That 
> > didn't work
> >
> > Reason I suspect something corrupt is that running only
> >
> > @ie = IE.new
> > @ie.goto("http://www.google.com")
> >
> > is throwing
> >
> > WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `navigate'
> >     HRESULT error code:0x80010108
> >       The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
> >
> > If I run only
> >
> > @ie = IE.new
> >
> > is throwing
> >
> > WIN32OLERuntimeError: document
> >     OLE error code:80004005 in <Unknown>
> >
> > It's not a consistent 100% failure sometimes the scripts run but 
> > more often than not they don't.
> >
> > So I'll have to try options
> > 1) re-install ie
> > 2) move all scripts to another box and if it runs reliably there I 
> > can conclude that problem is within the OS and not ruby/watir/my
scripts.
> >
> > Thanks for helping
> >
> > I'll let you know what I find
> >
> > Marco
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org 
> > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Bret 
> > Pettichord
> > Sent: Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:38
> > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from 
> > its clients.
> >
> >
> > Marco,
> >
> > I think i may know what the problem is.
> >
> > Please tell us whether this reliably fixes it:
> >
> >      @ie = IE.new
> >      @ie.goto("http://www.google.com") # any site will do
> >      @ie.bring_to_front()
> >
> > Bret
> >
> >
> > On 2/7/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> >         Has anyone else run into this error? ( whats worse is it's 
> > intermittent
> >         ).
> >
> >         I've tried uninstall/reinstall of ruby and watir.
> >
> >         >From within my test script I start an ie browser window as 
> > per normal
> >
> >              @ie = IE.new
> >              @ie.bring_to_front()
> >
> >         A new browser window is popped up. And that's as far as it
gets.
> >
> >
> >         And the error is
> >
> >           1) Error:
> >         test001(TC_test001):
> >         WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
> >             HRESULT error code:0x80010108
> >               The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
> >             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in
> > `method_missing'
> >             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in `title'
> >             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1302:in
> > `bring_to_front'
> >
> >
> >         # Make the window come to the front
> >                 def bring_to_front
> >                         autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control')
> >                         autoit.WinActivate title, ''
> >                 end
> >
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> >                 def title
> >                     @ ie.document.title
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From eduardorochabr at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 22:29:23 2006
From: eduardorochabr at gmail.com (Eduardo Rocha)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 01:29:23 -0200
Subject: [Wtr-general] Testing of the Java Classes
In-Reply-To: <6CF3AA425295C7479483AC0018EDF98B01DADF85@MI8NYCMAIL03.Mi8.com>
References: <6CF3AA425295C7479483AC0018EDF98B01DADF85@MI8NYCMAIL03.Mi8.com>
Message-ID: <f57e5a0e0602081929u6cc35c4ex@mail.gmail.com>

Sorry Meghanath, but was this a question? I did not understand what
you mean, could you post it again?

2006/2/8, Chintakrindi Meghanath <ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com>:
>
> Hi
>
> I am using watir to test the web application from the browser.
> By using watir , is there any to unit test the java classes.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Meghanath
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From eduardorochabr at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 22:35:36 2006
From: eduardorochabr at gmail.com (Eduardo Rocha)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 01:35:36 -0200
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby on AIX
In-Reply-To: <OFEE012896.EE54479D-ON8725710F.0081AFFF-8725710F.00820B37@us.ibm.com>
References: <OFEE012896.EE54479D-ON8725710F.0081AFFF-8725710F.00820B37@us.ibm.com>
Message-ID: <f57e5a0e0602081935o120cbe83m@mail.gmail.com>

Rose,

Unfortunately, even if you successfully installs ruby on AIX, Watir
currently only runs on Windows.

[]'s
Eduardo

2006/2/8, Rose Cao <rosecao at us.ibm.com>:
>
>
> The scripts are running on Windows. But it is personal desktop. In order to
> schedule the scripts on server, need install Ruby to server which is AIX
> box. I found one binary Ruby
> @http://www.bullfreeware.com/download/aix52/ruby-1.8.2.0.bff.
> For caution, can anyone give some suggestions on use of the AIX version of
> Ruby? Or are there any documents on it?
>
>  Thanks,
>  Rose
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From jkohl at telusplanet.net  Wed Feb  8 22:37:29 2006
From: jkohl at telusplanet.net (Jonathan Kohl)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 20:37:29 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Testing of the Java Classes
In-Reply-To: <f57e5a0e0602081929u6cc35c4ex@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000201c62d2a$272d89d0$6500a8c0@tintin>

You can use JUnit to unit test Java code:
http://www.junit.org/index.htm 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org 
> [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Eduardo Rocha
> Sent: February 8, 2006 8:29 PM
> To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Testing of the Java Classes
> 
> Sorry Meghanath, but was this a question? I did not 
> understand what you mean, could you post it again?
> 
> 2006/2/8, Chintakrindi Meghanath 
> <ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com>:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I am using watir to test the web application from the browser.
> > By using watir , is there any to unit test the java classes.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Meghanath
> > _______________________________________________
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb  8 23:35:22 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 22:35:22 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from
	itsclients.
In-Reply-To: <011501c62d28$02246840$6801a8c0@Koko>
References: <ade75c5b0602081542j628521f5l92e660bd2aa7fb43@mail.gmail.com>
	<011501c62d28$02246840$6801a8c0@Koko>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602082035l48dc2265qf17be0c2888a5125@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/8/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
>
> Hi, Bret...
>
> Would a script that opened and closed browsers repeatedly be expected to
> expose this?  I wrote something like Marco's thing
>

No. This is a different issue. In both cases you are getting RPC errors. I
was not able to reproduce this using your script, but i do remember seeing
it with other scripts.

Although this occurs with 1.4.1, i do believe that we have this fixed in
head. Would you mind checking. (BTW, you may want to use a smaller count, i
ran your script on my machine and it unfortunately did not fail, but instead
run until my battery ran out...)

Bret

require 'watir.rb'
>
>
> def startBrowser()
>    ie = Watir::IE.new
>    ie.goto('http://192.168.1.100' <http://192.168.1.100%27>)
>    ie.bring_to_front()
>    ie.maximize()
>    ie.close
> end
>
> 10000.times {
>   startBrowser()
> }
>
> The site address above is, obviously, an IIS server on my own net.
>
> I got these two errors on subsequent runs...
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Michael Bolton\My Documents\Ruby Scripts>
> zillion.rb
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in `method_missing': Unknown
> property or method `document' (WIN32OLERuntime
> Error)
>     HRESULT error code:0x800706ba
>       The RPC server is unavailable.    from
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in `title'
>         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1302:in
> `bring_to_front'
>         from C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My Documents/Ruby
> Scripts/zillion.rb:6:in `startBrowser'
>         from C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My Documents/Ruby
> Scripts/zillion.rb:12
>         from C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My Documents/Ruby
> Scripts/zillion.rb:11:in `times'
>         from C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My Documents/Ruby
> Scripts/zillion.rb:11
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Michael Bolton\My Documents\Ruby Scripts>
> zillion.rb
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1122:in `method_missing':
> (WIN32OLERuntimeError)
>     OLE error code:0 in <Unknown>
>       <No Description>
>     HRESULT error code:0x800706be
>       The remote procedure call failed. from
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1122:in `set_defaults'
>         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1087:in `initialize'
>         from C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My Documents/Ruby
> Scripts/zillion.rb:4:in `new'
>         from C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My Documents/Ruby
> Scripts/zillion.rb:4:in `startBrowser'
>         from C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My Documents/Ruby
> Scripts/zillion.rb:12
>         from C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My Documents/Ruby
> Scripts/zillion.rb:11:in `times'
>         from C:/Documents and Settings/Michael Bolton/My Documents/Ruby
> Scripts/zillion.rb:11
>
> In each case, the program pooped out after opening and closing the browser
> about 10 times or so.  (It would be easy to get a better count.)
>
> In Marco's original version, note that he doesn't close the browser
> explicitly.  In those cases, the browser stays open when the function that
> creates it goes out of scope.  I don't know much about this OO stuff, but I
> would believe that it's the intention for the browser to get garbage
> collected after it goes out of scope, but that doesn't happen immediately.
>
> Also note that, in answer to Jonathan's question, Marco doesn't use
> winclickers, but he plainly uses AutoIt if you look way down below.
>
> ---Michael B.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:
> wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Bret Pettichord
> *Sent:* February 8, 2006 6:42 PM
> *To:* wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from
> itsclients.
>
> Marco,
>
> Thank you for the detailed reply.
>
> I think you are running into a problem that i've also seen intermittently.
> My theory is that there is a resource leak in Watir. After a certain point,
> you start getting these errors.
>
> What i have found is that you can correct this problem by killing the
> IEXPLORE.EXE process -- at least for a while. Rebooting has the same
> effect. But with time, it recurs.
>
> The reason i think this is a resource or memory leak is as follows.
>
> If you start and stop IE manually, you'll see that the IEXPLORE process
> dies when IE is closed. However, if you start and stop IE from a Watir
> script, the IEXPLORE process is still running.
>
> This is a problem that very much concerns me. For various reasons,
> automated tests tend to open and close browsers more frequently than humans,
> so i need to be able to do this reliably.
>
> I'm planning to look into this further and would appreciate any ideas that
> anyone has about this.
>
> Bret
>
>
> On 2/8/06, Neri, Marco < marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> >
> > Brett
> >
> > good point about having to put the call to goto before bring_to_front.
> >
> > I suspect the problem may be something corrupt within ie or the OS. what
> > I'd originally set up was a module
> >
> > module ModuleBrowser
> >   def startBrowser()
> >      ie = IE.new
> >      ie.goto(@test_site)
> >      ie.bring_to_front()
> >      ie.maximize()
> >      return ie
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > I'd then do a call @ie = startBrowser() from within my scripts. That was
> > working reliably. I then started having the errors. So I removed the
> > module and put that code directly into my script to see if the problem
> > was perhaps getting the reference to the ie object. That didn't work
> >
> > Reason I suspect something corrupt is that running only
> >
> > @ie = IE.new
> > @ie.goto("http://www.google.com")
> >
> > is throwing
> >
> > WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `navigate'
> >     HRESULT error code:0x80010108
> >       The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
> >
> > If I run only
> >
> > @ie = IE.new
> >
> > is throwing
> >
> > WIN32OLERuntimeError: document
> >     OLE error code:80004005 in <Unknown>
> >
> > It's not a consistent 100% failure sometimes the scripts run but more
> > often than not they don't.
> >
> > So I'll have to try options
> > 1) re-install ie
> > 2) move all scripts to another box and if it runs reliably there I can
> > conclude that problem is within the OS and not ruby/watir/my scripts.
> >
> > Thanks for helping
> >
> > I'll let you know what I find
> >
> > Marco
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord
> > Sent: Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:38
> > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] The object invoked has disconnected from its
> > clients.
> >
> >
> > Marco,
> >
> > I think i may know what the problem is.
> >
> > Please tell us whether this reliably fixes it:
> >
> >      @ie = IE.new
> >      @ie.goto("http://www.google.com") # any site will do
> >      @ie.bring_to_front()
> >
> > Bret
> >
> >
> > On 2/7/06, Neri, Marco < marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> >         Has anyone else run into this error? ( whats worse is it's
> > intermittent
> >         ).
> >
> >         I've tried uninstall/reinstall of ruby and watir.
> >
> >         >From within my test script I start an ie browser window as per
> > normal
> >
> >              @ie = IE.new
> >              @ie.bring_to_front()
> >
> >         A new browser window is popped up. And that's as far as it gets.
> >
> >
> >
> >         And the error is
> >
> >           1) Error:
> >         test001(TC_test001):
> >         WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `document'
> >             HRESULT error code:0x80010108
> >               The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
> >             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in
> > `method_missing'
> >             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1237:in `title'
> >             C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1302:in
> > `bring_to_front'
> >
> >
> >         # Make the window come to the front
> >                 def bring_to_front
> >                         autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control')
> >                         autoit.WinActivate title, ''
> >                 end
> >
> >         # Return the title of the window
> >                 def title
> >                     @ ie.document.title
> >                 end
> >
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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Thu Feb  9 00:54:18 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:54:18 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written by
	Testers?
Message-ID: <37c405480602082154k48dda951r@mail.gmail.com>

Hello there, before everyone jumps all over me, please allow me to explain..

I have been evaluating Ruby and Watir for about a week now and I think it
will do what we want it to.  Not completely sure yet -- there are still some
features to check out, but it's looking good.

One thing that I have noticed is that it has been a struggle for me to do
what I want with Ruby and Watir.  That's because all the references are
geared towards programmers and not testers.  The Ruby Cheat Sheet is
_almost_ close to being an exception.  The only reference book I know is
called "Programming Ruby, The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide"... *not*
something like "Testing with Ruby, The Pragmatic Tester's Guide."

You see, I know what I want to test, but the documentation is not structured
in such a way as to help me accomplish that.  It's kind of like wanting to
drive to a different city and all I have for reference is a book with a
description of all the road signs.  So, if I didn't already know what
direction to head in and the general rules of the road, the documentation
alone certainly wouldn't help me get there.

If I didn't have any prior programming experience and some familiarity with
OO design, I'm pretty sure that I would have given up on evaluating Ruby &
Watir after the first day.  I'm persistent, if nothing else, and sometimes
it pays off.  Actually, if it weren't for this mailing list, I'm pretty sure
that I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have.  (Thank you all for your time
and help, by the way.)  The technical API reference is just about next to
useless for me and I may as well be reading an Auto Mechanic's Guide in
Esperanto.

Quoting from the "Forward" of the "Pragmatic Programmer's Guide", "Ruby is
designed to make programming not only easy, but also fun. It allows you to
concentrate on the creative side of programming, with less stress."  Hmm,
ya, that's nice.  I don't really care about the creative side of
programming.  I'm pretty sure that I'm being paid to be a creative *tester*,
and not a creative programmer.  Does Ruby/Watir help me do that?  No, not
really.  I still haven't figured out how to structure a decent test case in
Watir, let alone script it.

I believe that there currently is a big gap between the users of Ruby &
Watir and the rest of the Tester community who could probably be making use
of it.  The Ruby and Watir languages just aren't translated into
Tester-speak.

Does anyone know of any efforts, either planned or in-progress, to address
this gap?  If so, I would be very interested in participating in the review
of the documentation.  Heck, if I had the time and a lot more experience
with Ruby & Watir, I'd write it myself!

Please don't take this as a slight against Watir.  I think that Watir is a
tremendously important framework for Ruby, and without it I *know* that I
wouldn't be evaluating Ruby right now.  (Excellent job on the part of the
developers and contributors who continue to improve and expand the
framework.  Please keep up the good work.)  I just think that it would
likely be more popular if the documentation was less programmer-centric.  I
know it would help me be more productive.

Thoughts?

Paul.
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From thealy at midicorp.com  Thu Feb  9 08:38:14 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:38:14 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written
	byTesters?
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D1F@MIDISERVER>

Paul,
 
Your note here is exactly where I am at... I am also trying to make
sense of the language -- not because I want to become a Ruby expert but
more because I want to make it functional to my needs. I have been
placed in charge of QA at my company... I want to regression test our
web based products on a consistent, objective and repetitive schedule.
 
I too have been looking for *testing* solutions from Watir -- I find the
people here are VERY helpful, very quick to offer good suggestions, and
very knowledgeable.
 
I purchased the Dave Thomas Book -- Programming Ruby -- and it is a good
reference but unfortunately... your description is very apt... (I
laughed when I read) it shows description of the street signs ... (I was
not able to sum it up like that but I had similar feelings)... I have a
brief programming background and relatively understand the OO reference
but don't have the time to really *learn* Ruby.
 
I keep looking for easy answers / prebuilt scripts or other things that
will make my Watir QA tasks easier to complete. I have not found them
yet and keep plugging away at my Watir scripts. Some people here gave me
some feed back on a script I wrote the other day and some of the ideas
helped in planning future scripts... Although, I guess I just did not
get some of the modifications suggested.
 
My focus is on making the scripts as readable as possible, making the
scripts as easy to pick up six months from now and just pick up and go
with them.
 
What I really want to do is test, not write scripts or have to remember
what the script does.
 
I agree... Watir / Ruby, good... process, good... this e-mail resource,
good... learning curve, steep... the resource I could use is a
repository of examples geared more to a QA tester like me... perhaps I
will have to start to make a website for it...
 
[Thom thinks... hummm... another weekend project... grin]
 
Regards,
 
Thom
 
 
 
 

________________________________

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paul Carvalho
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:54 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written
byTesters?


Hello there, before everyone jumps all over me, please allow me to
explain..

I have been evaluating Ruby and Watir for about a week now and I think
it will do what we want it to.  Not completely sure yet -- there are
still some features to check out, but it's looking good. 

One thing that I have noticed is that it has been a struggle for me to
do what I want with Ruby and Watir.  That's because all the references
are geared towards programmers and not testers.  The Ruby Cheat Sheet is
_almost_ close to being an exception.  The only reference book I know is
called "Programming Ruby, The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide"... *not*
something like "Testing with Ruby, The Pragmatic Tester's Guide." 

You see, I know what I want to test, but the documentation is not
structured in such a way as to help me accomplish that.  It's kind of
like wanting to drive to a different city and all I have for reference
is a book with a description of all the road signs.  So, if I didn't
already know what direction to head in and the general rules of the
road, the documentation alone certainly wouldn't help me get there. 

If I didn't have any prior programming experience and some familiarity
with OO design, I'm pretty sure that I would have given up on evaluating
Ruby & Watir after the first day.  I'm persistent, if nothing else, and
sometimes it pays off.  Actually, if it weren't for this mailing list,
I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have.  (Thank
you all for your time and help, by the way.)  The technical API
reference is just about next to useless for me and I may as well be
reading an Auto Mechanic's Guide in Esperanto. 

Quoting from the "Forward" of the "Pragmatic Programmer's Guide", "Ruby
is designed to make programming not only easy, but also fun. It allows
you to concentrate on the creative side of programming, with less
stress."  Hmm, ya, that's nice.  I don't really care about the creative
side of programming.  I'm pretty sure that I'm being paid to be a
creative *tester*, and not a creative programmer.  Does Ruby/Watir help
me do that?  No, not really.  I still haven't figured out how to
structure a decent test case in Watir, let alone script it. 

I believe that there currently is a big gap between the users of Ruby &
Watir and the rest of the Tester community who could probably be making
use of it.  The Ruby and Watir languages just aren't translated into
Tester-speak. 

Does anyone know of any efforts, either planned or in-progress, to
address this gap?  If so, I would be very interested in participating in
the review of the documentation.  Heck, if I had the time and a lot more
experience with Ruby & Watir, I'd write it myself! 

Please don't take this as a slight against Watir.  I think that Watir is
a tremendously important framework for Ruby, and without it I *know*
that I wouldn't be evaluating Ruby right now.  (Excellent job on the
part of the developers and contributors who continue to improve and
expand the framework.  Please keep up the good work.)  I just think that
it would likely be more popular if the documentation was less
programmer-centric.  I know it would help me be more productive. 

Thoughts?

Paul.


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From hgs at dmu.ac.uk  Thu Feb  9 08:53:55 2006
From: hgs at dmu.ac.uk (Hugh Sasse)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:53:55 +0000 (WET)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written
 byTesters?
In-Reply-To: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D1F@MIDISERVER>
References: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D1F@MIDISERVER>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0602091349281.20514@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Thomas Healy wrote:

> I purchased the Dave Thomas Book -- Programming Ruby -- and it is a good
> reference but unfortunately... your description is very apt... (I
> laughed when I read) it shows description of the street signs ... (I was

Whilst I don't have the answer you want, there are other ways into 
learning ruby if you don't consider yourself a programmer.

http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_ltp/index.html

which I have not read.  Meanwhile, we'll wait for the testers who know
to answer your question properly.

        HTH
        Hugh


From Malcolm.Beaton at conchango.com  Thu Feb  9 09:37:57 2006
From: Malcolm.Beaton at conchango.com (Beaton, Malcolm)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:37:57 -0000
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written
	byTesters?
Message-ID: <A5AC4D5F49F69D4BA71CEBD0E5C7DEA30E963C@eghinter33.int.conchango.net>

I have also bounced off this one and found my apple scripting skills
haven't helped me greatly but I did come across this post on the Agile
Testing mailing list (hopefully attached)

This may help you a little (I mailed him straight away to ask to be put
on the list)

If it doesn't come through as an attachment I'll cut and paste it in

Malcolm Beaton

M +44 (0) 777 071 3121 



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Sent: 09 February 2006 13:54
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir
written byTesters?

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Thomas Healy wrote:

> I purchased the Dave Thomas Book -- Programming Ruby -- and it is a
good
> reference but unfortunately... your description is very apt... (I
> laughed when I read) it shows description of the street signs ... (I
was

Whilst I don't have the answer you want, there are other ways into 
learning ruby if you don't consider yourself a programmer.

http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_ltp/index.html

which I have not read.  Meanwhile, we'll wait for the testers who know
to answer your question properly.

        HTH
        Hugh
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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Thu Feb  9 10:06:29 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 09:06:29 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written by
	Testers?
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602082154k48dda951r@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602082154k48dda951r@mail.gmail.com>
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This got kind of long.  I hope it's helpful...

On 2/8/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's because all the references are
> geared towards programmers and not testers.

Consider the possibility that there is less and less of a difference
between them in the future.  That is, all around us, programmers are
developing testing skills, and testers are developing programming
skills.  Learning Ruby/Watir is a great way to start talking to
programmers in their own language.

> I'm persistent, if nothing else, and sometimes
> it pays off.  Actually, if it weren't for this mailing list, I'm pretty sure
> that I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have.  (Thank you all for your time
> and help, by the way.)

You sound like you're good at your job.  As for the mail list, there
is a long, long tradition in open source software of mail lists for
people to discuss their problems, issues, solutions, gossip, etc.
about the project.  You're right, this list is exceptionally helpful,
and it looks like you're using it to good effect.  In other words,
communities like this are the way open source software happens.

Look at it another way:  whether open source or commercial, you have
to make an investment in the software.  For a commercial project, you
invest a lot of cash, which gives you the right to call an 800 number
and get reams of documentation;  for an open source project, you
invest your time with the community, learning, helping, contributing. 
If not enough people pay a company, the company dies; if not enough
people invest time in the open source project, the project dies.   And
answering questions from beginners is one of the most important things
that helps an open source project grow.

> I'm pretty sure that I'm being paid to be a creative *tester*,
> and not a creative programmer.  Does Ruby/Watir help me do that?  No, not
> really.  I still haven't figured out how to structure a decent test case in
> Watir, let alone script it.

But you're learning fast, eh?  So are the rest of us.  Watir is
designed to be used in exploring and creating as well as in a
write-static-tests sort of way.  If you haven't discovered the
"get_foo" methods and "flash" methods yet, ask some more questions
about how to use Watir in IRB.  (BTW, also consider scripting the
test(s) first, then structuring them.  That's what "refactoring" is,
and it's a powerful way to learn.)

> I believe that there currently is a big gap between the users of Ruby &
> Watir and the rest of the Tester community who could probably be making use
> of it.  The Ruby and Watir languages just aren't translated into
> Tester-speak.

The Pragmatic guys (http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/) will be
publishing a book by Brian Marick (www.testing.com) in a few months
called "Scripting for Testers (with Ruby)".  It aims to be very much
like what you describe, a resource for testers with little or no
programming experience designed to help them solve common testing
problems with scripts written in Ruby.  It's divideded into
alternating sections "walking the walk" and "talking the talk" that
describe solving real-world problems, and programming practice
respectively.  Hopefully it'll help fill the gap you describe.

Finally, to answer sort of an underlying theme, people here regularly
bring up the issue that Watir doesn't have the bells-and-whistles of
commercial testing tools:  script recorders, clickable GUIs,
convenient stuff like that.  In fact, there is active resistance (or
at least apathy) on this project to building these things-- mostly
because the people that are capable of doing this work generally think
that these sorts of features are the wrong way to do testing.

On the flip side, if you see something that you think Watir needs--
ask for it.  That's how I started with the project.  I had no Ruby
experience, and just a little Perl.  In my first couple of weeks on
this list I asked for about 20 new features-- and I got 'em.  (Mostly
to do with support for frames.)

I hope you keep on with it, I think you're on the right track.  Let me
know if you want more information about open source, beginner
resources, whatever...
-Chris



From mb at michaelbolton.net  Thu Feb  9 10:31:32 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:31:32 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir
	writtenbyTesters?
In-Reply-To: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D1F@MIDISERVER>
Message-ID: <003001c62d8d$eb98b4d0$6801a8c0@Koko>

 > I purchased the Dave Thomas Book -- Programming Ruby -- and it is a good
reference but unfortunately... your description is very apt... (I laughed
when I read) it shows description of the street signs ... (I was not able to
sum it up like that but I had similar feelings)... I have a brief
programming background and relatively understand the OO reference but don't
have the time to really *learn* Ruby.
 
If that's really the case, you should reconsider using test automation in
general and WATIR in particular.  Imagine trying to create an automated
spelling and grammar checker without really *learning* English.  (Yes, the
metaphor is a little mixed, but useful, I hope.)  If you want automation to
assist the testing effort effectively, you'll need to meet it on its own
terms, and that means recognizing that automating tests is a software
development project.  See below for some things that have helped.
 
> I keep looking for easy answers / prebuilt scripts or other things that
will make my Watir QA tasks easier to complete. I have not found them yet
and keep plugging away at my Watir scripts. Some people here gave me some
feed back on a script I wrote the other day and some of the ideas helped in
planning future scripts... Although, I guess I just did not get some of the
modifications suggested. 
 
Questioning, rapid learning, and communicating problems effectively are
important testing skills.  Learning a programming language thoroughly will
serve you well as a tester.   Although you'll make mistakes--lots of
them--,the process will give you insight into the kinds of mistakes that
programmers make, which is an important beneficial side effect.
 
 > My focus is on making the scripts as readable as possible, making the
scripts as easy to pick up six months from now and just pick up and go with
them. 
 
That's /great/. and an important first step.  Would that all programmers
were always so pragmatic and focused on the future!  It's easy, apparently,
for programmers to forget that the program is only partially written for the
machine; it's also written for the benefit of the poor sucker that has to
maintain it.
 
> What I really want to do is test, not write scripts or have to remember
what the script does.
 
I understand that, but if you want to use automation to assist you in
testing, you can't really have one without the other.  Again, to stretch a
metaphor, it's like wanting to be a film critic without reading other film
criticism or taking notes.
 
> I agree... Watir / Ruby, good... process, good... this e-mail resource,
good... learning curve, steep... the resource I could use is a repository of
examples geared more to a QA tester like me... perhaps I will have to start
to make a website for it...
 
This would be a great step.  You might also be interested in Brian Marick's
forthcoming book, Scripting for Testers.  Here are the things that helped
for me:
 
- See if you can find local partners, either in your shop or in your
community, and pair with them.  That was the fastest mode of learning for
me.  
 
- Reading over the narrative in Programming Ruby can help, but I've got a
lot of value out of reading over the class documentation for a particular
class each day, in priority of usefulness for that class (so I started with
String, Fixnum).  
 
- Relentless practice, especially by trying the class methods in IRB, has
helped a lot.  
 
- Learning TDD--writing a test, writing just enough code to pass it,
wrestling with the confusion, sorting it out, getting a success--has helped.
 
- Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby (available online) appears to be the product
of someone who dallied a little too much with the hallucinogens at some
point, but it has helped.
 
- writing tiny useful tools, exclusive of Watir, has helped a lot.  The WOW!
factor of accomplishing some useful little task, like searching a file for
some text, or reformatting an error log to filter out the distractions, is
unmatched.
 
- learning regular expressions (partly through reading Mastering Regular
Expressions, by Friedl) has helped a lot.
 
- reading the forums (this one and the Ruby support forums) and
participating in them, has helped.
 
Finally, it's my intention to help with the Watir documentation, both
internal and external (and I'm on the paved road to Hell, of course).  If
you have specific questions about something that's unclear or baffling to
you, that will help to focus my efforts.
 
---Michael B.
 
 
 

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paul Carvalho
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:54 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written
byTesters?


Hello there, before everyone jumps all over me, please allow me to explain..

I have been evaluating Ruby and Watir for about a week now and I think it
will do what we want it to.  Not completely sure yet -- there are still some
features to check out, but it's looking good. 

One thing that I have noticed is that it has been a struggle for me to do
what I want with Ruby and Watir.  That's because all the references are
geared towards programmers and not testers.  The Ruby Cheat Sheet is
_almost_ close to being an exception.  The only reference book I know is
called "Programming Ruby, The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide"... *not*
something like "Testing with Ruby, The Pragmatic Tester's Guide." 

You see, I know what I want to test, but the documentation is not structured
in such a way as to help me accomplish that.  It's kind of like wanting to
drive to a different city and all I have for reference is a book with a
description of all the road signs.  So, if I didn't already know what
direction to head in and the general rules of the road, the documentation
alone certainly wouldn't help me get there. 

If I didn't have any prior programming experience and some familiarity with
OO design, I'm pretty sure that I would have given up on evaluating Ruby &
Watir after the first day.  I'm persistent, if nothing else, and sometimes
it pays off.  Actually, if it weren't for this mailing list, I'm pretty sure
that I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have.  (Thank you all for your time
and help, by the way.)  The technical API reference is just about next to
useless for me and I may as well be reading an Auto Mechanic's Guide in
Esperanto. 

Quoting from the "Forward" of the "Pragmatic Programmer's Guide", "Ruby is
designed to make programming not only easy, but also fun. It allows you to
concentrate on the creative side of programming, with less stress."  Hmm,
ya, that's nice.  I don't really care about the creative side of
programming.  I'm pretty sure that I'm being paid to be a creative *tester*,
and not a creative programmer.  Does Ruby/Watir help me do that?  No, not
really.  I still haven't figured out how to structure a decent test case in
Watir, let alone script it. 

I believe that there currently is a big gap between the users of Ruby &
Watir and the rest of the Tester community who could probably be making use
of it.  The Ruby and Watir languages just aren't translated into
Tester-speak. 

Does anyone know of any efforts, either planned or in-progress, to address
this gap?  If so, I would be very interested in participating in the review
of the documentation.  Heck, if I had the time and a lot more experience
with Ruby & Watir, I'd write it myself! 

Please don't take this as a slight against Watir.  I think that Watir is a
tremendously important framework for Ruby, and without it I *know* that I
wouldn't be evaluating Ruby right now.  (Excellent job on the part of the
developers and contributors who continue to improve and expand the
framework.  Please keep up the good work.)  I just think that it would
likely be more popular if the documentation was less programmer-centric.  I
know it would help me be more productive. 

Thoughts?

Paul.


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From thealy at midicorp.com  Thu Feb  9 10:43:16 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:43:16 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written
	byTesters?
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D27@MIDISERVER>

I need to test some of our webproducts and websites in foreign languages and I'm having problems with testing using Asian characters (European characters seem ok)... I set the script to look for specific text like "?x?? ?????????? ???^?m??" --> (this is traditional Chinese for 'select "page forward" to continue') -- but it fails when run... Is there some sort of character setting I need to adjust in Watir? I have not tried the various possibilities but would it work better to change the search text to some encoding like Hexadecimal (\u9078\u53D6 \u300C\u4E0B\u4E00\u6B65\u300D \u4EE5\u7E7C\u7E8C\u3002) work better? 

Unsure what to do... Has anyone run into this yet?

Thanks,

Thom

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Chris McMahon
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:06 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written byTesters?

This got kind of long.  I hope it's helpful...

On 2/8/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's because all the references are
> geared towards programmers and not testers.

Consider the possibility that there is less and less of a difference between them in the future.  That is, all around us, programmers are developing testing skills, and testers are developing programming skills.  Learning Ruby/Watir is a great way to start talking to programmers in their own language.

> I'm persistent, if nothing else, and sometimes it pays off.  Actually, 
> if it weren't for this mailing list, I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't 
> have gotten as far as I have.  (Thank you all for your time and help, 
> by the way.)

You sound like you're good at your job.  As for the mail list, there is a long, long tradition in open source software of mail lists for people to discuss their problems, issues, solutions, gossip, etc.
about the project.  You're right, this list is exceptionally helpful, and it looks like you're using it to good effect.  In other words, communities like this are the way open source software happens.

Look at it another way:  whether open source or commercial, you have to make an investment in the software.  For a commercial project, you invest a lot of cash, which gives you the right to call an 800 number and get reams of documentation;  for an open source project, you invest your time with the community, learning, helping, contributing. 
If not enough people pay a company, the company dies; if not enough
people invest time in the open source project, the project dies.   And
answering questions from beginners is one of the most important things that helps an open source project grow.

> I'm pretty sure that I'm being paid to be a creative *tester*, and not 
> a creative programmer.  Does Ruby/Watir help me do that?  No, not 
> really.  I still haven't figured out how to structure a decent test 
> case in Watir, let alone script it.

But you're learning fast, eh?  So are the rest of us.  Watir is designed to be used in exploring and creating as well as in a write-static-tests sort of way.  If you haven't discovered the "get_foo" methods and "flash" methods yet, ask some more questions about how to use Watir in IRB.  (BTW, also consider scripting the
test(s) first, then structuring them.  That's what "refactoring" is, and it's a powerful way to learn.)

> I believe that there currently is a big gap between the users of Ruby 
> & Watir and the rest of the Tester community who could probably be 
> making use of it.  The Ruby and Watir languages just aren't translated 
> into Tester-speak.

The Pragmatic guys (http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/) will be publishing a book by Brian Marick (www.testing.com) in a few months called "Scripting for Testers (with Ruby)".  It aims to be very much like what you describe, a resource for testers with little or no programming experience designed to help them solve common testing problems with scripts written in Ruby.  It's divideded into alternating sections "walking the walk" and "talking the talk" that describe solving real-world problems, and programming practice respectively.  Hopefully it'll help fill the gap you describe.

Finally, to answer sort of an underlying theme, people here regularly bring up the issue that Watir doesn't have the bells-and-whistles of commercial testing tools:  script recorders, clickable GUIs, convenient stuff like that.  In fact, there is active resistance (or at least apathy) on this project to building these things-- mostly because the people that are capable of doing this work generally think that these sorts of features are the wrong way to do testing.

On the flip side, if you see something that you think Watir needs-- ask for it.  That's how I started with the project.  I had no Ruby experience, and just a little Perl.  In my first couple of weeks on this list I asked for about 20 new features-- and I got 'em.  (Mostly to do with support for frames.)

I hope you keep on with it, I think you're on the right track.  Let me know if you want more information about open source, beginner resources, whatever...
-Chris

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From brian at vallelunga.com  Thu Feb  9 11:03:11 2006
From: brian at vallelunga.com (Brian Vallelunga)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:03:11 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Modifying Watir source
Message-ID: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CCE@brian.vallelunga.com>

I have been using Watir for two days now and want to know about how to
modify the source watir.rb file. I installed the one-click install of
Watir. What did that do exactly? Does it install pre-compiled files, or
is everything source-based?

What I'm trying to do is modify the watir.rb file so that I can more
easily use Watir with asp.net output. In much of my work, the name for a
given text box will look something like this:

ctl00$ctl00$TabPageContent$MainContent$ApplicationPage_UserDetails$nameT
extBox

What I'm really after is the last part of the name. In this case,
"nameTextBox." While my "nameTextBox" won't change, the full name of the
control will change if I rename anything higher up in the control tree,
thus forcing me to do search and replaces for all of my watir scripts.

So where do I actually go about modifying the Watir source? I downloaded
the full source, but have no idea how to go about using my modified
version rather than the installed version.

It seems as though the key is in line 828 of watir.rb (version 1.4).
Instead of matching the name or id attribute argument to the current
object's name, I can have it match just the end of the string. Of
course, I'm not sure how to go about doing that just yet, but I have a
Ruby book on arrival today.

Thanks for any help.

Brian 



From thealy at midicorp.com  Thu Feb  9 11:15:40 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:15:40 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to
	Ruby/WatirwrittenbyTesters?
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D28@MIDISERVER>

Michael,
 
"Imagine trying to create an automated spelling and grammar checker
without really *learning* English." 
 
--> Actually, No... that is a programmers job... I am not making the
spelling checker... I am checking that the spell checker catches all the
mis-spellings on the page... 
 
... I really don't concern myself with how it works... only THAT the
spell checker works...
 
In a similar vein... I am looking to create testing tools that checks a
feature on a page... click here... look for text there... fill in that
box... move this widget to an x/y spot on the page... etc... 
 
I am not so concerned with what the functions do or how they do them...
my focus ... is that when I need to click a submit button I cut and past
 
$ie.button(:name, "submit").click
 
when I want to close the testing page, I source in and call a function I
found the other day...
 
def close_it
 
    # close all open ie windows
    all_closed = 'unknown'
    while (all_closed != 'yes')
      begin
        #use a regexp that will match any title so all ie windows are
forced closed
        header = Regexp.new(//)
        @ie = IE.attach(:title, header)
        @ie.close
      # catch the exception raised when there's now window to attach to.

      rescue NoMatchingWindowFoundException
        all_closed = 'yes'
      end
    end
 
end

All I really want to do is use these "helper files" or examples to cut
and paste into a script page... so when I want to test for a feature...
I cut and paste in some specific script to do the task... As there does
not seem to be a prebuilt list of them... I am finding I have to build
them to get the job done... What I think I was looking for is that it
would be nice if these types of files were already gathered up in a
place already... 
 
Just a list of these helper files cut and pasted in the right order
should get the work done...
 
Like my Honda Element -- an internal combustion engine -- I use in the
morning to get to work... I really don't want to worry too much about
HOW it functions ... just THAT it functions...
 
Thom
 
 

________________________________

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Michael Bolton
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:32 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to
Ruby/WatirwrittenbyTesters?


 > I purchased the Dave Thomas Book -- Programming Ruby -- and it is a
good reference but unfortunately... your description is very apt... (I
laughed when I read) it shows description of the street signs ... (I was
not able to sum it up like that but I had similar feelings)... I have a
brief programming background and relatively understand the OO reference
but don't have the time to really *learn* Ruby.
 
If that's really the case, you should reconsider using test automation
in general and WATIR in particular.  Imagine trying to create an
automated spelling and grammar checker without really *learning*
English.  (Yes, the metaphor is a little mixed, but useful, I hope.)  If
you want automation to assist the testing effort effectively, you'll
need to meet it on its own terms, and that means recognizing that
automating tests is a software development project.  See below for some
things that have helped.
 
> I keep looking for easy answers / prebuilt scripts or other things
that will make my Watir QA tasks easier to complete. I have not found
them yet and keep plugging away at my Watir scripts. Some people here
gave me some feed back on a script I wrote the other day and some of the
ideas helped in planning future scripts... Although, I guess I just did
not get some of the modifications suggested. 
 
Questioning, rapid learning, and communicating problems effectively are
important testing skills.  Learning a programming language thoroughly
will serve you well as a tester.   Although you'll make mistakes--lots
of them--,the process will give you insight into the kinds of mistakes
that programmers make, which is an important beneficial side effect.
 
 > My focus is on making the scripts as readable as possible, making the
scripts as easy to pick up six months from now and just pick up and go
with them. 
 
That's /great/. and an important first step.  Would that all programmers
were always so pragmatic and focused on the future!  It's easy,
apparently, for programmers to forget that the program is only partially
written for the machine; it's also written for the benefit of the poor
sucker that has to maintain it.
 
> What I really want to do is test, not write scripts or have to
remember what the script does.
 
I understand that, but if you want to use automation to assist you in
testing, you can't really have one without the other.  Again, to stretch
a metaphor, it's like wanting to be a film critic without reading other
film criticism or taking notes.
 
> I agree... Watir / Ruby, good... process, good... this e-mail
resource, good... learning curve, steep... the resource I could use is a
repository of examples geared more to a QA tester like me... perhaps I
will have to start to make a website for it...
 
This would be a great step.  You might also be interested in Brian
Marick's forthcoming book, Scripting for Testers.  Here are the things
that helped for me:
 
- See if you can find local partners, either in your shop or in your
community, and pair with them.  That was the fastest mode of learning
for me.  
 
- Reading over the narrative in Programming Ruby can help, but I've got
a lot of value out of reading over the class documentation for a
particular class each day, in priority of usefulness for that class (so
I started with String, Fixnum).  
 
- Relentless practice, especially by trying the class methods in IRB,
has helped a lot.  
 
- Learning TDD--writing a test, writing just enough code to pass it,
wrestling with the confusion, sorting it out, getting a success--has
helped.
 
- Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby (available online) appears to be the
product of someone who dallied a little too much with the hallucinogens
at some point, but it has helped.
 
- writing tiny useful tools, exclusive of Watir, has helped a lot.  The
WOW! factor of accomplishing some useful little task, like searching a
file for some text, or reformatting an error log to filter out the
distractions, is unmatched.
 
- learning regular expressions (partly through reading Mastering Regular
Expressions, by Friedl) has helped a lot.
 
- reading the forums (this one and the Ruby support forums) and
participating in them, has helped.
 
Finally, it's my intention to help with the Watir documentation, both
internal and external (and I'm on the paved road to Hell, of course).
If you have specific questions about something that's unclear or
baffling to you, that will help to focus my efforts.
 
---Michael B.
 
 
 

________________________________

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paul Carvalho
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:54 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written
byTesters?


Hello there, before everyone jumps all over me, please allow me to
explain..

I have been evaluating Ruby and Watir for about a week now and I think
it will do what we want it to.  Not completely sure yet -- there are
still some features to check out, but it's looking good. 

One thing that I have noticed is that it has been a struggle for me to
do what I want with Ruby and Watir.  That's because all the references
are geared towards programmers and not testers.  The Ruby Cheat Sheet is
_almost_ close to being an exception.  The only reference book I know is
called "Programming Ruby, The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide"... *not*
something like "Testing with Ruby, The Pragmatic Tester's Guide." 

You see, I know what I want to test, but the documentation is not
structured in such a way as to help me accomplish that.  It's kind of
like wanting to drive to a different city and all I have for reference
is a book with a description of all the road signs.  So, if I didn't
already know what direction to head in and the general rules of the
road, the documentation alone certainly wouldn't help me get there. 

If I didn't have any prior programming experience and some familiarity
with OO design, I'm pretty sure that I would have given up on evaluating
Ruby & Watir after the first day.  I'm persistent, if nothing else, and
sometimes it pays off.  Actually, if it weren't for this mailing list,
I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have.  (Thank
you all for your time and help, by the way.)  The technical API
reference is just about next to useless for me and I may as well be
reading an Auto Mechanic's Guide in Esperanto. 

Quoting from the "Forward" of the "Pragmatic Programmer's Guide", "Ruby
is designed to make programming not only easy, but also fun. It allows
you to concentrate on the creative side of programming, with less
stress."  Hmm, ya, that's nice.  I don't really care about the creative
side of programming.  I'm pretty sure that I'm being paid to be a
creative *tester*, and not a creative programmer.  Does Ruby/Watir help
me do that?  No, not really.  I still haven't figured out how to
structure a decent test case in Watir, let alone script it. 

I believe that there currently is a big gap between the users of Ruby &
Watir and the rest of the Tester community who could probably be making
use of it.  The Ruby and Watir languages just aren't translated into
Tester-speak. 

Does anyone know of any efforts, either planned or in-progress, to
address this gap?  If so, I would be very interested in participating in
the review of the documentation.  Heck, if I had the time and a lot more
experience with Ruby & Watir, I'd write it myself! 

Please don't take this as a slight against Watir.  I think that Watir is
a tremendously important framework for Ruby, and without it I *know*
that I wouldn't be evaluating Ruby right now.  (Excellent job on the
part of the developers and contributors who continue to improve and
expand the framework.  Please keep up the good work.)  I just think that
it would likely be more popular if the documentation was less
programmer-centric.  I know it would help me be more productive. 

Thoughts?

Paul.


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From Mark_Cain at rl.gov  Thu Feb  9 11:33:05 2006
From: Mark_Cain at rl.gov (Cain, Mark)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:33:05 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written
	byTesters?
Message-ID: <9C0BD1E3DAF1204D842D72E2DCE2A04ED1D560@EX5V.rl.gov>

My $.02

 

I have found the unittests invaluable for leaning a Watir as well as
automation test case structure.  I have ripped-off...borrowed...some
much from that source, and customized for my need, I can't even begin to
tell you!  The learning curve can be steep down the automation path, but
if you are like me and have to repeat running test cases that you know
could be automated, when it is worth it!  Especially if you don't get
enough time to adequately test what you have to right now, using
'personal slaves' like Watir, Selenium, Ruby, etc, to help you do your
job better, is working smarter not harder!  

 

A recurring theme throughout this tread is to start small-and oh how
true that is.  Start out small, if you have text fields on your page
look at the unittests for text fields (textfileds*.rb and
textAreafields*.rb), see how to use them and swipe whatever code you
find useful-changing attribute names to match you're your target test.
Get that working and then expand.  Before you know it you will have a
solid group of reusable tests.  You can always 'refactor' your test as
your skills improve.  Two very useful Watir methods I have found are
"show_all_objects" and "flash" you can find these listed in the Watir
API doc installed with Watir.

 

One last note, monitor this site and you will see postings of utilities,
code snippets, better ways of doing things, breakthroughs others have,
links to useful resources, etc.  Whenever I see something I think might
be useful now or later, I save it off, name it something useful I will
remember later, and keep it a working folder-and use it all the time.

 

--Mark

 

________________________________

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paul Carvalho
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 9:54 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References to Ruby/Watir written
byTesters?

 

Hello there, before everyone jumps all over me, please allow me to
explain..

I have been evaluating Ruby and Watir for about a week now and I think
it will do what we want it to.  Not completely sure yet -- there are
still some features to check out, but it's looking good. 

One thing that I have noticed is that it has been a struggle for me to
do what I want with Ruby and Watir.  That's because all the references
are geared towards programmers and not testers.  The Ruby Cheat Sheet is
_almost_ close to being an exception.  The only reference book I know is
called "Programming Ruby, The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide"... *not*
something like "Testing with Ruby, The Pragmatic Tester's Guide." 

You see, I know what I want to test, but the documentation is not
structured in such a way as to help me accomplish that.  It's kind of
like wanting to drive to a different city and all I have for reference
is a book with a description of all the road signs.  So, if I didn't
already know what direction to head in and the general rules of the
road, the documentation alone certainly wouldn't help me get there. 

If I didn't have any prior programming experience and some familiarity
with OO design, I'm pretty sure that I would have given up on evaluating
Ruby & Watir after the first day.  I'm persistent, if nothing else, and
sometimes it pays off.  Actually, if it weren't for this mailing list,
I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have.  (Thank
you all for your time and help, by the way.)  The technical API
reference is just about next to useless for me and I may as well be
reading an Auto Mechanic's Guide in Esperanto. 

Quoting from the "Forward" of the "Pragmatic Programmer's Guide", "Ruby
is designed to make programming not only easy, but also fun. It allows
you to concentrate on the creative side of programming, with less
stress."  Hmm, ya, that's nice.  I don't really care about the creative
side of programming.  I'm pretty sure that I'm being paid to be a
creative *tester*, and not a creative programmer.  Does Ruby/Watir help
me do that?  No, not really.  I still haven't figured out how to
structure a decent test case in Watir, let alone script it. 

I believe that there currently is a big gap between the users of Ruby &
Watir and the rest of the Tester community who could probably be making
use of it.  The Ruby and Watir languages just aren't translated into
Tester-speak. 

Does anyone know of any efforts, either planned or in-progress, to
address this gap?  If so, I would be very interested in participating in
the review of the documentation.  Heck, if I had the time and a lot more
experience with Ruby & Watir, I'd write it myself! 

Please don't take this as a slight against Watir.  I think that Watir is
a tremendously important framework for Ruby, and without it I *know*
that I wouldn't be evaluating Ruby right now.  (Excellent job on the
part of the developers and contributors who continue to improve and
expand the framework.  Please keep up the good work.)  I just think that
it would likely be more popular if the documentation was less
programmer-centric.  I know it would help me be more productive. 

Thoughts?

Paul.

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From bret at pettichord.com  Thu Feb  9 11:30:25 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:30:25 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Modifying Watir source
In-Reply-To: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CCE@brian.vallelunga.com>
References: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CCE@brian.vallelunga.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602090830t631c8831i229682ccf7412105@mail.gmail.com>

If you want to go ahead and change your copy of watir.rb, just go ahead and
do it. Just edit your file. There is no compiling or anything that you need
to do other than that.

However, in the specific case you mention, Watir already has the
functionality you want. Try ie.text_field(:name,
/nameTextBox$/).set("whatever")

Bret

On 2/9/06, Brian Vallelunga <brian at vallelunga.com> wrote:
>
> I have been using Watir for two days now and want to know about how to
> modify the source watir.rb file. I installed the one-click install of
> Watir. What did that do exactly? Does it install pre-compiled files, or
> is everything source-based?
>
> What I'm trying to do is modify the watir.rb file so that I can more
> easily use Watir with asp.net output. In much of my work, the name for a
> given text box will look something like this:
>
> ctl00$ctl00$TabPageContent$MainContent$ApplicationPage_UserDetails$nameT
> extBox
>
> What I'm really after is the last part of the name. In this case,
> "nameTextBox." While my "nameTextBox" won't change, the full name of the
> control will change if I rename anything higher up in the control tree,
> thus forcing me to do search and replaces for all of my watir scripts.
>
> So where do I actually go about modifying the Watir source? I downloaded
> the full source, but have no idea how to go about using my modified
> version rather than the installed version.
>
> It seems as though the key is in line 828 of watir.rb (version 1.4).
> Instead of matching the name or id attribute argument to the current
> object's name, I can have it match just the end of the string. Of
> course, I'm not sure how to go about doing that just yet, but I have a
> Ruby book on arrival today.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Brian
>
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From angrez at gmail.com  Thu Feb  9 11:32:03 2006
From: angrez at gmail.com (Angrez Singh)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:02:03 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] Modifying Watir source
In-Reply-To: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CCE@brian.vallelunga.com>
References: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CCE@brian.vallelunga.com>
Message-ID: <e26bda3e0602090832k7a26d57dgec72bd4edffd87ae@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Brian,

Just a thought, how about using regular expressions for matching name of
such controls, whose value changes upon the way they are embedded inside the
other controls? In that way you don't have to change the watir.rb file.

Regards,
Angrez
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From brian at vallelunga.com  Thu Feb  9 11:45:59 2006
From: brian at vallelunga.com (Brian Vallelunga)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:45:59 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Modifying Watir source
Message-ID: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CD0@brian.vallelunga.com>

Excellent! Thank you very much. This makes my life a whole lot easier. I
realize the "/" signifies the start and end of a regex, but What does
the $ mean?
 
Brian

________________________________

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 11:30 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Modifying Watir source


If you want to go ahead and change your copy of watir.rb, just go ahead
and do it. Just edit your file. There is no compiling or anything that
you need to do other than that.

However, in the specific case you mention, Watir already has the
functionality you want. Try ie.text_field(:name,
/nameTextBox$/).set("whatever")

Bret
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From brian at vallelunga.com  Thu Feb  9 12:47:32 2006
From: brian at vallelunga.com (Brian Vallelunga)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:47:32 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?
Message-ID: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CD3@brian.vallelunga.com>

As I was typing in line 261 of very basic and repetitive Watir code, I
that much of this scripting should be able to be done declaratively,
especially when using the scripts to simply input values and check
responses. Has anyone done anything like this?

I envision an XML action list like:

<watirActions>
	<action type='text_field' how='id' method='set'
what='dateOfBirthTextBox' value='01/01/1980' />
	<action type='select_list' how='id' method='select'
what='stateDropDown' value='CA' />
	<action type='button' how='value' method='click' what='Submit'
/>
	<action type='expect_text' value='You live in California' />
	<action type='expect_html' value='<b>Birthdate: 01/01/1980</b>'
/>
</watirActions>

While this isn't much shorter than the actual script, it would allow for
automation opportunities. I envision being able to point a program at an
existing (completed) web page and have it analyze the page and generate
most of this code. This sort of approach seems a natural extension of
the Watir framework and I'm curious if anyone has attempted something
like this?

Thanks,

Brian
	



From sergio.pinon at us.g4s.com  Thu Feb  9 13:00:00 2006
From: sergio.pinon at us.g4s.com (Sergio Pinon)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:00:00 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?
Message-ID: <6554B86C58B86F43B66363ED5CF6ED05011116A6@bugatti.ems.securicor.com>

Brian,
I have been working on something exactly like this. And that tool you
mentioned at the end of your posting would be perfect companion for it.
Take a look and let me know how you think we can improve it. Right now I
only use it for my company internally but I have no problems sharing it
with others.

Here is the source that I have been working from.

Sergio

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Brian Vallelunga
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:48 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?

As I was typing in line 261 of very basic and repetitive Watir code, I
that much of this scripting should be able to be done declaratively,
especially when using the scripts to simply input values and check
responses. Has anyone done anything like this?

I envision an XML action list like:

<watirActions>
	<action type='text_field' how='id' method='set'
what='dateOfBirthTextBox' value='01/01/1980' />
	<action type='select_list' how='id' method='select'
what='stateDropDown' value='CA' />
	<action type='button' how='value' method='click' what='Submit'
/>
	<action type='expect_text' value='You live in California' />
	<action type='expect_html' value='<b>Birthdate: 01/01/1980</b>'
/>
</watirActions>

While this isn't much shorter than the actual script, it would allow for
automation opportunities. I envision being able to point a program at an
existing (completed) web page and have it analyze the page and generate
most of this code. This sort of approach seems a natural extension of
the Watir framework and I'm curious if anyone has attempted something
like this?

Thanks,

Brian
	

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From mb at michaelbolton.net  Thu Feb  9 13:36:20 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:36:20 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References
	toRuby/WatirwrittenbyTesters?
In-Reply-To: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D28@MIDISERVER>
Message-ID: <009301c62da7$b8c6ea30$6801a8c0@Koko>

Michael,
 
 >> "Imagine trying to create an automated spelling and grammar checker
without really *learning* English." 
 
>Actually, No... that is a programmers job... I am not making the spelling
checker... I am checking that the spell checker catches all the
mis-spellings on the page... 
 
 > ... I really don't concern myself with how it works... only THAT the
spell checker works...
 
Actually, no.  I mentioned that the metaphor was a stretch.  My point is
this:  test automation is an oracle--that is, a principle or mechanism by
which we recognize a problem.  The less you know about your oracle, about
your principle or mechanism, the greater the chance that you will miss
something important.  If you didn't know, for example, that the spelling
checker works merely by comparing each word in your document to a list of
existing words, you might ascribe more intelligence to the spelling checker
than you ought, and sir ten words wood get miss spelled, and ewe wood knot
no a thing about it.
 
 > In a similar vein... I am looking to create testing tools that checks a
feature on a page... click here... look for text there... fill in that
box... move this widget to an x/y spot on the page... etc... 
 
How do you expect to do this /reliably/ if you don't know how to instruct
the machine to do it?  You can cut and paste all you like, but the more you
do so, the more you abdicate the testing task--the performance and
intelligent evaluation of the test--to the machine.  In my view, that's
exactly the problem with the way many testers do automation; they let the
machine do the thinking for them.  Bear in mind that I'm a noted automation
skeptic for precisely this reason.  If we're going to deploy automation, we
should do it wisely and well.
 
> Like my Honda Element -- an internal combustion engine -- I use in the
morning to get to work... I really don't want to worry too much about HOW it
functions ... just THAT it functions... 
 
I remember my mom using that metaphor with respect to her computer.  A few
years later, she started selling software.  My response (which was
apparently effective) was that she didn't need to learn how the engine
functioned, but she did need to be comfortable with the controls on the
dashboard, finding the gas tank, checking the oil, and making sure the wiper
fluid was topped up.  She needed to know how to control the car, not count
on it to drive her to work.
 
I'll own that we're talking about a bit more of a commitment here than you
might want to make.  My concern would be that if you don't know a sufficient
amount about HOW it functions, you won't know THAT it's functioning in a way
that /doesn't/ meet your needs, or that misleads you into thinking that
you're doing better testing than you are.  My father-in-law afforded a great
example of this recently.  He was using my power drill, and he had misplaced
the bit such that the bit wasn't perpendicular to the chuck, and the clutch
on the drill was making a terrible noise.  Since he wasn't familiar with the
proper operation of the drill, the damage that he was doing to the drill,
the bit, the screw, the wall, and so on.  This wasn't a matter of him
knowing about the internals; it was a matter of knowing how to use the tool.
 
WATIR is like a debugger, in that debuggers neither find nor fix your bugs;
YOU do that.  Rest assured, though, that learning Ruby is one of the more
pleasant experiences you'll have learning a programming language.  And you
might want to review the list of helpful things that I posted in the
original message.
 
---Michael B.
 
 
 
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From Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com  Thu Feb  9 13:43:52 2006
From: Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com (Attebery, Bill)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:43:52 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Access denied problem is driving me nuts
Message-ID: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDDC@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>


This is in response to Access denied problem is driving me nuts dated
Jan 19, 2006:

I'm new to watir and ruby and am currently checking it's feasibility
against some of our in-house applications, one of the apps uses frames
and most of the workarounds that I found on the forums didn't seem to
help or didn't meet my needs.  I'm not sure what's going on under the
hood exactly and why the 'cross-site scripting' would apply to my
particular application since it seems that all the content is coming
from the same location -- but my symptoms were the same.

The latest workaround I found posted -- basically aliasing the domain in
the hosts file worked like a charm.  I also stumbled onto another while
working with this -- if I put the domain of the webpage that's causing
problems into my 'Trusted Sites' in IE settings, it also gets around the
'Access denied' problems with frames.  I suspect this may be cleaner
because anytime that domain is used it should be covered, whereas with
the alias I suspect that if a fully qualified URL is used at some point
(say by accessing an application link) that you could run into issues
again.

E.g.  If my URL is "http://testserver.twtelecom.com:5005/<application>"
and I put "testserver.twtelcom.com" into my trusted sites, I can access
and work with the frames with no problems (at least, so far).

Anyway, not sure if this works in all the 'cross-site scripting'
situations, but just FYI if someone does get that wiki going.  :-)

Thanks for all the help -- great tool and great forum.

Bill


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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Thu Feb  9 13:45:13 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:45:13 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Are there any References
	toRuby/WatirwrittenbyTesters?
In-Reply-To: <009301c62da7$b8c6ea30$6801a8c0@Koko>
References: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D28@MIDISERVER>
	<009301c62da7$b8c6ea30$6801a8c0@Koko>
Message-ID: <72799cd70602091045u4c0474ew1013afac9d5e054f@mail.gmail.com>

> WATIR is like a debugger, in that debuggers neither find nor fix your bugs;
> YOU do that.  Rest assured, though, that learning Ruby is one of the more
> pleasant experiences you'll have learning a programming language.  And you
> might want to review the list of helpful things that I posted in the
> original message.

It's also worth mentioning that you could do everything Watir does in
raw Win32OLE commands, VB, C#, or anything else that knows how to talk
to Windows under the GUI.  Watir is just a convenient way to muck
around with Win32OLE.  And the Win32OLE interface is so unpleasant
that almost no one uses it directly.

-Chris



From thealy at midicorp.com  Thu Feb  9 13:51:24 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:51:24 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D34@MIDISERVER>

Thanks Sergio...

That is perfect... Exactly what I am looking for... A canned set of
scripts to do web testing... No fuss, no muss...

Regards,

Thom 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Sergio Pinon
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:00 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?

Brian,
I have been working on something exactly like this. And that tool you
mentioned at the end of your posting would be perfect companion for it.
Take a look and let me know how you think we can improve it. Right now I
only use it for my company internally but I have no problems sharing it
with others.

Here is the source that I have been working from.

Sergio

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Brian Vallelunga
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:48 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?

As I was typing in line 261 of very basic and repetitive Watir code, I
that much of this scripting should be able to be done declaratively,
especially when using the scripts to simply input values and check
responses. Has anyone done anything like this?

I envision an XML action list like:

<watirActions>
	<action type='text_field' how='id' method='set'
what='dateOfBirthTextBox' value='01/01/1980' />
	<action type='select_list' how='id' method='select'
what='stateDropDown' value='CA' />
	<action type='button' how='value' method='click' what='Submit'
/>
	<action type='expect_text' value='You live in California' />
	<action type='expect_html' value='<b>Birthdate: 01/01/1980</b>'
/>
</watirActions>

While this isn't much shorter than the actual script, it would allow for
automation opportunities. I envision being able to point a program at an
existing (completed) web page and have it analyze the page and generate
most of this code. This sort of approach seems a natural extension of
the Watir framework and I'm curious if anyone has attempted something
like this?

Thanks,

Brian
	

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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Thu Feb  9 13:50:34 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:50:34 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Access denied problem is driving me nuts
In-Reply-To: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDDC@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>
References: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDDC@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>
Message-ID: <72799cd70602091050p4d2c3c6cp73a7def778815637@mail.gmail.com>

>  if I put the domain of the webpage that's causing problems into my
> 'Trusted Sites' in IE settings, it also gets around the 'Access denied'
> problems with frames.
>

For test purposes, I always have my IE set to the lowest possible security.
This eliminates a lot of trouble.
-Chris
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From ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com  Thu Feb  9 13:58:04 2006
From: ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com (Chintakrindi Meghanath )
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:58:04 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts
Message-ID: <6CF3AA425295C7479483AC0018EDF98B01DADF8B@MI8NYCMAIL03.Mi8.com>

Hi
 
I hear that many companies uses shell scripts(using bourne shell or any other ...) in the testing cycle.
So, my question is can we use watir/ruby scripts instead of these.
 
 

Thanks

Meghanath

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From PGarigue at EXTEND.COM  Thu Feb  9 14:09:10 2006
From: PGarigue at EXTEND.COM (Pierre Garigue)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:09:10 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts
Message-ID: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04B69ABA@mail.extend.com>

you can certainly use Ruby for testing other things than web sites.
 
It detepends what you want to do regression testing on.
 
have a look at 
http://rubyforge.org/
 
Cheers
Pierre 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chintakrindi Meghanath [mailto:ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:58 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts


Hi
 
I hear that many companies uses shell scripts(using bourne shell or any other ...) in the testing cycle.
So, my question is can we use watir/ruby scripts instead of these.
 
 

Thanks

Meghanath

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From billagee at gmail.com  Thu Feb  9 14:32:58 2006
From: billagee at gmail.com (Bill Agee)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:32:58 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?
In-Reply-To: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CD3@brian.vallelunga.com>
References: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CD3@brian.vallelunga.com>
Message-ID: <73e7817e0602091132u18a3c7dfkd3cc6fb9e12afd30@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/9/06, Brian Vallelunga <brian at vallelunga.com> wrote:
> As I was typing in line 261 of very basic and repetitive Watir code, I
> that much of this scripting should be able to be done declaratively,
> especially when using the scripts to simply input values and check
> responses. Has anyone done anything like this?

I currently use a little homebrew framework like this.  I just have a
big batch of XML files that contain elements like <button name="name"
method="click" /> and so forth, contained inside <step> elements, and
a driver script that parses the XML files and turns the contents into
Watir statements.  For complex cases that require more code (like
popup handling) I just make special tags whose name correspond to
methods that contain the special case code.

However, I'm strongly considering a change, using Test::Unit instead
of continuing with my own stuff.  This is because I'm trying to figure
out the best way to hand over the framework to the dev team to use,
and my module for handling my XML files feels kind of kludgey.  I also
don't want people to have to discover limitations with my XML format
and have to hack on that to handle new cases.  Also, using a standard
unit testing format rather than something I threw together will
probably be more appealing to the dev staff where I work. :)

On the other hand, not using the XML config files will probably make
for a steeper learning curve.  The tradeoffs are interesting.

There's also WET (http://wet.qantom.org/overview.html) which I haven't
looked at in depth, but might be applicable for what you want.

Thanks
Bill



From thealy at midicorp.com  Thu Feb  9 14:35:03 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:35:03 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Specific Functions
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D38@MIDISERVER>

Does anyone know how to detect if a video is playing on a webpage (and
the path for the video -- duration of the video)... We frequently change
this event, depending on the client, and I need to be able to log what
is happening on the page I check... 

I am very aware of the AV object we use on the page... Our av object
("AV") we create has the properties AV.htmlCtrls.play, .pause, .stop,
etc... It also have the property .path... But how would I capture this
to log?

Thanks,

Thom

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Healy
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:51 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?

Thanks Sergio...

That is perfect... Exactly what I am looking for... A canned set of
scripts to do web testing... No fuss, no muss...

Regards,

Thom 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Sergio Pinon
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:00 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?

Brian,
I have been working on something exactly like this. And that tool you
mentioned at the end of your posting would be perfect companion for it.
Take a look and let me know how you think we can improve it. Right now I
only use it for my company internally but I have no problems sharing it
with others.

Here is the source that I have been working from.

Sergio

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Brian Vallelunga
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:48 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?

As I was typing in line 261 of very basic and repetitive Watir code, I
that much of this scripting should be able to be done declaratively,
especially when using the scripts to simply input values and check
responses. Has anyone done anything like this?

I envision an XML action list like:

<watirActions>
	<action type='text_field' how='id' method='set'
what='dateOfBirthTextBox' value='01/01/1980' />
	<action type='select_list' how='id' method='select'
what='stateDropDown' value='CA' />
	<action type='button' how='value' method='click' what='Submit'
/>
	<action type='expect_text' value='You live in California' />
	<action type='expect_html' value='<b>Birthdate: 01/01/1980</b>'
/>
</watirActions>

While this isn't much shorter than the actual script, it would allow for
automation opportunities. I envision being able to point a program at an
existing (completed) web page and have it analyze the page and generate
most of this code. This sort of approach seems a natural extension of
the Watir framework and I'm curious if anyone has attempted something
like this?

Thanks,

Brian
	

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From ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com  Thu Feb  9 14:38:49 2006
From: ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com (Chintakrindi Meghanath )
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:38:49 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts
Message-ID: <6CF3AA425295C7479483AC0018EDF98B01DADF8C@MI8NYCMAIL03.Mi8.com>

Hi 
 
Thanks, my next question is what are the advantages using ruby/watir scripts rather than conventional shell scripts
 
Thanks
Meghanath
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org]On Behalf Of Pierre Garigue
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:09 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts


you can certainly use Ruby for testing other things than web sites.
 
It detepends what you want to do regression testing on.
 
have a look at 
http://rubyforge.org/
 
Cheers
Pierre 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chintakrindi Meghanath [mailto:ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:58 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts


Hi
 
I hear that many companies uses shell scripts(using bourne shell or any other ...) in the testing cycle.
So, my question is can we use watir/ruby scripts instead of these.
 
 

Thanks

Meghanath

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From PGarigue at EXTEND.COM  Thu Feb  9 14:51:49 2006
From: PGarigue at EXTEND.COM (Pierre Garigue)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:51:49 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts
Message-ID: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04CAC2B1@mail.extend.com>

For example people have been using Perl rather than Bash for system admin for years.
Traditionally people using Bash have use a lot of other languages such as sed and awk to do their work.
 
the main advantages of using a langauge like Perl or Ruby are:
 
* portability over operating systems (if you know how to write then to be so)
* access to modules for doing any kind of things directly within the language.
 
 
 
Cheers
Pierre 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chintakrindi Meghanath [mailto:ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:39 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts


Hi 
 
Thanks, my next question is what are the advantages using ruby/watir scripts rather than conventional shell scripts
 
Thanks
Meghanath
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org]On Behalf Of Pierre Garigue
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:09 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts


you can certainly use Ruby for testing other things than web sites.
 
It detepends what you want to do regression testing on.
 
have a look at 
http://rubyforge.org/
 
Cheers
Pierre 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chintakrindi Meghanath [mailto:ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:58 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts


Hi
 
I hear that many companies uses shell scripts(using bourne shell or any other ...) in the testing cycle.
So, my question is can we use watir/ruby scripts instead of these.
 
 

Thanks

Meghanath

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From hgs at dmu.ac.uk  Thu Feb  9 15:00:28 2006
From: hgs at dmu.ac.uk (Hugh Sasse)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:00:28 +0000 (WET)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?
In-Reply-To: <73e7817e0602091132u18a3c7dfkd3cc6fb9e12afd30@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CD3@brian.vallelunga.com>
	<73e7817e0602091132u18a3c7dfkd3cc6fb9e12afd30@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0602091953400.20514@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Bill Agee wrote:

> On the other hand, not using the XML config files will probably make
> for a steeper learning curve.  The tradeoffs are interesting.

Why is this, do you think?  OK, XML syntax is pretty standard, but
the semantics will have to be learned.  At least with Ruby you can
add new methods which wrap behaviour, if you wish to simplify common
cases.   Which aspects of the Ruby syntax present difficulties for
the newcomer?  I could probably have told you a few years back, but
now I'm fairly used to it, and in the domain of testing, I cannot
consider this to be obvious.  But it may be that commonly confusing 
cases may be re-written to be clear.

        Hugh


From rosecao at us.ibm.com  Thu Feb  9 15:04:49 2006
From: rosecao at us.ibm.com (Rose Cao)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:04:49 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby on AIX
In-Reply-To: <f57e5a0e0602081935o120cbe83m@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <OF605DB5A5.1E75645F-ON87257110.006D9840-87257110.006E0BB5@us.ibm.com>






Eduardo,

You are right.  I too realized it after posting the email to this mailing
list.

Yes, I am working on another way to solve the problems now.
      a.  have some kind of scheduling tool which can do event-based
scheduling on Windows server
      b.  have home-growing scheduling (Have some kind of Lotus Notes agent
to read the notification of the completion of other jobs, then trigger the
script).

F.Y.I, I successfully scheduled the scripts in Windows through winBatch
file which is time-based scheduling right now.


Thanks,
Rose




                                                                           
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Rose,

Unfortunately, even if you successfully installs ruby on AIX, Watir
currently only runs on Windows.

[]'s
Eduardo

2006/2/8, Rose Cao <rosecao at us.ibm.com>:
>
>
> The scripts are running on Windows. But it is personal desktop. In order
to
> schedule the scripts on server, need install Ruby to server which is AIX
> box. I found one binary Ruby
> @http://www.bullfreeware.com/download/aix52/ruby-1.8.2.0.bff.
> For caution, can anyone give some suggestions on use of the AIX version
of
> Ruby? Or are there any documents on it?
>
>  Thanks,
>  Rose
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From hgs at dmu.ac.uk  Thu Feb  9 15:20:23 2006
From: hgs at dmu.ac.uk (Hugh Sasse)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:20:23 +0000 (WET)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby on AIX
In-Reply-To: <OF605DB5A5.1E75645F-ON87257110.006D9840-87257110.006E0BB5@us.ibm.com>
References: <OF605DB5A5.1E75645F-ON87257110.006D9840-87257110.006E0BB5@us.ibm.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0602092017210.20514@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Rose Cao wrote:

> Eduardo,
> 
> You are right.  I too realized it after posting the email to this mailing
> list.
        [...]
> > The scripts are running on Windows. But it is personal desktop. In order
> to
> > schedule the scripts on server, need install Ruby to server which is AIX
> > box. I found one binary Ruby

You could use ruby to setup a network server on the Windows box, and 
have anything on the AIX box connect to it to kick off the tests. 

        Hugh


From bret at pettichord.com  Thu Feb  9 15:42:49 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:42:49 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Access denied problem is driving me nuts
In-Reply-To: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDDC@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>
References: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDDC@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>
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Thanks for sharing your solution. Very helpful.
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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Thu Feb  9 16:13:55 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:13:55 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] How do you find a specific string in an HTML page?
Message-ID: <37c405480602091313u7f1bf1f2w@mail.gmail.com>

Hi there, I am trying to find a way to find a particular string in an HTML
page and save it to a variable.  It seems simple enough, but I can't find
the commands to help me do it yet.

Our Dot-Net app assigns Unique ID's to various objects within the system.
For example, if you create a new Customer in an Order-Taking system, the new
Customer is assigned a unique ID (let's call it "customerID").  When I look
at the HTML page, I see that UID in various places.  For example:
(a) within a "div" tag (within a custom attribute unrecognised by Watir)
(b) within an "a href" link (part of the URL - e.g. "
http://www.../../ShowCustomer.aspx?mode=edit&customerID=1234asdf-5678hjlk")

I know that I can use the contains_text() to look for text on the page.  I
can also use ie.frame("frameName").html.to_s to capture the contents of the
frame.  So how can I tell Watir to find the "customerID=" phrase and then
capture the next [fixed-number] set of characters into a string variable?

Thanks in advance.

Paul.
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From sergio.pinon at us.g4s.com  Thu Feb  9 16:23:03 2006
From: sergio.pinon at us.g4s.com (Sergio Pinon)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:23:03 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] How do you find a specific string in an HTML page?
Message-ID: <6554B86C58B86F43B66363ED5CF6ED05011116D6@bugatti.ems.securicor.com>

I always like to use the javascript objects. So one way is to be able to
get the javascript underlying object from the div reference in WATIR.
Then when you get that just call the getAttribute() method on that
object and pull out the attribute that you would like. Another way would
be to use the XML Xpath against the DOM to pull the data that you want.
I am not too familiar with this but I know it can be done.

 

Sergio

 

________________________________

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paul Carvalho
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:14 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] How do you find a specific string in an HTML
page?

 

Hi there, I am trying to find a way to find a particular string in an
HTML page and save it to a variable.  It seems simple enough, but I
can't find the commands to help me do it yet.

Our Dot-Net app assigns Unique ID's to various objects within the
system.  For example, if you create a new Customer in an Order-Taking
system, the new Customer is assigned a unique ID (let's call it
"customerID").  When I look at the HTML page, I see that UID in various
places.  For example:
(a) within a "div" tag (within a custom attribute unrecognised by Watir)
(b) within an "a href" link (part of the URL - e.g.
"http://www.../../ShowCustomer.aspx?mode=edit&customerID=1234asdf-5678hj
lk")

I know that I can use the contains_text() to look for text on the page.
I can also use ie.frame("frameName").html.to_s to capture the contents
of the frame.  So how can I tell Watir to find the "customerID=" phrase
and then capture the next [fixed-number] set of characters into a string
variable?

Thanks in advance.

Paul.

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From rosecao at us.ibm.com  Thu Feb  9 16:31:34 2006
From: rosecao at us.ibm.com (Rose Cao)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:31:34 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Ruby on AIX
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0602092017210.20514@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <OFD4235FCA.B2956EC5-ON87257110.00754FF6-87257110.0075FD39@us.ibm.com>






Yes, this is one of the options need be considered.


Thanks,
Rose




                                                                           
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On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Rose Cao wrote:

> Eduardo,
>
> You are right.  I too realized it after posting the email to this mailing
> list.
        [...]
> > The scripts are running on Windows. But it is personal desktop. In
order
> to
> > schedule the scripts on server, need install Ruby to server which is
AIX
> > box. I found one binary Ruby

You could use ruby to setup a network server on the Windows box, and
have anything on the AIX box connect to it to kick off the tests.

        Hugh
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From billagee at gmail.com  Thu Feb  9 17:04:31 2006
From: billagee at gmail.com (Bill Agee)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:04:31 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0602091953400.20514@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>
References: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CD3@brian.vallelunga.com>
	<73e7817e0602091132u18a3c7dfkd3cc6fb9e12afd30@mail.gmail.com>
	<Pine.GSO.4.64.0602091953400.20514@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <73e7817e0602091404h404bde17w31e791d59a5208c8@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/9/06, Hugh Sasse <hgs at dmu.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Bill Agee wrote:
>
> > On the other hand, not using the XML config files will probably make
> > for a steeper learning curve.  The tradeoffs are interesting.
>
> Why is this, do you think?  OK, XML syntax is pretty standard, but
> the semantics will have to be learned.  At least with Ruby you can
> add new methods which wrap behaviour, if you wish to simplify common
> cases.   Which aspects of the Ruby syntax present difficulties for
> the newcomer?  I could probably have told you a few years back, but
> now I'm fairly used to it, and in the domain of testing, I cannot
> consider this to be obvious.  But it may be that commonly confusing
> cases may be re-written to be clear.

I was mainly thinking about non-programmers; for testers without
programming experience, using an XML testing "language" to build tests
could result in more success up front (which I think is important in
sustaining interest in automated testing, and keeping people from
abandoning automation suites/frameworks/etc).  Along the same
psychological lines, learning by modifying existing cases written in
XML could feel less intimidating than learning by reviewing raw Ruby
scripts.

But I agree that Ruby is pretty painless to learn.  So much so that
those wanting to use a Ruby framework for testing are better off
knowing enough of the language to compose test cases in Ruby, without
too much abstraction (whether into XML or some other format).

Thanks
Bill



From mb at michaelbolton.net  Thu Feb  9 21:33:03 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:33:03 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] How do you find a specific string in an HTML page?
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602091313u7f1bf1f2w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <00b701c62dea$53bb0340$2b65a8c0@Koko>

Regular expressionliness is next to godliness.
 
# This next line will set its_there to true if, in the html for the page, it
sees 
# the string "customerID=" followed by any seventeen characters, and
# (courtesy of the parens) will set $1 to whatever those seventeen 
# characters are.
 
its_there = ie.html =~ /customerID=(.{17})/
 
# and if its_there is true, myvariable will get the value assigned to it
if(its_there)
    myvariable = $1
end
 
There may be a more elegant way to do it (say, by getting the inner_text of
the link and parsing that), but the basic principle is that regular
expressions are your friends.
 
---Michael B.

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Paul Carvalho
Sent: February 9, 2006 4:14 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] How do you find a specific string in an HTML page?


Hi there, I am trying to find a way to find a particular string in an HTML
page and save it to a variable.  It seems simple enough, but I can't find
the commands to help me do it yet.

Our Dot-Net app assigns Unique ID's to various objects within the system.
For example, if you create a new Customer in an Order-Taking system, the new
Customer is assigned a unique ID (let's call it "customerID").  When I look
at the HTML page, I see that UID in various places.  For example:
(a) within a "div" tag (within a custom attribute unrecognised by Watir)
(b) within an "a href" link (part of the URL - e.g.
"http://www.../../ShowCustomer.aspx?mode=edit
<http://www.../../ShowCustomer.aspx?mode=edit&customerID=1234asdf-5678hjlk>
&customerID=1234asdf-5678hjlk")

I know that I can use the contains_text() to look for text on the page.  I
can also use ie.frame("frameName").html.to_s to capture the contents of the
frame.  So how can I tell Watir to find the "customerID=" phrase and then
capture the next [fixed-number] set of characters into a string variable?

Thanks in advance.

Paul.


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From mb at michaelbolton.net  Thu Feb  9 21:40:01 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:40:01 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts
In-Reply-To: <6CF3AA425295C7479483AC0018EDF98B01DADF8C@MI8NYCMAIL03.Mi8.com>
Message-ID: <00e201c62deb$4a86f1c0$2b65a8c0@Koko>

Tonight's example: parsing an HTML document to find a regular expression.
I'm not aware of any simple way to get a shell script to download a page,
follow a link, grab a graphic from a page, etc., etc., etc.  
 
The purpose of any powerful language is to make stuff easier.  Shell scripts
are often immensely practical, but they tend to be conceptually simpler and
less powerful.
 
---Michael B.

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From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Chintakrindi
Meghanath 
Sent: February 9, 2006 2:39 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts


Hi 
 
Thanks, my next question is what are the advantages using ruby/watir scripts
rather than conventional shell scripts
 
Thanks
Meghanath
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org]On Behalf Of Pierre Garigue
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:09 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts


you can certainly use Ruby for testing other things than web sites.
 
It detepends what you want to do regression testing on.
 
have a look at 
http://rubyforge.org/
 
Cheers
Pierre 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chintakrindi Meghanath
[mailto:ChintakrindiMeghana at managementdynamics.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:58 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Using Watir/Ruby scripts


Hi
 
I hear that many companies uses shell scripts(using bourne shell or any
other ...) in the testing cycle.
So, my question is can we use watir/ruby scripts instead of these.
 
 

Thanks

Meghanath

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From akumar.kgp at gmail.com  Fri Feb 10 00:00:55 2006
From: akumar.kgp at gmail.com (Ashish Kumar)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:00:55 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] How to use Watir with Web controls
Message-ID: <a1dfb4ca0602092100x5fe85acfs3cc3f7ea3e4b0e8a@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

We are experimenting with Watir, and stuck at a point where we need to click
on a ToolbarCheckButton which is an IE Webcontrol.

On the client side, tabs look like this:
  <TBNS:ToolbarCheckGroup ID="MainCheckGroup" forceSelection="True">
        <TBNS:ToolbarCheckButton ID="btn1" onkeydown="if (event.keyCode==13
){event.returnValue=false}" _autopostback="true" selected="True">Tab
1</TBNS:ToolbarCheckButton>
        <TBNS:ToolbarCheckButton ID="btn2" onkeydown="if (event.keyCode==13
){event.returnValue=false}" _autopostback="true" selected="False">Tab
2</TBNS:ToolbarCheckButton>
  </TBNS:ToolbarCheckGroup>

So the question is whether there is any way to write a watir script to click
on such tabs?

Thanks & Regards,
Ashish
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From ati.ozgur at gmail.com  Fri Feb 10 03:02:05 2006
From: ati.ozgur at gmail.com (Atilla Ozgur)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:02:05 +0200
Subject: [Wtr-general] WindowHelper
In-Reply-To: <8ca48b420602081351n61b3ab23jf7973abb119aae64@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8ca48b420602081351n61b3ab23jf7973abb119aae64@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <b9570ed20602100002y7031f7f7m7e04e0c574ca@mail.gmail.com>

As I know it does not accept regular expressions . It should be a good
enhancement to do so. I will look at it in the weekend.

On 2/8/06, Terry Peppers <peppers at gmail.com> wrote:
> I asked a real foolish question a couple of weeks ago with regard to how you
> can get Watir to enter in username and password credentials into a user auth
> dialog - that I should apologize for. I figured the silence was really a nod
> to RTFM so I did more digging in the 'unitTests' directory and found the '
> WindowLogonExample.rb' and 'WindowLogonExtra.rb' files that apparently were
> named too well for me to notice the first time around.
>
> So I'm @ a bit of a stumbling block.
>
> In the 'WindowLogonExtra.rb' - which is the script called by one of the
> threads in the ' WindowLogonExample.rb' - the code is short and sweet.
>
> <begin_code>
> require 'watir/WindowHelper'
>
> helper = WindowHelper.new
> helper.logon('Connect to clio.lyris.com ')
> <end_code>
>
>
> I modified the code so it reads the following:
>
> <begin_code>
> require 'watir/WindowHelper'
>
> r = Regexp.new("Connect to stage.*")
>
> helper = WindowHelper.new
> helper.logon("#{r}", name="foo", password="bar")
> <end_code>
>
> We have multiple staging sites, and I'd like not to clutter up the code with
> a huge if/else or case statement that accounts for all of the different
> domains. I basically want to login to any auth window that matches the
> Regex. Unfortunately, it looks like the script just hangs since the
> WindowHelper can't seem to find the window.
>
> Does anyone know if I'm doing something wrong? Can the 'logon' method not
> accept a Regular Expression for the 'title' parameter? Is this a AutoIt
> deficiency?
>
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From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Fri Feb 10 03:19:00 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:19:00 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Modifying Watir source
In-Reply-To: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CD0@brian.vallelunga.com>
References: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CD0@brian.vallelunga.com>
Message-ID: <f81b1250602100019h3c4b00a2r@mail.gmail.com>

$ is end of string.

So, /nameTextBox$/ would match Details$nameTextBox and not
nameTextBoxMainContent or something alike.

Take a look at http://phrogz.net/ProgrammingRuby/, search for Regular
Expressions.

--
http://www.testingreflections.com/blog/3071



From uday_bhobe at hotmail.com  Fri Feb 10 09:01:51 2006
From: uday_bhobe at hotmail.com (Uday Bhobe)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:01:51 +0000
Subject: [Wtr-general] Popup window was blocked
Message-ID: <BAY107-F30E6490251EDE47AC023BCFB020@phx.gbl>

Hi,

I tried to post this message yesterday, but for some reason it doesn't seem 
to have made it. I am facing a problem "A popup window was blocked" with a 
link that is trying to open a new IE browser window. I have disabled the 
popup blocker in IE, yet am facing this problem. Manual clicking of the link 
works. But it does not work from Watir (I am trying through irb). I have 
verified through "flash" that I have the right link (it's happening with all 
the links that create a new IE window_.

I searched the list for help on this problemm, and managed to find an 
earlier discussion. But I did not understand the solution, although it seems 
to be to do with the Yahoo Messenger (will I have to uninstall the Yahoo 
Messenger?)

Thanks,
Uday




From thealy at midicorp.com  Fri Feb 10 10:03:52 2006
From: thealy at midicorp.com (Thomas Healy)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:03:52 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Popup window was blocked
Message-ID: <8EA615B25AB5F849BF0193B80E6D4C49800D3D@MIDISERVER>

Uday,

I don't know if it helps but when I had pop-up blocker problems on my
system, I found 4 pop-up blockers to turn off... One is in IE... One was
in the Norton's, one was in a Google tool bar and one was a rogue pop-up
blocker program on my system. When I found all of them... The programs
worked.

Bottom line is that IF it is a pop-up blocker problem... There are
frequently multiple pop-up blockers active on a system.

Thom 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Uday Bhobe
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:02 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Popup window was blocked

Hi,

I tried to post this message yesterday, but for some reason it doesn't
seem to have made it. I am facing a problem "A popup window was blocked"
with a link that is trying to open a new IE browser window. I have
disabled the popup blocker in IE, yet am facing this problem. Manual
clicking of the link works. But it does not work from Watir (I am trying
through irb). I have verified through "flash" that I have the right link
(it's happening with all the links that create a new IE window_.

I searched the list for help on this problemm, and managed to find an
earlier discussion. But I did not understand the solution, although it
seems to be to do with the Yahoo Messenger (will I have to uninstall the
Yahoo
Messenger?)

Thanks,
Uday


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From witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org  Fri Feb 10 10:02:40 2006
From: witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org (Dmitri Dolguikh)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:02:40 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
Message-ID: <1aa3b8a50602100702m44af94e8n10ba86dca172fb71@mail.gmail.com>

Hi list,

I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when goto is
called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url was
valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not fail.
I tried adding sleep and Watir::IE.wait calls between goto's without
consistent results.

In fact, for code like this

@ie.goto(url1)
@ie.goto(url2)

second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.


Any ideas, anybody?

Thanks,
-Dmitri



From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 10 10:26:06 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:26:06 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
In-Reply-To: <1aa3b8a50602100702m44af94e8n10ba86dca172fb71@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1aa3b8a50602100702m44af94e8n10ba86dca172fb71@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602100726j5971b55dlcf605e5cc6b17e63@mail.gmail.com>

This works fine for me. What errors are you getting?

On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when goto is
> called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url was
> valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not fail.
> I tried adding sleep and Watir::IE.wait calls between goto's without
> consistent results.
>
> In fact, for code like this
>
> @ie.goto(url1)
> @ie.goto(url2)
>
> second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.
>
>
> Any ideas, anybody?
>
> Thanks,
> -Dmitri
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
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From witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org  Fri Feb 10 10:41:26 2006
From: witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org (Dmitri Dolguikh)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:41:26 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602100726j5971b55dlcf605e5cc6b17e63@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1aa3b8a50602100702m44af94e8n10ba86dca172fb71@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602100726j5971b55dlcf605e5cc6b17e63@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1aa3b8a50602100741i4f425256tab6bc64afdb45e87@mail.gmail.com>

Hmmm,

I'm getting assertion failure (in my code) :). Nothing on the console.
It looks like goto just times out, hence the assertion failure  since
the content I'm expecting is not there.

Also, I noticed that url in the location bar doesn't get updated.
Another interesting thing is that when I run this test alone, it
passes. When it's being executed as a part of a suite (and not the
first test in the suite) goto call times out.

Thanks,
-Dmitri


On 2/10/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> This works fine for me. What errors are you getting?
>
>
> On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org > wrote:
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when goto is
> > called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url was
> > valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not fail.
> > I tried adding sleep and Watir::IE.wait calls between goto's without
> > consistent results.
> >
> > In fact, for code like this
> >
> > @ie.goto(url1)
> > @ie.goto(url2)
> >
> > second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.
> >
> >
> > Any ideas, anybody?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Dmitri
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wtr-general mailing list
> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>



From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 10 11:09:17 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:09:17 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
In-Reply-To: <1aa3b8a50602100741i4f425256tab6bc64afdb45e87@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1aa3b8a50602100702m44af94e8n10ba86dca172fb71@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602100726j5971b55dlcf605e5cc6b17e63@mail.gmail.com>
	<1aa3b8a50602100741i4f425256tab6bc64afdb45e87@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602100809o57dcd6bfmf8ce4bc819d3df40@mail.gmail.com>

If you can find a way to reproduce this with a single test please send it
and i'll take a look at it.

I'm wondering if Watir shouldn't automatically be calling IE#wait before
returning from IE#goto. Of course, you could call it explicitly as a
workaround.

Bret

On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
>
> Hmmm,
>
> I'm getting assertion failure (in my code) :). Nothing on the console.
> It looks like goto just times out, hence the assertion failure  since
> the content I'm expecting is not there.
>
> Also, I noticed that url in the location bar doesn't get updated.
> Another interesting thing is that when I run this test alone, it
> passes. When it's being executed as a part of a suite (and not the
> first test in the suite) goto call times out.
>
> Thanks,
> -Dmitri
>
>
> On 2/10/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> > This works fine for me. What errors are you getting?
> >
> >
> > On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when goto is
> > > called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url was
> > > valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not fail.
> > > I tried adding sleep and Watir::IE.wait calls between goto's without
> > > consistent results.
> > >
> > > In fact, for code like this
> > >
> > > @ie.goto(url1)
> > > @ie.goto(url2)
> > >
> > > second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.
> > >
> > >
> > > Any ideas, anybody?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Dmitri
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Wtr-general mailing list
> > > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wtr-general mailing list
> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> >
> >
>
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From mb at michaelbolton.net  Fri Feb 10 11:18:18 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:18:18 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
In-Reply-To: <1aa3b8a50602100702m44af94e8n10ba86dca172fb71@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <00f001c62e5d$9a7edf40$6801a8c0@Koko>

When you say "fail", what Bad Thing happens?  What Good Thing fails to
happen?  Do you get an error message?

---Michael B. 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Dmitri Dolguikh
Sent: February 10, 2006 10:03 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)

Hi list,

I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when goto is
called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url was
valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not fail.
I tried adding sleep and Watir::IE.wait calls between goto's without
consistent results.

In fact, for code like this

@ie.goto(url1)
@ie.goto(url2)

second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.


Any ideas, anybody?

Thanks,
-Dmitri

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From witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org  Fri Feb 10 11:49:39 2006
From: witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org (Dmitri Dolguikh)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:49:39 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
In-Reply-To: <00f001c62e5d$9a7edf40$6801a8c0@Koko>
References: <1aa3b8a50602100702m44af94e8n10ba86dca172fb71@mail.gmail.com>
	<00f001c62e5d$9a7edf40$6801a8c0@Koko>
Message-ID: <1aa3b8a50602100849x2df17b48xff9984dda9f66dd0@mail.gmail.com>

I'm able to reproduce the problem within the same test by using the
following chain of events (right now using our webapp):

@ie = IE.new
@ie.goto(someUrl)
@ie.link(...).click
@ie.text_field(:name, "username").set('someName')
@ie.image(:src, /login.gif/).fireEvent("onmouseup")

@ie.close
@ie = IE.new
@ie.goto(someUrl)

@ie.goto(someUrlTwo)  #this call times out
assert_not_nil(/patternToLookFor/.match(@ie.html)

I'll have to verify that I can reproduce the problem using some
publicly accessibly site.

Thanks,
-Dmitri

On 2/10/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
> When you say "fail", what Bad Thing happens?  What Good Thing fails to
> happen?  Do you get an error message?
>
> ---Michael B.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Dmitri Dolguikh
> Sent: February 10, 2006 10:03 AM
> To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
>
> Hi list,
>
> I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when goto is
> called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url was
> valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not fail.
> I tried adding sleep and Watir::IE.wait calls between goto's without
> consistent results.
>
> In fact, for code like this
>
> @ie.goto(url1)
> @ie.goto(url2)
>
> second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.
>
>
> Any ideas, anybody?
>
> Thanks,
> -Dmitri
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 10 11:58:08 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:58:08 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] WindowHelper
In-Reply-To: <b9570ed20602100002y7031f7f7m7e04e0c574ca@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8ca48b420602081351n61b3ab23jf7973abb119aae64@mail.gmail.com>
	<b9570ed20602100002y7031f7f7m7e04e0c574ca@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602100858r2ba61e7ej41c6f3cb75d850dc@mail.gmail.com>

I would like to deprecate or remove WindowHelper from Watir 1.5.

So i'd rather see enhancements directed towards using watir/dialog.rb (which
still needs a lot more work, including replacing autoit).

Bret

On 2/10/06, Atilla Ozgur <ati.ozgur at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As I know it does not accept regular expressions . It should be a good
> enhancement to do so. I will look at it in the weekend.
>
> On 2/8/06, Terry Peppers <peppers at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I asked a real foolish question a couple of weeks ago with regard to how
> you
> > can get Watir to enter in username and password credentials into a user
> auth
> > dialog - that I should apologize for. I figured the silence was really a
> nod
> > to RTFM so I did more digging in the 'unitTests' directory and found the
> '
> > WindowLogonExample.rb' and 'WindowLogonExtra.rb' files that apparently
> were
> > named too well for me to notice the first time around.
> >
> > So I'm @ a bit of a stumbling block.
> >
> > In the 'WindowLogonExtra.rb' - which is the script called by one of the
> > threads in the ' WindowLogonExample.rb' - the code is short and sweet.
> >
> > <begin_code>
> > require 'watir/WindowHelper'
> >
> > helper = WindowHelper.new
> > helper.logon('Connect to clio.lyris.com ')
> > <end_code>
> >
> >
> > I modified the code so it reads the following:
> >
> > <begin_code>
> > require 'watir/WindowHelper'
> >
> > r = Regexp.new("Connect to stage.*")
> >
> > helper = WindowHelper.new
> > helper.logon("#{r}", name="foo", password="bar")
> > <end_code>
> >
> > We have multiple staging sites, and I'd like not to clutter up the code
> with
> > a huge if/else or case statement that accounts for all of the different
> > domains. I basically want to login to any auth window that matches the
> > Regex. Unfortunately, it looks like the script just hangs since the
> > WindowHelper can't seem to find the window.
> >
> > Does anyone know if I'm doing something wrong? Can the 'logon' method
> not
> > accept a Regular Expression for the 'title' parameter? Is this a AutoIt
> > deficiency?
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wtr-general mailing list
> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
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> >
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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 10 12:00:20 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:00:20 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
In-Reply-To: <1aa3b8a50602100849x2df17b48xff9984dda9f66dd0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1aa3b8a50602100702m44af94e8n10ba86dca172fb71@mail.gmail.com>
	<00f001c62e5d$9a7edf40$6801a8c0@Koko>
	<1aa3b8a50602100849x2df17b48xff9984dda9f66dd0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602100900n1fd8e9aeg2920be0a90151d24@mail.gmail.com>

What does 'times out' mean? Does the script hang at that point? Do you get a
timeout error?

Does adding @ie.wait between the two calls to @ie.goto fix the problem?

Bret

On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
>
> I'm able to reproduce the problem within the same test by using the
> following chain of events (right now using our webapp):
>
> @ie = IE.new
> @ie.goto(someUrl)
> @ie.link(...).click
> @ie.text_field(:name, "username").set('someName')
> @ie.image(:src, /login.gif/).fireEvent("onmouseup")
>
> @ie.close
> @ie = IE.new
> @ie.goto(someUrl)
>
> @ie.goto(someUrlTwo)  #this call times out
> assert_not_nil(/patternToLookFor/.match(@ie.html)
>
> I'll have to verify that I can reproduce the problem using some
> publicly accessibly site.
>
> Thanks,
> -Dmitri
>
> On 2/10/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
> > When you say "fail", what Bad Thing happens?  What Good Thing fails to
> > happen?  Do you get an error message?
> >
> > ---Michael B.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Dmitri Dolguikh
> > Sent: February 10, 2006 10:03 AM
> > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when goto is
> > called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url was
> > valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not fail.
> > I tried adding sleep and Watir::IE.wait calls between goto's without
> > consistent results.
> >
> > In fact, for code like this
> >
> > @ie.goto(url1)
> > @ie.goto(url2)
> >
> > second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.
> >
> >
> > Any ideas, anybody?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Dmitri
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wtr-general mailing list
> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wtr-general mailing list
> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> >
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 10 12:01:34 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:01:34 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0602091953400.20514@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>
References: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CD3@brian.vallelunga.com>
	<73e7817e0602091132u18a3c7dfkd3cc6fb9e12afd30@mail.gmail.com>
	<Pine.GSO.4.64.0602091953400.20514@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602100901m756695afxf3d0f5ae9017f0aa@mail.gmail.com>

I wanted to make a general comment.

It is very common for people to create the kinds of frameworks under
discussion here for testing. I've seen it done for almost every testing
tool.

The problem has been that it is hard to build frameworks like these in such
classic testing languages as TSL. When i say hard, what i mean is: 1) it
takes more advanced programming skills (to make up for the limited language)
and 2) it is more likely to have bugs including the dreaded silent horrors
that allow test failures to go unnoticed.

This was a very big reason for why i wanted to use a real programming
language like Ruby as the test script language.

Bret
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From witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org  Fri Feb 10 12:06:58 2006
From: witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org (Dmitri Dolguikh)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:06:58 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602100900n1fd8e9aeg2920be0a90151d24@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1aa3b8a50602100702m44af94e8n10ba86dca172fb71@mail.gmail.com>
	<00f001c62e5d$9a7edf40$6801a8c0@Koko>
	<1aa3b8a50602100849x2df17b48xff9984dda9f66dd0@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602100900n1fd8e9aeg2920be0a90151d24@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1aa3b8a50602100906v1c9664b4qa0c247036eb75413@mail.gmail.com>

Sorry, I should have clarified that.

'times out' means that 'goto' call doesn't return for a couple of
minutes; When it does eventually, the browser stays on the page it was
prior to the call. Also, as I mentioned before the location bar
doesn't get updated with the url passed into goto method.

-Dmitri

On 2/10/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> What does 'times out' mean? Does the script hang at that point? Do you get a
> timeout error?
>
> Does adding @ie.wait between the two calls to @ie.goto fix the problem?
>
> Bret
>
> On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
> >
> > I'm able to reproduce the problem within the same test by using the
> > following chain of events (right now using our webapp):
> >
> > @ie = IE.new
> > @ie.goto(someUrl)
> > @ie.link(...).click
> > @ie.text_field(:name, "username").set('someName')
> > @ie.image(:src, /login.gif/).fireEvent("onmouseup")
> >
> > @ie.close
> > @ie = IE.new
> > @ie.goto(someUrl)
> >
> > @ie.goto(someUrlTwo)  #this call times out
> > assert_not_nil(/patternToLookFor/.match(@ie.html )
> >
> > I'll have to verify that I can reproduce the problem using some
> > publicly accessibly site.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Dmitri
> >
> > On 2/10/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net > wrote:
> > > When you say "fail", what Bad Thing happens?  What Good Thing fails to
> > > happen?  Do you get an error message?
> > >
> > > ---Michael B.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
> Dmitri Dolguikh
> > > Sent: February 10, 2006 10:03 AM
> > > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
> > >
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when goto is
> > > called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url was
> > > valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not fail.
> > > I tried adding sleep and Watir::IE.wait calls between goto's without
> > > consistent results.
> > >
> > > In fact, for code like this
> > >
> > > @ie.goto(url1)
> > > @ie.goto(url2)
> > >
> > > second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.
> > >
> > >
> > > Any ideas, anybody?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Dmitri
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Wtr-general mailing list
> > > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Wtr-general mailing list
> > > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wtr-general mailing list
> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
>



From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 10 12:08:35 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:08:35 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Declarative Watir scripts?
In-Reply-To: <73e7817e0602091404h404bde17w31e791d59a5208c8@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2362BCE2100B4B4491481E3C679919940B8CD3@brian.vallelunga.com>
	<73e7817e0602091132u18a3c7dfkd3cc6fb9e12afd30@mail.gmail.com>
	<Pine.GSO.4.64.0602091953400.20514@brains.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk>
	<73e7817e0602091404h404bde17w31e791d59a5208c8@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602100908u55b8ba1fi1eb5397c9f455fe6@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/9/06, Bill Agee <billagee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was mainly thinking about non-programmers; for testers without
> programming experience, using an XML testing "language" to build tests
> could result in more success up front (which I think is important in
> sustaining interest in automated testing, and keeping people from
> abandoning automation suites/frameworks/etc).  Along the same
> psychological lines, learning by modifying existing cases written in
> XML could feel less intimidating than learning by reviewing raw Ruby
> scripts.


Watir's design primarily resulted from teaching a test automation tutorial
to testers over the past several years. By now, i've personally taught over
a 100 people. In general, the Watir API has been modified until it made
sense to these people. Althougth i did not try an XML-based syntax, i
suspect that few testers would find it easier to use. In my view XML is a
good language to tie together tools and protocols, but not so good for
people.

One big advantage of "raw ruby" is that it can be typed in IRB and testers
can immediately see what each line of code does as it executes. This has
always been how i've taught Watir to people.

Years and years ago i taught young children to learn how to program using
Logo with its interpreter, which is very much like Ruby/IRB. I strongly
believe that this is the best way for most people to learn programming.

Bret
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From Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com  Fri Feb 10 12:35:24 2006
From: Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com (Attebery, Bill)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:35:24 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
Message-ID: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDDD@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>


In our in house webpage we found that some of the select lists use a
attribute TYPE="SELECT" when we tried to get a handle on these
SELECT_LIST objects watir failed with the cannot find object error.  We
did some investigating and removed this attribute from the html, and
watir then found the object with no problems.  So my question is, is
this a bug or a known issue and if so are there any workarounds or code
updates that will resolve it?  If you need more info please let me know.

Here's the HTML snippet with the offending attribute in red.

<tr>
<td class="label">
<DIV CLASS="required" pii="null"
name="po_order_header.order_source.label"
id="po_order_header.order_source.label" title="Order Source">Order
Source</DIV>
</td><td class="field"><select pii="null"
id="po_order_header.order_source" TYPE="SELECT"
Name="po_order_header.order_source" tabindex="15"
onchange="formModified();orderSourceChanged()"  onblur="validate()"
required="true"><OPTION VALUE="" title=""></OPTION><OPTION
VALUE="AuthRep"  title="">Authorized Representative</OPTION><OPTION
VALUE="CapAnalyst" title="">Capacity Analyst</OPTION><OPTION
VALUE="City" title="">City</OPTION><OPTION VALUE="Collection"
title="">Collections</OPTION></select>
</td>
</tr>


Thanks,
Bill


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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Fri Feb 10 14:05:43 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:05:43 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Testing a Web App with Biztalk
Message-ID: <37c405480602101105i5f58c962r@mail.gmail.com>

Hi there, I searched the archives but I wasn't able to find any references
to Ruby or Watir scripts for testing Dot.Net web apps that use Biztalk.
Biztalk is the workflow engine below the app layer (and beside the database
server).  It doesn't have any UI presence on the web pages, but it controls
the states of the various objects in our system.

For example, in an Order system, an Order may go through the states: New,
Pending, Filled, Paid, Completed.  (I dunno, I'm just making this example up
off the top of my head.)  When I click a button or fill in a form, it will
cause the workflow engine to do its thing and update the object states in
the background.  When I am manually testing, I just click on various UI
elements back and forth until I see the desired state for the object (e.g.
"order") that I am tracking.

So my question is: How do I get Ruby or Watir to wait around until an object
is in a desired state before it can continue?

A secondary question is: How can I tell my Ruby or Watir script that if it
waits too long, it should probably just give up and stop the test there?

Please let me know if anyone has any experience scripting web apps with
Biztalk or this kind of setup?

Paul.
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From angrez at gmail.com  Fri Feb 10 14:42:40 2006
From: angrez at gmail.com (Angrez Singh)
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 01:12:40 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
In-Reply-To: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDDD@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>
References: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDDD@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>
Message-ID: <e26bda3e0602101142t651c601ejdb9e76fa6a8ff14e@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Bill,

While location the select list element WATiR codes use "select-one" or
"select-multiple" for matching the type of the select list. Also the
"type"attribute of select list is
"readonly" as per DOM specification:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-DOM-Level-1-20000929/level-one-html.html#ID-94282980

So if you are assigning value to "type" attribute browser should not take
the value or rather should ignore the "type". But if it is using that value
for returning the type of the select list, then WATiR code will not be able
to find the control because the value that you have given for type attribute
i.e."select" doesn't matches with "select-one" or "select-multiple". So
thats why if first fails but after removing the type attribute it succeeds.

So I think its IE that is not behaving according to the DOM standards. WATiR
code is working fine.

Hope that helps,

Regards,
Angrez

On 2/10/06, Attebery, Bill <Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com> wrote:
>
> In our in house webpage we found that some of the select lists use a
> attribute* TYPE="SELECT"* when we tried to get a handle on these
> SELECT_LIST objects watir failed with the cannot find object error.  We did
> some investigating and removed this attribute from the html, and watir then
> found the object with no problems.  So my question is, is this a bug or a
> known issue and if so are there any workarounds or code updates that will
> resolve it?  If you need more info please let me know.
>
> Here's the HTML snippet with the offending attribute in red.
>
> <tr>
> <td class="label">
> <DIV CLASS="required" pii="null"
> name="po_order_header.order_source.label"
> id="po_order_header.order_source.label" title="Order Source">Order
> Source</DIV>
>
> </td><td class="field"><select pii="null"
> id="po_order_header.order_source"* **TYPE="SELECT" * Name="po_order_header.order_source"
> tabindex="15" onchange="formModified();orderSourceChanged()"
> onblur="validate()" required="true"><OPTION VALUE=""
> title=""></OPTION><OPTION VALUE="AuthRep"  title="">Authorized
> Representative</OPTION><OPTION VALUE="CapAnalyst" title="">Capacity
> Analyst</OPTION><OPTION  VALUE="City" title="">City</OPTION><OPTION
> VALUE="Collection" title="">Collections</OPTION></select>
>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 10 14:48:28 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:48:28 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
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Does adding @ie.wait between the two calls to @ie.goto fix the problem? (Do
i hear an echo?)



On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
>
> Sorry, I should have clarified that.
>
> 'times out' means that 'goto' call doesn't return for a couple of
> minutes; When it does eventually, the browser stays on the page it was
> prior to the call. Also, as I mentioned before the location bar
> doesn't get updated with the url passed into goto method.
>
> -Dmitri
>
> On 2/10/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> > What does 'times out' mean? Does the script hang at that point? Do you
> get a
> > timeout error?
> >
> > Does adding @ie.wait between the two calls to @ie.goto fix the problem?
> >
> > Bret
> >
> > On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm able to reproduce the problem within the same test by using the
> > > following chain of events (right now using our webapp):
> > >
> > > @ie = IE.new
> > > @ie.goto(someUrl)
> > > @ie.link(...).click
> > > @ie.text_field(:name, "username").set('someName')
> > > @ie.image(:src, /login.gif/).fireEvent("onmouseup")
> > >
> > > @ie.close
> > > @ie = IE.new
> > > @ie.goto(someUrl)
> > >
> > > @ie.goto(someUrlTwo)  #this call times out
> > > assert_not_nil(/patternToLookFor/.match(@ie.html )
> > >
> > > I'll have to verify that I can reproduce the problem using some
> > > publicly accessibly site.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Dmitri
> > >
> > > On 2/10/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net > wrote:
> > > > When you say "fail", what Bad Thing happens?  What Good Thing fails
> to
> > > > happen?  Do you get an error message?
> > > >
> > > > ---Michael B.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > > > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
> > Dmitri Dolguikh
> > > > Sent: February 10, 2006 10:03 AM
> > > > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > > Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
> > > >
> > > > Hi list,
> > > >
> > > > I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when goto
> is
> > > > called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url was
> > > > valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not
> fail.
> > > > I tried adding sleep and Watir::IE.wait calls between goto's without
> > > > consistent results.
> > > >
> > > > In fact, for code like this
> > > >
> > > > @ie.goto(url1)
> > > > @ie.goto(url2)
> > > >
> > > > second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas, anybody?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > -Dmitri
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Wtr-general mailing list
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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Fri Feb 10 15:23:31 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:23:31 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Testing a Web App with Biztalk
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References: <37c405480602101105i5f58c962r@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2/10/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there, I searched the archives but I wasn't able to find any references
> to Ruby or Watir scripts for testing Dot.Net web apps that use Biztalk.
> Biztalk is the workflow engine below the app layer (and beside the database
> server).  It doesn't have any UI presence on the web pages, but it controls
> the states of the various objects in our system.

As a matter of fact, I'm building a test framework in Ruby for a
BTS-based Integration system right now.   In a nutshell:  investigate
what protocols the SendPorts on the BTS server are using;  you'll
almost certainly be able to drive individual BTS SendPorts through
Ruby scripts (assuming that that's what you decide that you want to
do.)  For a great treatement of testing these sorts of systems, see
http://eaipatterns.com/docs/TestDrivenEAI.pdf.

>  So my question is: How do I get Ruby or Watir to wait around until an
> object is in a desired state before it can continue?
>
>  A secondary question is: How can I tell my Ruby or Watir script that if it
> waits too long, it should probably just give up and stop the test there?

This sort of question is a lot easier to answer if you post some of
the code that you've used to try to do these things.  There are a
zillion ways to do both of them, and you should see if you can find
one, first.

>  Please let me know if anyone has any experience scripting web apps with
> Biztalk or this kind of setup?

I suggest that to start, you think about this as two separate test
efforts:  one for scripting web apps (presumably with Watir); another
for scripting BizTalk tests (presumably with Ruby).  Brian Marick has
several articles and papers about testing "behind the GUI".  You
should probably read them, as well. This one is probably the most
relevant: http://www.testing.com/writings/behind-the-screens.pdf.  
(BTW, I suspect that as you write more tests for each test effort,
they will eventually begin to inform each other; but don't bite off
too much at the beginning.)

I've been talking to BizTalk with Ruby every day since the summer, so
feel free to ask me specific questions about what you're up to.  Bret
and others have said plainly in the past that non-Watir subjects are
welcome on this list, as long as they have to do with Ruby and/or with
testing.

Finally, at the risk of annoying you and others, I'm going to suggest
that you (all) read Eric Raymond's "How to Ask Questions the Smart
Way".  http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html A warning,
though:  Raymond is pretty raw, uses four-letter words, might insult
your intelligence in parts.  Please take that last recommendation in
the spirit it was intended-- this is a great essay, and a seminal part
of open-source culture.
-Chris



From mb at michaelbolton.net  Fri Feb 10 16:20:13 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:20:13 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
In-Reply-To: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDDD@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>
Message-ID: <018301c62e87$c8235820$6801a8c0@Koko>

What did your Watir script's code look like?  (Do I need to write a macro
for this question?)  
 
Watir doesn't find objects; you ask it to help you find them.  It's
successful in helping you precisely to the extent that you've asked it in a
way that it can understand.
 
---Michael B.

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Attebery, Bill
Sent: February 10, 2006 12:35 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Select List Question



In our in house webpage we found that some of the select lists use a
attribute TYPE="SELECT" when we tried to get a handle on these SELECT_LIST
objects watir failed with the cannot find object error.  We did some
investigating and removed this attribute from the html, and watir then found
the object with no problems.  So my question is, is this a bug or a known
issue and if so are there any workarounds or code updates that will resolve
it?  If you need more info please let me know.

Here's the HTML snippet with the offending attribute in red. 

<tr> 
<td class="label"> 
<DIV CLASS="required" pii="null" name="po_order_header.order_source.label"
id="po_order_header.order_source.label" title="Order Source">Order
Source</DIV>

</td><td class="field"><select pii="null" id="po_order_header.order_source"
TYPE="SELECT"  Name="po_order_header.order_source" tabindex="15"
onchange="formModified();orderSourceChanged()"  onblur="validate()"
required="true"><OPTION VALUE="" title=""></OPTION><OPTION VALUE="AuthRep"
title="">Authorized Representative</OPTION><OPTION VALUE="CapAnalyst"
title="">Capacity Analyst</OPTION><OPTION  VALUE="City"
title="">City</OPTION><OPTION VALUE="Collection"
title="">Collections</OPTION></select>

</td> 
</tr> 


Thanks, 
Bill 

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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 10 18:38:53 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:38:53 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Testing a Web App with Biztalk
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On 2/10/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So my question is: How do I get Ruby or Watir to wait around until an
> object is in a desired state before it can continue?
>
> A secondary question is: How can I tell my Ruby or Watir script that if it
> waits too long, it should probably just give up and stop the test there?


Here is one way (this does both):

  def until_with_timeout(timeout) # block
    start_time = Time.now
    until yield or Time.now - start_time > timeout do
      sleep 0.05
    end
  end

This is how you use it:

  until_with_timeout(30) do
    is_biztalk_object_ready?
  end

I'm just adding this method to Watir, since watir also has to do this kind
of thing sometimes.

You may also want to look at the Ruby Timeout library.

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From witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org  Fri Feb 10 23:44:41 2006
From: witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org (Dmitri Dolguikh)
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:44:41 -0400
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
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I tried that before I started this thread - it didn't help.
-Dmitri

On 2/10/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> Does adding @ie.wait between the two calls to @ie.goto fix the problem? (Do
> i hear an echo?)
>
>
>
>
> On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
> > Sorry, I should have clarified that.
> >
> > 'times out' means that 'goto' call doesn't return for a couple of
> > minutes; When it does eventually, the browser stays on the page it was
> > prior to the call. Also, as I mentioned before the location bar
> > doesn't get updated with the url passed into goto method.
> >
> > -Dmitri
> >
> > On 2/10/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> > > What does 'times out' mean? Does the script hang at that point? Do you
> get a
> > > timeout error?
> > >
> > > Does adding @ie.wait between the two calls to @ie.goto fix the problem?
> > >
> > > Bret
> > >
> > > On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh < witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm able to reproduce the problem within the same test by using the
> > > > following chain of events (right now using our webapp):
> > > >
> > > > @ie = IE.new
> > > > @ie.goto(someUrl)
> > > > @ie.link(...).click
> > > > @ie.text_field(:name, "username").set('someName')
> > > > @ie.image(:src, /login.gif/).fireEvent("onmouseup")
> > > >
> > > > @ie.close
> > > > @ie = IE.new
> > > > @ie.goto(someUrl)
> > > >
> > > > @ie.goto(someUrlTwo)  #this call times out
> > > > assert_not_nil(/patternToLookFor/.match(@ie.html )
> > > >
> > > > I'll have to verify that I can reproduce the problem using some
> > > > publicly accessibly site.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > -Dmitri
> > > >
> > > > On 2/10/06, Michael Bolton < mb at michaelbolton.net > wrote:
> > > > > When you say "fail", what Bad Thing happens?  What Good Thing fails
> to
> > > > > happen?  Do you get an error message?
> > > > >
> > > > > ---Michael B.
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > > > > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On
> Behalf Of
> > > Dmitri Dolguikh
> > > > > Sent: February 10, 2006 10:03 AM
> > > > > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > > > Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi list,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when goto
> is
> > > > > called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url was
> > > > > valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not
> fail.
> > > > > I tried adding sleep and Watir:: IE.wait calls between goto's
> without
> > > > > consistent results.
> > > > >
> > > > > In fact, for code like this
> > > > >
> > > > > @ie.goto(url1)
> > > > > @ie.goto(url2)
> > > > >
> > > > > second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas, anybody?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > -Dmitri
> > > > >
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > Wtr-general mailing list
> > > > > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> > > > >
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> > > >
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From uday_bhobe at hotmail.com  Sat Feb 11 02:51:00 2006
From: uday_bhobe at hotmail.com (Uday Bhobe)
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:51:00 +0000
Subject: [Wtr-general]  Popup window was blocked
Message-ID: <BAY107-F28DA104C679788C297E767FB050@phx.gbl>

Thanks a ton Thom! It worked ... I found and disabled the google and yahoo 
popup blockers in IE.

Uday


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Uday,

I don't know if it helps but when I had pop-up blocker problems on my
system, I found 4 pop-up blockers to turn off... One is in IE... One was
in the Norton's, one was in a Google tool bar and one was a rogue pop-up
blocker program on my system. When I found all of them... The programs
worked.

Bottom line is that IF it is a pop-up blocker problem... There are
frequently multiple pop-up blockers active on a system.

Thom

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Uday Bhobe
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:02 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Popup window was blocked

Hi,

I tried to post this message yesterday, but for some reason it doesn't
seem to have made it. I am facing a problem "A popup window was blocked"
with a link that is trying to open a new IE browser window. I have
disabled the popup blocker in IE, yet am facing this problem. Manual
clicking of the link works. But it does not work from Watir (I am trying
through irb). I have verified through "flash" that I have the right link
(it's happening with all the links that create a new IE window_.

I searched the list for help on this problemm, and managed to find an
earlier discussion. But I did not understand the solution, although it
seems to be to do with the Yahoo Messenger (will I have to uninstall the
Yahoo
Messenger?)

Thanks,
Uday


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From marcus.tettmar at gmail.com  Sat Feb 11 03:22:28 2006
From: marcus.tettmar at gmail.com (Marcus Tettmar)
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:22:28 +0000
Subject: [Wtr-general] ANN: Watir WebRecorder
Message-ID: <dd78cfb30602110022u2b7ed089xae0cad39dde46e62@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I have created a free Watir version of our WebRecorder product that creates
Ruby/Watir code.

http://www.mjtnet.com/watir_webrecorder.htm

Watir WebRecorder is an IE based tabbed browser which records activity and
builds a Watir script.  For more information and to download v0.1 please
see: http://www.mjtnet.com/watir_webrecorder.htm

Some background: WebRecorder was originally developed in 2004 to create
Macro Scheduler code.  We have found it very useful for speeding up the
initial development of web automation and testing scripts.  Recently I have
been getting to know Ruby and noticed there was no Watir recorder so decided
to create a Watir version of WebRecorder.

WebRecorder handles nested frames, popups and new browser windows and
records all kinds of form field objects, links and image clicks as well as
server authentication login boxes.

One thing missing from the Watir version right now is an easy way to record
code to extract data from the page.  It also doesn't support file downloads
yet.  The other thing that is missing is support for Area tags.  While
WebRecorder can record clicks on Area maps I couldn't find any support to
play them back in Watir.  I have read about the xpath extension so will look
at including this in due course.

I would welcome any feedback and bug reports.

--
Marcus Tettmar
mtettmar at mjtnet.com
http://www.mjtnet.com/
Macro Scheduler & WebRecorder for Windows & Web Automation and Testing.
WebRecorder for Ruby/Watir now available.
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From PGarigue at EXTEND.COM  Mon Feb 13 17:07:46 2006
From: PGarigue at EXTEND.COM (Pierre Garigue)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:07:46 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] is this worth looking into?
Message-ID: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04CAC2E8@mail.extend.com>

http://rspec.rubyforge.org/files/TUTORIAL.html


I'm pretty sure the subject could have been presented in a less theoretic way. But is seems like
a way of getting away from the 'assert' way of doing thing. Instead one has methods to
 test the results. 

example 

 1.should_equal 1

Cheers
Pierre Garigue 



From Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com  Mon Feb 13 17:55:28 2006
From: Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com (Attebery, Bill)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:55:28 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
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Response to Angrez Singh from message below

Thanks for the information it was helpful.  It seems (if I'm understanding this correctly) that we have some non-standard HTML and that the developers shouldn't be trying to set the type attribute in the <Select> element explicitly, they should be using the multiple attribute if desired.  I wonder though why when using the page directly IE seems to ignore this attribute and I can use the select list just fine, but when trying to use watir on the page it gets hung up on this attribute (i.e. the attribute prevents Watir from finding my object), if IE was truly the culprit wouldn't it have the problem when using the page outside of Watir as well?  I was hopeful that even though the HTML is not standard that since IE appears to ignore this attribute, that maybe Watir should too?  I tried changing the attribute to "select-one" and "select-multiple" in the page also, but Watir still couldn't find the object.

Response to Michael Bolton from message below

Thanks for the response, here is the Watir snippet that you requested with the irb response.  Basically just trying to see if I can get a handle on the select list object in the page (tried with both :name and :id - only :id shown below, but the result is the same either way).  When I do this and the attribute is included in the HTML, I get the error.  If I remove the attribute from the HTML Watir finds the object with no problem.  (I can use the select method to set the value once the attribute is removed as well)

$ie.select_list(:id, /order_source/).flash
Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate object, using id and
(?-mix:order_source)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1928:in `assert_exists'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:2020:in `flash'
        from (irb):16
        from ?:0
irb(main):017:0> $ie.select_list(:id, /order_source/).flash
Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate object, using id and
(?-mix:order_source)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1928:in `assert_exists'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:2020:in `flash'
        from (irb):17
        from ?:0

irb(main):019:0> $ie.select_list(:id, /order_source/).flash
=> nil(note:  select list object flashes in IE as expected)

Re: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
Michael Bolton
Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:25:47 -0800
Title: Select List Question
What did your Watir script's code look like? (Do I need to write a macro for this question?) Watir doesn't find objects; you ask it to help you find them. It's successful in helping you precisely to the extent that you've asked it in a way that it can understand. ---Michael B.

Re: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
Angrez Singh
Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:46:10 -0800
Hi Bill,

While location the select list element WATiR codes use "select-one" or "select-multiple" for matching the type of the select list. Also the "type" attribute of select list is "readonly" as per DOM specification:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-DOM-Level-1-20000929/level-one-html.html#ID-94282980  <http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-DOM-Level-1-20000929/level-one-html.html> 

So if you are assigning value to "type" attribute browser should not take the value or rather should ignore the "type" . But if it is using that value for returning the type of the select list, then WATiR code will not be able to find the control because the value that you have given for type attribute i.e. "select" doesn't matches with "select-one" or "select-multiple". So thats why if first fails but after removing the type attribute it succeeds.

So I think its IE that is not behaving according to the DOM standards. WATiR code is working fine. 

Hope that helps,

Regards,
Angrez

On 2/10/06, Attebery, Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]  <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: 
	In our in house webpage we found that some of the select lists use a attribute TYPE="SELECT" when we tried to get a handle on these SELECT_LIST objects watir failed with the cannot find object error. We did some investigating and removed this attribute from the html, and watir then found the object with no problems. So my question is, is this a bug or a known issue and if so are there any workarounds or code updates that will resolve it? If you need more info please let me know. 
	Here's the HTML snippet with the offending attribute in red. 
	<tr> 
	<td class="label"> 
	<DIV CLASS="required" pii="null" name="po_order_header.order_source.label" id="po_order_header.order_source.label" title="Order Source">Order Source</DIV> 
	</td><td class="field"><select pii="null" id="po_order_header.order_source" TYPE="SELECT" Name="po_order_header.order_source" tabindex="15" required="true"><OPTION VALUE="" title=""></OPTION><OPTION VALUE="AuthRep" title="">Authorized Representative</OPTION><OPTION VALUE="CapAnalyst" title="">Capacity Analyst</OPTION><OPTION VALUE="City" title="">City</OPTION><OPTION VALUE="Collection" title="">Collections</OPTION></select> 
	</td> 
	</tr> 
	Thanks, 
	Bill 


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From bret at pettichord.com  Mon Feb 13 20:15:13 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:15:13 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
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Bill,

Thank you for your clear report. This sounds like a new problem to me.

Using the current development tarball version, could you please include the
line below right after you require 'watir'.

  require 'watir'
  Watir::SelectList::INPUT_TYPES << "select"

I think there is a good chance this will correct your problem. But i also
think your programmers are creating odd html. I can find no references to
TYPE="SELECT" being correct.

Bret

On 2/10/06, Attebery, Bill <Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com> wrote:
>
> In our in house webpage we found that some of the select lists use a
> attribute* TYPE="SELECT"* when we tried to get a handle on these
> SELECT_LIST objects watir failed with the cannot find object error.  We did
> some investigating and removed this attribute from the html, and watir then
> found the object with no problems.  So my question is, is this a bug or a
> known issue and if so are there any workarounds or code updates that will
> resolve it?  If you need more info please let me know.
>
> Here's the HTML snippet with the offending attribute in red.
>
> <tr>
> <td class="label">
> <DIV CLASS="required" pii="null"
> name="po_order_header.order_source.label"
> id="po_order_header.order_source.label" title="Order Source">Order
> Source</DIV>
>
> </td><td class="field"><select pii="null"
> id="po_order_header.order_source"* **TYPE="SELECT" * Name="po_order_header.order_source"
> tabindex="15" onchange="formModified();orderSourceChanged()"
> onblur="validate()" required="true"><OPTION VALUE=""
> title=""></OPTION><OPTION VALUE="AuthRep"  title="">Authorized
> Representative</OPTION><OPTION VALUE="CapAnalyst" title="">Capacity
> Analyst</OPTION><OPTION  VALUE="City" title="">City</OPTION><OPTION
> VALUE="Collection" title="">Collections</OPTION></select>
>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
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From paul.rogers at shaw.ca  Mon Feb 13 22:06:46 2006
From: paul.rogers at shaw.ca (Paul Rogers)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:06:46 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] fire-fox and mozilla
Message-ID: <27ed63727ebd11.27ebd1127ed637@shaw.ca>

Several people have been looking at this - has anyone made any progress? Is any way better than another?

I may have some time available soon

Paul



From Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com  Tue Feb 14 00:49:19 2006
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:49:19 -0700
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From bret at pettichord.com  Tue Feb 14 01:38:45 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:38:45 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir not waiting for page to load
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I think Jonathan has touched on the key element for a problem that Dmitri
has also been running into...

On 2/13/06, Jonathan Kohl <jkohl at telusplanet.net> wrote:
>
> I figured out how to repeat the problem, and how to work around it.
>
> If I enter in the test site as I do manually:
> ie.goto("http://test-web")
> The script dies because it tries to find an object before the page has
> loaded. If I put the full path to the app:
>
> ie.goto("http://test-web/cgi-bin/testapp.do")
> it works. The first one worked before our new switching was put in the
> office. "http://test-web" resolves to: http://test-web/cgi-bin/testapp.do.
>
> Any thoughts?


I checked the IE#goto method and it calls IE#wait, but it is acting like it
isn't actually waiting for the page to load. I think i know why. The body of
IE#wait is wrapped in a begin/rescue/end block and this has always made me
nervous. It's too easy to suppress important errors.

In your case (and Dmitri's), i'm willing to bet that @ie.document doesn't
yet exist (so it throws a WIN32OLERuntimeError, which is silently
suppressed, exiting the wait method BEFORE the page has even started to
load!

I've been uncomfortable with this begin/rescue/end block, and now that i
have good reason to take it out, i've done it. I've just committed this
change and have also added an explicit wait for the @ie.document to exist.

The core tests run ok, but because we really don't have unit tests for the
wait logic, there is a greater than usual chance that this introduces (or
unblocks) other defects. Let me know of any problems.

Thanks for the detailed investigation and report.

Bret
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From bret at pettichord.com  Tue Feb 14 01:40:01 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:40:01 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
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Huh?

On 2/13/06, Attebery, Bill <Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com> wrote:
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From bret at pettichord.com  Tue Feb 14 01:59:50 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:59:50 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
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This problem should now be fixed. For details, see my recent note in
response to Jonathan Kohl.

Bret

On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
>
> I tried that before I started this thread - it didn't help.
> -Dmitri
>
> On 2/10/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> > Does adding @ie.wait between the two calls to @ie.goto fix the problem?
> (Do
> > i hear an echo?)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
> > > Sorry, I should have clarified that.
> > >
> > > 'times out' means that 'goto' call doesn't return for a couple of
> > > minutes; When it does eventually, the browser stays on the page it was
> > > prior to the call. Also, as I mentioned before the location bar
> > > doesn't get updated with the url passed into goto method.
> > >
> > > -Dmitri
> > >
> > > On 2/10/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> > > > What does 'times out' mean? Does the script hang at that point? Do
> you
> > get a
> > > > timeout error?
> > > >
> > > > Does adding @ie.wait between the two calls to @ie.goto fix the
> problem?
> > > >
> > > > Bret
> > > >
> > > > On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh < witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm able to reproduce the problem within the same test by using
> the
> > > > > following chain of events (right now using our webapp):
> > > > >
> > > > > @ie = IE.new
> > > > > @ie.goto(someUrl)
> > > > > @ie.link(...).click
> > > > > @ie.text_field(:name, "username").set('someName')
> > > > > @ie.image(:src, /login.gif/).fireEvent("onmouseup")
> > > > >
> > > > > @ie.close
> > > > > @ie = IE.new
> > > > > @ie.goto(someUrl)
> > > > >
> > > > > @ie.goto(someUrlTwo)  #this call times out
> > > > > assert_not_nil(/patternToLookFor/.match(@ie.html )
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll have to verify that I can reproduce the problem using some
> > > > > publicly accessibly site.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > -Dmitri
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2/10/06, Michael Bolton < mb at michaelbolton.net > wrote:
> > > > > > When you say "fail", what Bad Thing happens?  What Good Thing
> fails
> > to
> > > > > > happen?  Do you get an error message?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ---Michael B.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > > > > > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On
> > Behalf Of
> > > > Dmitri Dolguikh
> > > > > > Sent: February 10, 2006 10:03 AM
> > > > > > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > > > > Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi list,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when
> goto
> > is
> > > > > > called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url
> was
> > > > > > valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not
> > fail.
> > > > > > I tried adding sleep and Watir:: IE.wait calls between goto's
> > without
> > > > > > consistent results.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In fact, for code like this
> > > > > >
> > > > > > @ie.goto(url1)
> > > > > > @ie.goto(url2)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any ideas, anybody?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > -Dmitri
> > > > > >
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From angrez at gmail.com  Tue Feb 14 02:28:38 2006
From: angrez at gmail.com (Angrez Singh)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:58:38 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] fire-fox and mozilla
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Hi Paul,

I have been working on this for some time now. I have refactored the code
that was clustered in the 'watir.rb' so that much of it can be re-used. The
interface for accessing the elements will remain the same. I used 'JSSh' for
interacting with the browser. So far I am able to do the following things:

1. Successful  run of  all the unit tests written for IE. Just to check that
refactoring the code doesn't break the existing thing.
2. TextField, Hidden, Button, Select list (with a little problem) can now be
accessed in Firefox as well. All the unit-tests for these elements are
running fine.

TODO:
1. Add support for other elements as well.
2. Currently you need to start Mozilla manually and tell JSSh to listen on
port 9997 (default port). Need to automate this.
3. Not all selection mechanism are available in Mozilla (afterText,
beforeText etc). Need to figure out a way to do this, if its that important.

At the end of this month or  first week of March, I'll be releasing a
version that will support the following things:
1. Support for Text Fields, Hidden, Buttons, Select List, Links, Radio &
Checkboxes, Image, File Field elements.
2. Javascript pop ups (using AutoIt3) & Windows pop ups.

Tables, Frames , Forms & rest of the elements that are left will be
available in the future releases.

Regards,
Angrez
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From yannick.francois at gmail.com  Tue Feb 14 05:31:47 2006
From: yannick.francois at gmail.com (Yannick Francois)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:31:47 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] fire-fox and mozilla
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Thanks for this work, I'm impatient to be in march to test it :-)

2006/2/14, Angrez Singh <angrez at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> I have been working on this for some time now. I have refactored the code
> that was clustered in the 'watir.rb' so that much of it can be re-used.
> The interface for accessing the elements will remain the same. I used 'JSSh'
> for interacting with the browser. So far I am able to do the following
> things:
>
> 1. Successful  run of  all the unit tests written for IE. Just to check
> that refactoring the code doesn't break the existing thing.
> 2. TextField, Hidden, Button, Select list (with a little problem) can now
> be accessed in Firefox as well. All the unit-tests for these elements are
> running fine.
>
> TODO:
> 1. Add support for other elements as well.
> 2. Currently you need to start Mozilla manually and tell JSSh to listen on
> port 9997 (default port). Need to automate this.
> 3. Not all selection mechanism are available in Mozilla (afterText,
> beforeText etc). Need to figure out a way to do this, if its that important.
>
>
> At the end of this month or  first week of March, I'll be releasing a
> version that will support the following things:
> 1. Support for Text Fields, Hidden, Buttons, Select List, Links, Radio &
> Checkboxes, Image, File Field elements.
> 2. Javascript pop ups (using AutoIt3) & Windows pop ups.
>
> Tables, Frames , Forms & rest of the elements that are left will be
> available in the future releases.
>
> Regards,
> Angrez
>
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From witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org  Tue Feb 14 07:45:38 2006
From: witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org (Dmitri Dolguikh)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:45:38 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
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Awesome. Thanks, guys.

-Dmitri
On 2/14/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> This problem should now be fixed. For details, see my recent note in
> response to Jonathan Kohl.
>
>
> Bret
>
> On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh < witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
> > I tried that before I started this thread - it didn't help.
> > -Dmitri
> >
> > On 2/10/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> > > Does adding @ie.wait between the two calls to @ie.goto fix the problem?
> (Do
> > > i hear an echo?)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
> > > > Sorry, I should have clarified that.
> > > >
> > > > 'times out' means that 'goto' call doesn't return for a couple of
> > > > minutes; When it does eventually, the browser stays on the page it was
> > > > prior to the call. Also, as I mentioned before the location bar
> > > > doesn't get updated with the url passed into goto method.
> > > >
> > > > -Dmitri
> > > >
> > > > On 2/10/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com > wrote:
> > > > > What does 'times out' mean? Does the script hang at that point? Do
> you
> > > get a
> > > > > timeout error?
> > > > >
> > > > > Does adding @ie.wait between the two calls to @ ie.goto fix the
> problem?
> > > > >
> > > > > Bret
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2/10/06, Dmitri Dolguikh < witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm able to reproduce the problem within the same test by using
> the
> > > > > > following chain of events (right now using our webapp):
> > > > > >
> > > > > > @ie = IE.new
> > > > > > @ie.goto(someUrl)
> > > > > > @ie.link(...).click
> > > > > > @ie.text_field(:name, "username").set('someName')
> > > > > > @ie.image(:src,
> /login.gif/).fireEvent("onmouseup")
> > > > > >
> > > > > > @ie.close
> > > > > > @ie = IE.new
> > > > > > @ie.goto(someUrl)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > @ie.goto(someUrlTwo)  #this call times out
> > > > > > assert_not_nil(/patternToLookFor/.match(@ie.html
> )
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'll have to verify that I can reproduce the problem using some
> > > > > > publicly accessibly site.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > -Dmitri
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 2/10/06, Michael Bolton < mb at michaelbolton.net > wrote:
> > > > > > > When you say "fail", what Bad Thing happens?  What Good Thing
> fails
> > > to
> > > > > > > happen?  Do you get an error message?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ---Michael B.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > > > > > > [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On
> > > Behalf Of
> > > > > Dmitri Dolguikh
> > > > > > > Sent: February 10, 2006 10:03 AM
> > > > > > > To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > > > > > Subject: [Wtr-general] Goto(url)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi list,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm finding that using goto on Watir::IE is not reliable: when
> goto
> > > is
> > > > > > > called first time it is *always* successful (provided the url
> was
> > > > > > > valid of course). However on subsequent calls it may or may not
> > > fail.
> > > > > > > I tried adding sleep and Watir:: IE.wait calls between goto's
> > > without
> > > > > > > consistent results.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In fact, for code like this
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > @ie.goto(url1)
> > > > > > > @ie.goto(url2)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > second goto call is almost guaranteed to fail.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Any ideas, anybody?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > -Dmitri
> > > > > > >
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From bret at pettichord.com  Tue Feb 14 09:04:59 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:04:59 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Status Report and Update
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602140604ld346e12u12bdf9cd7a0ef381@mail.gmail.com>

I've been behind on a lot of things, but i am starting to get caught
up. This report touches several areas: modal web dialog support,
fixing the wait logic, unit testing approaches, moving to Subversion,
modal windows dialogs, and reliability.

The biggest thing i've been behind on is the support for modal web
dialogs in watir. But i have that working now mostly. I've committed
the code, and the test. See modal_dialog_test.rb for an example.

This is rough code. But it works. And i'm happy to get bug reports on
it and fix them. And i know i need to change the interface, and am
happy to recieve suggestions.

People have been asking about this for a long time. I've been "real
close" since last summer. This required programming in C. I was able
to get Yaxin Wang to do most of it -- he's a collegue at ThoughtWorks.
But to finish it up, i needed to get my own C programming environment
set up and make a couple of changes. And this took a lot of time, what
with a job change -- from ThoughtWorks to DataCert -- and all.

It's been more than just a job change. For the first time in five
years, i'm no longer a consultant. And i don't really need to speak or
teach or write any more. And i don't need to be a public contributor
to open-source software.

I became a consultant, to a large degree, so that these kinds of
things would be part of my job. I like doing them. But they had in
their own way become a chore. So i've been enjoying doing these things
only out of joy, rather than obligation. And the C programming hurdle
just took me a long time to get over. At the same time, i've retained
my commitment to completing the modal web dialog support. I knew i was
close, we needed it at almost all our clients when i was at
ThoughtWorks, and in fact i need it now if i am to use Watir at my new
job (which i need to do). Indeed, after a while, i stopped letting
myself work on practically anything else Watir-related other than
this.

Now that it is committed, i can get back to a number of long deferred
items.

Last night, i checked in a "fix" to a problem that Jonathan and Dmitri
had both reported regarding synchronization problems using goto. I say
"fix," because i now realize that i've introduced another problem: we
can now see exceptions and/or hangs when, say, doing an
ie.button().click that closes the browser window.

I've been uncomfortable with the lack of unit tests for the wait
method. Now that i know i have to rework this code, it gives me new
impetus to write these tests. I see several approaches.

Almost all of our unit tests are what might better be termed
feature tests because they test Watir in the full context of a
browser. The only significant difference from full-scale system tests
is that the app they test is "mocked" by a set of interlinked html
files. They work very well for many feature tests, but tend to be
quite fast and thus they don't really exercise the wait logic.

You might call what we have "unit integration tests." There is another
style of unit testing called "unit isolation tests" that makes a much
more severe use of mock objects. In the case of testing IE#wait (this
is the standard way in Ruby to refer to the wait method of the IE
class -- it is a documenting convention and not an executable syntax),
this would mean mocking out the other things that method interacts
with: the document object, the busy method, the framesets. The great
thing about interaction testing is that it can easily provide
deterministic tests for code that may have to operate in a
non-deterministic environment. Right now, the only Watir test that
uses the isolation testing approach is ie_test.rb (using
ie_mock.rb). This was written by Elisabeth Hendrickson and
Indianapolis Mike Kelly.

Another approach to testing the wait logic would be embed
javascript-based delays in different events of a standard test html
page. A third approach would be to create a webrick app and put the
intentional delays on the server side.

One of the long-deferred items has been our move to Subversion and
OpenQA. One of the great things about SVN (which is how Subversion is
appreviated) is that every commit point is a release. This means that
anyone can easily download the particular software configuration as it
was after any particular commit. This may be convenient if i continue
to introduce bugs as i rework the wait code: i could ask a user to try
release X to see whether it works with their test suite. With CVS,
creating releases is a time-consuming and manual process, and we don't
do it much.

I strongly believe that getting this wait logic right and not forcing
users to think about it has been a characteristic distinguishing Watir
from other tools. Selenium doesn't do this. It has separate Click and
ClickAndWait methods. You use the latter if the click initiates a page
load, and the former if it doesn't. The problem i helped fix (we use
Selenium at DataCert) is that sometimes the ClickAndWait would
unexpectedly hit a client-side error that would prevent the page load
from happening. This caused the test to hang, while the ClickAndWait
method waited for a page load that was never going to happen. We fixed
this by adding a timeout, but i do believe that Watir's approach is
superior. It waits a little while, looks to see if a page load has
started, and if so, waits for it to finish.

I will be reworking Watir's support for Windows Dialogs shortly. I've
been embarrassed by all the problems we've had with the WinClicker and
have instead been working down a new path that doesn't require an
inverted flow of control nor passing control to an external
script. You can see my current progress in dialog_test.rb.

This has been an area where we've had awkward and unreliable
solutions, often characterized by hard-coded sleeps. To me, one of the
worst possible bugs in a testing tool is when sometimes it will run a
test fine, but will fail at other times, with no apparent difference
in the behavior of the software under test. Last year, one of users
shared a side-by-side comparison of Watir with Silk and one of the
columns was a reliability score. Watir tests worked 20 out of 20
times, but the various Silk tests were getting scores of 17 or 18 out
of 20.

More later...
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From Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com  Tue Feb 14 09:03:32 2006
From: Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com (Attebery, Bill)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:03:32 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
Message-ID: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDE8@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>


Sorry Bret, I sent the email from a web version of outlook and it
apparently sent it as an attachment or something.

Basically, I tried to install from the tarball but I'm not sure that I'm
doing it quite right.
I extracted it into the C: directory -- but I wasn't sure if I was
supposed to actually do it into my existing watir directory (C:\Program
Files\watir), and looking at the code you sent to try, I did a search of
the files extracted from the tarball and in my existing ruby and watir
directories but found no reference to INPUT_TYPES (I was trying to
understand what the code was doing, my best guess is that I was adding
the value "select" to a constant array) -- should I have found it?  If I
don't install the tarball into my existing watir directory, do I need to
do anything special to make sure ruby uses the correct directory when
executing a script?

Also, I agree that the HTML doesn't seem up to snuff, I'm going to take
that up with the developer to see if we can get it cleaned up.

Thanks again for the help and prompt feedback.



  _____ 

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
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Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 11:40 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Select List Question


Huh?


On 2/13/06, Attebery, Bill <Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com> wrote:

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From Mark_Cain at rl.gov  Tue Feb 14 10:34:46 2006
From: Mark_Cain at rl.gov (Cain, Mark)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:34:46 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Python to Ruby
Message-ID: <9C0BD1E3DAF1204D842D72E2DCE2A04ED1D56F@EX5V.rl.gov>

Does anyone know of a tool that can take an existing Python script and
convert it to Ruby?  Or has anyone had any experience converting Python
to Ruby?  I have some internal scripts that I would like to convert to
Ruby and don't want to reinvent to wheel doing it.

 

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From bret at pettichord.com  Tue Feb 14 10:34:30 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:34:30 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
In-Reply-To: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDE8@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>
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Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602140734j5757217at8767477aa18d5512@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/14/06, Attebery, Bill <Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com> wrote:
>
> Basically, I tried to install from the tarball but I'm not sure that I'm
> doing it quite right.
> I extracted it into the C: directory -- but I wasn't sure if I was
> supposed to actually do it into my existing watir directory (C:\Program
> Files\watir), and looking at the code you sent to try, I did a search of the
> files extracted from the tarball and in my existing ruby and watir
> directories but found no reference to INPUT_TYPES (I was trying to
> understand what the code was doing, my best guess is that I was adding the
> value "select" to a constant array) -- should I have found it?  If I don't
> install the tarball into my existing watir directory, do I need to do
> anything special to make sure ruby uses the correct directory when executing
> a script?
>

There is a command line installer in there (install.rb) but i think it is
broken. The Watir library (the important part) is actually installed in your
ruby directory, by default C:\ruby\lib\ruby\1.8. You can hand-copy
watir.rband the files in the watir subdirectory (
i.e. watir\watir\*.*) from the tarball in the mean time.

Your guess about the code is correct. (I know it sounds odd that you can add
a value to a constant array, but in Ruby you can.) You should have been able
to find it in watir.rb. Here is the original code in the tarball that you
need:

    class SelectList < InputElement
        INPUT_TYPES = ["select-one", "select-multiple"]
        ...

Bret
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From Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com  Tue Feb 14 11:03:05 2006
From: Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com (Attebery, Bill)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:03:05 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
Message-ID: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B710870192BDE9@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>


I think I'm catching on -- the c:\Program Files\Watir directory holds
the docs, help, examples and test scripts and the watir source goes to
the Ruby directories (seems obvious now, took a while for THAT light to
go on ;-)

I'm still not sure I'm getting the correct tarball -- on ruby forge I
went to http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/?root=wtr and
downloaded the root tarball.  I read the Installer_readme.txt and
followed those instructions to run the Installer.exe and follow the
wizard.

I found a watir folder and watir.rb (dated 8/20/2005 - more evidence I'm
not getting the correct file) under C:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8 (I
don't see any water files in c:\ruby\lib\ruby\1.8) -- in the watir.rb
file this is what I found for the SelectList class (no INPUT_TYPE -- I
see where it would go and follow how you were putting it there I think,
it just looks like I have the wrong/old? file).  Can you instruct me as
to where I should be going to get the latest development tarball.


class SelectList < Element
        # returns an initialized instance of a SelectList object
        #   * ieController  - an instance of an IEController
        #   * how          - symbol - how we access the select box
        #   * what         - what we use to access the select box, name,
id etc
        def initialize( ieController,  how , what )
            @ieController = ieController
            @how = how
            @what = what
            @o = @ieController.getObject(@how, @what, ["select-one",
"select-multiple"])
            super( @o )
        end
       
        attr :o
...

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[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:35 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Select List Question


On 2/14/06, Attebery, Bill <Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com> wrote:

	Basically, I tried to install from the tarball but I'm not sure
that I'm doing it quite right.
	I extracted it into the C: directory -- but I wasn't sure if I
was supposed to actually do it into my existing watir directory
(C:\Program Files\watir), and looking at the code you sent to try, I did
a search of the files extracted from the tarball and in my existing ruby
and watir directories but found no reference to INPUT_TYPES (I was
trying to understand what the code was doing, my best guess is that I
was adding the value "select" to a constant array) -- should I have
found it?  If I don't install the tarball into my existing watir
directory, do I need to do anything special to make sure ruby uses the
correct directory when executing a script?


There is a command line installer in there (install.rb) but i think it
is broken. The Watir library (the important part) is actually installed
in your ruby directory, by default C:\ruby\lib\ruby\1.8. You can
hand-copy watir.rb and the files in the watir subdirectory (i.e.
watir\watir\*.*) from the tarball in the mean time.

Your guess about the code is correct. (I know it sounds odd that you can
add a value to a constant array, but in Ruby you can.) You should have
been able to find it in watir.rb. Here is the original code in the
tarball that you need:

    class SelectList < InputElement
        INPUT_TYPES = ["select-one", "select-multiple"]
        ...

Bret




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From carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com  Tue Feb 14 11:56:31 2006
From: carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com (carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:56:31 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Unable to click on this link
Message-ID: <OF2294C278.6784D5C2-ON86257115.005BFAA6-86257115.005D10FA@nd.convergys.com>





Good morning:

I have taxed my two brain cells on how to click this link.  Unfortunately
the developers did not include SPAN id or title.  I have figured out that
this link is in table 20 Row 10 Column1, but I can not get the link to work
with  this syntax.

table = @ie.table(:index, 20).flash
#            Table.new(@ie.table(:index, 20)).printPretty
myTable = @ie.table(:index, 20)

test1 = myTable[10][1].click

Using SpySmith the content of this link looks like this.

Active Element: [A], Index: [417]
 <A class=universalLink href='javascript:switchSite("_bo_site:13024438");'>
 <SPAN class=b>Ingleside</SPAN> </A>

The developers have the href becoming something unique every time I import
my data, so I can not use a regular expression and grab the business object
ID in the href.  There are 9 similar links on this page and I need this
specific one.

The only thing that seems unique to me is the Active Element Index.  I
tried this syntax to see if I could at least locate the link by that index,
but no such luck.

assert_equal( "test1"   , @ie.link(:index, 417).id )
assert_equal( "test2" , @ie.link(:index, 417).name )

How might you approach clicking on this link?

The next thing I am going to try is capture an array of all the links on
the page, then click on the appropriate array index.  Seems to me there
should be a more straight forward way and unfortunately this is legacy code
and developers will not fix the HTML.  ;O(

Any thoughts would be most appreciated!

Thanks,

Carl


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From Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com  Tue Feb 14 12:03:03 2006
From: Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com (Attebery, Bill)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:03:03 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Select List Question
Message-ID: <D18A8D68994F3F45AAAC8E6277B7108704BE0DA1@edith.ad.twtelecom.com>


Ok Bret, I got it -- the installer isn't working (as you said), I
followed your instrux and copied the files manually.
Now I see your change and it works like a champ!!!

Thanks for all the help and insight!!!!



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[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Attebery, Bill
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:03 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Select List Question


I think I'm catching on -- the c:\Program Files\Watir directory holds
the docs, help, examples and test scripts and the watir source goes to
the Ruby directories (seems obvious now, took a while for THAT light to
go on ;-)

I'm still not sure I'm getting the correct tarball -- on ruby forge I
went to http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/?root=wtr and
downloaded the root tarball.  I read the Installer_readme.txt and
followed those instructions to run the Installer.exe and follow the
wizard.

I found a watir folder and watir.rb (dated 8/20/2005 - more evidence I'm
not getting the correct file) under C:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8 (I
don't see any water files in c:\ruby\lib\ruby\1.8) -- in the watir.rb
file this is what I found for the SelectList class (no INPUT_TYPE -- I
see where it would go and follow how you were putting it there I think,
it just looks like I have the wrong/old? file).  Can you instruct me as
to where I should be going to get the latest development tarball.


class SelectList < Element
        # returns an initialized instance of a SelectList object
        #   * ieController  - an instance of an IEController
        #   * how          - symbol - how we access the select box
        #   * what         - what we use to access the select box, name,
id etc
        def initialize( ieController,  how , what )
            @ieController = ieController
            @how = how
            @what = what
            @o = @ieController.getObject(@how, @what, ["select-one",
"select-multiple"])
            super( @o )
        end
       
        attr :o
...

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From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:35 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Select List Question


On 2/14/06, Attebery, Bill <Bill.Attebery at twtelecom.com> wrote:

	Basically, I tried to install from the tarball but I'm not sure
that I'm doing it quite right.
	I extracted it into the C: directory -- but I wasn't sure if I
was supposed to actually do it into my existing watir directory
(C:\Program Files\watir), and looking at the code you sent to try, I did
a search of the files extracted from the tarball and in my existing ruby
and watir directories but found no reference to INPUT_TYPES (I was
trying to understand what the code was doing, my best guess is that I
was adding the value "select" to a constant array) -- should I have
found it?  If I don't install the tarball into my existing watir
directory, do I need to do anything special to make sure ruby uses the
correct directory when executing a script?


There is a command line installer in there (install.rb) but i think it
is broken. The Watir library (the important part) is actually installed
in your ruby directory, by default C:\ruby\lib\ruby\1.8. You can
hand-copy watir.rb and the files in the watir subdirectory (i.e.
watir\watir\*.*) from the tarball in the mean time.

Your guess about the code is correct. (I know it sounds odd that you can
add a value to a constant array, but in Ruby you can.) You should have
been able to find it in watir.rb. Here is the original code in the
tarball that you need:

    class SelectList < InputElement
        INPUT_TYPES = ["select-one", "select-multiple"]
        ...

Bret


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From carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com  Tue Feb 14 12:30:05 2006
From: carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com (carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:30:05 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Unable to click on this link
In-Reply-To: <OF2294C278.6784D5C2-ON86257115.005BFAA6-86257115.005D10FA@nd.convergys.com>
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Hey WATIR experts,

I used this syntax to find my desired link.

            index = 1
            @ie.links.each do |link|

            assert_equal( @ie.link(:index, index).href      , link.href )
            puts index
            puts "link  " +  @ie.link(:index, index).href
            index+=1
            end

I did get this to work.

            mylink = @ie.link(:index, 26).href
            puts "My target link is " + mylink
            @ie.goto(mylink)

If there is a better solution please shout out!

Thanks,

Carl


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Good morning:

I have taxed my two brain cells on how to click this link.  Unfortunately
the developers did not include SPAN id or title.  I have figured out that
this link is in table 20 Row 10 Column1, but I can not get the link to work
with  this syntax.

table = @ie.table(:index, 20).flash
#            Table.new(@ie.table(:index, 20)).printPretty
myTable = @ie.table(:index, 20)

test1 = myTable[10][1].click

Using SpySmith the content of this link looks like this.

Active Element: [A], Index: [417]
 <A class=universalLink href='javascript:switchSite("_bo_site:13024438");'>
 <SPAN class=b>Ingleside</SPAN> </A>

The developers have the href becoming something unique every time I import
my data, so I can not use a regular expression and grab the business object
ID in the href.  There are 9 similar links on this page and I need this
specific one.

The only thing that seems unique to me is the Active Element Index.  I
tried this syntax to see if I could at least locate the link by that index,
but no such luck.

assert_equal( "test1"   , @ie.link(:index, 417).id )
assert_equal( "test2" , @ie.link(:index, 417).name )

How might you approach clicking on this link?

The next thing I am going to try is capture an array of all the links on
the page, then click on the appropriate array index.  Seems to me there
should be a more straight forward way and unfortunately this is legacy code
and developers will not fix the HTML.  ;O(

Any thoughts would be most appreciated!

Thanks,

Carl


Carl L. Shaulis
Convergys - Senior Analyst
512-634-0607



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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Tue Feb 14 14:15:39 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:15:39 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Unable to click on this link
In-Reply-To: <OF2294C278.6784D5C2-ON86257115.005BFAA6-86257115.005D10FA@nd.convergys.com>
References: <OF2294C278.6784D5C2-ON86257115.005BFAA6-86257115.005D10FA@nd.convergys.com>
Message-ID: <37c405480602141115t9713a36j@mail.gmail.com>

Ha!  Funny you should ask.. I just solved the same problem last week..  It
took me a few days to figure it out, so I'm happy to share it with you.

On 14/02/06, carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com <carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com>
wrote:
>
> Using SpySmith the content of this link looks like this.
>
> Active Element: [A], Index: [417]
> <A class=universalLink href='javascript:switchSite("_bo_site:13024438");'>
> <SPAN class=b>Ingleside</SPAN> </A>
>
>
When I run the show_spans() command on the desired frame, I see something
like the following:
----
Found 12 span tags
1   id=_ctl0_BorrowerList1_lblBorrowerListTitle      class=
2   id=      class=
3   id=      class=HeaderHiliteClass
4   id=      class=
5   id=      class=GroupClass
6   id=      class=
7   id=      class=GroupClass
8   id=      class=
9   id=      class=GroupClass
10   id=      class=
11   id=      class=
12   id=      class=
----

Unfortunately the Span method only (currently) allows for the following 3
"how" attributes: :index, :id, :name, but I would need something like the
":text" attribute to identify it by the text contained within the Span tags.

I decided to capture the text contents to a hash/dictionary array to
associate them with their index numbers.  That way I can use the Span method
by :index to flash and click the desired span tags.  Here's my code:
----
   # variables
   $C_Tree_h = Hash.new()
   last_item = $ie.frame("ContextTree").spans.length - 3   # This frame
always has 3 extra Spans at the end

   # Populate the Hash/Dictionary with the index numbers and text contents
of every other Span in this Frame
   3.step(last_item, 2)  { |x| $C_Tree_h[x] =
$ie.frame("ContextTree").span(:index, x).text() }

   # then navigate to the desired spot with:
   $ie.frame("ContextTree").span(:index, $C_Tree_h.index("Span Tag
Text")).click

----

The first 3 lines (ignoring the comments) are setup and I only need to run
them once on the frame when I enter the page.  The last command I can run as
many times as I want to navigate the Context Tree with the unidentifiable
Span tags.

I plan to make a method out of these lines to clean up the code a bit, but
I'm currently busy testing another project.  I'll get to it later.

Hope that helps.  Cheers.
Paul.


P.S., FEATURE REQUEST:
If I could make a request to improve the Span method, it would be to add
":text" to the "how".  That would be sweet!
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From chris.schmechel at gmail.com  Tue Feb 14 17:05:00 2006
From: chris.schmechel at gmail.com (Chris Schmechel)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:05:00 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Verify HTTP 200 OK response
Message-ID: <7a754c960602141405w75b37064lfe90bb9399ab497e@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Is there a way in Watir to verify whether a page succesfully
loaded from a HTTP perspective (ie. I got a 200 OK return
code)?

I'm executing ie.button().click method and I get redirected to
an external page.  I need to validate that page loaded correctly.

Thanks again!

Chris Schmechel



From bret at pettichord.com  Tue Feb 14 21:23:26 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:23:26 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Unable to click on this link
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602141115t9713a36j@mail.gmail.com>
References: <OF2294C278.6784D5C2-ON86257115.005BFAA6-86257115.005D10FA@nd.convergys.com>
	<37c405480602141115t9713a36j@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602141823i67d2e516l45206d83090f9e54@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/14/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> P.S., FEATURE REQUEST:
> If I could make a request to improve the Span method, it would be to add
> ":text" to the "how".  That would be sweet!


This has been in HEAD for months. We're overdue for a new release.
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From satti at qantom.com  Tue Feb 14 23:15:12 2006
From: satti at qantom.com (Sathya Shankar)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:45:12 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] Verify HTTP 200 OK response
In-Reply-To: <7a754c960602141405w75b37064lfe90bb9399ab497e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7a754c960602141405w75b37064lfe90bb9399ab497e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <43F2AAD0.4090307@qantom.com>

Chris Schmechel wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Is there a way in Watir to verify whether a page succesfully
>loaded from a HTTP perspective (ie. I got a 200 OK return
>code)?
>
>I'm executing ie.button().click method and I get redirected to
>an external page.  I need to validate that page loaded correctly.
>  
>
Use Net::HTTP class of Ruby to check the response by navigating to the page.

require 'net/http'
h = Net::HTTP.new('www.foo.com', 80)
resp, data = h.get('/index.html', nil )
puts "Code = #{resp.code}"
if #(resp.code) == 200
puts "The page has loaded"
else
puts "The page Error!!!"
end

>Thanks again!
>
>Chris Schmechel
>
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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Tue Feb 14 23:33:06 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:33:06 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Verify HTTP 200 OK response
In-Reply-To: <43F2AAD0.4090307@qantom.com>
References: <7a754c960602141405w75b37064lfe90bb9399ab497e@mail.gmail.com>
	<43F2AAD0.4090307@qantom.com>
Message-ID: <72799cd70602142033m76a95a24v9a573a68d9b32810@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/14/06, Sathya Shankar <satti at qantom.com> wrote:
> Chris Schmechel wrote:

> Use Net::HTTP class of Ruby to check the response by navigating to the page.
>
> require 'net/http'
> h = Net::HTTP.new('www.foo.com', 80)
> resp, data = h.get('/index.html', nil )
> puts "Code = #{resp.code}"
> if #(resp.code) == 200
> puts "The page has loaded"
> else
> puts "The page Error!!!"
> end

Nice.  I'm starting to really like net/http.  I use it a lot, and it's
really convenient.

-Chris



From chris.schmechel at gmail.com  Wed Feb 15 11:11:38 2006
From: chris.schmechel at gmail.com (Chris Schmechel)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:11:38 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general]  Verify HTTP 200 OK response
Message-ID: <7a754c960602150811w177e2343t15b978ef846d5597@mail.gmail.com>

Ok, but I don't really want to navigate to the page using both IE and
Net:HTTP classes.
I've already navigated to the main page via ie.goto() and I'm using
ie.button().click to navigate
to the resulting page.

Is there an equivalent method in Watir or something I can query in the DOM
to return the HTTP status after the ie.button().click method finishes?  It
would
be nice to have something similar to $mech->status in Perl.  I'm only aware
of
the ie.contains_text() method which isn't quite right.

Thanks again,

Chris Schmechel

On 2/14/06, Sathya Shankar <satti at qantom.com> wrote:
> Chris Schmechel wrote:

> Use Net::HTTP class of Ruby to check the response by navigating to the
page.
>
> require 'net/http'
> h = Net::HTTP.new('www.foo.com', 80)
> resp, data = h.get('/index.html', nil )
> puts "Code = #{resp.code}"
> if #(resp.code) == 200
> puts "The page has loaded"
> else
> puts "The page Error!!!"
> end
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From billagee at gmail.com  Wed Feb 15 13:40:58 2006
From: billagee at gmail.com (Bill Agee)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:40:58 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Verify HTTP 200 OK response
In-Reply-To: <7a754c960602150811w177e2343t15b978ef846d5597@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7a754c960602150811w177e2343t15b978ef846d5597@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <73e7817e0602151040w1ceba477v16c055234cefcf24@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/15/06, Chris Schmechel <chris.schmechel at gmail.com> wrote:
....
>
> Is there an equivalent method in Watir or something I can query in the DOM
> to return the HTTP status after the ie.button().click method finishes?  It
> would be nice to have something similar to $mech->status in Perl.  I'm only
> aware of the ie.contains_text() method which isn't quite right.

Hi Chris!

>From a glance at watir.rb it looks like some error checking is done
internally as you navigate, using the 'check_for_http_error' method. 
However as far as I can tell, that checks for "shdoclc.dll" in the
current URL, which may not be what you want.

In this sort of case, after a click, I just go ahead and start
asserting for the existence of values I know should be on the
resulting page.  Then if any of the asserts fail I know the point
where something went wrong.  I guess alternately if the web app uses a
custom 404 page that overrides IE's default you could assert/check
that the 404 page text is not present.

There could be some part of Watir I haven't seen where more HTTP
status code checking lives, or maybe there's a quick way to use the IE
OLE interface directly to get the status.  I glanced over the MSDN
reference but nothing 'clicked' as far as an easy way to do it.

Thanks
Bill



From philipreedtech at gmail.com  Wed Feb 15 14:26:52 2006
From: philipreedtech at gmail.com (philip reed)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:26:52 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Verify HTTP 200 OK response
In-Reply-To: <73e7817e0602151040w1ceba477v16c055234cefcf24@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7a754c960602150811w177e2343t15b978ef846d5597@mail.gmail.com>
	<73e7817e0602151040w1ceba477v16c055234cefcf24@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f462129b0602151126j1853a367ye9668c0b819ac821@mail.gmail.com>

This is somewhat of a digression, but in Firefox I use a nice plugin
to troubleshoot HTTP stuff called LiveHTTPHeaders
<http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/>.   Perhaps it's unrealistic to
think that something like that exists for MSIE, but if it did then
there would probably be some way to hack it to give browser based
output as you seek.

Anyway, it's just a thought.

- Philip

On 2/15/06, Bill Agee <billagee at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/15/06, Chris Schmechel <chris.schmechel at gmail.com> wrote:
> ....
> >


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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Wed Feb 15 14:33:51 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:33:51 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] How can I display a message while a Watir script is
	Sleeping?
Message-ID: <37c405480602151133n4cc8be48n@mail.gmail.com>

Hi there, this may seem trivial to some, but I haven't had any success
trying to figure out how to do this on my own, and I didn't have any success
checking the message archives.  Here's what I'd like to do..

I have a point in one script where it has to wait a few minutes for some
stuff to happen in the background.  I'd like to display some sort of message
on screen to explain that the test is still in progress but that it is
waiting for some event to happen.  A pop-up window with an [OK] button would
be nice.

I couldn't find anything in the Ruby technical docs that would help me
*create* a pop-up window.  Can this be done with Ruby?  Do I have to make a
call to a Javascript function to do this?

Can someone please point me in the right direction here?  Thanks.

Paul.
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From bret at pettichord.com  Thu Feb 16 02:11:18 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:11:18 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] ANN: Watir WebRecorder
In-Reply-To: <dd78cfb30602110022u2b7ed089xae0cad39dde46e62@mail.gmail.com>
References: <dd78cfb30602110022u2b7ed089xae0cad39dde46e62@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602152311i1bdd6175w26928263b7dcc0f0@mail.gmail.com>

This looks useful. I wanted to report a couple of bugs, comment on some of
the limits you mention of WebRecorder and/or Watir, and clarify my position
on recorders, including a general concern about claims made about
WebRecorder.

First the bugs.

1. When i recorded a script i saw a lot of calls to IE#wait. I don't believe
they are necessary in any of the cases i saw. In fact, my position is pretty
much that users shouldn't have to make calls to IE#wait in their scripts. If
they do, it is a bug in Watir. I'd suggest removing them and reporting any
cases where they seem necessary to you as bugs.

2. Not really a bug, but i think the "require
'test/unit/ui/console/testrunner'" is also unnecessary.

One thing missing from the Watir version right now is an easy way to record
> code to extract data from the page.


OK.

It also doesn't support file downloads yet.


I plan to rewrite Watir's support for this. The current implentation is
buggy.

The other thing that is missing is support for Area tags.  While WebRecorder
> can record clicks on Area maps I couldn't find any support to play them back
> in Watir.


True. I haven't seen much demand for this, so i don't think any one is
working on it.

Regarding my views of recorders...

I think that recorders can be useful aids to programmers. But i think you
need to know how to write and modify the code that is being generated. One
problem is that recorders often lead people into thinking that they don't
have to be a programmer to use the tool. In fact, your website makes this
very claim. This is what i object to. Not to recorders themselves.

A second concern is that it simply is much harder to make a reliable
recorder than it to make a reliable execution tool. This is why Watir is an
execution tool, only. The problem is that there are always all kinds of
controls that a tool can execute against but can't record. For example, i
tried to use WebRecorder against a random website that had some javascript
links (probably div tags, i didn't even look) and they didn't get recorded.
I didn't even report that as a bug, because i didn't expect it to work.
Every test tool i've ever used that had a recorder had more reliability
problems with the recorders than the execution. I see them as two separate
things. But that isn't the view of the non-programming user. To even
understand the limits of a recorder, you have to know something about html
-- in other words you have to be, in some sense, a programmer. Anyway, my
point is that if i were to bundle a recorder (any recorder) with Watir,
people would try it first, learn that it wasn't reliable and then conclude
that Watir wasn't reliable. In other words, it would reduce the percieved
reliability of Watir.

If the recorder is a separate tool, that doesn't make any claims about
allowing non-programmers to create Watir scripts, then i'm cool with it.

Am i being harsh with WebRecorder? The Watir WebRecorder page says
"WebRecorder is designed to speed up the creation of web testing and web
automation scripts." I'm cool with that. But commercial WebRecorder it is
billed as "No Programming Skills Required". I haven't looked at this version
of the tool, but i'm pretty skeptical about this claim.

Bret
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From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Thu Feb 16 02:17:18 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:17:18 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] How can I display a message while a Watir script
	is Sleeping?
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602151133n4cc8be48n@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602151133n4cc8be48n@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f81b1250602152317g4e1068fbrcd5c9ba8635b5c5f@mail.gmail.com>

The easiest way I can think of is to output something in the console.
# some ruby/watir codeputs "Please wait a few minutes for some stuff to happen in the background."# more ruby/watir code
On 2/15/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi there, this may seem trivial to some, but I haven't had any success> trying to figure out how to do this on my own, and I didn't have any success> checking the message archives.  Here's what I'd like to do..>> I have a point in one script where it has to wait a few minutes for some> stuff to happen in the background.  I'd like to display some sort of message> on screen to explain that the test is still in progress but that it is> waiting for some event to happen.  A pop-up window with an [OK] button would> be nice.>> I couldn't find anything in the Ruby technical docs that would help me> *create* a pop-up window.  Can this be done with Ruby?  Do I have to make a> call to a Javascript function to do this?>> Can someone please point me in the right direction here?  Thanks.>> Paul.>>> _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>>

--http://www.testingreflections.com/blog/3071http://iskusivac.blog.hr/


From marcus.tettmar at gmail.com  Thu Feb 16 03:55:19 2006
From: marcus.tettmar at gmail.com (Marcus Tettmar)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:55:19 +0000
Subject: [Wtr-general] ANN: Watir WebRecorder
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602152311i1bdd6175w26928263b7dcc0f0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <dd78cfb30602110022u2b7ed089xae0cad39dde46e62@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602152311i1bdd6175w26928263b7dcc0f0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <dd78cfb30602160055v701d8a3ag642f0c15286a6c65@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Bret,

On 2/16/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
>
> 1. When i recorded a script i saw a lot of calls to IE#wait. I don't
> believe they are necessary in any of the cases i saw. In fact, my position
> is pretty much that users shouldn't have to make calls to IE#wait in their
> scripts. If they do, it is a bug in Watir. I'd suggest removing them and
> reporting any cases where they seem necessary to you as bugs.


In 0.3 under Tools/Options you can switch off "Insert Waits".  I have found
that they are sometimes useful so I have made it optional.  At present you
also need it to record/automate server auth logins.  Goto waits forever if a
login box pops up because the page hasn't finished loading until after the
password has been issued.  So there are options to use ie.navigate instead
of Goto and therefore an ie.wait is needed after it.  But in the latest
version 0.3 these things are optional.  So you can switch this off.

2. Not really a bug, but i think the "require
> 'test/unit/ui/console/testrunner'" is also unnecessary.


I'll check that out.

The other thing that is missing is support for Area tags.  While WebRecorder
> can record clicks on Area maps I couldn't find any support to play them back
> in Watir.
>

True. I haven't seen much demand for this, so i don't think any one is
> working on it.
>

In the past I have had to automate web sites that used an Area for the
navigation menu.  So it was necessary to record it.  But it is true that
they don't seem to be that prevalent.


Regarding my views of recorders...
>
> I think that recorders can be useful aids to programmers. But i think you
> need to know how to write and modify the code that is being generated.
>

I agree.

One problem is that recorders often lead people into thinking that they
> don't have to be a programmer to use the tool.
>

I'm not so sure.  I cannot be alone in using Microsoft Office's macro
recorder to get a jump start on creating VBA code.  If I can't remember how
to do something, or want to get the bare bones of the code from which to
work I will nearly always record the main process with the VBA recorder.
But then I will tidy up the code and make changes to it.  I am very
experienced in VBA yet I find the recorder extremely useful.  I am aware of
many other VBA programmers who do the same.  At the same time the complete
beginner can quickly build basic macros without knowing any code.  They
won't get as far as the programmer but both are happy and both find the tool
useful within the limitations of their abilities.   He knows that a
programmer would get more out of it.

In fact, your website makes this very claim. This is what i object to. Not
> to recorders themselves.
>

In respect of the Watir WebRecorder I wasn't aware that we were making this
claim at all.  In regards to Macro Scheduler's WebRecorder it is true that
we say no programming skills required.  But this version outputs very
different code and is for a very different type of user.  In terms of the
code it outputs the people that use it don't need to modify it.  I can cite
customers with no programming experience at all using MacroScript
WebRecorder to create dozens of useful web automation scripts without really
understanding the code it is creating.  So in their case I can stand by our
claims.

A second concern is that it simply is much harder to make a reliable
> recorder than it to make a reliable execution tool. This is why Watir is an
> execution tool, only. The problem is that there are always all kinds of
> controls that a tool can execute against but can't record. For example, i
> tried to use WebRecorder against a random website that had some javascript
> links (probably div tags, i didn't even look) and they didn't get recorded.
> I didn't even report that as a bug, because i didn't expect it to work.
> Every test tool i've ever used that had a recorder had more reliability
> problems with the recorders than the execution. I see them as two separate
> things. But that isn't the view of the non-programming user. To even
> understand the limits of a recorder, you have to know something about html
> -- in other words you have to be, in some sense, a programmer. Anyway, my
> point is that if i were to bundle a recorder (any recorder) with Watir,
> people would try it first, learn that it wasn't reliable and then conclude
> that Watir wasn't reliable. In other words, it would reduce the percieved
> reliability of Watir.
>

I haven't gotten around to creating a help file for the Watir version yet,
but will do so soon.  When I do I can write in some caveats.  The
MacroScript version explains that not everything can be recorded, but to
contact us if they find anything that can't so that we can see if we can
improve it.  Otherwise we never get to know about these sites and while we
spend time looking at random sites we can't find everything.

As you say it is hard, perhaps impossible, to make a recorder for all web
sites that will manage to record everything.  There's simply a limit to what
the developer can think of to test and the number of web sites and the ways
they work is infinite.  So far our users appear to be aware of that and let
us know when they find something it fails with.  We are either able to find
a solution and make a modification for them (and the product gets better) or
we have to explain the reason why it can't be recorded.

Re the issue you found - possibly Div tags - Watir WebRecorder doesn't
record Div tags.  MacroScript WebRecorder doesn't by default but has an
option where you can specify extra tags you'd like it to record.  So it
probably gets round this problem.  In time we could add the same sort of
functionality to Watir WebRecorder if people are interested.

If the recorder is a separate tool, that doesn't make any claims about
> allowing non-programmers to create Watir scripts, then i'm cool with it.
>

How about I add a big warning box that appears on startup with a big
disclaimer saying that knowledge of Ruby/Watir is necessary and that the
recorder has limitations and may not be able to record everything?

Am i being harsh with WebRecorder? The Watir WebRecorder page says
> "WebRecorder is designed to speed up the creation of web testing and web
> automation scripts." I'm cool with that. But commercial WebRecorder it is
> billed as "No Programming Skills Required". I haven't looked at this version
> of the tool, but i'm pretty skeptical about this claim.
>

As I said, I can stand by that claim just on the basis of the sort of people
that are using Macro Scheduler and MacroScript WebRecorder.  That said while
in many cases no programming skills are required, they do help!  Many people
with no prior programming skills have used WebRecorder/Macro Scheduler to
create pretty amazing scripts (but have gained programming skills along the
way).

With Watir WebRecorder however, I would expect people using Watir
WebRecorder to understand Watir/Ruby to start with.  I will try to make that
clearer.

--
Marcus Tettmar
http://www.mjtnet.com/
Macro Scheduler & WebRecorder for Windows & Web Automation and Testing.
WebRecorder for Ruby/Watir now available.
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From marcus.tettmar at gmail.com  Thu Feb 16 06:06:32 2006
From: marcus.tettmar at gmail.com (Marcus Tettmar)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:06:32 +0000
Subject: [Wtr-general] ANN: Watir WebRecorder
In-Reply-To: <dd78cfb30602160055v701d8a3ag642f0c15286a6c65@mail.gmail.com>
References: <dd78cfb30602110022u2b7ed089xae0cad39dde46e62@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602152311i1bdd6175w26928263b7dcc0f0@mail.gmail.com>
	<dd78cfb30602160055v701d8a3ag642f0c15286a6c65@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <dd78cfb30602160306p3952399dka646a5069786e55f@mail.gmail.com>

As a follow up I have just uploaded version 0.4 of Watir WebRecorder which
now has support for Divs and TDs which have onclick handlers.  It also
displays a disclaimer on startup regarding its limitations and that any
failure to record something is no reflection on the abilities of Watir.
I've also added a disclaimer to the Watir WebRecorder page on our site and
have had the Macro Scheduler WebRecorder page modified to say "No Advanced
Programming Skills Required" rather than "No Programming Skills Required".
I hope this goes some way towards satisfying any concerns.

http://www.mjtnet.com/watir_webrecorder.htm

Regards,
Marcus

On 2/16/06, Marcus Tettmar <marcus.tettmar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Bret,
>
> On 2/16/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> >
> > 1. When i recorded a script i saw a lot of calls to IE#wait. I don't
> > believe they are necessary in any of the cases i saw. In fact, my position
> > is pretty much that users shouldn't have to make calls to IE#wait in their
> > scripts. If they do, it is a bug in Watir. I'd suggest removing them and
> > reporting any cases where they seem necessary to you as bugs.
>
>
> In 0.3 under Tools/Options you can switch off "Insert Waits".  I have
> found that they are sometimes useful so I have made it optional.  At present
> you also need it to record/automate server auth logins.  Goto waits forever
> if a login box pops up because the page hasn't finished loading until after
> the password has been issued.  So there are options to use ie.navigateinstead of Goto and therefore an
> ie.wait is needed after it.  But in the latest version 0.3 these things
> are optional.  So you can switch this off.
>
> 2. Not really a bug, but i think the "require
> > 'test/unit/ui/console/testrunner'" is also unnecessary.
>
>
> I'll check that out.
>
> The other thing that is missing is support for Area tags.  While
> > WebRecorder can record clicks on Area maps I couldn't find any support to
> > play them back in Watir.
> >
>
> True. I haven't seen much demand for this, so i don't think any one is
> > working on it.
> >
>
> In the past I have had to automate web sites that used an Area for the
> navigation menu.  So it was necessary to record it.  But it is true that
> they don't seem to be that prevalent.
>
>
> Regarding my views of recorders...
> >
> > I think that recorders can be useful aids to programmers. But i think
> > you need to know how to write and modify the code that is being generated.
> >
>
> I agree.
>
> One problem is that recorders often lead people into thinking that they
> > don't have to be a programmer to use the tool.
> >
>
> I'm not so sure.  I cannot be alone in using Microsoft Office's macro
> recorder to get a jump start on creating VBA code.  If I can't remember how
> to do something, or want to get the bare bones of the code from which to
> work I will nearly always record the main process with the VBA recorder.
> But then I will tidy up the code and make changes to it.  I am very
> experienced in VBA yet I find the recorder extremely useful.  I am aware of
> many other VBA programmers who do the same.  At the same time the complete
> beginner can quickly build basic macros without knowing any code.  They
> won't get as far as the programmer but both are happy and both find the tool
> useful within the limitations of their abilities.   He knows that a
> programmer would get more out of it.
>
> In fact, your website makes this very claim. This is what i object to. Not
> > to recorders themselves.
> >
>
> In respect of the Watir WebRecorder I wasn't aware that we were making
> this claim at all.  In regards to Macro Scheduler's WebRecorder it is true
> that we say no programming skills required.  But this version outputs very
> different code and is for a very different type of user.  In terms of the
> code it outputs the people that use it don't need to modify it.  I can cite
> customers with no programming experience at all using MacroScript
> WebRecorder to create dozens of useful web automation scripts without really
> understanding the code it is creating.  So in their case I can stand by our
> claims.
>
> A second concern is that it simply is much harder to make a reliable
> > recorder than it to make a reliable execution tool. This is why Watir is an
> > execution tool, only. The problem is that there are always all kinds of
> > controls that a tool can execute against but can't record. For example, i
> > tried to use WebRecorder against a random website that had some javascript
> > links (probably div tags, i didn't even look) and they didn't get recorded.
> > I didn't even report that as a bug, because i didn't expect it to work.
> > Every test tool i've ever used that had a recorder had more reliability
> > problems with the recorders than the execution. I see them as two separate
> > things. But that isn't the view of the non-programming user. To even
> > understand the limits of a recorder, you have to know something about html
> > -- in other words you have to be, in some sense, a programmer. Anyway, my
> > point is that if i were to bundle a recorder (any recorder) with Watir,
> > people would try it first, learn that it wasn't reliable and then conclude
> > that Watir wasn't reliable. In other words, it would reduce the percieved
> > reliability of Watir.
> >
>
> I haven't gotten around to creating a help file for the Watir version yet,
> but will do so soon.  When I do I can write in some caveats.  The
> MacroScript version explains that not everything can be recorded, but to
> contact us if they find anything that can't so that we can see if we can
> improve it.  Otherwise we never get to know about these sites and while we
> spend time looking at random sites we can't find everything.
>
> As you say it is hard, perhaps impossible, to make a recorder for all web
> sites that will manage to record everything.  There's simply a limit to what
> the developer can think of to test and the number of web sites and the ways
> they work is infinite.  So far our users appear to be aware of that and let
> us know when they find something it fails with.  We are either able to find
> a solution and make a modification for them (and the product gets better) or
> we have to explain the reason why it can't be recorded.
>
> Re the issue you found - possibly Div tags - Watir WebRecorder doesn't
> record Div tags.  MacroScript WebRecorder doesn't by default but has an
> option where you can specify extra tags you'd like it to record.  So it
> probably gets round this problem.  In time we could add the same sort of
> functionality to Watir WebRecorder if people are interested.
>
> If the recorder is a separate tool, that doesn't make any claims about
> > allowing non-programmers to create Watir scripts, then i'm cool with it.
> >
>
> How about I add a big warning box that appears on startup with a big
> disclaimer saying that knowledge of Ruby/Watir is necessary and that the
> recorder has limitations and may not be able to record everything?
>
> Am i being harsh with WebRecorder? The Watir WebRecorder page says
> > "WebRecorder is designed to speed up the creation of web testing and web
> > automation scripts." I'm cool with that. But commercial WebRecorder it is
> > billed as "No Programming Skills Required". I haven't looked at this version
> > of the tool, but i'm pretty skeptical about this claim.
> >
>
> As I said, I can stand by that claim just on the basis of the sort of
> people that are using Macro Scheduler and MacroScript WebRecorder.  That
> said while in many cases no programming skills are required, they do help!
> Many people with no prior programming skills have used WebRecorder/Macro
> Scheduler to create pretty amazing scripts (but have gained programming
> skills along the way).
>
> With Watir WebRecorder however, I would expect people using Watir
> WebRecorder to understand Watir/Ruby to start with.  I will try to make that
> clearer.
>
> --
> Marcus Tettmar
> http://www.mjtnet.com/
> Macro Scheduler & WebRecorder for Windows & Web Automation and Testing.
> WebRecorder for Ruby/Watir now available.
>
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From manishs at reconnex.net  Thu Feb 16 09:10:09 2006
From: manishs at reconnex.net (Manish Sapariya)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:40:09 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] how to access links in table cells
Message-ID: <43F487C1.1090506@reconnex.net>

Hi,
I have a table, which has few columns with simple
text and few columns with links.

I want to do a search on text columns, and click in
the link for one of the column for a given row.

I can search the row successfully using text, but
I can't click on that row.

When I check the class of the row[i].class, it
shows as TableCell.
How do I click link object in that particular
cell.

THanks for help.
REgards,
Manish



From chris.schmechel at gmail.com  Thu Feb 16 18:12:07 2006
From: chris.schmechel at gmail.com (Chris Schmechel)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:12:07 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Urgent Javascript Problem
Message-ID: <7a754c960602161512k741882eehe1721c3f289574d8@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I can get to the link to invoke the JS popWarn div via:

  @ie.link(:id,"buylink").click

and then I try the following:

 @ie.text_field(:name,"email").set(*"*null at null.com")

and I get the following error:

WIN32OLERuntimerror: focus
  OLE error code:800A083E iin htmlfile
     Can't move focus to the control because it is invisible, not enabled,
or of a type that does not accept focus.

Anything I can to do submit the e-mail and/or get around this?

Thanks again,

Chris Schmechel


<!-- Warning Popup Layer -->
<div id="popWarn">
        <div id="popWarn_top"></div>
        <div id="popWarn_middle">
                <div class="padder10">
                        <h4>I Pity The Fool</h4>
                        <h5>You will give us your email now.</h5>
                        Your computer will explode if you do not comply with
our every wish immediately.
                        <form action="/redirect.php" id="redirect"
name="redirect" method="post" onSubmit="return emailCheck(this.email.value
)">
                                <input type="text" name="email" id="email">
                                <input type="hidden" name="dest" value="
http://newlink">
    <br>
                         <button id="redirect_submit"
type="submit">Buy</button>
                        </form>
                </div>
        </div>
        <div id="popWarn_bottom"></div>
</div>
<!-- end popup layer -->
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From BPaatsch at activevoice.com  Thu Feb 16 20:39:09 2006
From: BPaatsch at activevoice.com (Paatsch, Bernd)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:39:09 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] too many callbacks are defined. (DL::DLError) in
	winClicker.rb
Message-ID: <DB8B2DF09344624C84867DA023FA4ADE44A0F7@activevoice2.necam.prv>

I get following error running my loop to delete usres. Everytime I delete a
user I get a IE windows popup with OK|Cancle. Does anybody know a solution
to my problem?
Thanks,
Bernd


c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir/winClicker.rb:315:in `callback': too
many callbacks are defined. (DL::DLError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir/winClicker.rb:315:in
`getChild
Handle'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir/winClicker.rb:290:in
`clickWin
dowsButton'
        from ./wacSubscriber.rb:442:in `exec_test'

Code:

      goNext = true # can go next

      #take snapshot where I am:  
      memory_now = nil
      memory_now =  disp.text_field(:name, @tagSubName).getContents      
      memory_old = "" # empty string

      while goNext do

	head = nil
	test = nil
	win = nil
	head = $ie.frame(frm.wacFrameHead) 
	win = WinClicker.new()
		    
        if (memory_now != memory_old) then
	    # have not reached the end, delete
            # need to handle the iexplorer popup window
	    head.link(:id, gen.wacDelete ).getOLEObject.click

	    win.clickWindowsButton("Microsoft Internet Explorer", "OK" ,
maxWaitTime=30 )
	    head.link(:id, gen.wacNext ).click
	    memory_old = memory_now
	    memory_now =  disp.text_field(:name, @tagSubName).getContents

	    
	  elsif (memory_now == memory_old) then
	    # reached the end
	    goNext = false
	  else
	    puts "ERROR"
	  end
	end
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From bret at pettichord.com  Thu Feb 16 23:35:01 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:35:01 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Verify HTTP 200 OK response
In-Reply-To: <7a754c960602150811w177e2343t15b978ef846d5597@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7a754c960602150811w177e2343t15b978ef846d5597@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602162035v68414bbv5409f6cf55dd1853@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/15/06, Chris Schmechel <chris.schmechel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ok, but I don't really want to navigate to the page using both IE and
> Net:HTTP classes.
> I've already navigated to the main page via ie.goto() and I'm using
> ie.button().click to navigate
> to the resulting page.
>
> Is there an equivalent method in Watir or something I can query in the DOM
> to return the HTTP status after the ie.button().click method finishes?  It
> would
> be nice to have something similar to $mech->status in Perl.  I'm only
> aware of
> the ie.contains_text() method which isn't quite right.
>

Unlike $mech, which is a browser simulator, Watir is a browser automator.
The headers are not in the DOM -- they are directly handled by the browser,
which in this case is IE. Some one needs to figure out how to get IE to
reveal this information.

Here's a tool that makes them visible, thus proving that it is
programatically available. But the tool is closed source.

     http://www.blunck.info/iehttpheaders.html

If any one knows more about how we could get this information into Watir,
please speak up.

Bret
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From bret at pettichord.com  Thu Feb 16 23:37:58 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:37:58 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Urgent Javascript Problem
In-Reply-To: <7a754c960602161512k741882eehe1721c3f289574d8@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7a754c960602161512k741882eehe1721c3f289574d8@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602162037t1d09af5bta0769637a1c0d64f@mail.gmail.com>

Try @ie.text_field(:name,"email").value = *"*null at null.com"

On 2/16/06, Chris Schmechel <chris.schmechel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> and then I try the following:
>  @ie.text_field(:name,"email").set(*"*null at null.com")
>
> and I get the following error:
>
> WIN32OLERuntimerror: focus
>   OLE error code:800A083E iin htmlfile
>      Can't move focus to the control because it is invisible, not enabled,
> or of a type that does not accept focus.
>
> Anything I can to do submit the e-mail and/or get around this?
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Thu Feb 16 23:40:17 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:40:17 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] how to access links in table cells
In-Reply-To: <43F487C1.1090506@reconnex.net>
References: <43F487C1.1090506@reconnex.net>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602162040n79b4d91bw574a2dac95148185@mail.gmail.com>

Please provide html and code.

On 2/16/06, Manish Sapariya <manishs at reconnex.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have a table, which has few columns with simple
> text and few columns with links.
>
> I want to do a search on text columns, and click in
> the link for one of the column for a given row.
>
> I can search the row successfully using text, but
> I can't click on that row.
>
> When I check the class of the row[i].class, it
> shows as TableCell.
> How do I click link object in that particular
> cell.
>
> THanks for help.
> REgards,
> Manish
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
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From bret at pettichord.com  Thu Feb 16 23:50:03 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:50:03 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] How can I display a message while a Watir script
	is Sleeping?
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602151133n4cc8be48n@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602151133n4cc8be48n@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602162050j75904e8eg53d21fbee5412442@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/15/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I couldn't find anything in the Ruby technical docs that would help me
> *create* a pop-up window.  Can this be done with Ruby?  Do I have to make a
> call to a Javascript function to do this?


You definitely don't want to create a javascript popup window. They stop
browser processing and thus would undermine your objective.

You can use Ruby to create GUI's of all kinds. The Ruby FX library is
probably a good place to go if you really want to do this. But realize that
to create a message box that doesn't block, you will have to create
event-driven, multi-threaded code.

Personally, i think the right direction is to follow Zeljko's suggest that
you use "puts".

Another thing you can do is just to puts dots (".") as you progress as a
sign of life. This is already what test::unit does.

Bret
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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 17 00:44:02 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:44:02 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] is this worth looking into?
In-Reply-To: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04CAC2E8@mail.extend.com>
References: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04CAC2E8@mail.extend.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602162144j176978c3g1c65eb1aa082572e@mail.gmail.com>

Rspec is a library that takes test-driven development a step away from
testing per se and towards behavioral specification. The intent is to write
this spec in ruby (hence rspec) and then to implement the code thereafter.

I find it to be interesting work, but am not so sure there is much place to
use it with Watir. Maybe there is; maybe you could spec an app in Rspec,
then hook it up to Watir and then create the app that makes the Watir/Rspec
scripts pass. Maybe.

But i guess i was wondering whether anyone had actually tried out this tool
line.

Bret

On 2/13/06, Pierre Garigue <PGarigue at extend.com> wrote:
>
> http://rspec.rubyforge.org/files/TUTORIAL.html
>
> I'm pretty sure the subject could have been presented in a less theoretic
> way. But is seems like
> a way of getting away from the 'assert' way of doing thing. Instead one
> has methods to
> test the results.
>
> example
>
> 1.should_equal 1
>
> Cheers
> Pierre Garigue
>
> _______________________________________________
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From chris.schmechel at gmail.com  Fri Feb 17 01:36:00 2006
From: chris.schmechel at gmail.com (Chris Schmechel)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:36:00 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] How to dismiss File Download - Security Warning popup
Message-ID: <7a754c960602162236r6f5977cfyd286141b4098e8e8@mail.gmail.com>

I'm running a script and executing the following command:

  ie.button(:name,"submit").click

and I'm redirected to a web page that begins a download of
an executable.  I'm working on XP SP2 so the File Download -
Security Warning (ie. that's the title) popup comes up:

  Do you want to run or save this file?

and the choices are Run, Save, and Cancel.  I'd like to click
the cancel button.

How can I do this from my Watir script?

Thanks again,

Chris Schmechel
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From manishs at reconnex.net  Fri Feb 17 01:56:12 2006
From: manishs at reconnex.net (Manish Sapariya)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:26:12 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] Recording http request response headers
Message-ID: <43F5738C.5070006@reconnex.net>

By any chance is it possible to log every
request and response data into log file
when my watir script is executed?

I wanted to figure out the some request urls
for doing load testing using jMeter.

Is there any other tool which people out here
are using to do load/stress testing?

Thanks,
Manish


From marcus.tettmar at gmail.com  Fri Feb 17 03:44:32 2006
From: marcus.tettmar at gmail.com (Marcus Tettmar)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:44:32 +0000
Subject: [Wtr-general] Verify HTTP 200 OK response
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602162035v68414bbv5409f6cf55dd1853@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7a754c960602150811w177e2343t15b978ef846d5597@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602162035v68414bbv5409f6cf55dd1853@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <dd78cfb30602170044g1273a9ffp5af2adda0aa52834@mail.gmail.com>

As far as I am aware you have to implement a passthrough Asynchronous
Pluggable Protocol (APP):

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/pluggable/pluggable.asp

http://tinyurl.com/9xqvt*

*Not sure if this is what the iehttpheaders plug in does - it may just cheat
and get the URL of the new page and request the headers afterwards with
HttpQueryInfo.

Marcus

On 2/17/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/15/06, Chris Schmechel <chris.schmechel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, but I don't really want to navigate to the page using both IE and
> > Net:HTTP classes.
> > I've already navigated to the main page via ie.goto() and I'm using
> > ie.button().click to navigate
> > to the resulting page.
> >
> > Is there an equivalent method in Watir or something I can query in the
> > DOM
> > to return the HTTP status after the ie.button().click method
> > finishes?  It would
> > be nice to have something similar to $mech->status in Perl.  I'm only
> > aware of
> > the ie.contains_text() method which isn't quite right.
> >
>
> Unlike $mech, which is a browser simulator, Watir is a browser automator.
> The headers are not in the DOM -- they are directly handled by the browser,
> which in this case is IE. Some one needs to figure out how to get IE to
> reveal this information.
>
> Here's a tool that makes them visible, thus proving that it is
> programatically available. But the tool is closed source.
>
>      http://www.blunck.info/iehttpheaders.html
>
> If any one knows more about how we could get this information into Watir,
> please speak up.
>
> Bret
>
> _______________________________________________
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> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
>


--
Marcus Tettmar
http://www.mjtnet.com/
Macro Scheduler & WebRecorder for Windows & Web Automation and Testing.
WebRecorder for Ruby/Watir now available.
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From witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org  Fri Feb 17 10:42:16 2006
From: witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org (Dmitri Dolguikh)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:42:16 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] watir from HEAD installation notes
Message-ID: <1aa3b8a50602170742t1b050657g2911f67d2fbe472@mail.gmail.com>

Hey list,

I ran into an issues when installing watir from HEAD: the permissions
on wind32ole.so and IEDialog.dll have to modified to include 'execute'
permission.

Perhaps this tidbit should be included in 'installing from source' instructions?

-Dmitri



From PGarigue at EXTEND.COM  Fri Feb 17 11:09:29 2006
From: PGarigue at EXTEND.COM (Pierre Garigue)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:09:29 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] is this worth looking into?
Message-ID: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04B69AFD@mail.extend.com>

 <http://www.trug.ca/Darrick_Wiebe> Darrick Wiebe at our Toronto Ruby group is busy ( http://www.trug.ca/Darrick_Wiebe) douing some work with it trying to make it more 
English-like.
 
Maybe I can bug him about getting together and look at how this would be used with Watir 
 
Cheer
Pierre 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bret Pettichord [mailto:bret at pettichord.com]
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 12:44 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] is this worth looking into?


Rspec is a library that takes test-driven development a step away from testing per se and towards behavioral specification. The intent is to write this spec in ruby (hence rspec) and then to implement the code thereafter.

I find it to be interesting work, but am not so sure there is much place to use it with Watir. Maybe there is; maybe you could spec an app in Rspec, then hook it up to Watir and then create the app that makes the Watir/Rspec scripts pass. Maybe. 

But i guess i was wondering whether anyone had actually tried out this tool line.

Bret


On 2/13/06, Pierre Garigue <  <mailto:PGarigue at extend.com> PGarigue at extend.com> wrote: 

http://rspec.rubyforge.org/files/TUTORIAL.html

I'm pretty sure the subject could have been presented in a less theoretic way. But is seems like
a way of getting away from the 'assert' way of doing thing. Instead one has methods to 
test the results.

example

1.should_equal 1

Cheers
Pierre Garigue

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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 17 11:33:26 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:33:26 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] is this worth looking into?
In-Reply-To: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04B69AFD@mail.extend.com>
References: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04B69AFD@mail.extend.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602170833l58441e59vdc0276bd8ac3d5ec@mail.gmail.com>

I haven't been clear. I wouldn't suggest Rspec as something that would help
Watir users. I don't feel strongly about this, and would be happy to hear
from people who have actually used them together. But i am not actually
encouraging this as a useful exercise.

Bret
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From oblomov.consulting at googlemail.com  Fri Feb 17 11:43:27 2006
From: oblomov.consulting at googlemail.com (George Hawthorne)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:43:27 +0000
Subject: [Wtr-general] multiple sessions
Message-ID: <880925dd0602170843m38c26351p@mail.gmail.com>

Hello. Thanks for this excellent resource.

After a couple of weeks of Watir use I've hit a niggly problem. I want
to run multiple concurrent instances of the browser, each logged into
the site-under-test as a different user. This sort of thing...

@ie1 = IE.new
@ie1.goto(test_site)
log in as Edgar
click some buttons...

@ie2 = IE.new
@ie2.goto(test_site)
log in as Cordelia
click some buttons...

The snag is that the site-under-test authenticates on a per-session
basis so when @ie2 goes to the site it doesn't see the log-in page. It
can't log in as Cordelia because it is already logged in as Edgar.
Logging off @ie2 causes @ie1 to be logged off too.

A possible workaround is to start a new session for each user by
launching iexplore.exe. If I manually open browser instances by
clicking on iexplore.exe I can have umpteen users logged on
concurrently, so this should work. I can do this within my script
using:

 `start "#{'iexplore.exe'}" "#{'http://www...etc'}"`

and then use IE.attach.  This works fine for the first instance
(though it threw an error until I put a 'sleep' between start and
attach), but when I try to open a second browser instance using
`start...` it closes the first instance. How can I get my Watir script
to act in the same way that manually clicking on iexplore.exe does?

Can anyone point me towards a possible solution?

Thanks,

George



From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 17 11:44:05 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:44:05 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] watir from HEAD installation notes
In-Reply-To: <1aa3b8a50602170742t1b050657g2911f67d2fbe472@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1aa3b8a50602170742t1b050657g2911f67d2fbe472@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602170844m33e3f466rb42a5f5b05e17878@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the report.

Where are the 'installing from source' instructions? (I didn't know we had
them.)

What we really need to do is fix the command line installer (which is broken
across the board) and then make sure it sets the permissions.

BTW, these files are new and are what gives Watir the ability to work with
modal web dialogs (which is still undergoing further development).

Bret

On 2/17/06, Dmitri Dolguikh <witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org> wrote:
>
> Hey list,
>
> I ran into an issues when installing watir from HEAD: the permissions
> on wind32ole.so and IEDialog.dll have to modified to include 'execute'
> permission.
>
> Perhaps this tidbit should be included in 'installing from source'
> instructions?
>
> -Dmitri
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 17 11:47:22 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:47:22 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Recording http request response headers
In-Reply-To: <43F5738C.5070006@reconnex.net>
References: <43F5738C.5070006@reconnex.net>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602170847h47e0bd37pbf857992ed0a495b@mail.gmail.com>

The best approach would be to use a logging proxy. Any recommendations out
there?

On 2/17/06, Manish Sapariya <manishs at reconnex.net> wrote:
>
> By any chance is it possible to log every
> request and response data into log file
> when my watir script is executed?
>
> I wanted to figure out the some request urls
> for doing load testing using jMeter.
>
> Is there any other tool which people out here
> are using to do load/stress testing?
>
> Thanks,
> Manish
> _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
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From BPaatsch at activevoice.com  Fri Feb 17 12:02:50 2006
From: BPaatsch at activevoice.com (Paatsch, Bernd)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:02:50 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Error message using WinClicker, why?
Message-ID: <DB8B2DF09344624C84867DA023FA4ADE44A0F8@activevoice2.necam.prv>

 Hello,
 
 I get following error running my loop to delete usres. Everytime I delete a
user I get a IE windows popup with OK|Cancle. Does anybody know a solution
to my problem?

Thanks, 
Bernd 


c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir/winClicker.rb:315:in `callback': too
many callbacks are defined. (DL::DLError) 
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir/winClicker.rb:315:in
`getChild 
Handle' 
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir/winClicker.rb:290:in
`clickWin 
dowsButton' 
        from ./wacSubscriber.rb:442:in `exec_test' 

Code: 

      goNext = true # can go next 

      #take snapshot where I am:  
      memory_now = nil 
      memory_now =  disp.text_field(:name, @tagSubName).getContents      
      memory_old = "" # empty string 

      while goNext do 

        head = nil 
        test = nil 
        win = nil 
        head = $ie.frame(frm.wacFrameHead) 
        win = WinClicker.new() 
                    
        if (memory_now != memory_old) then 
            # have not reached the end, delete 
            # need to handle the iexplorer popup window 
            head.link(:id, gen.wacDelete ).getOLEObject.click 

            win.clickWindowsButton("Microsoft Internet Explorer", "OK" ,
maxWaitTime=30 ) 
            head.link(:id, gen.wacNext ).click 
            memory_old = memory_now 
            memory_now =  disp.text_field(:name, @tagSubName).getContents

            
          elsif (memory_now == memory_old) then 
            # reached the end 
            goNext = false 
          else 
            puts "ERROR" 
          end 
        end 

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From witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org  Fri Feb 17 12:53:50 2006
From: witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org (Dmitri Dolguikh)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:53:50 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] watir from HEAD installation notes
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602170844m33e3f466rb42a5f5b05e17878@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1aa3b8a50602170742t1b050657g2911f67d2fbe472@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602170844m33e3f466rb42a5f5b05e17878@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1aa3b8a50602170953l6ef7c652o7a4e3f2f8d600ee3@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/17/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the report.
>
> Where are the 'installing from source' instructions? (I didn't know we had
> them.)

What I really meant is Step 2 - Install Watir:Development Version
instructions :)

>
> What we really need to do is fix the command line installer (which is broken
> across the board) and then make sure it sets the permissions.

that certainly is a better solution :)

-Dmitri



From chris.schmechel at gmail.com  Fri Feb 17 18:59:26 2006
From: chris.schmechel at gmail.com (Chris Schmechel)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:59:26 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Update on Clicking Windows File Download - Security
	Warning Dialog Box
Message-ID: <7a754c960602171559k286a830ala195563308768393@mail.gmail.com>

I was able to write a Perl Win32::GuiTest to do the following:

 @window = FindWindowLike(0,"File Download","");
 SetForegroundWindow($window[0]);
 SendKeys("{SPACE}");

which I can call via system("perl dismiss.pl") in Ruby.  I can't seem to
get the synchronization right though as I call ie.form().button().click
right beforehand.

Suggestions? I'm aware of the AutoIT interface but I've had more luck with
the
perl script working correctly when I execute it manually.

Thanks,

Chris Schmechel
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From billagee at gmail.com  Fri Feb 17 21:15:00 2006
From: billagee at gmail.com (Bill Agee)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:15:00 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Update on Clicking Windows File Download -
	Security Warning Dialog Box
In-Reply-To: <7a754c960602171559k286a830ala195563308768393@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7a754c960602171559k286a830ala195563308768393@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <73e7817e0602171815lcb1749fn4538f4dcf664ff06@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/17/06, Chris Schmechel <chris.schmechel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was able to write a Perl Win32::GuiTest to do the following:
>
>  @window = FindWindowLike(0,"File Download","");
>  SetForegroundWindow($window[0]);
>  SendKeys("{SPACE}");
>

It seems pretty common for people to call a helper script like the one
above in order to unblock IE after a browser action that spawns a
popup.  I ran into at least one case where running a small helper Ruby
script similar to the above was the only way to dismiss a certain
pesky popup window.

One pattern to solve this is:

- start a ruby thread
inside it, click the link/button or whatever that causes IE to block

- sleep a bit in between the thread definitions (or write some code
that will wait until the popup window you're watching for appears)

- start another thread
inside it, use system() to execute your helper script, which hopefully
dismisses the popup

- join both threads and resume program flow, assuming the popup has
been dismissed and the call to IE that spawned the popup has now
returned

Thanks
Bill



From manishs at reconnex.net  Sat Feb 18 08:40:31 2006
From: manishs at reconnex.net (Manish Sapariya)
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:10:31 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] how to access links in table cells
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602162040n79b4d91bw574a2dac95148185@mail.gmail.com>
References: <43F487C1.1090506@reconnex.net> 
	<ade75c5b0602162040n79b4d91bw574a2dac95148185@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <43F723CF.6080904@reconnex.net>

Hi,
Please find attached html and my watir code.
I could get the flash working on the link, but
when i click the link it actually deletes other entries.

Is there a better way than what I am doing?

Thanks and Regards,
Manish


On 02/17/2006 10:10 AM, Bret Pettichord wrote:

> Please provide html and code.
>
> On 2/16/06, *Manish Sapariya* <manishs at reconnex.net 
> <mailto:manishs at reconnex.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>     I have a table, which has few columns with simple
>     text and few columns with links.
>
>     I want to do a search on text columns, and click in
>     the link for one of the column for a given row.
>
>     I can search the row successfully using text, but
>     I can't click on that row.
>
>     When I check the class of the row[i].class, it
>     shows as TableCell.
>     How do I click link object in that particular
>     cell.
>
>     THanks for help.
>     REgards,
>     Manish
>
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From dave at burt.id.au  Sat Feb 18 09:16:45 2006
From: dave at burt.id.au (Dave Burt)
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 01:16:45 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Recording http request response headers
References: <43F5738C.5070006@reconnex.net>
	<ade75c5b0602170847h47e0bd37pbf857992ed0a495b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <004701c63495$f3121da0$6602a8c0@telperion>

> The best approach would be to use a logging proxy. Any recommendations out
there?

Maybe MouseHole could be useful, although it's not designed for quite this 
purpose. I guess you could add logging fairly easily.

http://rubyforge.org/projects/mousehole

Cheers,
Dave 



From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Sat Feb 18 16:23:35 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:23:35 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Update on Clicking Windows File Download -
	Security Warning Dialog Box
In-Reply-To: <7a754c960602171559k286a830ala195563308768393@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7a754c960602171559k286a830ala195563308768393@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <72799cd70602181323j69b3164ev464c72c30074503@mail.gmail.com>

> which I can call via system("perl dismiss.pl") in Ruby.  I can't seem to
> get the synchronization right though as I call ie.form().button().click
> right beforehand.
>
> Suggestions? I'm aware of the AutoIT interface but I've had more luck with
> the
> perl script working correctly when I execute it manually.

I like this solution, I've had it in my back pocket for some time now.
 Instead of calling the Perl script from Ruby, call the Ruby script
from Perl, like so:

use Win32::GuiTest qw(FindWindowLike GetWindowText
SetForegroundWindow SendKeys);

system (1, "C:\\ruby\\bin\\ruby.exe script.rb");
while (1) { #INFINITE LOOP
sleep 5; #CHECK FOR NEW WINDOW EVERY 5 SEC
my @windows = FindWindowLike(0, "^Microsoft Internet Explorer"
);
for (@windows) {
SetForegroundWindow($_); #BRING THE RIGHT WINDOW IN FOCUS
SendKeys("{ENTER}");
}
}

That "system (1, foo) is magic-- it returns control to the calling
(Perl) script.  This way your Perl script loops, happily finding and
dismissing windows, while your Ruby script runs around generating
them.

-Chris



From mb at michaelbolton.net  Sun Feb 19 10:36:52 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:36:52 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] how to access links in table cells
In-Reply-To: <43F723CF.6080904@reconnex.net>
Message-ID: <003301c6356a$4fda4d30$6501a8c0@Koko>

Let's look at this code step by step:

>while (true)

First of all, whatever it does, you apparently intend to do it forever.  Do
you really intend that?  What criterion or line of code would get you out of
this infinite loop?  If you're /depending/ on a crash, that might do it.

>  if($ie.frame("mainFrame").table(:id, 'nav-menu').exists? )
>    puts "I found the table"
>  end

Next, if you found the table, you announce that you found the table; then
you drop out of the conditional and proceed to the next steps.  If you
/didn't/ find the table, you drop out of the conditional, and proceed to the
next steps.  Other than printing a message to the screen, whether you find
what you're looking for or not, /the code tries to do exactly the same
thing/.

>  searchExists=0
>  i=3

i is a magic number here.  It has the value 3, and yet has nothing else
associated with it--certainly no indication of what it's for, or why it's 3.
Why IS it 3?

>  t = $ie.frame("mainFrame").table(:id, 'nav-menu')

If you find a table with an id attribute of 'nav-menu', you do something.
If you don't find such a table, you should get a nil on the .each method,
without an apparent error handler or alternative path of action.  Are you
sure you want that to happen?

>  t.each do |row|
>      puts "iterating #{i} row"

Since i is equal to 3, this will always report that you're on row 3, /even
when you're not on row 3/.  Might you be deleting something inadvertently
because you're not where you think you are?

>      #puts "search Name = #{searchName}"

Where does the searchName value come from?  Is it a local variable that
you've assigned somewhere else?

>      #puts "11th Column = #{row[11].text}"
>      #puts "3rd Column = #{row[3].text}"

Let's assume that we're the first time through your rows.each loop.  This
next line should give you the text in the 8th column.  Is that what's
happening?

>      puts "8th Column = #{row[8].text}"

>      if (row[8].text == "deschedule" )
>        puts "This is scheduled"
>       # i = i + 1
>      end

Let's continue assume that we're on the first time through your rows.each
loop.

>      i = i + 4

The variable i, mysteriously 3, is now mysteriously 7.  Why?

>      if (row[3].text =~ /#{searchName}/ )

Still assuming that we're on the first trip through the loop, the local
variable that you've assigned somewhere else will now be matched to the
third column in the first row.

>        searchExist=1
>        puts "Search Name = #{row[3].text}"
>        puts "11th Column = #{row[11].text}"
>        p row[11].class
>        p row[11].methods
>        row[11].click

STILL assuming that we're on the first trip through the loop, this link will
click on the the eleventh column, which is the same as clicking the "delete"
link, if I read table.html correctly.

>        $ie.frame("mainFrame").link(:index, i).flash
>        $ie.frame("mainFrame").link(:index, i).flash

On the first trip through the loop, these lines will flash the seventh link
in the mainFrame frame, twice.  Does that happen?  On the next trip through
the loop, these lines will flash the eleventh link (see the i = i + 4 line
above); the third trip, the they'll flash the 15th link, and so on.

>        $ie.frame("mainFrame").link(:index, i).click

This will click on the seventh (eleventh, fifteenth...) links...

>        break;

...except it won't because you only go through the each loop once.

>      end
>  end

I added an extra end, because the "while(true)" in the snippet you provided
was unbalanced.

I think you might want to refactor this code.

---Michael B.

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Manish Sapariya
Sent: February 18, 2006 8:41 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] how to access links in table cells

Hi,
Please find attached html and my watir code.
I could get the flash working on the link, but
when i click the link it actually deletes other entries.

Is there a better way than what I am doing?

Thanks and Regards,
Manish


On 02/17/2006 10:10 AM, Bret Pettichord wrote:

> Please provide html and code.
>
> On 2/16/06, *Manish Sapariya* <manishs at reconnex.net 
> <mailto:manishs at reconnex.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>     I have a table, which has few columns with simple
>     text and few columns with links.
>
>     I want to do a search on text columns, and click in
>     the link for one of the column for a given row.
>
>     I can search the row successfully using text, but
>     I can't click on that row.
>
>     When I check the class of the row[i].class, it
>     shows as TableCell.
>     How do I click link object in that particular
>     cell.
>
>     THanks for help.
>     REgards,
>     Manish
>
>     _______________________________________________
>     Wtr-general mailing list
>     Wtr-general at rubyforge.org <mailto:Wtr-general at rubyforge.org>
>     http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
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From marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au  Sun Feb 19 20:29:07 2006
From: marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au (Neri, Marco)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:29:07 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] (nested?) table access - need help.
Message-ID: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B4563@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>

Hi

The developers on the application I'm testing have replaced a (menu)
table of url links with rad panel control ( a 3rd party js control from
telerik ). 

Using table = @ie.table(:index , i) in a loop, in the console I can see

tabletype:         
id:           PersonLinks_collapsableLinks
name:         
value:        
disabled:     false
rows:         34
cols:         1

Using
row = @ie.table(:id , 'PersonLinks_collapsableLinks')[3]
puts(row[1].to_s)

In the console I see ( )

Names (6)
Addresses (15)
Phone Numbers (6)
Photos (21)
Physical Descriptions (4)
Scars, Marks, Tattoos (10)
Miscellaneous IDs (1)
Contacts (1)
Dossier
Known Associates (0)
Criminal History

Does this suggest that the one cell contains all of the items listed
above ?

What I was wanting to be able to do was access individual cell and then
use .fire_Event("onClick") on it to trigger the menu items. I managed to
get this to work for the 1st level of the menu ( details ). 

table = @ie.table(:id , 'PersonLinks_collapsableLinks')
table[3][0].flash
table[3][0].fire_event("onClick")

The control then expands out the 2nd level of the menu with all of the
items listed above.

By counting the <tr> in the src for the table I can see why the 34 rows.
This must also count up the nested tables? 

How can I access the nested table in order to access the row/cell within
that? I can't use id as that tag hasn't been defined for the nested
table ?

thanks

Src for the table is :

</script><span id="PersonLinks_collapsableLinksStyleSheetHolder"
style="display:none"></span><script
type="text/javascript">RadPanelbarAppendStyleSheet('PersonLinks_collapsa
bleLinks', '/LEAP/Web/UI/Style/panelbar.css');</script><table
id="PersonLinks_collapsableLinks"  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
class="Panelbar" style="width:100%;visibility: hidden">
	<tr>
		<td id="SUMMARY"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="HeaderSelected" style="width:100%;">
			<tr>
				<td id="SUMMARY_Text"
style="width:100%;">Summary</td>
			</tr>
		</table></td>
	</tr><tr>
		<td id="DETAILS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="HeaderCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
			<tr>
				<td id="DETAILS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Details</td>
			</tr>
		</table></td>
	</tr><tr style="display: none"><td valign="top"
id="DETAILS_Panel" style="white-space: nowrap; width: 100%; display:
none"><table  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
		<tr>
			<td id="NAMES"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="NAMES_Text"
style="width:100%;">Names (6)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="ADDRESSES"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="ADDRESSES_Text"
style="width:100%;">Addresses (15)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="PHONES"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="PHONES_Text"
style="width:100%;">Phone Numbers (6)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="IMAGES"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="IMAGES_Text"
style="width:100%;">Photos (21)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="DESCRIPTIONS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="DESCRIPTIONS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Physical Descriptions (4)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="TATTOOS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="TATTOOS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Scars, Marks, Tattoos (10)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="MISCELLANEOUSIDS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="MISCELLANEOUSIDS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Miscellaneous IDs (1)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="CONTACTS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="CONTACTS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Contacts (1)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="DOSSIER"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="DOSSIER_Text"
style="width:100%;">Dossier</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="KNOWNASSOCIATES"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="KNOWNASSOCIATES_Text"
style="width:100%;">Known Associates (0)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="CRIMINALHISTORY"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="CRIMINALHISTORY_Text"
style="width:100%;">Criminal History</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr>
	</table></td></tr><tr>
		<td id="INVOLVEMENTS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="HeaderCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
			<tr>
				<td id="INVOLVEMENTS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Involvements</td>
			</tr>
		</table></td>
	</tr><tr style="display: none"><td valign="top"
id="INVOLVEMENTS_Panel" style="white-space: nowrap; width: 100%;
display: none"><table  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
		<tr>
			<td id="INTERESTFLAGS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="INTERESTFLAGS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Interest Flags (8)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="NAMEWHEREABOUTS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="NAMEWHEREABOUTS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Whereabouts (2)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr>
	</table></td></tr>
</table>


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From christopher_brown at engin.com.au  Mon Feb 20 00:43:42 2006
From: christopher_brown at engin.com.au (Brown, Christopher)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:43:42 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
Message-ID: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB402390264@MI_EXCH1>

Hi

After a few months of Ruby and Watir sitting around idle, I've decided to
give Watir a serious workout and ran into the problem with URLs inside div
elements. I eventually got to the info on xpath and element_by_xpath. After
following the thread on this topic from Dec 2005, I've done the following:

1. downloaded and installed the latest stable versioin of Ruby
2. downloaded the latest tar file from the repository and extracted the
contents to my Watir install dir,
3. replaced Ruby files element.rb and functions.rb with versions from the
Watir repository
4. replaced watir.rb in C:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8 with the latest
version from the Watir installation.

I suspect step 4 is not the right thing to do. Can anyone confirm this? What
should I be doing about watir.rb in the Ruby installation dir?

Anyway, when I run my test script I get the following error message

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `initialize': LoadLibrary:
c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
(RuntimeError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `new'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
`require__'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
`require'
        from G:/workspace/web_pages/trial.rb:1

This is my first Ruby script so any advice on getting this working will be
much appreciated.

Regards

Chris


From angrez at gmail.com  Mon Feb 20 00:59:06 2006
From: angrez at gmail.com (Angrez Singh)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:29:06 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
In-Reply-To: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB402390264@MI_EXCH1>
References: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB402390264@MI_EXCH1>
Message-ID: <e26bda3e0602192159k186b06c7i586273e39cd7cd3f@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Brown,

Anyway, when I run my test script I get the following error message
>
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `initialize': LoadLibrary:
> c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
> (RuntimeError)
>         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `new'
>         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273
>         from
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
> `require__'
>         from
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
> `require'
>         from G:/workspace/web_pages/trial.rb:1


The error that you are getting has nothing to do with the XPath support.
Could you please try to run the xpath unit tests provided with the TAR ball
to make sure that XPath is working?

Regards,
Angrez
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From witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org  Mon Feb 20 08:00:03 2006
From: witlessbird at bitsandpixels.org (Dmitri Dolguikh)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:00:03 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
In-Reply-To: <e26bda3e0602192159k186b06c7i586273e39cd7cd3f@mail.gmail.com>
References: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB402390264@MI_EXCH1>
	<e26bda3e0602192159k186b06c7i586273e39cd7cd3f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1aa3b8a50602200500p344dcaabub722eafad55d20f3@mail.gmail.com>

Make sure that you:
- copied IEDialog.dll from downloaded watir into
c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
- modify permissions on IEDialog.dll to include execute

Cheers,
-Dmitri

On 2/20/06, Angrez Singh <angrez at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Brown,
>
>
> > Anyway, when I run my test script I get the following error message
> >
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in
> `initialize': LoadLibrary:
> >
> c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
> > (RuntimeError)
> >         from
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `new'
> >         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273
> >         from
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
> > `require__'
> >         from
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
> > `require'
> >         from G:/workspace/web_pages/trial.rb:1
>
> The error that you are getting has nothing to do with the XPath support.
> Could you please try to run the xpath unit tests provided with the TAR ball
> to make sure that XPath is working?
>
> Regards,
> Angrez
>
>
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From PGarigue at EXTEND.COM  Mon Feb 20 11:10:26 2006
From: PGarigue at EXTEND.COM (Pierre Garigue)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:10:26 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
Message-ID: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04CAC335@mail.extend.com>

 I posted this on one group and I realized I should have posted it here. 

 

This is a rather interesting tool

   <http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/> http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/

 Even though it's for Firefox I use it to see the value of the form fields. I then use that information when I write my scripts.

 -Pierre

-----Original Message-----
From: Angrez Singh [mailto:angrez at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:59 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me


Hi Brown,



Anyway, when I run my test script I get the following error message 

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `initialize': LoadLibrary:
c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
(RuntimeError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `new' 
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
`require__'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in 
`require'
        from G:/workspace/web_pages/trial.rb:1


The error that you are getting has nothing to do with the XPath support. Could you please try to run the xpath unit tests provided with the TAR ball to make sure that XPath is working? 

Regards,
Angrez



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From carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com  Mon Feb 20 13:18:19 2006
From: carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com (carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:18:19 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Changing testing environments
Message-ID: <OF227E7212.E8B4B78A-ON8625711B.00634D67-8625711B.00648E0D@nd.convergys.com>





Good afternoon:

We created a testing suite using test environment A.  Various strategic
sleeps were put in place to optimize the execution of WATIR scripts against
this test environment.  For the most part these test suites execute with
some reliability.

On Friday I attempted to run the same set of scripts on my development
environment.  Of course the scripts would break (primarily failed
assertions) because my laptop is not as powerful as the testing machines.

How do y'all handle the issue of pointing your tests to different
environments and not having the scripts execute with reliability?

Should we create scripts in the worst case environment and assume they will
function on the production ready hardware?

I believe the primary problem is the latency associated with Pop ups.  Does
anyone use any tricks to make their scripts more reliable?

Despite everyone's hard work on WATIR, I am finding this to be an extreme
limitation and I am once again questioning my choice of WATIR as our
preferred testing solutions.

Will any of the new activities for the next release address this concern?

Am I isolated in having this concern?

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Carl





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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Mon Feb 20 14:47:56 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:47:56 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Error Accessing Frames
Message-ID: <37c405480602201147j69661d18v@mail.gmail.com>

Hi there, I just noticed something with our latest software build that has
unexpectedly weirded out my Watir scripts.

I noticed that when I run my scripts, I get an error similar to the
following now:
----
## End of test: Login
.
Finished in 9.706 seconds.

1 tests, 1 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors
W, [20-Feb-2006 14:29:03#3276]  WARN -- : frame error in waitdocument
    OLE error code:80070005 in <Unknown>
      Access is denied.


    HRESULT error code:0x80020009
      Exception occurred.
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1405:in `method_missing'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1405:in `wait'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1404:in `upto'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1404:in `wait'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:2014:in `click'
LD_1_Sign_In(wip).rb:71:in `test_Sign_In'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testcase.rb:70:in `__send__'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testcase.rb:70:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:32:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:31:in `each'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:31:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:32:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:31:in `each'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:31:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/testrunnermediator.rb:44:in `run_suite'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rb:65:in
`start_mediator'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rb:39:in `start'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/testrunnerutilities.rb:27:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/autorunner.rb:194:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/autorunner.rb:14:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit.rb:285
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit.rb:283
>Exit code: 0
----

(FYI: Line 71 in my script =  $ie.button(:name, /LoginButton/).click )

I haven't changed anything in the scripts, so I figure it must be the app
that has changed.  I went to an IRB prompt and executed the following:
----
irb(main):006:0> ie.show_frames()
  there are 4 frames
  frame  index: 1 --Access Denied--
  frame  index: 2 name: ContextTree
  frame  index: 3 name: MainWindow
  frame  index: 4 --Access Denied--
  => 0..3
----

That's interesting.  I don't remember the "Access Denied" frames before.  I
pointed the browser to an older build and reran the same command:
----
irb(main):007:0> ie.show_frames()
  there are 4 frames
  frame  index: 1 name: LeftStatic
  frame  index: 2 name: ContextTree
  frame  index: 3 name: MainWindow
  frame  index: 4 name: RightStatic
  => 0..3
----

Okay, so I tried re-running the same script on this older build and it runs
without error (as expected).

I asked one of the developers if there was a CSS change to the current build
and he said that we're now loading the Left and Right frames dynamically
instead of statically.  I'm not really sure what that means, but I know
something is breaking Ruby/Watir.  (I'm running Watir 1.4.1 on Ruby 182-15.)

Technically, these 'warnings' don't interfere with the test scripts because
they still work as expected.  I just don't like the noise.  Does anyone have
any suggestions as to what would cause Ruby or Watir to fail to recognise
the frame names like this?

Is there some way that I can suppress these warnings?  Since I'm not trying
to access these frames anyways, I'd rather not be bothered by them.

Paul.
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From saudaziz at gmail.com  Mon Feb 20 15:38:25 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:38:25 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir Vs. Selenium
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602201238l2df77322t5086bab54029536c@mail.gmail.com>

Can you guys give me some good reasons (besdies the fact that Selenium
doesn't support frames) why i should choose Watir and not Selenium?

I have been using Watir on and off on small things and Since Selenium seems
to have improved a lot, as far as IDE and Ruby Driven mode is concerned,
from the last time i checked, i am more inclined towards it than Watir.
Especially since it also has .NEt Driver along with other set of drivers
that you can choose and write your scripts in. In short, i see Selenium as
more robust and extensible Functional Testing tool than Watir. Anyone got
any comments on that?

--
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain
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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Mon Feb 20 15:47:05 2006
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:47:05 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir Vs. Selenium
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602201238l2df77322t5086bab54029536c@mail.gmail.com>
References: <24d0cb380602201238l2df77322t5086bab54029536c@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <72799cd70602201247j804af18h9cd3d70e40016b0e@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/20/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you guys give me some good reasons (besdies the fact that Selenium
> doesn't support frames) why i should choose Watir and not Selenium?

Watir is less fussy than Selenium as to constraints on the environment
(proxies, etc.)

It's convenient to have the rest of the Ruby language available: 
ODBC, test/unit, etc. all behave just like you want them too, without
having to jump through any hoops.

There's two reasons...

They certainly both have warts, but they are both just as certainly
very useful tools.  Try out the latest Selenium and let us know what
you think.
-Chris



From christopher_brown at engin.com.au  Mon Feb 20 15:51:55 2006
From: christopher_brown at engin.com.au (Brown, Christopher)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:51:55 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
Message-ID: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB402390265@MI_EXCH1>

Hi Angrez
 
I appear to have completely stuffed up my installation. The xpath tests all
fail with errors like the following
 
 79) Error:
test_columns(TC_Tables_XPath):
WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `navigate'
    HRESULT error code:0x80010108
      The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
    C:/Program Files/Watir/unittests/../watir.rb:1324:in `method_missing'
    C:/Program Files/Watir/unittests/../watir.rb:1324:in `goto'
    C:/Program Files/Watir/unittests/../unittests/table_xpath_test.rb:15:in
`gotoTablePage'
    C:/Program Files/Watir/unittests/../unittests/table_xpath_test.rb:11:in
`setup'

Could you elaborate on the installation procedure I need to follow? I have
Watir 1.4.1 and the tar file from CVS. I also have Ruby 1.8.2 installed> I
don't think I need to re-install Ruby but I've tried installing Watir from
scratch. When I run all_tests.rb I get a series of dots with a couple of Fs
(fail?), followed by a lot of activity, then it appears to freeze; when I
close IE I get a load of Es and Fs followed by messages simialr to the one
above. I'm sure when I first installed this everything was straightforward
and worked first time.
 
Anyway, what should I be doing with the contents of the tar file? Do I
simply copy everything from the tar file to the Watir installation
directory?
 
Thanks for your time
 
Regards
 
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Angrez Singh [mailto:angrez at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:59 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me


Hi Brown,



Anyway, when I run my test script I get the following error message 

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `initialize': LoadLibrary:
c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
(RuntimeError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `new' 
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
`require__'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in

`require'
        from G:/workspace/web_pages/trial.rb:1


The error that you are getting has nothing to do with the XPath support.
Could you please try to run the xpath unit tests provided with the TAR ball
to make sure that XPath is working? 

Regards,
Angrez



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From saudaziz at gmail.com  Mon Feb 20 17:36:23 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:36:23 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
In-Reply-To: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04CAC335@mail.extend.com>
References: <C629A6599EAF2B4C97CC314771BC292C04CAC335@mail.extend.com>
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602201436r29943eeene8e6f20c533675bf@mail.gmail.com>

yeah, one for IE exists as well:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e59c3964-672d-4511-bb3e-2d5e1db91038&displaylang=en



On 2/20/06, Pierre Garigue <PGarigue at extend.com> wrote:
>
>   I posted this on one group and I realized I should have posted it here.
>
>
>
> This is a rather interesting tool
>
>  http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/
>
>  Even though it's for Firefox I use it to see the value of the form
> fields. I then use that information when I write my scripts.
>
>  -Pierre
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Angrez Singh [mailto:angrez at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 20, 2006 12:59 AM
> *To:* wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
>
> Hi Brown,
>
>  Anyway, when I run my test script I get the following error message
> >
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `initialize':
> > LoadLibrary:
> > c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
> > (RuntimeError)
> >         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `new'
> >         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273
> >         from
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
> > `require__'
> >         from
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
> > `require'
> >         from G:/workspace/web_pages/trial.rb:1
>
>
> The error that you are getting has nothing to do with the XPath support.
> Could you please try to run the xpath unit tests provided with the TAR ball
> to make sure that XPath is working?
>
> Regards,
> Angrez
>
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Mon Feb 20 18:20:50 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:20:50 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir Vs. Selenium
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602201238l2df77322t5086bab54029536c@mail.gmail.com>
References: <24d0cb380602201238l2df77322t5086bab54029536c@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602201520g2f125c0n59794362c748da28@mail.gmail.com>

I too am excited to hear about the improvements to the Ruby driver for
Selenium.

Some of the things that i plan to work is deepening the integration between
Watir and Selenium. E.g.: (1) a parser that executes Selenium scripts using
Watir, (2), a Watir-compatable ruby driver that executes Watir scripting
using Selenium.

One area where i think Watir will remain stronger than Selenium is in the
area of concurrency testing. It is easy for me to execute a test against
multiple browsers with Watir (well, actually it is kinda hard if i want them
to be logged in as different users, but it is still possible). I haven not
heard of anyone being able to get Selenium to execute concurrency or
low-level load tests with any degree of coordination. In fact, we have a
bunch of Selenium tests at my work place and i've been working on using
Watir to fill the gap we have regarding concurrency testing (e.g. two users
trying to edit the same record at the same time.)

I would think of the robustness of the two tools as similar. Why do you say
Selenium is more robust? I also think that it is easier to extend Watir,
because you can just use Ruby. Selenium does allow you to write additional
commands in javascript, but it does not have the general level of
extensibility that Watir and Ruby have.

Bret

On 2/20/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Can you guys give me some good reasons (besdies the fact that Selenium
> doesn't support frames) why i should choose Watir and not Selenium?
>
> I have been using Watir on and off on small things and Since Selenium
> seems to have improved a lot, as far as IDE and Ruby Driven mode is
> concerned, from the last time i checked, i am more inclined towards it than
> Watir. Especially since it also has .NEt Driver along with other set of
> drivers that you can choose and write your scripts in. In short, i see
> Selenium as more robust and extensible Functional Testing tool than Watir.
> Anyone got any comments on that?
>
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From saudaziz at gmail.com  Mon Feb 20 19:09:31 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:09:31 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir Vs. Selenium
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602201520g2f125c0n59794362c748da28@mail.gmail.com>
References: <24d0cb380602201238l2df77322t5086bab54029536c@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602201520g2f125c0n59794362c748da28@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602201609s3460cf6ic9537454dfe479b4@mail.gmail.com>

The reason i find Selenium more robust is simply because using Ruby driver,
i believe, i could get the same sort of functionality as i could with watir
as script would be written in Ruby. For instance, i could assign multiple
variables different values extracted from Excel sheet to login by having
function in Ruby to do that, just as i could do that in watir. But i can run
this script on multiple browsers (IE, Safari and Firefox) and see how they
all behave. Recently a bug was discovered in our production environment
where a case related to Login functionality was reproducible only under
Safari 1.0. No other browser happened to behave in the way it handled that
functionality.

Now granted Selenium doesn't support safari 1.0, but at least i would be
able to code once and run the script on multiple platforms under different
broswers to weed out such bugs.



On 2/20/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
>
> I too am excited to hear about the improvements to the Ruby driver for
> Selenium.
>
> Some of the things that i plan to work is deepening the integration
> between Watir and Selenium. E.g.: (1) a parser that executes Selenium
> scripts using Watir, (2), a Watir-compatable ruby driver that executes Watir
> scripting using Selenium.
>
> One area where i think Watir will remain stronger than Selenium is in the
> area of concurrency testing. It is easy for me to execute a test against
> multiple browsers with Watir (well, actually it is kinda hard if i want them
> to be logged in as different users, but it is still possible). I haven not
> heard of anyone being able to get Selenium to execute concurrency or
> low-level load tests with any degree of coordination. In fact, we have a
> bunch of Selenium tests at my work place and i've been working on using
> Watir to fill the gap we have regarding concurrency testing ( e.g. two
> users trying to edit the same record at the same time.)
>
> I would think of the robustness of the two tools as similar. Why do you
> say Selenium is more robust? I also think that it is easier to extend Watir,
> because you can just use Ruby. Selenium does allow you to write additional
> commands in javascript, but it does not have the general level of
> extensibility that Watir and Ruby have.
>
> Bret
>
> On 2/20/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can you guys give me some good reasons (besdies the fact that Selenium
> > doesn't support frames) why i should choose Watir and not Selenium?
> >
> > I have been using Watir on and off on small things and Since Selenium
> > seems to have improved a lot, as far as IDE and Ruby Driven mode is
> > concerned, from the last time i checked, i am more inclined towards it than
> > Watir. Especially since it also has .NEt Driver along with other set of
> > drivers that you can choose and write your scripts in. In short, i see
> > Selenium as more robust and extensible Functional Testing tool than Watir.
> > Anyone got any comments on that?
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
>


--
Saud Aziz

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From saudaziz at gmail.com  Mon Feb 20 19:23:54 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:23:54 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] ANN: Watir WebRecorder
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602152311i1bdd6175w26928263b7dcc0f0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <dd78cfb30602110022u2b7ed089xae0cad39dde46e62@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602152311i1bdd6175w26928263b7dcc0f0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602201623h7c44ae69waa0c80f912c851e6@mail.gmail.com>

Cannot agree more. I actually liked Scott Hanselman's approach (WatirMaker)
to recording "chunks" better and have extended it for myself to record all
the steps i would normally take while doing Exploratory testing. Very much
helpful and since i can edit and add any sort of functionality to it
whenever and wherever i want and can. It has it's own set of issues but
works pretty much like what Marcus has and is a bit less crowded as far as
code is concerned (Doesn't reference forms and works for me as under .NET
1.1 you can have only 1).

One thing i didn't like in Marcus's macro recorder is that if you are
testing a page with sets of fields, it doesn't allow you to TAB through
those fields and complains to use Mouse. For me that is not good as that is
one less test case i could do while i was recording the script.
Additionally, with that 'chunk editor' (as you put it so nicely in one other
place Bret), Scott had RichText box control instead of Listbox. And i don't
have do right click-modify/insert, and can do just about anything right in
that text box. Plus, it also shows up as Syntax highlighter ;=), which looks
pretty cool.

So in short, Scott's implementation works really good and since it's in
.NET, i can, therefore, easily modify it to suit my need(s).

Thanks once again to Scott.

Saud

On 2/15/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
>
> This looks useful. I wanted to report a couple of bugs, comment on some of
> the limits you mention of WebRecorder and/or Watir, and clarify my position
> on recorders, including a general concern about claims made about
> WebRecorder.
>
> First the bugs.
>
> 1. When i recorded a script i saw a lot of calls to IE#wait. I don't
> believe they are necessary in any of the cases i saw. In fact, my position
> is pretty much that users shouldn't have to make calls to IE#wait in their
> scripts. If they do, it is a bug in Watir. I'd suggest removing them and
> reporting any cases where they seem necessary to you as bugs.
>
> 2. Not really a bug, but i think the "require
> 'test/unit/ui/console/testrunner'" is also unnecessary.
>
> One thing missing from the Watir version right now is an easy way to
> > record code to extract data from the page.
>
>
> OK.
>
> It also doesn't support file downloads yet.
>
>
> I plan to rewrite Watir's support for this. The current implentation is
> buggy.
>
> The other thing that is missing is support for Area tags.  While
> > WebRecorder can record clicks on Area maps I couldn't find any support to
> > play them back in Watir.
>
>
> True. I haven't seen much demand for this, so i don't think any one is
> working on it.
>
> Regarding my views of recorders...
>
> I think that recorders can be useful aids to programmers. But i think you
> need to know how to write and modify the code that is being generated. One
> problem is that recorders often lead people into thinking that they don't
> have to be a programmer to use the tool. In fact, your website makes this
> very claim. This is what i object to. Not to recorders themselves.
>
> A second concern is that it simply is much harder to make a reliable
> recorder than it to make a reliable execution tool. This is why Watir is an
> execution tool, only. The problem is that there are always all kinds of
> controls that a tool can execute against but can't record. For example, i
> tried to use WebRecorder against a random website that had some javascript
> links (probably div tags, i didn't even look) and they didn't get recorded.
> I didn't even report that as a bug, because i didn't expect it to work.
> Every test tool i've ever used that had a recorder had more reliability
> problems with the recorders than the execution. I see them as two separate
> things. But that isn't the view of the non-programming user. To even
> understand the limits of a recorder, you have to know something about html
> -- in other words you have to be, in some sense, a programmer. Anyway, my
> point is that if i were to bundle a recorder (any recorder) with Watir,
> people would try it first, learn that it wasn't reliable and then conclude
> that Watir wasn't reliable. In other words, it would reduce the percieved
> reliability of Watir.
>
> If the recorder is a separate tool, that doesn't make any claims about
> allowing non-programmers to create Watir scripts, then i'm cool with it.
>
> Am i being harsh with WebRecorder? The Watir WebRecorder page says
> "WebRecorder is designed to speed up the creation of web testing and web
> automation scripts." I'm cool with that. But commercial WebRecorder it is
> billed as "No Programming Skills Required". I haven't looked at this version
> of the tool, but i'm pretty skeptical about this claim.
>
> Bret
>
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From gztest2005 at 126.com  Mon Feb 20 20:56:40 2006
From: gztest2005 at 126.com (=?x-gbk?Q?=B9=D8=BA=D3?=)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:56:40 +0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Make Watir support Chinese chars
In-Reply-To: <mailman.43936.1139500964.7182.wtr-general@rubyforge.org>
References: <mailman.43936.1139500964.7182.wtr-general@rubyforge.org>
Message-ID: <43FA7358.30500@126.com>



This is due to a bug in Ruby when processing Chinese chars string.

Someone has submit a patch for it.

http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3232&group_id=104&atid=489

dennis

wtr-general-request at rubyforge.org wrote:

>I need to test some of our webproducts and websites in foreign languages and I'm having problems with testing using Asian characters (European characters seem ok)... I set the script to look for specific text like "?x?? ?????????? ???^?m??" --> (this is traditional Chinese for 'select "page forward" to continue') -- but it fails when run... Is there some sort of character setting I need to adjust in Watir? I have not tried the various possibilities but would it work better to change the search text to some encoding like Hexadecimal (\u9078\u53D6 \u300C\u4E0B\u4E00\u6B65\u300D \u4EE5\u7E7C\u7E8C\u3002) work better? 
>
>Unsure what to do... Has anyone run into this yet?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Thom
>  
>



From christopher_brown at engin.com.au  Mon Feb 20 23:33:54 2006
From: christopher_brown at engin.com.au (Brown, Christopher)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:33:54 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
Message-ID: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB402390269@MI_EXCH1>

Angrez,
 
I seem to be going backwards here! I cannot get a clean installation of
Watir. I have Ruby 1.8.2-15 installed.
 
Everything I do to get Watir going produces failures and errors. I don't
know how to capture the details in windows. After some trial error I've
managed to get Watir 1.4.1 installed but all_tests.rb freezes. The file
loaded into IE is C:\Program Files\Watir\unittests\html\images1.html. The
last thing I see in my command prompt is shown below

These objects all have the same id
This form is has a submit button that is an image
This is in a form. The form has hidden objects.
The first has a name - hid1
The second has an id- hidden_1 Click This Button to see the values in these
boxes
.There are 4 forms
Form name:
       id:
   method: get
   action: pass.html
Form name: test2
       id:
   method: get
   action: pass2.html
Form name: buttonsubmit
       id:
   method: get
   action: pass.html
Form name: has_a_hidden
       id:
   method: get
   action:
..................F..F

Any suggestions?
 
Cheers
 
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Angrez Singh [mailto:angrez at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:59 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me



Hi Brown,



Anyway, when I run my test script I get the following error message 

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `initialize': LoadLibrary:
c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
(RuntimeError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `new' 
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
`require__'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in

`require'
        from G:/workspace/web_pages/trial.rb:1


The error that you are getting has nothing to do with the XPath support.
Could you please try to run the xpath unit tests provided with the TAR ball
to make sure that XPath is working? 

Regards,
Angrez



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From christopher_brown at engin.com.au  Tue Feb 21 00:14:41 2006
From: christopher_brown at engin.com.au (Brown, Christopher)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:14:41 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
Message-ID: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB40239026A@MI_EXCH1>

Okay,
 
I've installed Watir 1.4.1 then run install.rb from the tar bundle (bad
move?). When I run xpath_tests.rb I get errors like the following
 
 87) Error:
test_textarea_field_exists(TC_TextArea_XPath):
WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `navigate'
    HRESULT error code:0x80010108
      The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../watir.rb:1324:in `method_missing'
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../watir.rb:1324:in `goto'
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../unittests/textAreafields_xpath_test.rb:11:in
`gotoPage'
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../unittests/textAreafields_xpath_test.rb:15:in
`test_textarea_field_exists'
 
88 tests, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 87 errors
 
Regards
 
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Angrez Singh [mailto:angrez at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:59 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me


Hi Brown,



Anyway, when I run my test script I get the following error message 

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `initialize': LoadLibrary:
c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
(RuntimeError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `new' 
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
`require__'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in

`require'
        from G:/workspace/web_pages/trial.rb:1


The error that you are getting has nothing to do with the XPath support.
Could you please try to run the xpath unit tests provided with the TAR ball
to make sure that XPath is working? 

Regards,
Angrez



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From chrismo at clabs.org  Tue Feb 21 09:34:52 2006
From: chrismo at clabs.org (Chris Morris)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:34:52 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] AutAT
Message-ID: <43FB250C.2070301@clabs.org>

Just saw this link come across the pragprog mailing list - I've not been 
monitoring the list very closely, so y'all may know about it already, 
but thought I'd mention it.

http://boss.bekk.no/autat/

It's an Eclipse plugin that rides on top of Canoo WebTest, Watir or 
jWebUnit.

-- 
Chris
http://clabs.org/blogki



From angrez at gmail.com  Tue Feb 21 12:07:38 2006
From: angrez at gmail.com (Angrez Singh)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:37:38 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
In-Reply-To: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB40239026A@MI_EXCH1>
References: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB40239026A@MI_EXCH1>
Message-ID: <e26bda3e0602210907g768fea1dg701789acabbd6152@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Brown,

Some of the test cases don't work if you install Watir in a directory that
contains space in their names. For e.g. c:\Program Files. Just try to
install it in c:\watir & let me know if the test cases fails as well. The
error you are getting is because IE gets close & scripts are still running.
I don't know why this happens but the error "The object invoked has
disconnected from its clients." comes only when you are using an IE instance
that is not there.

Just try installing in some other directory that don't have space in its
name & let me know if the test cases succeeded or not.

Regards,
Angrez

On 2/21/06, Brown, Christopher <christopher_brown at engin.com.au> wrote:
>
> Okay,
>
> I've installed Watir 1.4.1 then run install.rb from the tar bundle (bad
> move?). When I run xpath_tests.rb I get errors like the following
>
>  87) Error:
> test_textarea_field_exists(TC_TextArea_XPath):
> WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `navigate'
>     HRESULT error code:0x80010108
>       The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
>     C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../watir.rb:1324:in `method_missing'
>     C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../watir.rb:1324:in `goto'
>
> C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../unittests/textAreafields_xpath_test.rb:11:in
> `gotoPage'
>
> C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../unittests/textAreafields_xpath_test.rb:15:in
> `test_textarea_field_exists'
>
> 88 tests, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 87 errors
>
> Regards
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Angrez Singh [mailto:angrez at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 20, 2006 4:59 PM
> *To:* wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
>
> Hi Brown,
>
>  Anyway, when I run my test script I get the following error message
> >
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `initialize':
> > LoadLibrary:
> > c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
> > (RuntimeError)
> >         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `new'
> >         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273
> >         from
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
> > `require__'
> >         from
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
> > `require'
> >         from G:/workspace/web_pages/trial.rb:1
>
>
> The error that you are getting has nothing to do with the XPath support.
> Could you please try to run the xpath unit tests provided with the TAR ball
> to make sure that XPath is working?
>
> Regards,
> Angrez
>
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Tue Feb 21 13:13:45 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:13:45 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] ANN: Watir WebRecorder
In-Reply-To: <dd78cfb30602160306p3952399dka646a5069786e55f@mail.gmail.com>
References: <dd78cfb30602110022u2b7ed089xae0cad39dde46e62@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602152311i1bdd6175w26928263b7dcc0f0@mail.gmail.com>
	<dd78cfb30602160055v701d8a3ag642f0c15286a6c65@mail.gmail.com>
	<dd78cfb30602160306p3952399dka646a5069786e55f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602211013k5b784abod39ec09db4b03af1@mail.gmail.com>

These changes look good.

On 2/16/06, Marcus Tettmar <marcus.tettmar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As a follow up I have just uploaded version 0.4 of Watir WebRecorder which
> now has support for Divs and TDs which have onclick handlers.  It also
> displays a disclaimer on startup regarding its limitations and that any
> failure to record something is no reflection on the abilities of Watir.
> I've also added a disclaimer to the Watir WebRecorder page on our site and
> have had the Macro Scheduler WebRecorder page modified to say "No Advanced
> Programming Skills Required" rather than "No Programming Skills Required".
> I hope this goes some way towards satisfying any concerns.
>
> http://www.mjtnet.com/watir_webrecorder.htm
>
> Regards,
> Marcus
>
> On 2/16/06, Marcus Tettmar <marcus.tettmar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bret,
> >
> > On 2/16/06, Bret Pettichord < bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 1. When i recorded a script i saw a lot of calls to IE#wait. I don't
> > > believe they are necessary in any of the cases i saw. In fact, my position
> > > is pretty much that users shouldn't have to make calls to IE#wait in their
> > > scripts. If they do, it is a bug in Watir. I'd suggest removing them and
> > > reporting any cases where they seem necessary to you as bugs.
> >
> >
> > In 0.3 under Tools/Options you can switch off "Insert Waits".  I have
> > found that they are sometimes useful so I have made it optional.  At present
> > you also need it to record/automate server auth logins.  Goto waits forever
> > if a login box pops up because the page hasn't finished loading until after
> > the password has been issued.  So there are options to use ie.navigateinstead of Goto and therefore an
> > ie.wait is needed after it.  But in the latest version 0.3 these things
> > are optional.  So you can switch this off.
> >
> > 2. Not really a bug, but i think the "require
> > > 'test/unit/ui/console/testrunner'" is also unnecessary.
> >
> >
> > I'll check that out.
> >
> > The other thing that is missing is support for Area tags.  While
> > > WebRecorder can record clicks on Area maps I couldn't find any support to
> > > play them back in Watir.
> > >
> >
> > True. I haven't seen much demand for this, so i don't think any one is
> > > working on it.
> > >
> >
> > In the past I have had to automate web sites that used an Area for the
> > navigation menu.  So it was necessary to record it.  But it is true that
> > they don't seem to be that prevalent.
> >
> >
> > Regarding my views of recorders...
> > >
> > > I think that recorders can be useful aids to programmers. But i think
> > > you need to know how to write and modify the code that is being generated.
> > >
> >
> > I agree.
> >
> > One problem is that recorders often lead people into thinking that they
> > > don't have to be a programmer to use the tool.
> > >
> >
> > I'm not so sure.  I cannot be alone in using Microsoft Office's macro
> > recorder to get a jump start on creating VBA code.  If I can't remember how
> > to do something, or want to get the bare bones of the code from which to
> > work I will nearly always record the main process with the VBA recorder.
> > But then I will tidy up the code and make changes to it.  I am very
> > experienced in VBA yet I find the recorder extremely useful.  I am aware of
> > many other VBA programmers who do the same.  At the same time the complete
> > beginner can quickly build basic macros without knowing any code.  They
> > won't get as far as the programmer but both are happy and both find the tool
> > useful within the limitations of their abilities.   He knows that a
> > programmer would get more out of it.
> >
> > In fact, your website makes this very claim. This is what i object to.
> > > Not to recorders themselves.
> > >
> >
> > In respect of the Watir WebRecorder I wasn't aware that we were making
> > this claim at all.  In regards to Macro Scheduler's WebRecorder it is true
> > that we say no programming skills required.  But this version outputs very
> > different code and is for a very different type of user.  In terms of the
> > code it outputs the people that use it don't need to modify it.  I can cite
> > customers with no programming experience at all using MacroScript
> > WebRecorder to create dozens of useful web automation scripts without really
> > understanding the code it is creating.  So in their case I can stand by our
> > claims.
> >
> > A second concern is that it simply is much harder to make a reliable
> > > recorder than it to make a reliable execution tool. This is why Watir is an
> > > execution tool, only. The problem is that there are always all kinds of
> > > controls that a tool can execute against but can't record. For example, i
> > > tried to use WebRecorder against a random website that had some javascript
> > > links (probably div tags, i didn't even look) and they didn't get recorded.
> > > I didn't even report that as a bug, because i didn't expect it to work.
> > > Every test tool i've ever used that had a recorder had more reliability
> > > problems with the recorders than the execution. I see them as two separate
> > > things. But that isn't the view of the non-programming user. To even
> > > understand the limits of a recorder, you have to know something about html
> > > -- in other words you have to be, in some sense, a programmer. Anyway, my
> > > point is that if i were to bundle a recorder (any recorder) with Watir,
> > > people would try it first, learn that it wasn't reliable and then conclude
> > > that Watir wasn't reliable. In other words, it would reduce the percieved
> > > reliability of Watir.
> > >
> >
> > I haven't gotten around to creating a help file for the Watir version
> > yet, but will do so soon.  When I do I can write in some caveats.  The
> > MacroScript version explains that not everything can be recorded, but to
> > contact us if they find anything that can't so that we can see if we can
> > improve it.  Otherwise we never get to know about these sites and while we
> > spend time looking at random sites we can't find everything.
> >
> > As you say it is hard, perhaps impossible, to make a recorder for all
> > web sites that will manage to record everything.  There's simply a limit to
> > what the developer can think of to test and the number of web sites and the
> > ways they work is infinite.  So far our users appear to be aware of that and
> > let us know when they find something it fails with.  We are either able to
> > find a solution and make a modification for them (and the product gets
> > better) or we have to explain the reason why it can't be recorded.
> >
> > Re the issue you found - possibly Div tags - Watir WebRecorder doesn't
> > record Div tags.  MacroScript WebRecorder doesn't by default but has an
> > option where you can specify extra tags you'd like it to record.  So it
> > probably gets round this problem.  In time we could add the same sort of
> > functionality to Watir WebRecorder if people are interested.
> >
> > If the recorder is a separate tool, that doesn't make any claims about
> > > allowing non-programmers to create Watir scripts, then i'm cool with it.
> > >
> >
> > How about I add a big warning box that appears on startup with a big
> > disclaimer saying that knowledge of Ruby/Watir is necessary and that the
> > recorder has limitations and may not be able to record everything?
> >
> > Am i being harsh with WebRecorder? The Watir WebRecorder page says
> > > "WebRecorder is designed to speed up the creation of web testing and web
> > > automation scripts." I'm cool with that. But commercial WebRecorder it is
> > > billed as "No Programming Skills Required". I haven't looked at this version
> > > of the tool, but i'm pretty skeptical about this claim.
> > >
> >
> > As I said, I can stand by that claim just on the basis of the sort of
> > people that are using Macro Scheduler and MacroScript WebRecorder.  That
> > said while in many cases no programming skills are required, they do help!
> > Many people with no prior programming skills have used WebRecorder/Macro
> > Scheduler to create pretty amazing scripts (but have gained programming
> > skills along the way).
> >
> > With Watir WebRecorder however, I would expect people using Watir
> > WebRecorder to understand Watir/Ruby to start with.  I will try to make that
> > clearer.
> >
> > --
> > Marcus Tettmar
> > http://www.mjtnet.com/
> > Macro Scheduler & WebRecorder for Windows & Web Automation and Testing.
> > WebRecorder for Ruby/Watir now available.
> >
>
>
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From philipreedtech at gmail.com  Tue Feb 21 13:40:53 2006
From: philipreedtech at gmail.com (philip reed)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:40:53 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] WaTiR and ZenCart?
Message-ID: <f462129b0602211040h6f13a85n7945edd937a66f7b@mail.gmail.com>

Does anyone know of any projects using WaTiR to test the open-source
shopping cart ZenCart <http://zencart.org/> ?   I attempted the
obvious searches on both Wtr-general list archives and found nothing. 
 A couple of months back I searched the ZC site for anything about
automated testing, also to no avail.

My company is a heavy implementer of ZC, so at some point if such
libraries don't already exist, I will likely be building ZenCart
interaction code (e.g., to to save the user/tester from having to
figure out all the specific form interaction).   I'm open to
suggestions about how to package these for maximal utility to other
WaTiR and ZC developers.

Digression:

Bret has long been sort of a hero of mine in the broad field of test
automation, and I vaguely knew a year or two ago that "a bunch of
people have been doing cool stuff with Ruby and testing."   But I had
no idea that the finished product worked this well!    I've been using
WaTiR for maybe two weeks and have been very impressed at how well it
works.    I even got it working out of the box on my crummy Windows ME
laptop!  (Don't ask.)

Congratulations and thanks to everyone involved in the WaTiR project.

Thanks,

Philip
--
Philip Reed, Developer
Positronic Design
http://www.positronicdesign.com



From christopher_brown at engin.com.au  Tue Feb 21 16:36:26 2006
From: christopher_brown at engin.com.au (Brown, Christopher)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:36:26 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
Message-ID: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB40239026B@MI_EXCH1>

Hi Angrez ,
 
I've done as suggested and moved Watir from C:\Program Files\Watir to
C:\Watir but I still get the same errors.
 
Am I correct in thinking that the xpath stuff actually resides in the Ruby
installation and that the xpath_tests.rb is attempting to use 
 
Anyway, these are the failures I get when I run core_tests.rb before trying
to install the xpath stuff:
 
  1) Failure:
test_http_errors(TC_Navigate)
[C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/navigate_test.rb:51]:
<Watir::Exception::NavigationException> exception expected but none was
thrown.
 
  2) Failure:
test_links_and_images_in_table(TC_Tables)
[C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/table_test.rb:165]:
<"106"> expected but was
<"28">.
 
154 tests, 946 assertions, 2 failures, 0 errors
 
After this I've tried a few things:
1. copying the unittest files from the CVS tarball to the Watir installation
directory without overwriting existing files
2. copying the unittest files from the CVS tarball to the Watir installation
directory and overwriting existing files
 
Just thought, the versions of element.rb and fnctions.rb come from the
tarball. If I get the files directly from the CVS repository and try some
unit testing I get the following from core_tests.rb
 
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require__':
nosuch file to load -- watir/dialog (LoadError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/dialog_test.rb:6
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from C:/Watir/unittests/core_tests.rb:7
        from C:/Watir/unittests/core_tests.rb:7
 
Just compared my Ruby installation with the watir contents in the tarball.
Gonna copy the following to my Ruby installation: IEDialog folder, win32ole
folder, datahandler.rb, dialog.rb, and tidy.dll. I now get 'The object
invoked has disconnected from its clients.'!
 
I don't think I need the rexml folder since its already installed with the
version of Ruby. Anyway, I've tried copying everything from th etarball to
Ruby's watir directory and get 
 
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir/camel_case.rb:5: undefined method
`wait' for module `Watir::Container' (NameError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:3744
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/setup.rb:4
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from C:/Watir/unittests/core_tests.rb:4
 
I don't know what else to try right now.
 
Thanks again for your time
 
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Angrez Singh [mailto:angrez at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:08 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me


Hi Brown,

Some of the test cases don't work if you install Watir in a directory that
contains space in their names. For e.g. c:\Program Files. Just try to
install it in c:\watir & let me know if the test cases fails as well. The
error you are getting is because IE gets close & scripts are still running.
I don't know why this happens but the error "The object invoked has
disconnected from its clients." comes only when you are using an IE instance
that is not there. 

Just try installing in some other directory that don't have space in its
name & let me know if the test cases succeeded or not.

Regards,
Angrez


On 2/21/06, Brown, Christopher < christopher_brown at engin.com.au
<mailto:christopher_brown at engin.com.au> > wrote: 

Okay,
 
I've installed Watir 1.4.1 then run install.rb from the tar bundle (bad
move?). When I run xpath_tests.rb I get errors like the following
 
 87) Error:
test_textarea_field_exists(TC_TextArea_XPath):
WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `navigate'
    HRESULT error code:0x80010108
      The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../watir.rb:1324:in `method_missing'
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../watir.rb:1324:in `goto'
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../unittests/textAreafields_xpath_test.rb:11:in
`gotoPage'
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../unittests/textAreafields_xpath_test.rb:15:in
`test_textarea_field_exists'
 
88 tests, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 87 errors
 
Regards

 
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Angrez Singh [mailto: angrez at gmail.com <mailto:angrez at gmail.com> ]
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:59 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org <mailto:wtr-general at rubyforge.org> 
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me


Hi Brown,



Anyway, when I run my test script I get the following error message 

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `initialize': LoadLibrary:
c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
(RuntimeError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `new' 
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
`require__'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in

`require'
        from G:/workspace/web_pages/trial.rb:1


The error that you are getting has nothing to do with the XPath support.
Could you please try to run the xpath unit tests provided with the TAR ball
to make sure that XPath is working? 

Regards,
Angrez




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From christopher_brown at engin.com.au  Tue Feb 21 17:02:15 2006
From: christopher_brown at engin.com.au (Brown, Christopher)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:02:15 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
Message-ID: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB40239026C@MI_EXCH1>

Something I'd overlooked was to copy watir.rb. I grabbed 1.282 but still get
the following when I run xpath_tests.rb
 
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir/camel_case.rb:5: undefined method
`wait' for module `Watir::SupportsSubElements' (NameError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:4049
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/setup.rb:4
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from C:/Watir/unittests/xpath_tests.rb:4

-----Original Message-----
From: Brown, Christopher [mailto:christopher_brown at engin.com.au]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:36 AM
To: 'wtr-general at rubyforge.org'
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me


Hi Angrez ,
 
I've done as suggested and moved Watir from C:\Program Files\Watir to
C:\Watir but I still get the same errors.
 
Am I correct in thinking that the xpath stuff actually resides in the Ruby
installation and that the xpath_tests.rb is attempting to use 
 
Anyway, these are the failures I get when I run core_tests.rb before trying
to install the xpath stuff:
 
  1) Failure:
test_http_errors(TC_Navigate)
[C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/navigate_test.rb:51]:
<Watir::Exception::NavigationException> exception expected but none was
thrown.
 
  2) Failure:
test_links_and_images_in_table(TC_Tables)
[C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/table_test.rb:165]:
<"106"> expected but was
<"28">.
 
154 tests, 946 assertions, 2 failures, 0 errors
 
After this I've tried a few things:
1. copying the unittest files from the CVS tarball to the Watir installation
directory without overwriting existing files
2. copying the unittest files from the CVS tarball to the Watir installation
directory and overwriting existing files
 
Just thought, the versions of element.rb and fnctions.rb come from the
tarball. If I get the files directly from the CVS repository and try some
unit testing I get the following from core_tests.rb
 
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require__':
nosuch file to load -- watir/dialog (LoadError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/dialog_test.rb:6
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from C:/Watir/unittests/core_tests.rb:7
        from C:/Watir/unittests/core_tests.rb:7
 
Just compared my Ruby installation with the watir contents in the tarball.
Gonna copy the following to my Ruby installation: IEDialog folder, win32ole
folder, datahandler.rb, dialog.rb, and tidy.dll. I now get 'The object
invoked has disconnected from its clients.'!
 
I don't think I need the rexml folder since its already installed with the
version of Ruby. Anyway, I've tried copying everything from th etarball to
Ruby's watir directory and get 
 
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir/camel_case.rb:5: undefined method
`wait' for module `Watir::Container' (NameError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:3744
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/setup.rb:4
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in
`require'
        from C:/Watir/unittests/core_tests.rb:4
 
I don't know what else to try right now.
 
Thanks again for your time
 
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Angrez Singh [mailto:angrez at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:08 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me


Hi Brown,

Some of the test cases don't work if you install Watir in a directory that
contains space in their names. For e.g. c:\Program Files. Just try to
install it in c:\watir & let me know if the test cases fails as well. The
error you are getting is because IE gets close & scripts are still running.
I don't know why this happens but the error "The object invoked has
disconnected from its clients." comes only when you are using an IE instance
that is not there. 

Just try installing in some other directory that don't have space in its
name & let me know if the test cases succeeded or not.

Regards,
Angrez


On 2/21/06, Brown, Christopher < christopher_brown at engin.com.au
<mailto:christopher_brown at engin.com.au> > wrote: 

Okay,
 
I've installed Watir 1.4.1 then run install.rb from the tar bundle (bad
move?). When I run xpath_tests.rb I get errors like the following
 
 87) Error:
test_textarea_field_exists(TC_TextArea_XPath):
WIN32OLERuntimeError: Unknown property or method `navigate'
    HRESULT error code:0x80010108
      The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../watir.rb:1324:in `method_missing'
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../watir.rb:1324:in `goto'
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../unittests/textAreafields_xpath_test.rb:11:in
`gotoPage'
    C:/Temp/watir/unittests/../unittests/textAreafields_xpath_test.rb:15:in
`test_textarea_field_exists'
 
88 tests, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 87 errors
 
Regards

 
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Angrez Singh [mailto: angrez at gmail.com <mailto:angrez at gmail.com> ]
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:59 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org <mailto:wtr-general at rubyforge.org> 
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me


Hi Brown,



Anyway, when I run my test script I get the following error message 

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `initialize': LoadLibrary:
c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir\IEDialog\Release\IEDialog.dll
(RuntimeError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273:in `new' 
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1273
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
`require__'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in

`require'
        from G:/workspace/web_pages/trial.rb:1


The error that you are getting has nothing to do with the XPath support.
Could you please try to run the xpath unit tests provided with the TAR ball
to make sure that XPath is working? 

Regards,
Angrez




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From dave at burt.id.au  Tue Feb 21 18:46:33 2006
From: dave at burt.id.au (Dave Burt)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:46:33 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Make Watir support Chinese chars
In-Reply-To: <43FA7358.30500@126.com>
References: <mailman.43936.1139500964.7182.wtr-general@rubyforge.org>
	<43FA7358.30500@126.com>
Message-ID: <3ad74bc80602211546n443b1175k92baaf1669aa31e3@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Has $KCODE been mentioned yet on this list?

> I need to test some of our webproducts and websites in foreign
> languages and I'm having problems with testing using Asian
> characters (European characters seem ok)... I set the script to look
> for specific text like "?x?? ?????????? ???^?m??" --> (this is
> traditional Chinese for 'select "page forward" to continue') -- but it fails
> when run... Is there some sort of character setting I need to adjust in
> Watir? I have not tried the various possibilities but would it work
> better to change the search text to some encoding like Hexadecimal
> (\u9078\u53D6 \u300C\u4E0B\u4E00\u6B65\u300D
> \u4EE5\u7E7C\u7E8C\u3002) work better?

You need to tell Ruby the character set you're using in your script
using the KCODE directive. For example, put the following line at the
top of your script for UTF-8:

$KCODE = 'UTF-8'

Other recognised values are "EUC" and "Shift-JIS".

You'll still probably run into some issues with regexps and so on, but
that should get Ruby to understand your script.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Dave



From bret at pettichord.com  Tue Feb 21 21:42:35 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:42:35 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Make Watir support Chinese chars
In-Reply-To: <3ad74bc80602211546n443b1175k92baaf1669aa31e3@mail.gmail.com>
References: <mailman.43936.1139500964.7182.wtr-general@rubyforge.org>
	<43FA7358.30500@126.com>
	<3ad74bc80602211546n443b1175k92baaf1669aa31e3@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602211842n5eee13dan1e917b69966c4c4a@mail.gmail.com>

I was able to get Watir to read and write Asian characters encoded using
UTF-8 by doing the following.

1. Use Ruby 1.8.3. The version of WIN32OLE included here has new support for
alternate
    codesets.
2. Add the following line to the top of the script:
    WIN32OLE.codepage = WIN32OLE::CP_UTF8

I believe that Dave's advice regards what you need in order to embed Asian
characters in Ruby Scripts themselves. I didn't do this myself. Instead, i
used data-driven testing and read and wrote the data to excel spreadsheets.
I found that Excel had better support for Asian characters than the code
editors i use for Ruby.

Bret

On 2/21/06, Dave Burt <dave at burt.id.au> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Has $KCODE been mentioned yet on this list?
>
> > I need to test some of our webproducts and websites in foreign
> > languages and I'm having problems with testing using Asian
> > characters (European characters seem ok)... I set the script to look
> > for specific text like "?x?? ?????????? ???^?m??" --> (this is
> > traditional Chinese for 'select "page forward" to continue') -- but it
> fails
> > when run... Is there some sort of character setting I need to adjust in
> > Watir? I have not tried the various possibilities but would it work
> > better to change the search text to some encoding like Hexadecimal
> > (\u9078\u53D6 \u300C\u4E0B\u4E00\u6B65\u300D
> > \u4EE5\u7E7C\u7E8C\u3002) work better?
>
> You need to tell Ruby the character set you're using in your script
> using the KCODE directive. For example, put the following line at the
> top of your script for UTF-8:
>
> $KCODE = 'UTF-8'
>
> Other recognised values are "EUC" and "Shift-JIS".
>
> You'll still probably run into some issues with regexps and so on, but
> that should get Ruby to understand your script.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
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From dave at burt.id.au  Tue Feb 21 23:22:00 2006
From: dave at burt.id.au (Dave Burt)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:22:00 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Make Watir support Chinese chars
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602211842n5eee13dan1e917b69966c4c4a@mail.gmail.com>
References: <mailman.43936.1139500964.7182.wtr-general@rubyforge.org>
	<43FA7358.30500@126.com>
	<3ad74bc80602211546n443b1175k92baaf1669aa31e3@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602211842n5eee13dan1e917b69966c4c4a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3ad74bc80602212022p5f215a94oca331b4ebd8462d7@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Bret wrote:
> 1. Use Ruby 1.8.3. The version of WIN32OLE included here has new support for
> alternate
>     codesets.
> 2. Add the following line to the top of the script:
>     WIN32OLE.codepage = WIN32OLE::CP_UTF8

That's great news, that WIN32OLE issue was really annoying.

> I believe that Dave's advice regards what you need in order to embed Asian
> characters in Ruby Scripts themselves.

Yes, that's right.

Cheers,
Dave



From angrez at gmail.com  Tue Feb 21 23:23:17 2006
From: angrez at gmail.com (Angrez Singh)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:53:17 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
In-Reply-To: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB40239026B@MI_EXCH1>
References: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB40239026B@MI_EXCH1>
Message-ID: <e26bda3e0602212023q4787195by67239c425cd4ab86@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Brown,

> I've done as suggested and moved Watir from C:\Program Files\Watir to
> C:\Watir but I still get the same errors.
>
> Am I correct in thinking that the xpath stuff actually resides in the Ruby
> installation and that the xpath_tests.rb is attempting to use
>

Nope XPath uses only REXML part of Ruby installation. Rest code resides in
watir.rb file.

Anyway, these are the failures I get when I run core_tests.rb before trying
> to install the xpath stuff:
>
>   1) Failure:
> test_http_errors(TC_Navigate)
> [C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/navigate_test.rb:51]:
> <Watir::Exception::NavigationException> exception expected but none was
> thrown.
>
>   2) Failure:
> test_links_and_images_in_table(TC_Tables)
> [C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/table_test.rb:165]:
> <"106"> expected but was
> <"28">.
>
> 154 tests, 946 assertions, 2 failures, 0 errors
>

 I think some of the unit tests are not up to date so need to change those &
thats why you are getting this error.

>
> Just compared my Ruby installation with the watir contents in the tarball.
> Gonna copy the following to my Ruby installation: IEDialog folder, win32ole
> folder, datahandler.rb, dialog.rb, and tidy.dll. I now get 'The object
> invoked has disconnected from its clients.'!
>

If I understood right, you copied these files to [ruby installation
directory]/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8 .

I don't think I need the rexml folder since its already installed with the
> version of Ruby.
>

Yes, you don't  need Rexml folder. You can just copy the files to the Rexml
folder that comes with Ruby installation.

I'll try installation of Watir using the tar ball on my local machine & let
you know.

Regards,
Angrez
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From christopher_brown at engin.com.au  Tue Feb 21 23:35:26 2006
From: christopher_brown at engin.com.au (Brown, Christopher)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:35:26 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
Message-ID: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB40239026E@MI_EXCH1>

Hi Angrez,
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Angrez Singh [mailto:angrez at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 3:23 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me



Hi Brown, 


I've done as suggested and moved Watir from C:\Program Files\Watir to
C:\Watir but I still get the same errors.
 
Am I correct in thinking that the xpath stuff actually resides in the Ruby
installation and that the xpath_tests.rb is attempting to use


Nope XPath uses only REXML part of Ruby installation. Rest code resides in
watir.rb file.

[Chris Brown]   Okay. That makes sense.




Anyway, these are the failures I get when I run core_tests.rb before trying
to install the xpath stuff:
 
  1) Failure:
test_http_errors(TC_Navigate)
[C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/navigate_test.rb:51]:
<Watir::Exception::NavigationException> exception expected but none was
thrown.
 
  2) Failure:
test_links_and_images_in_table(TC_Tables)
[C:/Watir/unittests/../unittests/table_test.rb:165]:
<"106"> expected but was
<"28">.
 
154 tests, 946 assertions, 2 failures, 0 errors


 I think some of the unit tests are not up to date so need to change those &
thats why you are getting this error. 


[Chris Brown] Okay.   

 
Just compared my Ruby installation with the watir contents in the tarball.
Gonna copy the following to my Ruby installation: IEDialog folder, win32ole
folder, datahandler.rb, dialog.rb, and tidy.dll. I now get 'The object
invoked has disconnected from its clients.'!


If I understood right, you copied these files to [ruby installation
directory]/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8 .


[Chris Brown] Yes. 


I don't think I need the rexml folder since its already installed with the
version of Ruby. 


Yes, you don't  need Rexml folder. You can just copy the files to the Rexml
folder that comes with Ruby installation.

[Chris Brown] I don't understand the second sentence. I copied element.rb
and functions.rb from the repository into the Ruby installation directory. 

I'll try installation of Watir using the tar ball on my local machine & let
you know. 
[Chris Brown] Goo dluck :) 

Regards,
Angrez


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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb 22 01:05:17 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:05:17 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] WaTiR and ZenCart?
In-Reply-To: <f462129b0602211040h6f13a85n7945edd937a66f7b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f462129b0602211040h6f13a85n7945edd937a66f7b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602212205g73964a61l6b147af60329e984@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/21/06, philip reed <philipreedtech at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My company is a heavy implementer of ZC, so at some point if such
> libraries don't already exist, I will likely be building ZenCart
> interaction code (e.g., to to save the user/tester from having to
> figure out all the specific form interaction).   I'm open to
> suggestions about how to package these for maximal utility to other
> WaTiR and ZC developers.


I suggest that you package this as a Ruby library, and then let us know when
it is available.

We have been including user contributions in the Watir distribution and
could include this with it.

Bret
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb 22 01:05:17 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:05:17 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] WaTiR and ZenCart?
In-Reply-To: <f462129b0602211040h6f13a85n7945edd937a66f7b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f462129b0602211040h6f13a85n7945edd937a66f7b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602212205g73964a61l6b147af60329e984@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/21/06, philip reed <philipreedtech at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My company is a heavy implementer of ZC, so at some point if such
> libraries don't already exist, I will likely be building ZenCart
> interaction code (e.g., to to save the user/tester from having to
> figure out all the specific form interaction).   I'm open to
> suggestions about how to package these for maximal utility to other
> WaTiR and ZC developers.


I suggest that you package this as a Ruby library, and then let us know when
it is available.

We have been including user contributions in the Watir distribution and
could include this with it.

Bret
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From kiranb4u at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 22 06:12:50 2006
From: kiranb4u at yahoo.com (Kiran Kumar..)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:12:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
Message-ID: <20060222111250.74138.qmail@web33206.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi,

Where and how i can save the results got from running the Watir
scripts..Please help me out

Regards
Kiran..

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From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Wed Feb 22 06:28:19 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:28:19 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
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1. go to command prompt2. type
ruby my_watir_script.rb > my_watir_script_results.txt
3. all output will be stored in my_watir_script_results.txt4. you can do it even shorter
my_watir_script > my_watir_script_results.txt
For more information, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/redirection.mspx
or google for something like "command prompt redirect output to file"
On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>> Where and how i can save the results got from running the Watir> scripts..Please help me out>> Regards> Kiran..>> __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around> http://mail.yahoo.com> _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>

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From kiranb4u at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 22 07:11:21 2006
From: kiranb4u at yahoo.com (Kiran Kumar..)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:11:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
In-Reply-To: <f81b1250602220328t6734caf1w9df0a420e19d9c59@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060222121121.57245.qmail@web33208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi,

Thanx for the same.. Is there any wild character in ruby so that i can
use.
The scenerio goes like this for example intial my Inbox may show as
Inbox(1) and after some time it may have Inbox(2). So i want to write a
script for clicking on Inbox.

Regards
Kiran..

--- Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. go to command prompt2. type
> ruby my_watir_script.rb > my_watir_script_results.txt
> 3. all output will be stored in my_watir_script_results.txt4. you can
> do it even shorter
> my_watir_script > my_watir_script_results.txt
> For more information, visit
>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/redirection.mspx
> or google for something like "command prompt redirect output to file"
> On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>> Where
> and how i can save the results got from running the Watir>
> scripts..Please help me out>> Regards> Kiran..>>
> __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?>
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around>
> http://mail.yahoo.com>
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> list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org>
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>
> 
>
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From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Wed Feb 22 07:17:58 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:17:58 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
In-Reply-To: <20060222121121.57245.qmail@web33208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <f81b1250602220328t6734caf1w9df0a420e19d9c59@mail.gmail.com>
	<20060222121121.57245.qmail@web33208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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ie.link(:text, /inbox/).click
For more information, visit
http://www.regular-expressions.info/ruby.html
or google for something like "ruby regular expression".
I am glad I could help. :)
On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>> Thanx for the same.. Is there any wild character in ruby so that i can> use.> The scenerio goes like this for example intial my Inbox may show as> Inbox(1) and after some time it may have Inbox(2). So i want to write a> script for clicking on Inbox.>> Regards> Kiran..>> --- Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:>> > 1. go to command prompt2. type> > ruby my_watir_script.rb > my_watir_script_results.txt> > 3. all output will be stored in my_watir_script_results.txt4. you can> > do it even shorter> > my_watir_script > my_watir_script_results.txt> > For more information, visit> >> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/redirection.mspx> > or google for something like "command prompt redirect output to file"> > On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>> Where> > and how i can save the results got from running the Watir>> > scripts..Please help me out>> Regards> Kiran..>>> > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?>> > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around>> > http://mail.yahoo.com>> > _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing> > list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org>> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>> >> >> --http://www.testingreflections.com/blog/3071http://iskusivac.blog.hr/> > _______________________________________________> > Wtr-general mailing list> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general> >>>> __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around> http://mail.yahoo.com> _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>

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From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Wed Feb 22 07:25:17 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:25:17 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
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References: <f81b1250602220328t6734caf1w9df0a420e19d9c59@mail.gmail.com>
	<20060222121121.57245.qmail@web33208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<f81b1250602220417x1c849410w927ec03298cc1760@mail.gmail.com>
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Also, you should read WATIR User Guide(http://wtr.rubyforge.org/watir_user_guide.html), there is chapternamed Using Regular Expressions.
Watir home page (http://wtr.rubyforge.org/) is also very useful.


From kiranb4u at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 22 07:35:52 2006
From: kiranb4u at yahoo.com (Kiran Kumar..)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:35:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
In-Reply-To: <f81b1250602220417x1c849410w927ec03298cc1760@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060222123552.4067.qmail@web33211.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi,
Thanx for the same. What is the command to maximize the browser
window.Please let me know..
Regards
Kiran..

--- Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:

> ie.link(:text, /inbox/).click
> For more information, visit
> http://www.regular-expressions.info/ruby.html
> or google for something like "ruby regular expression".
> I am glad I could help. :)
> On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>> Thanx
> for the same.. Is there any wild character in ruby so that i can>
> use.> The scenerio goes like this for example intial my Inbox may
> show as> Inbox(1) and after some time it may have Inbox(2). So i want
> to write a> script for clicking on Inbox.>> Regards> Kiran..>> ---
> Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:>> > 1. go to command
> prompt2. type> > ruby my_watir_script.rb >
> my_watir_script_results.txt> > 3. all output will be stored in
> my_watir_script_results.txt4. you can> > do it even shorter> >
> my_watir_script > my_watir_script_results.txt> > For more
> information, visit> >>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/redirection.mspx>
> > or google for something like "command prompt redirect output to
> file"> > On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>>
> Where> > and how i can save the results got from running the Watir>>
> > scripts..Please help me out>>!
>  Regards> Kiran..>>> >
> __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?>>
> > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around>> >
> http://mail.yahoo.com>> >
> _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing>
> > list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org>> >
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>> >> >>
>
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> > _______________________________________________> > Wtr-general
> mailing list> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> >
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general> >>>>
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>
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From angrez at gmail.com  Wed Feb 22 07:44:54 2006
From: angrez at gmail.com (Angrez Singh)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:14:54 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
In-Reply-To: <20060222123552.4067.qmail@web33211.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <f81b1250602220417x1c849410w927ec03298cc1760@mail.gmail.com>
	<20060222123552.4067.qmail@web33211.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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$ie.maximize

-Angrez

On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Thanx for the same. What is the command to maximize the browser
> window.Please let me know..
> Regards
> Kiran..
>
> --- Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ie.link(:text, /inbox/).click
> > For more information, visit
> > http://www.regular-expressions.info/ruby.html
> > or google for something like "ruby regular expression".
> > I am glad I could help. :)
> > On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>> Thanx
> > for the same.. Is there any wild character in ruby so that i can>
> > use.> The scenerio goes like this for example intial my Inbox may
> > show as> Inbox(1) and after some time it may have Inbox(2). So i want
> > to write a> script for clicking on Inbox.>> Regards> Kiran..>> ---
> > Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:>> > 1. go to command
> > prompt2. type> > ruby my_watir_script.rb >
> > my_watir_script_results.txt> > 3. all output will be stored in
> > my_watir_script_results.txt4. you can> > do it even shorter> >
> > my_watir_script > my_watir_script_results.txt> > For more
> > information, visit> >>
> >
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/redirection.mspx
> >
> > > or google for something like "command prompt redirect output to
> > file"> > On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>>
> > Where> > and how i can save the results got from running the Watir>>
> > > scripts..Please help me out>>!
> >  Regards> Kiran..>>> >
> > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?>>
> > > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around>> >
> > http://mail.yahoo.com>> >
> > _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing>
> > > list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org>> >
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>> >> >>
> >
> --http://www.testingreflections.com/blog/3071http://iskusivac.blog.hr/>
> > > _______________________________________________> > Wtr-general
> > mailing list> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> >
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general> >>>>
> > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?>
> > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around>
> > http://mail.yahoo.com>
> > _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing
> > list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org>
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>
> >
> >
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> > _______________________________________________
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> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> >
>
>
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From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Wed Feb 22 07:52:02 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:52:02 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
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ie.maximize
At http://wtr.rubyforge.org/rdoc/classes/Watir/IE.html (part ofhttp://wtr.rubyforge.org/rdoc/) you can find what watir can do with iebrowser.
Also, search mail archive (try "maximize", I just found that I havealready answered this question before) athttp://www.mail-archive.com/wtr-general%40rubyforge.org/
On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,> Thanx for the same. What is the command to maximize the browser> window.Please let me know..> Regards> Kiran..>> --- Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:>> > ie.link(:text, /inbox/).click> > For more information, visit> > http://www.regular-expressions.info/ruby.html> > or google for something like "ruby regular expression".> > I am glad I could help. :)> > On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>> Thanx> > for the same.. Is there any wild character in ruby so that i can>> > use.> The scenerio goes like this for example intial my Inbox may> > show as> Inbox(1) and after some time it may have Inbox(2). So i want> > to write a> script for clicking on Inbox.>> Regards> Kiran..>> ---> > Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:>> > 1. go to command> > prompt2. type> > ruby my_watir_script.rb >> > my_watir_script_results.txt> > 3. all output will be stored in> > my_watir_script_results.txt4. you can> > do it even shorter> >> > my_watir_script > my_watir_script_results.txt> > For more> > information, visit> >>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/redirection.mspx>> > > or google for something like "command prompt redirect output to> > file"> > On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>>> > Where> > and how i can save the results got from running the Watir>>> > > scripts..Please help me out>>!> >  Regards> Kiran..>>> >> > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?>>> > > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around>> >> > http://mail.yahoo.com>> >> > _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing>> > > list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org>> >> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>> >> >>> >> --http://www.testingreflections.com/blog/3071http://iskusivac.blog.hr/>> > > _______________________________________________> > Wtr-general> > mailing list> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> >> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general> >>>>> > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?>> > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around>> > http://mail.yahoo.com>> > _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing> > list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org>> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>> >> >> --http://www.testingreflections.com/blog/3071http://iskusivac.blog.hr/> > _______________________________________________> > Wtr-general mailing list> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general> >>>> __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around> http://mail.yahoo.com> _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>

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From Neumann at encoway.de  Wed Feb 22 08:12:59 2006
From: Neumann at encoway.de (Neumann, Carsten - ENCOWAY)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:12:59 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
Message-ID: <0E46E3619326224CB40CC30C2E36364EA5FF81@zde008.lenze.com>

Hi,
can be found in the Watir API reference:

ie.maximize()

Regards,
      Carsten Neumann


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Von: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] Im Auftrag von Kiran Kumar..
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2006 13:36
An: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Betreff: Re: [Wtr-general] Save the results..

Hi,
Thanx for the same. What is the command to maximize the browser
window.Please let me know..
Regards
Kiran..

--- Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:

> ie.link(:text, /inbox/).click
> For more information, visit
> http://www.regular-expressions.info/ruby.html
> or google for something like "ruby regular expression".
> I am glad I could help. :)
> On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>> Thanx
> for the same.. Is there any wild character in ruby so that i can>
> use.> The scenerio goes like this for example intial my Inbox may
> show as> Inbox(1) and after some time it may have Inbox(2). So i want
> to write a> script for clicking on Inbox.>> Regards> Kiran..>> ---
> Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:>> > 1. go to command
> prompt2. type> > ruby my_watir_script.rb >
> my_watir_script_results.txt> > 3. all output will be stored in
> my_watir_script_results.txt4. you can> > do it even shorter> >
> my_watir_script > my_watir_script_results.txt> > For more
> information, visit> >>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/redirection.mspx>
> > or google for something like "command prompt redirect output to
> file"> > On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>>
> Where> > and how i can save the results got from running the Watir>>
> > scripts..Please help me out>>!
>  Regards> Kiran..>>> >
> __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?>>
> > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around>> >
> http://mail.yahoo.com>> >
> _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing>
> > list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org>> >
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>> >> >>
>
--http://www.testingreflections.com/blog/3071http://iskusivac.blog.hr/>
> > _______________________________________________> > Wtr-general
> mailing list> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> >
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general> >>>>
> __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?>
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around>
> http://mail.yahoo.com>
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> list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org>
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From xi.chen at kalido.com  Wed Feb 22 08:35:59 2006
From: xi.chen at kalido.com (Xi Chen)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:35:59 -0000
Subject: [Wtr-general] Multi IE explorer
Message-ID: <2CCD8390D18C304D9DAC0F92DBA1E2753656AD@kal-uk-s-mail.kalido.local>

Hi

I have looked at FAQ about invoking separate IE instances using Watir.
However I found it doesn't work. For example I tried to open up 10
different browser with a textfield in each of them. I tried to write
some text in the text_field. All the text are writen into the textfield
in the last IE.

Anyone please help?


Xi Chen



From saudaziz at gmail.com  Wed Feb 22 12:13:53 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:13:53 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602220913r3d926578uaa0049f0c3d02456@mail.gmail.com>

Hi guys,

When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never clicks
through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and tell me if
it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it run? Another
thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt, it sometimes
doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click on at all.
So for instance on page '
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx' you
might not find button that says get started and you can make it appear only
if you press refresh/reload for browser.

I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General Public.
Any help is much appreciated.

require 'watir'
include Watir
require 'test/unit'
class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
    def test_recorded
        ie = IE.new
        ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/')
        #ie.link(:url, '
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click
        #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
        #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx')
        ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1')
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150')
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
        ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
)
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'
)
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3'
)
        ie.link(:url, '
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx').click
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
)
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176'
)
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
        ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
   end
end

Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete script, but
if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click'  this
step, then it would be great to know. For me it just hangs and does nothing,
no errors, nada.





--
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain
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From saudaziz at gmail.com  Wed Feb 22 12:58:40 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:58:40 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Multi IE explorer
In-Reply-To: <2CCD8390D18C304D9DAC0F92DBA1E2753656AD@kal-uk-s-mail.kalido.local>
References: <2CCD8390D18C304D9DAC0F92DBA1E2753656AD@kal-uk-s-mail.kalido.local>
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602220958y2ca72ab8x69b149a02f983212@mail.gmail.com>

I believe it depends on how you write your code. For instance, the following
will launch an IE session, and then get data out of excel file and dump it
in respective session:

def test_getExcelBugs
    excel = WIN32OLE::new('excel.Application')
    workbook = excel.Workbooks.Open
('C:\ruby\watir\watir-v1_4\examples\logging\_Bugs.xls')
    worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(1)
    worksheet.Select
    excel['Visible'] = true

    line = '2'
    data = Array.new
    while worksheet.Range("a#{line}:j#{line}")['Value']
       #data << worksheet.Range("a#{line}:j#{line}")['Value']

       #data.each { |x| print x,  "\n\n\n".chomp }

#Set variables
    start
    project_Number = worksheet.Range("a#{line}")['Value']
    add_ShortDescription = worksheet.Range("b#{line}")['Value']


    $logger.log("")

    $ie = IE.new
    $ie.goto(project_Number)
    $ie.button(:name, "Submit1").click
    $ie.text_field(:name, "ShortDescription").set(add_ShortDescription)

       line.succ!
  end

Since i took out some of the confidential stuff, the function looks
considerably short due to that :=)



On 2/22/06, Xi Chen <xi.chen at kalido.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have looked at FAQ about invoking separate IE instances using Watir.
> However I found it doesn't work. For example I tried to open up 10
> different browser with a textfield in each of them. I tried to write
> some text in the text_field. All the text are writen into the textfield
> in the last IE.
>
> Anyone please help?
>
>
> Xi Chen
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
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--
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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain
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From bret at pettichord.com  Wed Feb 22 22:04:23 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:04:23 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602220913r3d926578uaa0049f0c3d02456@mail.gmail.com>
References: <24d0cb380602220913r3d926578uaa0049f0c3d02456@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602221904t65f237e4s8a1cb266c2ec9328@mail.gmail.com>

Are you running 1.4.1 or HEAD (the tarball)?

On 2/22/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never clicks
> through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and tell me if
> it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it run? Another
> thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt, it sometimes
> doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click on at all.
> So for instance on page '
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx' you
> might not find button that says get started and you can make it appear only
> if you press refresh/reload for browser.
>
> I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General Public.
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
> require 'watir'
> include Watir
> require 'test/unit'
> class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
>     def test_recorded
>         ie = IE.new
>         ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'<https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27>
> )
>         #ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
>         #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
>         #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>
> )
>         ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%27>
> )
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
>         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
>         ie.goto('
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3%27>
> )
>         ie.link(:url, '
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27%29.click>
>         ie.goto('
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176%27>
> )
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
>         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
>    end
> end
>
> Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete script,
> but if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click'
> this step, then it would be great to know. For me it just hangs and does
> nothing, no errors, nada.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Saud Aziz
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
>
>
>
>
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> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
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From paul.rogers at shaw.ca  Wed Feb 22 23:59:51 2006
From: paul.rogers at shaw.ca (Paul Rogers)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:59:51 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
Message-ID: <36270df3625ab7.3625ab736270df@shaw.ca>

some of your ie.goto(...) have spaces before the http 
like ' http://...'
For me, that causes the browser to go to a search page

Paul
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Are you running 1.4.1 or HEAD (the tarball)?

On 2/22/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never clicks
> through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and tell me=
 if
> it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it run? Anot=
her
> thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt, it someti=
mes
> doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click on at all=
.
> So for instance on page '
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx' you
> might not find button that says get started and you can make it appear on=
ly
> if you press refresh/reload for browser.
>
> I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General Public=
.
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
> require 'watir'
> include Watir
> require 'test/unit'
> class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
>     def test_recorded
>         ie =3D IE.new
>         ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'<https://www.seattlesym=
phony.org/%27>
> )
>         #ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/=
').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
>         #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
>         #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/=
index.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.a=
spx%27>
> )
>         ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/=
package.aspx?id=3D1'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsu=
b/package.aspx?id=3D1%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/=
detail.aspx?id=3D150'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=
=3D150%27>
> )
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
>         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
>         ie.goto('
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?=
id=3D2'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package=
.aspx?id=3D2%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/=
alt/categories.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsu=
b/alt/categories.aspx%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/=
alt/package.aspx?id=3D3'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx=
?id=3D3%27>
> )
>         ie.link(:url, '
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.as=
px').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/cate=
gories.aspx%27%29.click>
>         ie.goto('
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?=
id=3D2'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package=
.aspx?id=3D2%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/=
alt/detail.aspx?id=3D176'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/=
newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=3D176%27>
> )
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
>         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
>    end
> end
>
> Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete script,
> but if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click'
> this step, then it would be great to know. For me it just hangs and does
> nothing, no errors, nada.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Saud Aziz
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
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Are you running 1.4.1 or HEAD (the tarball)?<br><br><div><span class=3D"gma=
il_quote">On 2/22/06, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">saud aziz</b> &lt;<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:saudaziz at gmail.com">saudaziz at gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 20=
4, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi guys,<br><br>When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and n=
ever clicks through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run a=
nd tell me if it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make =
it run? Another thing noticeable is that when you run this from command pro=
mpt, it sometimes doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to=
 click on at all. So for instance on page '
<a href=3D"http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.as=
px" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,thi=
s)">http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx</a>'=
 you might not find button that says get started and you can make it appear=
 only if you press refresh/reload for browser.
<br><br>I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General =
Public. Any help is much appreciated.<br><br>require 'watir' <br>include Wa=
tir <br>require 'test/unit' <br>class TC_recorded &lt; Test::Unit::TestCase=
=20
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; def test_recorded <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp; ie =3D IE.new<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie=
.goto('<a href=3D"https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27" target=3D"_blank" on=
click=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://www.seattles=
ymphony.org/'
</a>)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #ie.link(:url, '<a href=
=3D"http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click" target=
=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click</a><br>&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')<br>&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription'=
).click<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.goto('<a href=3D"h=
ttp://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27" targe=
t=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">

http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'</a>)<br=
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_Ge=
tStarted').click<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.goto('<a =
href=3D"http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.asp=
x?id=3D1%27" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,=
event,this)">

http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=3D1=
'</a>)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.goto('<a href=3D"ht=
tp://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=3D150%=
27" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,thi=
s)">
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=3D15=
0'
</a>)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.button(:alt, 'Select=
 This Series').click<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.radio=
(:name, 'Section','73').set()<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
 ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.goto('<a href=3D"http://w=
ww.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3D2%27"=
 target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"=
>http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?i=
d=3D2'
</a>)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.goto('<a href=3D"htt=
p://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27=
" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)=
">
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx=
'</a>)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.goto('<a href=3D"ht=
tp://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=
=3D3%27" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,even=
t,this)">
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=
=3D3'
</a>)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.link(:url, '<a href=
=3D"http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.=
aspx%27%29.click" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(wi=
ndow,event,this)">http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/a=
lt/categories.aspx').click
</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
ie.goto('<a href=3D"http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub=
/alt/package.aspx?id=3D2%27" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.Ope=
nExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/su=
bs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3D2'
</a>)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.goto('<a href=3D"htt=
p://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=3D1=
76%27" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,=
this)">
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=
=3D176'</a>)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.button(:alt, =
'Select This Series').click<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i=
e.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
;&nbsp; ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To=
 Next Step').click<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; end<br>end<br><br>Any help is much appre=
ciated. obviously it is not even complete script, but if you can get past '=
ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click'&nbsp; this step, then it would=
 be great to know. For me it just hangs and does nothing, no errors, nada.
<br><span class=3D"sg"><br><br><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Saud Aziz<b=
r><br>&quot;Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is t=
ime to pause and reflect.&quot; - Mark Twain<br><br><br><br>
</span><br>_______________________________________________<br>Wtr-general m=
ailing list<br><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" =
href=3D"mailto:Wtr-general at rubyforge.org">Wtr-general at rubyforge.org</a><br>
<a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://=
rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general" target=3D"_blank">http://rubyfo=
rge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br>

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From kiranb4u at yahoo.com  Thu Feb 23 00:19:06 2006
From: kiranb4u at yahoo.com (Kiran Kumar..)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:19:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
In-Reply-To: <f81b1250602220328t6734caf1w9df0a420e19d9c59@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060223051906.13397.qmail@web33213.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi,
Thanx for the same. But i can write into a file only the output i.e
what and all i specify in puts, but i need the error message also be
written in the file. How to achieve this.

I'm unable to maximize the window.
Here with i'm sneding a piece of code which has the maximize function
in it.Please look into it and correct the same..


require 'watir'   # the watir controller
include Watir
# open the IE browser
ie =IE.new
  
 require 'win32ole'
 excel = WIN32OLE::new('excel.Application')
 workbook = excel.Workbooks.Open('E:\Watir
Examples\Kiran\gX_lgn_td1.xls')
 worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(1) #get hold of the first worksheet

   #variables:
   test_site = worksheet.Range('a1')['Value'] 
   
   # Opens the site.
  ie.goto(test_site)

  #maximizing the browser
    ie.maximize( )
 
Regards
Kiran..


--- Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. go to command prompt2. type
> ruby my_watir_script.rb > my_watir_script_results.txt
> 3. all output will be stored in my_watir_script_results.txt4. you can
> do it even shorter
> my_watir_script > my_watir_script_results.txt
> For more information, visit
>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/redirection.mspx
> or google for something like "command prompt redirect output to file"
> On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>> Where
> and how i can save the results got from running the Watir>
> scripts..Please help me out>> Regards> Kiran..>>
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From dave at burt.id.au  Thu Feb 23 06:05:40 2006
From: dave at burt.id.au (Dave Burt)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:05:40 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] Multi IE explorer
References: <2CCD8390D18C304D9DAC0F92DBA1E2753656AD@kal-uk-s-mail.kalido.local>
Message-ID: <006201c63869$156d3d40$6602a8c0@telperion>

Xi Chen wrote:
> I have looked at FAQ about invoking separate IE instances using Watir.
> However I found it doesn't work. For example I tried to open up 10
> different browser with a textfield in each of them. I tried to write
> some text in the text_field. All the text are writen into the textfield
> in the last IE.

Hi,

If you show us your code, we can tell you what's wrong with it, why it's not 
working.

Here's one way you might have gone wrong:

$ie = Watir::IE.new
$ie.goto "google.com"
$ie.text_field(:name, "q").set "1"
$ie = Watir::IE.new   # <--- same variable, reference to first window lost
$ie.goto "google.com"
$ie.text_field(:name, "q").set "2"
# both end up at google.com.au with "bar" in the text field.

This works fine:

ie_array = Array.new(3) { Watir::IE.new }  # open 3 IE windows
ie_array.each_with_index do |ie, i|
  ie.goto "google.com"
  ie.text_field(:name, "q").set i
end

Cheers,
Dave 



From mb at michaelbolton.net  Thu Feb 23 10:17:36 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:17:36 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602220913r3d926578uaa0049f0c3d02456@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <001301c6388c$4b586920$6901a8c0@Koko>

Leave out the spaces after the open single quotes.
 
---Michael B.

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of saud aziz
Sent: February 22, 2006 12:14 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing


Hi guys,

When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never clicks
through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and tell me if
it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it run? Another
thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt, it sometimes
doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click on at all.
So for instance on page '
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx' you
might not find button that says get started and you can make it appear only
if you press refresh/reload for browser. 

I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General Public.
Any help is much appreciated.

require 'watir' 
include Watir 
require 'test/unit' 
class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase 
    def test_recorded 
        ie = IE.new
        ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/')
        #ie.link(:url, '
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click
        #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
        #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx')
        ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1'>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1')
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx
?id=150'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150'
> )
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
        ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click 
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package
.aspx?id=2')
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx
'>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'
)
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package
.aspx?id=3'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id
=3'> )
        ie.link(:url,
'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx
').click
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package
.aspx?id=2')
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=
176'>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=1
76')
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click 
        ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
   end
end

Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete script, but
if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click'  this
step, then it would be great to know. For me it just hangs and does nothing,
no errors, nada. 





-- 
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain




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From mb at michaelbolton.net  Thu Feb 23 11:21:49 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:21:49 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
In-Reply-To: <20060223051906.13397.qmail@web33213.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <011e01c63895$3fda6e00$6901a8c0@Koko>

What happens when you try this in IRB?

When I try it in IRB, my session looks like this:

irb(main):001:0> require 'watir'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> ie = IE.new
NameError: uninitialized constant IE
        from (irb):2
        from :0

So then I use the proper syntax:

irb(main):003:0> ie = Watir::IE.new
=> #<Watir::IE:0x2b2ea38 @typingspeed=0.08, @enable_spinner=false,
@empty_tag_name="DUMMY", @speed=:slow, @ole_object=ni
l, @url_list=[], @defaultSleepTime=0.1, @ie=#<WIN32OLE:0x2b2e960>,
@logger=#<Watir::DefaultLogger:0x2b2e8e8 @datetime_fo
rmat="%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S", @progname=nil,
@logdev=#<Logger::LogDevice:0x2b2e888 @shift_age=nil, @filename=nil,
@dev=#<IO:
0x278e7d0>, @shift_size=nil>, @level=2>,
@activeObjectHighLightColor="yellow",
@error_checkers=[#<Proc:0x02ac6518 at c:/rub
y/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1075>]>

...and my browser appears.

My browser starts maximized.  Interestingly, until I point it to a site,
trying to minimize it returns an error:

irb(main):004:0> ie.minimize
WIN32OLERuntimeError: document
    OLE error code:80004005 in <Unknown>
      <No Description>
    HRESULT error code:0x80020009
      Exception occurred.
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1201:in
`method_missing'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1201:in `title'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1274:in
`set_window_state'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1258:in `minimize'
        from (irb):4
        from :0
irb(main):005:0> ie.goto('http://www.google.ca')
=> 0.29
irb(main):006:0> ie.minimize
=> 1
irb(main):007:0> ie.minimize
=> 1
irb(main):008:0> ie.maximize
=> 1
irb(main):009:0>

That feels like a bug to me, but I don't think it's the problem you're
running into, unless your call to test_site is failing--which it will, if
that's literally what you're typing, since you haven't initialized that
variable.  If test_site is just a stand-in for your actual test site,
perhaps the goto() call is failing for some reason.  Are you checking for a
non-zero value on return?

---Michael B.


-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Kiran Kumar..
Sent: February 23, 2006 12:19 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Save the results..

Hi,
Thanx for the same. But i can write into a file only the output i.e
what and all i specify in puts, but i need the error message also be
written in the file. How to achieve this.

I'm unable to maximize the window.
Here with i'm sneding a piece of code which has the maximize function
in it.Please look into it and correct the same..


require 'watir'   # the watir controller
include Watir
# open the IE browser
ie =IE.new
  
 require 'win32ole'
 excel = WIN32OLE::new('excel.Application')
 workbook = excel.Workbooks.Open('E:\Watir
Examples\Kiran\gX_lgn_td1.xls')
 worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(1) #get hold of the first worksheet

   #variables:
   test_site = worksheet.Range('a1')['Value'] 
   
   # Opens the site.
  ie.goto(test_site)

  #maximizing the browser
    ie.maximize( )
 
Regards
Kiran..


--- Zeljko Filipin <zeljko.filipin at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. go to command prompt2. type
> ruby my_watir_script.rb > my_watir_script_results.txt
> 3. all output will be stored in my_watir_script_results.txt4. you can
> do it even shorter
> my_watir_script > my_watir_script_results.txt
> For more information, visit
>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-
us/redirection.mspx
> or google for something like "command prompt redirect output to file"
> On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi,>> Where
> and how i can save the results got from running the Watir>
> scripts..Please help me out>> Regards> Kiran..>>
> __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?>
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around>
> http://mail.yahoo.com>
> _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing
> list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org>
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>
> 
>
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From saudaziz at gmail.com  Thu Feb 23 12:10:22 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:10:22 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <001301c6388c$4b586920$6901a8c0@Koko>
References: <24d0cb380602220913r3d926578uaa0049f0c3d02456@mail.gmail.com>
	<001301c6388c$4b586920$6901a8c0@Koko>
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602230910o5170176ch30f0428f3122d8a1@mail.gmail.com>

Bret, I am using the one provided at:
http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5677/watir-1.4.1.exe

Paul and Michael, i don't know where that space is coming from, it sure
doesn't appear in the script that i have.

On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
>
> Leave out the spaces after the open single quotes.
>
> ---Michael B.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:
> wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *saud aziz
> *Sent:* February 22, 2006 12:14 PM
> *To:* wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> *Subject:* [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
>
> Hi guys,
>
> When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never clicks
> through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and tell me if
> it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it run? Another
> thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt, it sometimes
> doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click on at all.
> So for instance on page ' http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx
> ' you might not find button that says get started and you can make it
> appear only if you press refresh/reload for browser.
>
> I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General Public.
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
> require 'watir'
> include Watir
> require 'test/unit'
> class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
>     def test_recorded
>         ie = IE.new
>         ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'<https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27>
> )
>         #ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
>         #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
>         #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>
> )
>         ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%27>
> )
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
>         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3%27>
> )
>         ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx').click
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27%29.click>
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176%27>
> )
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
>         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
>    end
> end
>
> Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete script,
> but if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click'
> this step, then it would be great to know. For me it just hangs and does
> nothing, no errors, nada.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Saud Aziz
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
>


--
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain
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From bret at pettichord.com  Thu Feb 23 12:38:37 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:38:37 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Save the results..
In-Reply-To: <20060223051906.13397.qmail@web33213.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <f81b1250602220328t6734caf1w9df0a420e19d9c59@mail.gmail.com>
	<20060223051906.13397.qmail@web33213.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602230938u2678cf29qa9326605a5319ef6@mail.gmail.com>

Kiran,

Since your script references an xls file that we don't have, none of us are
going to be a be able to get it to work. Either send the file, or better
yet, isolate your problem to a single script that you can send us.

We also don't know what "doesn't work" means. Are you getting error
messages? What are they?

Bret

On 2/22/06, Kiran Kumar.. <kiranb4u at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Thanx for the same. But i can write into a file only the output i.e
> what and all i specify in puts, but i need the error message also be
> written in the file. How to achieve this.
>
> I'm unable to maximize the window.
> Here with i'm sneding a piece of code which has the maximize function
> in it.Please look into it and correct the same..
>
>
> require 'watir'   # the watir controller
> include Watir
> # open the IE browser
> ie =IE.new
>
> require 'win32ole'
> excel = WIN32OLE::new('excel.Application')
> workbook = excel.Workbooks.Open('E:\Watir
> Examples\Kiran\gX_lgn_td1.xls')
> worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(1) #get hold of the first worksheet
>
>    #variables:
>    test_site = worksheet.Range('a1')['Value']
>
>    # Opens the site.
>   ie.goto(test_site)
>
>   #maximizing the browser
>     ie.maximize( )
>
> Regards
> Kiran..
>
>
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From mb at michaelbolton.net  Thu Feb 23 15:21:05 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:21:05 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602230910o5170176ch30f0428f3122d8a1@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <005b01c638b6$b4e22280$6801a8c0@Koko>

Did you cut and paste the code into your message, or did you retype it?
 
---Michael B.

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of saud aziz
Sent: February 23, 2006 12:10 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing


Bret, I am using the one provided at:
http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5677/watir-1.4.1.exe
<http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5677/watir-1.4.1.exe> 

Paul and Michael, i don't know where that space is coming from, it sure
doesn't appear in the script that i have. 


On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net
<mailto:mb at michaelbolton.net> > wrote: 

Leave out the spaces after the open single quotes.
 
---Michael B.

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of saud aziz
Sent: February 22, 2006 12:14 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing



Hi guys,

When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never clicks
through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and tell me if
it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it run? Another
thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt, it sometimes
doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click on at all.
So for instance on page '
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx> ' you
might not find button that says get started and you can make it appear only
if you press refresh/reload for browser. 

I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General Public.
Any help is much appreciated.

require 'watir' 
include Watir 
require 'test/unit' 
class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase 
    def test_recorded 
        ie = IE.new
        ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'
<https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27> )
        #ie.link(:url, '
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click
        #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
        #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx')
        ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%2
7>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1')
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx
?id=150'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%
27> )
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
        ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click 
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package
.aspx?id=2'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id
=2%27> )
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx
%27>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'
)
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package
.aspx?id=3'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id
=3%27> )
        ie.link(:url,
'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx
').click
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx
%27%29.click> 
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package
.aspx?id=2'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id
=2%27> )
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=
176%27>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=1
76')
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click 
        ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
   end
end

Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete script, but
if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click'  this
step, then it would be great to know. For me it just hangs and does nothing,
no errors, nada. 





-- 
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain





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From saudaziz at gmail.com  Thu Feb 23 15:56:01 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:56:01 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <005b01c638b6$b4e22280$6801a8c0@Koko>
References: <24d0cb380602230910o5170176ch30f0428f3122d8a1@mail.gmail.com>
	<005b01c638b6$b4e22280$6801a8c0@Koko>
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602231256h7020508cxa9aecf75dcb4aad9@mail.gmail.com>

Cut/paste. Here is another try:

require 'watir'
include Watir
require 'test/unit'
class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
    def test_recorded
        ie = IE.new
        ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/')
        #ie.link(:url, '
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click
        #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
        #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
    ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx')
        ie.image(:id, 'template_ib_GetStarted').click
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1')
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150')
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
        ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
)
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'
)
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3'
)
        ie.link(:url, '
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx').click
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
)
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176'
)
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
        ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
end

end

On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
>
> Did you cut and paste the code into your message, or did you retype it?
>
> ---Michael B.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:
> wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *saud aziz
> *Sent:* February 23, 2006 12:10 PM
> *To:* wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
>
> Bret, I am using the one provided at: http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5677/watir-1.4.1.exe
>
>
> Paul and Michael, i don't know where that space is coming from, it sure
> doesn't appear in the script that i have.
>
> On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net > wrote:
> >
> > Leave out the spaces after the open single quotes.
> >
> > ---Michael B.
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:
> > wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *saud aziz
> > *Sent:* February 22, 2006 12:14 PM
> > *To:* wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > *Subject:* [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
> >
> >  Hi guys,
> >
> > When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never clicks
> > through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and tell me if
> > it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it run? Another
> > thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt, it sometimes
> > doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click on at all.
> > So for instance on page ' http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx
> > ' you might not find button that says get started and you can make it
> > appear only if you press refresh/reload for browser.
> >
> > I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General
> > Public. Any help is much appreciated.
> >
> > require 'watir'
> > include Watir
> > require 'test/unit'
> > class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
> >     def test_recorded
> >         ie = IE.new
> >         ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'<https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27>
> > )
> >         #ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
> >         #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
> >         #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>
> > )
> >         ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150'
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%27>
> > )
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
> >         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3'
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3%27>
> > )
> >         ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx').click
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27%29.click>
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176%27>
> > )
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
> >         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
> >    end
> > end
> >
> > Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete script,
> > but if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click'
> > this step, then it would be great to know. For me it just hangs and does
> > nothing, no errors, nada.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Saud Aziz
> >
> > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> > pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wtr-general mailing list
> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Saud Aziz
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
>


--
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain
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From saudaziz at gmail.com  Thu Feb 23 15:57:20 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:57:20 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602231256h7020508cxa9aecf75dcb4aad9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <24d0cb380602230910o5170176ch30f0428f3122d8a1@mail.gmail.com>
	<005b01c638b6$b4e22280$6801a8c0@Koko>
	<24d0cb380602231256h7020508cxa9aecf75dcb4aad9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602231257j40739351qd69bc5689f5d5526@mail.gmail.com>

yeah, that space has something to do with gmail. They aren't in code.

On 2/23/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Cut/paste. Here is another try:
>
> require 'watir'
> include Watir
> require 'test/unit'
> class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
>     def test_recorded
>         ie = IE.new
>         ie.goto(' https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'<https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27>
> )
>         #ie.link(:url, '
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
>         #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
>         #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
>     ie.goto('
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>)
>
>         ie.image(:id, 'template_ib_GetStarted').click
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%27>
> )
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
>         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3%27>
> )
>         ie.link(:url, '
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27%29.click>
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176%27>
> )
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
>         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
> end
>
> end
>
> On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
> >
> > Did you cut and paste the code into your message, or did you retype it?
> >
> > ---Michael B.
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:
> > wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *saud aziz
> > *Sent:* February 23, 2006 12:10 PM
> > *To:* wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > *Subject:* Re: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
> >
> > Bret, I am using the one provided at: http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5677/watir-1.4.1.exe
> >
> >
> > Paul and Michael, i don't know where that space is coming from, it sure
> > doesn't appear in the script that i have.
> >
> > On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net > wrote:
> > >
> > > Leave out the spaces after the open single quotes.
> > >
> > > ---Michael B.
> > >
> > >  ------------------------------
> > > *From:* wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org]
> > > *On Behalf Of *saud aziz
> > > *Sent:* February 22, 2006 12:14 PM
> > > *To:* wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > *Subject: * [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
> > >
> > >  Hi guys,
> > >
> > > When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never clicks
> > > through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and tell me if
> > > it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it run? Another
> > > thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt, it sometimes
> > > doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click on at all.
> > > So for instance on page ' http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx
> > > ' you might not find button that says get started and you can make it
> > > appear only if you press refresh/reload for browser.
> > >
> > > I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General
> > > Public. Any help is much appreciated.
> > >
> > > require 'watir'
> > > include Watir
> > > require 'test/unit'
> > > class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
> > >     def test_recorded
> > >         ie = IE.new
> > >         ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'<https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27>
> > > )
> > >         #ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
> > >         #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
> > >         #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
> > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>
> > > )
> > >         ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
> > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%27>
> > > )
> > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150'
> > >
> > > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%27>
> > > )
> > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
> > >         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
> > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
> > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
> > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
> > >
> > > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> > > )
> > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27>
> > > )
> > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3'
> > >
> > > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3%27>
> > > )
> > >         ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx').click
> > >
> > > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27%29.click>
> > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
> > >
> > > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> > > )
> > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176%27>
> > > )
> > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
> > >         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
> > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
> > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
> > >    end
> > > end
> > >
> > > Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete
> > > script, but if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This
> > > Series').click'  this step, then it would be great to know. For me it just
> > > hangs and does nothing, no errors, nada.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Saud Aziz
> > >
> > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> > > pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Wtr-general mailing list
> > > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Saud Aziz
> >
> > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> > pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wtr-general mailing list
> > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Saud Aziz
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
>
>
>
>


--
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain
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From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:58:04 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
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References: <24d0cb380602230910o5170176ch30f0428f3122d8a1@mail.gmail.com>
	<005b01c638b6$b4e22280$6801a8c0@Koko>
	<24d0cb380602231256h7020508cxa9aecf75dcb4aad9@mail.gmail.com>
	<24d0cb380602231257j40739351qd69bc5689f5d5526@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602231258p3190d468ja7af8f0593d7f37b@mail.gmail.com>

BTW, does it work for any of you?

On 2/23/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> yeah, that space has something to do with gmail. They aren't in code.
>
> On 2/23/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > Cut/paste. Here is another try:
> >
> > require 'watir'
> > include Watir
> > require 'test/unit'
> > class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
> >     def test_recorded
> >         ie = IE.new
> >         ie.goto(' https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'<https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27>
> > )
> >         #ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
> >         #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
> >         #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
> >     ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>)
> >
> >         ie.image(:id, 'template_ib_GetStarted').click
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1'
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150'
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%27>
> > )
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
> >         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3'
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3%27>
> > )
> >         ie.link(:url, ' http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx').click
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27%29.click>
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176'
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176%27>
> > )
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
> >         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
> > end
> >
> > end
> >
> > On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton < mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Did you cut and paste the code into your message, or did you retype
> > > it?
> > >
> > > ---Michael B.
> > >
> > >  ------------------------------
> > > *From:* wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:
> > > wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *saud aziz
> > > *Sent:* February 23, 2006 12:10 PM
> > > *To:* wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > *Subject:* Re: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
> > >
> > > Bret, I am using the one provided at: http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5677/watir-1.4.1.exe
> > >
> > >
> > > Paul and Michael, i don't know where that space is coming from, it
> > > sure doesn't appear in the script that i have.
> > >
> > > On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Leave out the spaces after the open single quotes.
> > > >
> > > > ---Michael B.
> > > >
> > > >  ------------------------------
> > > > *From:* wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org]
> > > > *On Behalf Of *saud aziz
> > > > *Sent:* February 22, 2006 12:14 PM
> > > > *To:* wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > > *Subject: * [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
> > > >
> > > >  Hi guys,
> > > >
> > > > When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never
> > > > clicks through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and
> > > > tell me if it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it
> > > > run? Another thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt,
> > > > it sometimes doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click
> > > > on at all. So for instance on page ' http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx
> > > > ' you might not find button that says get started and you can make
> > > > it appear only if you press refresh/reload for browser.
> > > >
> > > > I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General
> > > > Public. Any help is much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > require 'watir'
> > > > include Watir
> > > > require 'test/unit'
> > > > class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
> > > >     def test_recorded
> > > >         ie = IE.new
> > > >         ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'<https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27>
> > > > )
> > > >         #ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
> > > >         #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
> > > >         #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
> > > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>
> > > > )
> > > >         ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
> > > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%27>
> > > > )
> > > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150'
> > > >
> > > > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%27>
> > > > )
> > > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
> > > >         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
> > > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
> > > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
> > > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
> > > >
> > > > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> > > > )
> > > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27>
> > > > )
> > > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3'
> > > >
> > > > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3%27>
> > > > )
> > > >         ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx').click
> > > >
> > > > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27%29.click>
> > > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
> > > >
> > > > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> > > > )
> > > >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176%27>
> > > > )
> > > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
> > > >         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
> > > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
> > > >         ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
> > > >    end
> > > > end
> > > >
> > > > Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete
> > > > script, but if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This
> > > > Series').click'  this step, then it would be great to know. For me it just
> > > > hangs and does nothing, no errors, nada.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Saud Aziz
> > > >
> > > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time
> > > > to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Wtr-general mailing list
> > > > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Saud Aziz
> > >
> > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> > > pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Wtr-general mailing list
> > > Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Saud Aziz
> >
> > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> > pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Saud Aziz
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
>
>
>
>


--
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain
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From billagee at gmail.com  Thu Feb 23 16:38:36 2006
From: billagee at gmail.com (Bill Agee)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:38:36 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602231258p3190d468ja7af8f0593d7f37b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <24d0cb380602230910o5170176ch30f0428f3122d8a1@mail.gmail.com>
	<005b01c638b6$b4e22280$6801a8c0@Koko>
	<24d0cb380602231256h7020508cxa9aecf75dcb4aad9@mail.gmail.com>
	<24d0cb380602231257j40739351qd69bc5689f5d5526@mail.gmail.com>
	<24d0cb380602231258p3190d468ja7af8f0593d7f37b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <73e7817e0602231338v196c5821xcb8c641cce47c71d@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/23/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote:
> BTW, does it work for any of you?

For me it errors out on the image call at line 12.  I didn't check the
page source to see if the image is missing/named something else/etc.

Also, at first the script would hang for me; then I tried running it
with test/unit's --verbose=verbose flag, and suddenly it started dying
at line 12.  Not sure if I changed something else to cause it to stop
hanging, or it if's just something weird with test/unit.

Here was the error I got:
-----------------------------------
Started
E
Finished in 14.328 seconds.

  1) Error:
test_recorded(TC_recorded):
Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate object, using id and
template_ib_GetStarted
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1928:in `assert_exists'
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:2009:in `click'
    C:/temp/watirlist/sym.rb:12:in `test_recorded'

1 tests, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 1 errors



From mb at michaelbolton.net  Thu Feb 23 19:36:00 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:36:00 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602231258p3190d468ja7af8f0593d7f37b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <00ef01c638da$494da890$6801a8c0@Koko>

Nope.  And I don't think it will; look at the source:
 
<input type="image" name="template:ib_GetStarted"
id="template_ib_GetStarted"
src="../../../../_img/button/subs/getstarted.gif" alt="Get Started"
border="0" />
 
What happens if you click on this field manually?  Nothing; there's no
javascript action and no link associated with it.
 
---Michael B.

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of saud aziz
Sent: February 23, 2006 3:58 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing


BTW, does it work for any of you?


On 2/23/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote: 

yeah, that space has something to do with gmail. They aren't in code. 



On 2/23/06, saud aziz < saudaziz at gmail.com <mailto:saudaziz at gmail.com>  >
wrote: 

Cut/paste. Here is another try:

require 'watir' 
include Watir 
require 'test/unit' 
class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase 
    def test_recorded 
        ie = IE.new
        ie.goto('  <https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27>
https://www.seattlesymphony.org/')
        #ie.link(:url,
'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click> 
        #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()') 
        #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
    ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx') 
        ie.image(:id, 'template_ib_GetStarted').click
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%2
7>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1' )
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx
?id=150'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%
27> )
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click 
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
        ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id
=2%27>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=
2')
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx
%27>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'
)
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package
.aspx?id=3'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id
=3%27> )
        ie.link(:url, '
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'
).click
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx
%27%29.click> 
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id
=2%27>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=
2')
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=
176%27>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=1
76' )
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
        ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click 
end 

end



On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton <  <mailto:mb at michaelbolton.net>
mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote: 

Did you cut and paste the code into your message, or did you retype it?
 
---Michael B.

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of saud aziz
Sent: February 23, 2006 12:10 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing



Bret, I am using the one provided at:
http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5677/watir-1.4.1.exe
<http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/5677/watir-1.4.1.exe> 

Paul and Michael, i don't know where that space is coming from, it sure
doesn't appear in the script that i have. 


On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net
<mailto:mb at michaelbolton.net> > wrote: 

Leave out the spaces after the open single quotes.
 
---Michael B.

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:
<mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org>
wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of saud aziz
Sent: February 22, 2006 12:14 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing



Hi guys,

When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never clicks
through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and tell me if
it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it run? Another
thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt, it sometimes
doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click on at all.
So for instance on page '
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx> ' you
might not find button that says get started and you can make it appear only
if you press refresh/reload for browser. 

I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General Public.
Any help is much appreciated.

require 'watir' 
include Watir 
require 'test/unit' 
class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase 
    def test_recorded 
        ie = IE.new
        ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'
<https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27> )
        #ie.link(:url, '
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click
        #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
        #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx')
        ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%2
7>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1')
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx
?id=150'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%
27> )
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
        ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click 
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package
.aspx?id=2'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id
=2%27> )
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx
%27>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'
)
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package
.aspx?id=3'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id
=3%27> )
        ie.link(:url,
'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx
').click
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx
%27%29.click> 
 
ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package
.aspx?id=2'
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id
=2%27> )
        ie.goto('
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=
176%27>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=1
76')
        ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
        ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
        ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click 
        ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
   end
end

Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete script, but
if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click'  this
step, then it would be great to know. For me it just hangs and does nothing,
no errors, nada. 





-- 
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain





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-- 
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain





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-- 
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain








-- 
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain








-- 
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain




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From marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au  Thu Feb 23 21:17:27 2006
From: marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au (Neri, Marco)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:17:27 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] (nested?) table access - solution
Message-ID: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B456E@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>

FYI. Solution to my problem in case anyone else has a similar problem

Using wet.

Iterate over all the tables in the page. Find the index of the table
that matches the desired text. Use the index to access the table.

 for i in 1..ie.tables.length # count of all tables in the page  
      index = "index:=".concat(i.to_s)     
      text = Browser("title:=MyPage").Table(index.to_s).text
      md = /^Names \([0-9]+\)$/.match(text)   
      if (md != nil)
        break
      end
 end
 Browser("title:=MyPage").Table(index).fire_event("onClick") 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Neri, Marco
Sent: Monday, 20 February 2006 12:29
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] (nested?) table access - need help.

Hi

The developers on the application I'm testing have replaced a (menu)
table of url links with rad panel control ( a 3rd party js control from
telerik ). 

Using table = @ie.table(:index , i) in a loop, in the console I can see

tabletype:         
id:           PersonLinks_collapsableLinks
name:         
value:        
disabled:     false
rows:         34
cols:         1

Using
row = @ie.table(:id , 'PersonLinks_collapsableLinks')[3]
puts(row[1].to_s)

In the console I see ( )

Names (6)
Addresses (15)
Phone Numbers (6)
Photos (21)
Physical Descriptions (4)
Scars, Marks, Tattoos (10)
Miscellaneous IDs (1)
Contacts (1)
Dossier
Known Associates (0)
Criminal History

Does this suggest that the one cell contains all of the items listed
above ?

What I was wanting to be able to do was access individual cell and then
use .fire_Event("onClick") on it to trigger the menu items. I managed to
get this to work for the 1st level of the menu ( details ). 

table = @ie.table(:id , 'PersonLinks_collapsableLinks')
table[3][0].flash
table[3][0].fire_event("onClick")

The control then expands out the 2nd level of the menu with all of the
items listed above.

By counting the <tr> in the src for the table I can see why the 34 rows.
This must also count up the nested tables? 

How can I access the nested table in order to access the row/cell within
that? I can't use id as that tag hasn't been defined for the nested
table ?

thanks

Src for the table is :

</script><span id="PersonLinks_collapsableLinksStyleSheetHolder"
style="display:none"></span><script
type="text/javascript">RadPanelbarAppendStyleSheet('PersonLinks_collapsa
bleLinks', '/LEAP/Web/UI/Style/panelbar.css');</script><table
id="PersonLinks_collapsableLinks"  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
class="Panelbar" style="width:100%;visibility: hidden">
	<tr>
		<td id="SUMMARY"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="HeaderSelected" style="width:100%;">
			<tr>
				<td id="SUMMARY_Text"
style="width:100%;">Summary</td>
			</tr>
		</table></td>
	</tr><tr>
		<td id="DETAILS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="HeaderCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
			<tr>
				<td id="DETAILS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Details</td>
			</tr>
		</table></td>
	</tr><tr style="display: none"><td valign="top"
id="DETAILS_Panel" style="white-space: nowrap; width: 100%; display:
none"><table  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
		<tr>
			<td id="NAMES"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="NAMES_Text"
style="width:100%;">Names (6)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="ADDRESSES"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="ADDRESSES_Text"
style="width:100%;">Addresses (15)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="PHONES"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="PHONES_Text"
style="width:100%;">Phone Numbers (6)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="IMAGES"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="IMAGES_Text"
style="width:100%;">Photos (21)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="DESCRIPTIONS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="DESCRIPTIONS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Physical Descriptions (4)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="TATTOOS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="TATTOOS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Scars, Marks, Tattoos (10)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="MISCELLANEOUSIDS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="MISCELLANEOUSIDS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Miscellaneous IDs (1)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="CONTACTS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="CONTACTS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Contacts (1)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="DOSSIER"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="DOSSIER_Text"
style="width:100%;">Dossier</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="KNOWNASSOCIATES"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="KNOWNASSOCIATES_Text"
style="width:100%;">Known Associates (0)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="CRIMINALHISTORY"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="CRIMINALHISTORY_Text"
style="width:100%;">Criminal History</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr>
	</table></td></tr><tr>
		<td id="INVOLVEMENTS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="HeaderCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
			<tr>
				<td id="INVOLVEMENTS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Involvements</td>
			</tr>
		</table></td>
	</tr><tr style="display: none"><td valign="top"
id="INVOLVEMENTS_Panel" style="white-space: nowrap; width: 100%;
display: none"><table  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
		<tr>
			<td id="INTERESTFLAGS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="INTERESTFLAGS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Interest Flags (8)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td id="NAMEWHEREABOUTS"
style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
				<tr>
					<td id="NAMEWHEREABOUTS_Text"
style="width:100%;">Whereabouts (2)</td>
				</tr>
			</table></td>
		</tr>
	</table></td></tr>
</table>


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From saudaziz at gmail.com  Thu Feb 23 22:23:45 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:23:45 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602231722g4ba548eft710e13dfffc3d8c8@mail.gmail.com>
References: <24d0cb380602231258p3190d468ja7af8f0593d7f37b@mail.gmail.com>
	<00ef01c638da$494da890$6801a8c0@Koko>
	<24d0cb380602231722g4ba548eft710e13dfffc3d8c8@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602231923h2d3ddeb3q8af6c8da930be48e@mail.gmail.com>

Thats another thing. If you go to
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/ and click on those buttons
manually, they do work. But when i run the mentioned script on that site,
it:

1) Sometimes doesn't render the button
2) if it does, it hangs
3) And sometimes it gives the same error that Bill Agee reported.

Regards,

Saud
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From manishs at reconnex.net  Thu Feb 23 22:50:30 2006
From: manishs at reconnex.net (Manish Sapariya)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:20:30 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] multiple mails for a post
Message-ID: <43FE8286.60601@reconnex.net>

Is everybody getting multiple mails for one post like me?
Thanks,
Manish



From mb at michaelbolton.net  Fri Feb 24 01:06:00 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:06:00 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602231923h2d3ddeb3q8af6c8da930be48e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <013801c63908$62d5faf0$6801a8c0@Koko>

Here's what I'm observing:  when I click on the URI in your message below, I
get this:
 
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/index.aspx
 
This page has on it the heading "Series Tickets".
 
When I click the link in your script, I get this:
 
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx
 
This page has on it the heading "New Subscriptions"
 
So they're different.  I'd start by investigating that, and what my earlier
message notes--on the latter page, 
<input type="image" name="template:ibNewSubscription"
id="template_ibNewSubscription"
src="../../../_img/button/subs/newsubscription.gif" alt="New Subscription"
border="0" style="margin:7px auto;" />
is what you get, and this has no action associated with it.
This is an important heuristic.  It's not always true; it may not even be
true in this case. 
But it behooves us to consider the possibility:  when the test crashes, it
could be 
that it's because the application under test may actually have a bug in it. 
---Michael B.

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of saud aziz
Sent: February 23, 2006 10:24 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing


Thats another thing. If you go to
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/ and click on those buttons
manually, they do work. But when i run the mentioned script on that site,
it: 

1) Sometimes doesn't render the button
2) if it does, it hangs
3) And sometimes it gives the same error that Bill Agee reported.

Regards,

Saud

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From saudaziz at gmail.com  Fri Feb 24 01:12:00 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:12:00 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <013801c63908$62d5faf0$6801a8c0@Koko>
References: <24d0cb380602231923h2d3ddeb3q8af6c8da930be48e@mail.gmail.com>
	<013801c63908$62d5faf0$6801a8c0@Koko>
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602232212y4f83f3f6g21528d930afbf1c5@mail.gmail.com>

Those two are different links. If you go to first link that you mentioned
and click on "New Subscriptions" button, that will take you to the second
link you mentioned.

On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
>
> Here's what I'm observing:  when I click on the URI in your message below,
> I get this:
>
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/index.aspx
>
> This page has on it the heading "Series Tickets".
>
> When I click the link in your script, I get this:
>
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx
>
> This page has on it the heading "New Subscriptions"
>
> So they're different.  I'd start by investigating that, and what my
> earlier message notes--on the latter page,
>
> <input type="image" name="template:ibNewSubscription" id="template_ibNewSubscription" src="../../../_img/button/subs/newsubscription.gif" alt="New Subscription" border="0" style="margin:7px auto;" />
>
> is what you get, and this has no action associated with it.
>
> This is an important heuristic.  It's not always true; it may not even be true in this case.
> But it behooves us to consider the possibility:  when the test crashes, it could be
> that it's because the application under test may actually have a bug in it.
>
> ---Michael B.
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:
> wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *saud aziz
> *Sent:* February 23, 2006 10:24 PM
> *To:* wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
>
> Thats another thing. If you go to
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/ and click on those
> buttons manually, they do work. But when i run the mentioned script on that
> site, it:
>
> 1) Sometimes doesn't render the button
> 2) if it does, it hangs
> 3) And sometimes it gives the same error that Bill Agee reported.
>
> Regards,
>
> Saud
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wtr-general mailing list
> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
>


--
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
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From gztest2005 at 126.com  Fri Feb 24 01:31:34 2006
From: gztest2005 at 126.com (dennis)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:31:34 +0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] No new window open
In-Reply-To: <43FE8286.60601@reconnex.net>
References: <43FE8286.60601@reconnex.net>
Message-ID: <43FEA846.2020301@126.com>


Hi guys,

When I used Watir to test, I got something strange.

Error occurs when I try to login on the system, when I visit the 
homepage manually and input the username and password, it seems good. 
But when I used watir, after I entered the username/password and click 
the login button, it wait for about 20 second and then close the current 
iexplore window.

The script I used to test the application:

require 'Watir'
include Watir

$IE0 = IE.new

$IE0.goto("http://10.170.0.165:7001/")
$IE0.wait

$IE0.form( :name, "form").text_field( :name, "username").set("admin")
$IE0.form( :name, "form").text_field( :name, "password").set("passwd")

$IE0.form( :name, "form").button( :name, "btlogin").click

$IE0.wait

sleep(20)
$IE1 = IE.attach( :title, "alert")

$IE1.frame( :name, "leftFrame").link( :name, "nodeIcon5").click

The homepage is very simple so I paste it here:

<body class="login_body" onload="javascript: form.username.focus();">
<table class="common_table">
<form name="form" method="post" action="com.myapp.user.UserManage" 
target="indexwin">
<input type="hidden" name="act" value="login">
<tr>
<td class="login_td_bg">
<table class="login_table" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><img src="images/login_top.jpg"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="login_user_td">
<table class="login_table">
<tr>
<td>UserName</td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="text" class="login_input" tabIndex="1" 
name="username" onkeydown="javascript: return JumpToPassword();"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Password</td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="password" tabIndex="2" name="password" 
class="login_input" onkeydown="javascript: return SubmitForm();"></td>
</tr>
</table>

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="login_button_td">
<input type="button" id="btlogin" name="btlogin" tabIndex="3" 
value="Login" class="button" onclick="javascript: formsubmit(); return 
false;">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>
</body>

when user click "Login" button , function "formsubmit()" is called, the 
content of function "formsubit" is listed below:

function formsubmit(){
//Check the user name
if(form.username.value==""){
alert("Please enter username! ");
return false;
}
//Check the password
if(form.password.value==""){
alert("Please enter password! ");
return false;
}
disabledbutton();

if(window.name != "indexwin"){
window.open("about:blank","indexwin","resizable=1,left=0,top=0,height=" 
+(screen.height-50)+", width="+(screen.width-10));
}

form.submit();
if(window.name != "indexwin"){
closeWin();
}

}

Any help is appreciated, thanx.

dennis



From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Fri Feb 24 02:53:47 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:53:47 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] multiple mails for a post
In-Reply-To: <43FE8286.60601@reconnex.net>
References: <43FE8286.60601@reconnex.net>
Message-ID: <f81b1250602232353s79365ca9x1d3f0d89fbe77a1c@mail.gmail.com>

No. Are you using Outlook?
On 2/24/06, Manish Sapariya <manishs at reconnex.net> wrote:> Is everybody getting multiple mails for one post like me?> Thanks,> Manish>> _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>

--http://www.testingreflections.com/blog/3071http://iskusivac.blog.hr/


From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Fri Feb 24 03:00:21 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:00:21 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] No new window open
In-Reply-To: <43FEA846.2020301@126.com>
References: <43FE8286.60601@reconnex.net> <43FEA846.2020301@126.com>
Message-ID: <f81b1250602240000p6ed721fbsd470cbdc0dae2099@mail.gmail.com>

> sleep(20)
this is why your script waits 20 seconds
> form.submit();> if(window.name != "indexwin"){> closeWin();> }
I am not very god at javascript, but it looks to me that this closes the window.


From gztest2005 at 126.com  Fri Feb 24 03:08:54 2006
From: gztest2005 at 126.com (dennis)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:08:54 +0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] No new window open
In-Reply-To: <f81b1250602240000p6ed721fbsd470cbdc0dae2099@mail.gmail.com>
References: <43FE8286.60601@reconnex.net> <43FEA846.2020301@126.com>
	<f81b1250602240000p6ed721fbsd470cbdc0dae2099@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <43FEBF16.7050006@126.com>


Thanx for your reply.

But in my javascript code, before the window closed, a new window should 
open first.

Code:

if(window.name != "indexwin"){

window.open("about:blank","indexwin","resizable=1,left=0,top=0,height=" 
+(screen.height-50)+", width="+(screen.width-10));
}

form.submit();
if(window.name != "indexwin"){
closeWin();
}

As I visit the homepage manully, it works(open a new window and close current window), but when I run using Watir, current window is closed and *no new window open*.



Zeljko Filipin wrote:

>>sleep(20)
>>    
>>
>this is why your script waits 20 seconds
>  
>
>>form.submit();> if(window.name != "indexwin"){> closeWin();> }
>>    
>>
>I am not very god at javascript, but it looks to me that this closes the window.
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>




From manishs at reconnex.net  Fri Feb 24 04:58:44 2006
From: manishs at reconnex.net (Manish Sapariya)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:28:44 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] multiple mails for a post
In-Reply-To: <f81b1250602232353s79365ca9x1d3f0d89fbe77a1c@mail.gmail.com>
References: <43FE8286.60601@reconnex.net>
	<f81b1250602232353s79365ca9x1d3f0d89fbe77a1c@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <43FED8D4.6000408@reconnex.net>

No, I use thunderbird.
Its just last two days I started recieving multiple mails.
Regards,
Manish


On 02/24/2006 01:23 PM, Zeljko Filipin wrote:

>No. Are you using Outlook?
>On 2/24/06, Manish Sapariya <manishs at reconnex.net> wrote:> Is everybody getting multiple mails for one post like me?> Thanks,> Manish>> _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing list> Wtr-general at rubyforge.org> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>
>
>--http://www.testingreflections.com/blog/3071http://iskusivac.blog.hr/
>_______________________________________________
>Wtr-general mailing list
>Wtr-general at rubyforge.org
>http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
>
>  
>



From zeljko.filipin at gmail.com  Fri Feb 24 05:37:25 2006
From: zeljko.filipin at gmail.com (Zeljko Filipin)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:37:25 +0100
Subject: [Wtr-general] multiple mails for a post
In-Reply-To: <43FED8D4.6000408@reconnex.net>
References: <43FE8286.60601@reconnex.net>
	<f81b1250602232353s79365ca9x1d3f0d89fbe77a1c@mail.gmail.com>
	<43FED8D4.6000408@reconnex.net>
Message-ID: <f81b1250602240237g555720d9k96e10110fddca8df@mail.gmail.com>

I do not know for thunderbird, but I had similar problem with outlook.I made some rules for sorting e-mails in folders, and by mistakedoubled one, so I started receiving double mails. I fixed it - deletedall rules (and started using gmail). I do not know if this helps, orif thunderbird even has rules for sorting.
On 2/24/06, Manish Sapariya <manishs at reconnex.net> wrote:> No, I use thunderbird.> Its just last two days I started recieving multiple mails.> Regards,> Manish


From manishs at reconnex.net  Fri Feb 24 06:00:49 2006
From: manishs at reconnex.net (Manish Sapariya)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:30:49 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] multiple mails for a post
In-Reply-To: <f81b1250602240237g555720d9k96e10110fddca8df@mail.gmail.com>
References: <43FE8286.60601@reconnex.net>	<f81b1250602232353s79365ca9x1d3f0d89fbe77a1c@mail.gmail.com>	<43FED8D4.6000408@reconnex.net>
	<f81b1250602240237g555720d9k96e10110fddca8df@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <43FEE761.7080605@reconnex.net>

I believe its not filter issue, may be my mail server posting me multiple
copies. But for all other mails I am receving only single mails. Thats
why I thought something wrong with the list server.

Thanks anywas for the help.
Regards,
Manish

On 02/24/2006 04:07 PM, Zeljko Filipin wrote:

>I do not know for thunderbird, but I had similar problem with outlook.I made some rules for sorting e-mails in folders, and by mistakedoubled one, so I started receiving double mails. I fixed it - deletedall rules (and started using gmail). I do not know if this helps, orif thunderbird even has rules for sorting.
>On 2/24/06, Manish Sapariya <manishs at reconnex.net> wrote:> No, I use thunderbird.> Its just last two days I started recieving multiple mails.> Regards,> Manish
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From angrez at gmail.com  Fri Feb 24 06:09:07 2006
From: angrez at gmail.com (Angrez Singh)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:39:07 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
In-Reply-To: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB40239026C@MI_EXCH1>
References: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB40239026C@MI_EXCH1>
Message-ID: <e26bda3e0602240309p1c6bf190l57f8e5ce22031bc4@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Chris,

I installed 'watir' from the tar ball. Steps I followed:

1. Manually copied 'watir.rb' & 'watir' folder to [ruby installation
directory]/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
2. Manually copied 'doc', 'examples', 'unittests' folders to [watir
installation directory]

I was able to run the core tests successfullly.

$ruby core_tests.rb
Loaded suite core_tests
Started
............................................................................................................................................................................
Finished in 88.906 seconds.

172 tests, 991 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors

But when I tried to run xpath_tests.rb or all_tests.rb I got lots of
exceptions & errors. One thing that was strange was two IE instances were
getting opened when I tried to run any of these files. Then one got closed &
there were lot of failures each was saying 'The object invoked has
disconnected from its clients.'. So what I think is the IE instance that was
closed (don't know how) was the correct IE that was being referenced in the
tests. The IE instance that remained open (don't know how it got opened) is
the one that is not used anywhere in the scripts.

Anyways, successful run of core_tests.rb indicates that xpath is working
fine because xpath unit tests are also included in the core tests.

Regards,
Angrez
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From amithashettyb at yahoo.co.in  Fri Feb 24 06:52:35 2006
From: amithashettyb at yahoo.co.in (Amitha Shetty)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:52:35 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Wtr-general] Is there a way to access External Style Sheet using
	watir?
Message-ID: <20060224115235.66807.qmail@web8514.mail.in.yahoo.com>

Hi,
   How to access External Style Sheet using watir?
  I have to write a test case to test UI for a screen.The screen has a table and desciption of html elements for this is called from a class displaytag.
  This class is in a .css file in a different location.The html has the href for the same.
  Is there a way to access this class in my test case to test the font, alignment and other UI of the table?
   
  HTML for the same is as given below:
   
  <html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/displayTag.css" />
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
</SCRIPT>
</head>
  <table class="displaytag" cellspacing="1" id="table1">
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="right">Heading 1</th>
<th align="right">Heading 2</th>
<th align="right">Heading 3</th>

<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td align="right">
  1/1&nbsp; 
   </td>

				
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From angrez at gmail.com  Thu Feb 23 23:50:11 2006
From: angrez at gmail.com (Angrez Singh)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:20:11 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] (nested?) table access - solution
In-Reply-To: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B456E@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>
References: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B456E@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>
Message-ID: <e26bda3e0602232050r2b70470cqe0f832fe12b9bcfc@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I think using XPath extension will be able to address this issue in a more
simpler way than iterating over all the tables. Please refer to:

http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/wtr-general/2005-August/003182.html

You can download the latest tar ball from HEAD to use this extension. There
is also a help document in the doc section.

Regards,
Angrez

On 2/24/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> FYI. Solution to my problem in case anyone else has a similar problem
>
> Using wet.
>
> Iterate over all the tables in the page. Find the index of the table
> that matches the desired text. Use the index to access the table.
>
> for i in 1..ie.tables.length # count of all tables in the page
>       index = "index:=".concat(i.to_s)
>       text = Browser("title:=MyPage").Table(index.to_s).text
>       md = /^Names \([0-9]+\)$/.match(text)
>       if (md != nil)
>         break
>       end
> end
> Browser("title:=MyPage").Table(index).fire_event("onClick")
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Neri, Marco
> Sent: Monday, 20 February 2006 12:29
> To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
> Subject: [Wtr-general] (nested?) table access - need help.
>
> Hi
>
> The developers on the application I'm testing have replaced a (menu)
> table of url links with rad panel control ( a 3rd party js control from
> telerik ).
>
> Using table = @ie.table(:index , i) in a loop, in the console I can see
>
> tabletype:
> id:           PersonLinks_collapsableLinks
> name:
> value:
> disabled:     false
> rows:         34
> cols:         1
>
> Using
> row = @ie.table(:id , 'PersonLinks_collapsableLinks')[3]
> puts(row[1].to_s)
>
> In the console I see ( )
>
> Names (6)
> Addresses (15)
> Phone Numbers (6)
> Photos (21)
> Physical Descriptions (4)
> Scars, Marks, Tattoos (10)
> Miscellaneous IDs (1)
> Contacts (1)
> Dossier
> Known Associates (0)
> Criminal History
>
> Does this suggest that the one cell contains all of the items listed
> above ?
>
> What I was wanting to be able to do was access individual cell and then
> use .fire_Event("onClick") on it to trigger the menu items. I managed to
> get this to work for the 1st level of the menu ( details ).
>
> table = @ie.table(:id , 'PersonLinks_collapsableLinks')
> table[3][0].flash
> table[3][0].fire_event("onClick")
>
> The control then expands out the 2nd level of the menu with all of the
> items listed above.
>
> By counting the <tr> in the src for the table I can see why the 34 rows.
> This must also count up the nested tables?
>
> How can I access the nested table in order to access the row/cell within
> that? I can't use id as that tag hasn't been defined for the nested
> table ?
>
> thanks
>
> Src for the table is :
>
> </script><span id="PersonLinks_collapsableLinksStyleSheetHolder"
> style="display:none"></span><script
> type="text/javascript">RadPanelbarAppendStyleSheet('PersonLinks_collapsa
> bleLinks', '/LEAP/Web/UI/Style/panelbar.css');</script><table
> id="PersonLinks_collapsableLinks"  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
> class="Panelbar" style="width:100%;visibility: hidden">
>         <tr>
>                 <td id="SUMMARY"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="HeaderSelected" style="width:100%;">
>                         <tr>
>                                 <td id="SUMMARY_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Summary</td>
>                         </tr>
>                 </table></td>
>         </tr><tr>
>                 <td id="DETAILS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="HeaderCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                         <tr>
>                                 <td id="DETAILS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Details</td>
>                         </tr>
>                 </table></td>
>         </tr><tr style="display: none"><td valign="top"
> id="DETAILS_Panel" style="white-space: nowrap; width: 100%; display:
> none"><table  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
>                 <tr>
>                         <td id="NAMES"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="NAMES_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Names (6)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="ADDRESSES"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="ADDRESSES_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Addresses (15)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="PHONES"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="PHONES_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Phone Numbers (6)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="IMAGES"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="IMAGES_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Photos (21)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="DESCRIPTIONS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="DESCRIPTIONS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Physical Descriptions (4)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="TATTOOS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="TATTOOS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Scars, Marks, Tattoos (10)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="MISCELLANEOUSIDS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="MISCELLANEOUSIDS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Miscellaneous IDs (1)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="CONTACTS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="CONTACTS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Contacts (1)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="DOSSIER"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="DOSSIER_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Dossier</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="KNOWNASSOCIATES"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="KNOWNASSOCIATES_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Known Associates (0)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="CRIMINALHISTORY"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="CRIMINALHISTORY_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Criminal History</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr>
>         </table></td></tr><tr>
>                 <td id="INVOLVEMENTS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="HeaderCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                         <tr>
>                                 <td id="INVOLVEMENTS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Involvements</td>
>                         </tr>
>                 </table></td>
>         </tr><tr style="display: none"><td valign="top"
> id="INVOLVEMENTS_Panel" style="white-space: nowrap; width: 100%;
> display: none"><table  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
>                 <tr>
>                         <td id="INTERESTFLAGS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="INTERESTFLAGS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Interest Flags (8)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="NAMEWHEREABOUTS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="NAMEWHEREABOUTS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Whereabouts (2)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr>
>         </table></td></tr>
> </table>
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 24 12:16:26 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:16:26 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Repository moving to OpenQA.org
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602240916v68c1a35ch6aaf0fd573e620c8@mail.gmail.com>

The source repository is in the processing of moving from RubyForge.org to
OpenQA.org. It is also moving from CVS to Subversion (SVN).

I'll have more on how to access the source repository shortly.

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From mb at michaelbolton.net  Fri Feb 24 14:01:01 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:01:01 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602232212y4f83f3f6g21528d930afbf1c5@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <022801c63974$a777e580$6801a8c0@Koko>

Yes:  I know that those are two different links, pointing to two different.
In fact, that was one of the key points of my message.
 
Your script clicks on the second link (
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx>
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx)
 
When I point the W3C consortium's validator (http://validator.w3.org) at
that page, I get this report:
 
[quote]
 
I got the following unexpected response when trying to retrieve
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx>: 

301 Moved

[/quote]
 
I wonder if Watir is also finding that the page moved, but doesn't know how
to cope.
 
---Michael B.
 

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of saud aziz
Sent: February 24, 2006 1:12 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing


Those two are different links. If you go to first link that you mentioned
and click on "New Subscriptions" button, that will take you to the second
link you mentioned.


On 2/23/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote: 

Here's what I'm observing:  when I click on the URI in your message below, I
get this:
 
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/index.aspx
<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/index.aspx> 
 
This page has on it the heading "Series Tickets".
 
When I click the link in your script, I get this:
 
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx
 
This page has on it the heading "New Subscriptions"
 
So they're different.  I'd start by investigating that, and what my earlier
message notes--on the latter page, 
<input type="image" name="template:ibNewSubscription"
id="template_ibNewSubscription" 

src="../../../_img/button/subs/newsubscription.gif" alt="New Subscription"
border="0" style=

"margin:7px auto;" />
is what you get, and this has no action associated with it.
This is an important heuristic.  It's not always true; it may not even be
true in this case. 


But it behooves us to consider the possibility:  when the test crashes, it
could be 
that it's because the application under test may actually have a bug in it. 


---Michael B.

  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of saud aziz
Sent: February 23, 2006 10:24 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing



Thats another thing. If you go to
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/ and click on those buttons
manually, they do work. But when i run the mentioned script on that site,
it: 

1) Sometimes doesn't render the button
2) if it does, it hangs
3) And sometimes it gives the same error that Bill Agee reported.

Regards,

Saud


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From mb at michaelbolton.net  Fri Feb 24 14:40:39 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:40:39 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] No new window open
In-Reply-To: <43FEBF16.7050006@126.com>
Message-ID: <024e01c6397a$31aa8550$6801a8c0@Koko>

So your script will have to attach to that window.

---Michael B. 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of dennis
Sent: February 24, 2006 3:09 AM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] No new window open


Thanx for your reply.

But in my javascript code, before the window closed, a new window should 
open first.

Code:

if(window.name != "indexwin"){

window.open("about:blank","indexwin","resizable=1,left=0,top=0,height=" 
+(screen.height-50)+", width="+(screen.width-10));
}

form.submit();
if(window.name != "indexwin"){
closeWin();
}

As I visit the homepage manully, it works(open a new window and close
current window), but when I run using Watir, current window is closed and
*no new window open*.



Zeljko Filipin wrote:

>>sleep(20)
>>    
>>
>this is why your script waits 20 seconds
>  
>
>>form.submit();> if(window.name != "indexwin"){> closeWin();> }
>>    
>>
>I am not very god at javascript, but it looks to me that this closes the
window.
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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Fri Feb 24 16:23:50 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:23:50 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Need help with Javascript Popup window
Message-ID: <37c405480602241323y1f414d24o@mail.gmail.com>

Problem Description:
- I'm trying to dismiss an AutoComplete Javascript popup window on a Login
page, but I can't get the script to press the Yes/No button.

Background: Checked FAQ and searched Message Archives - haven't found
anything that helps.

ENV'T & SETUP:
- Running Ruby 184-16p3, Watir 1.4.1 on Windows XP
- IE 6.0, go to: Tools > Internet Options > Content > [AutoComplete...] and
put checkmarks next to (i) "User names and passwords on forms", and (ii)
"Prompt me to save passwords", press [OK] buttons to save the changes
- Go to a Login screen of some sort, enter the User ID and password
=> When the "AutoComplete" dialog appears, press [Yes].

The SCRIPT:
----
require 'watir'
include Watir
require 'test/unit'

class TC_Sign_In < Test::Unit::TestCase

 def startClicker( button , waitTime = 0.5)
   w = WinClicker.new
   longName = $ie.dir.gsub("/" , "\\" )
   shortName = w.getShortFileName(longName)
   c = "start rubyw #{shortName }\\watir\\clickJSDialog.rb #{button } #{
waitTime} "
   puts "Starting #{c}"
   w.winsystem(c)
   w=nil
 end

 def test_Sign_In
   # open the web browser and go to the Login page
   ...

   # enter correct Username and *incorrect* Password
   $ie.text_field(:name, /UserNameField/).set($userID)
   $ie.text_field(:name, /PasswordField/).set($pass + "1")

   # expect the AutoComplete dialog to pop up because the password is
different
   startClicker("No")
   $ie.button(:name, /LoginButton/).click

   ...
 end
----

So, what happens?
=> The Login page appears, the username and password are entered as
expected, the [Login] button is pressed, the AutoComplete dialog appears as
expected.
=> Then .. nothing...
=> It looks like there is a pause and then the (modal) AutoComplete dialog
loses focus somehow.  The Watir script just hangs at this point.

- If I manually click the [No] button, the script continues to completion
without error.

Please help!  How can I click this popup to make it go away?
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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 24 19:06:56 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:06:56 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
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The "image" on the page is actually a button. The recorder that you used to
create the script has a bug, which you should report back to the creator of
the recorder.

Also there is a ton of crap in this script, also presumably generated by the
recorder. For example, i can see no reason to have successive calls to
ie.goto in a script. The extra crud in the script appears to have confused
the discussion of this problem.

The following script works for me (note that i trimmed your script and
changed the final call from ie.image to ie.button):

require 'watir'
include Watir
require 'test/unit'
class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
    def test_recorded
        ie = IE.new
        ie.goto('
http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx')
        ie.button(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
   end
end

If you still are having problems please send us a short bit of code that you
think should work (i.e. not something that you don't understand that was
generated by a recorder).

This is not the correct forum to look for help in debugging other peoples
recorders. You will need to contact them directly for help.

Bret

On 2/22/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never clicks
> through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and tell me if
> it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it run? Another
> thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt, it sometimes
> doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click on at all.
> So for instance on page '
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx' you
> might not find button that says get started and you can make it appear only
> if you press refresh/reload for browser.
>
> I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General Public.
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
> require 'watir'
> include Watir
> require 'test/unit'
> class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
>     def test_recorded
>         ie = IE.new
>         ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'<https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27>
> )
>         #ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
>         #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
>         #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>
> )
>         ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%27>
> )
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
>         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
>         ie.goto('
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3'
>
> <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3%27>
> )
>         ie.link(:url, '
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27%29.click>
>         ie.goto('
> http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> )
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176%27>
> )
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
>         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
>         ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
>    end
> end
>
> Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete script,
> but if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click'
> this step, then it would be great to know. For me it just hangs and does
> nothing, no errors, nada.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Saud Aziz
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
>
>
>
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Fri Feb 24 20:59:58 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:59:58 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Is there a way to access External Style Sheet
	using watir?
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Yes, you can access the attributes of objects. It doesn't matter where their
attributes come from, whether they are coded in the html or come from a
class in an external style sheet.

Try something like this:

ie.table(:class, 'displaytag').attribute_value('font')

Bret

On 2/24/06, Amitha Shetty <amithashettyb at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>  How to access External Style Sheet using watir?
> I have to write a test case to test UI for a screen.The screen has a table
> and desciption of html elements for this is called from a class displaytag.
> This class is in a .css file in a different location.The html has the href
> for the same.
> Is there a way to access this class in my test case to test the font,
> alignment and other UI of the table?
>
> HTML for the same is as given below:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/displayTag.css" />
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
> </SCRIPT>
> </head>
> <table class="displaytag" cellspacing="1" id="table1">
> <thead>
> <tr>
> <th align="right">Heading 1</th>
> <th align="right">Heading 2</th>
> <th align="right">Heading 3</th>
>
> <tbody>
> <tr class="odd">
> <td align="right">
> 1/1&nbsp;
>    </td>
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Sat Feb 25 02:45:41 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:45:41 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Changing testing environments
In-Reply-To: <OF227E7212.E8B4B78A-ON8625711B.00634D67-8625711B.00648E0D@nd.convergys.com>
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Carl,

Thanks for sharing your experiences with Watir.

Any time you have to use sleep to keep a script synchronized you are likely
to eventually run into the kinds of reliability problems you are seeing. I
consider any situation where you need to use sleeps to reveal a bug in
Watir.

The popup code has always been iffy. One of the problems we have had has
been there has not been a clear way of distinguishing the stuff that is
tested and reliable from other stuff that is more experimental. At one time,
it was suggested that the popup code shouldn't be released because people
might expect too much of it, but it was also pointed out that it useful and
better than nothing.

In the future, we will be moving untested libraries of unknown reliability
into a contrib directory. You will use "require 'watir/contrib/libname" to
use these libraries.

In any case, i am working on creating a robust popup support library. Some
of this code necessary is already checked in. Watir 1.5 will support modal
web dialogs as well as have more robust and convenient support for modal
windows dialogs as well.

I am always eager to get help. The biggest area of help that i can use is if
people are to create more unit tests. For example, if someone created unit
tests for popups with hard-coded sleeps, then i could remove the sleeps and
use them to test my new popup code support. That would be a massive help.

What kinds of popups are you having trouble with? Do we have tests for them?

Bret

On 2/20/06, carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com <carl.l.shaulis at convergys.com>
wrote:
>
>
> Good afternoon:
>
> We created a testing suite using test environment A.  Various strategic
> sleeps were put in place to optimize the execution of WATIR scripts
> against
> this test environment.  For the most part these test suites execute with
> some reliability.
>
> On Friday I attempted to run the same set of scripts on my development
> environment.  Of course the scripts would break (primarily failed
> assertions) because my laptop is not as powerful as the testing machines.
>
> How do y'all handle the issue of pointing your tests to different
> environments and not having the scripts execute with reliability?
>
> Should we create scripts in the worst case environment and assume they
> will
> function on the production ready hardware?
>
> I believe the primary problem is the latency associated with Pop
> ups.  Does
> anyone use any tricks to make their scripts more reliable?
>
> Despite everyone's hard work on WATIR, I am finding this to be an extreme
> limitation and I am once again questioning my choice of WATIR as our
> preferred testing solutions.
>
> Will any of the new activities for the next release address this concern?
>
> Am I isolated in having this concern?
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
>
>
>
>
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Sat Feb 25 02:52:40 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:52:40 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Error Accessing Frames
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Paul,

Thank you for the detailed report.

I think we may have suppressed these warnings post 1.4.1.

These warnings indicate that the different frames are being hosted from
different machines, different ports or different protocols. I have provided
background on this problem several times on this list. I really had been
hoping that someone would step to trying to organize this kind of
information for new users. This is definitely a frequently asked question.

Bret


On 2/20/06, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there, I just noticed something with our latest software build that has
> unexpectedly weirded out my Watir scripts.
>
> I noticed that when I run my scripts, I get an error similar to the
> following now:
> ----
> ## End of test: Login
> .
> Finished in 9.706 seconds.
>
> 1 tests, 1 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors
> W, [20-Feb-2006 14:29:03#3276]  WARN -- : frame error in waitdocument
>     OLE error code:80070005 in <Unknown>
>       Access is denied.
>
>
>     HRESULT error code:0x80020009
>       Exception occurred.
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1405:in `method_missing'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1405:in `wait'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1404:in `upto'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1404:in `wait'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:2014:in `click'
> LD_1_Sign_In(wip).rb:71:in `test_Sign_In'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testcase.rb:70:in `__send__'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testcase.rb:70:in `run'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:32:in `run'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:31:in `each'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:31:in `run'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:32:in `run'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:31:in `each'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/testsuite.rb:31:in `run'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/testrunnermediator.rb:44:in `run_suite'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rb:65:in
> `start_mediator'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rb:39:in `start'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/testrunnerutilities.rb:27:in `run'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/autorunner.rb:194:in `run'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/autorunner.rb:14:in `run'
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit.rb:285
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit.rb:283
> >Exit code: 0
> ----
>
> (FYI: Line 71 in my script =  $ie.button(:name, /LoginButton/).click )
>
> I haven't changed anything in the scripts, so I figure it must be the app
> that has changed.  I went to an IRB prompt and executed the following:
> ----
> irb(main):006:0> ie.show_frames()
>   there are 4 frames
>   frame  index: 1 --Access Denied--
>   frame  index: 2 name: ContextTree
>   frame  index: 3 name: MainWindow
>   frame  index: 4 --Access Denied--
>   => 0..3
> ----
>
> That's interesting.  I don't remember the "Access Denied" frames before.
> I pointed the browser to an older build and reran the same command:
> ----
> irb(main):007:0> ie.show_frames ()
>   there are 4 frames
>   frame  index: 1 name: LeftStatic
>   frame  index: 2 name: ContextTree
>   frame  index: 3 name: MainWindow
>   frame  index: 4 name: RightStatic
>   => 0..3
> ----
>
> Okay, so I tried re-running the same script on this older build and it
> runs without error (as expected).
>
> I asked one of the developers if there was a CSS change to the current
> build and he said that we're now loading the Left and Right frames
> dynamically instead of statically.  I'm not really sure what that means, but
> I know something is breaking Ruby/Watir.  (I'm running Watir 1.4.1 on Ruby
> 182-15.)
>
> Technically, these 'warnings' don't interfere with the test scripts
> because they still work as expected.  I just don't like the noise.  Does
> anyone have any suggestions as to what would cause Ruby or Watir to fail to
> recognise the frame names like this?
>
> Is there some way that I can suppress these warnings?  Since I'm not
> trying to access these frames anyways, I'd rather not be bothered by them.
>
> Paul.
>
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Sat Feb 25 03:12:11 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 02:12:11 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] (nested?) table access - need help.
In-Reply-To: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B4563@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>
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Comments inline below.

On 2/19/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> The developers on the application I'm testing have replaced a (menu)
> table of url links with rad panel control ( a 3rd party js control from
> telerik ).
>
> Using table = @ie.table(:index , i) in a loop, in the console I can see
>
> tabletype:
> id:           PersonLinks_collapsableLinks
> name:
> value:
> disabled:     false
> rows:         34
> cols:         1
>
> Using
> row = @ie.table(:id , 'PersonLinks_collapsableLinks')[3]
> puts(row[1].to_s)
>
> In the console I see ( )
>
> Names (6)
> Addresses (15)
> Phone Numbers (6)
> Photos (21)
> Physical Descriptions (4)
> Scars, Marks, Tattoos (10)
> Miscellaneous IDs (1)
> Contacts (1)
> Dossier
> Known Associates (0)
> Criminal History
>
> Does this suggest that the one cell contains all of the items listed
> above ?


yes, although there may be a table in that cell...


> What I was wanting to be able to do was access individual cell and then
> use .fire_Event("onClick") on it to trigger the menu items. I managed to
> get this to work for the 1st level of the menu ( details ).
>
> table = @ie.table(:id , 'PersonLinks_collapsableLinks')
> table[3][0].flash
> table[3][0].fire_event("onClick")
>
> The control then expands out the 2nd level of the menu with all of the
> items listed above.
>
> By counting the <tr> in the src for the table I can see why the 34 rows.
> This must also count up the nested tables?


Yes.

How can I access the nested table in order to access the row/cell within
> that? I can't use id as that tag hasn't been defined for the nested
> table ?


If you use a recent tarball, you can do stuff like ie.table(:id,
"foo")[0][1].table(:index, 1) to access a table inside a table.


> thanks
>
> Src for the table is :
>
> </script><span id="PersonLinks_collapsableLinksStyleSheetHolder"
> style="display:none"></span><script
> type="text/javascript">RadPanelbarAppendStyleSheet('PersonLinks_collapsa
> bleLinks', '/LEAP/Web/UI/Style/panelbar.css');</script><table
> id="PersonLinks_collapsableLinks"  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
> class="Panelbar" style="width:100%;visibility: hidden">
>         <tr>
>                 <td id="SUMMARY"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="HeaderSelected" style="width:100%;">
>                         <tr>
>                                 <td id="SUMMARY_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Summary</td>
>                         </tr>
>                 </table></td>
>         </tr><tr>
>                 <td id="DETAILS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="HeaderCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                         <tr>
>                                 <td id="DETAILS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Details</td>
>                         </tr>
>                 </table></td>
>         </tr><tr style="display: none"><td valign="top"
> id="DETAILS_Panel" style="white-space: nowrap; width: 100%; display:
> none"><table  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
>                 <tr>
>                         <td id="NAMES"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="NAMES_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Names (6)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="ADDRESSES"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="ADDRESSES_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Addresses (15)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="PHONES"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="PHONES_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Phone Numbers (6)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="IMAGES"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="IMAGES_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Photos (21)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="DESCRIPTIONS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="DESCRIPTIONS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Physical Descriptions (4)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="TATTOOS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="TATTOOS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Scars, Marks, Tattoos (10)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="MISCELLANEOUSIDS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="MISCELLANEOUSIDS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Miscellaneous IDs (1)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="CONTACTS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="CONTACTS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Contacts (1)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="DOSSIER"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="DOSSIER_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Dossier</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="KNOWNASSOCIATES"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="KNOWNASSOCIATES_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Known Associates (0)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="CRIMINALHISTORY"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="CRIMINALHISTORY_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Criminal History</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr>
>         </table></td></tr><tr>
>                 <td id="INVOLVEMENTS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="HeaderCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                         <tr>
>                                 <td id="INVOLVEMENTS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Involvements</td>
>                         </tr>
>                 </table></td>
>         </tr><tr style="display: none"><td valign="top"
> id="INVOLVEMENTS_Panel" style="white-space: nowrap; width: 100%;
> display: none"><table  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
>                 <tr>
>                         <td id="INTERESTFLAGS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="INTERESTFLAGS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Interest Flags (8)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr><tr>
>                         <td id="NAMEWHEREABOUTS"
> style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;"><table  cellspacing="0"
> cellpadding="0" class="ItemCollapsed" style="width:100%;">
>                                 <tr>
>                                         <td id="NAMEWHEREABOUTS_Text"
> style="width:100%;">Whereabouts (2)</td>
>                                 </tr>
>                         </table></td>
>                 </tr>
>         </table></td></tr>
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From saudaziz at gmail.com  Sat Feb 25 13:29:12 2006
From: saudaziz at gmail.com (saud aziz)
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:29:12 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602241606h6606545eh140462c650e4c8b2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <24d0cb380602220913r3d926578uaa0049f0c3d02456@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602241606h6606545eh140462c650e4c8b2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <24d0cb380602251029w6b139250n898b52a350ee40df@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Bret. That did work and just by changing image to button i was able
to go all the way..

One thing i don't understand is that if you view source, it renders it as
<input type="image"> but using it as button works? Why would that be the
case?

Following is how it renders in Firefox 1.5

<h4>Step 3: Check out</h4>
<p style="width: 350px;">
Review your order and submit payment information.
</p>

<br>

<input name="template:ib_GetStarted" id="template_ib_GetStarted"
src="../../../../_img/button/subs/getstarted.gif" alt="Get Started"
border="0" type="image">

and in IE 7 beta as well:

<h4>Step 3: Check out</h4>
<p style="width:350px;">
Review your order and submit payment information.
</p>

<br />

<input type="image" name="template:ib_GetStarted"
id="template_ib_GetStarted"
src="../../../../_img/button/subs/getstarted.gif" alt="Get Started"
border="0" />

And you are right on the money that recorder is not perfect, actually far
from it. But it does help in recording the path and after doing that i can
easily add more code for asserts, logging and what not  manually.


On 2/24/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
>
> The "image" on the page is actually a button. The recorder that you used
> to create the script has a bug, which you should report back to the creator
> of the recorder.
>
> Also there is a ton of crap in this script, also presumably generated by
> the recorder. For example, i can see no reason to have successive calls to
> ie.goto in a script. The extra crud in the script appears to have confused
> the discussion of this problem.
>
> The following script works for me (note that i trimmed your script and
> changed the final call from ie.image to ie.button):
>
> require 'watir'
> include Watir
> require 'test/unit'
> class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
>     def test_recorded
>         ie = IE.new
>         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>
> )
>         ie.button(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
>    end
> end
>
> If you still are having problems please send us a short bit of code that
> you think should work ( i.e. not something that you don't understand that
> was generated by a recorder).
>
> This is not the correct forum to look for help in debugging other peoples
> recorders. You will need to contact them directly for help.
>
> Bret
>
> On 2/22/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > When i try to run the following script, it just hangs and never clicks
> > through the respective image buttons on site. Can someone run and tell me if
> > it works for them? Or how i could possibly modify it to make it run? Another
> > thing noticeable is that when you run this from command prompt, it sometimes
> > doesn't even display the buttons that you are supposed to click on at all.
> > So for instance on page '
> > http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx' you
> > might not find button that says get started and you can make it appear only
> > if you press refresh/reload for browser.
> >
> > I am running latest version of Watir and Ruby available to General
> > Public. Any help is much appreciated.
> >
> > require 'watir'
> > include Watir
> > require 'test/unit'
> > class TC_recorded < Test::Unit::TestCase
> >     def test_recorded
> >         ie = IE.new
> >         ie.goto('https://www.seattlesymphony.org/'
> > <https://www.seattlesymphony.org/%27>)
> >         #ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/').click<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/%27%29.click>
> >         #ie.goto('javascript:bakeCookie()')
> >         #ie.button(:alt, 'New Subscription').click
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/index.aspx%27>
> > )
> >         ie.image(:name, 'template:ib_GetStarted').click
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/package.aspx?id=1%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150'
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/detail.aspx?id=150%27>
> > )
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
> >         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','73').set()
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Browse Series').click
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3'
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=3%27>
> > )
> >         ie.link(:url, 'http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx').click
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/categories.aspx%27%29.click>
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2'
> >
> > <http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/package.aspx?id=2%27>
> > )
> >         ie.goto('http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176'<http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/subs/newsub/alt/detail.aspx?id=176%27>
> > )
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click
> >         ie.radio(:name, 'Section','62').set()
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Add This Series To My Cart').click
> >         ie.button(:alt, 'Continue To Next Step').click
> >    end
> > end
> >
> > Any help is much appreciated. obviously it is not even complete script,
> > but if you can get past 'ie.button(:alt, 'Select This Series').click'
> > this step, then it would be great to know. For me it just hangs and does
> > nothing, no errors, nada.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Saud Aziz
> >
> > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> > pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
> >
> >
> >
> >
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--
Saud Aziz

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause
and reflect." - Mark Twain
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From bret at pettichord.com  Sat Feb 25 15:35:03 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:35:03 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <24d0cb380602251029w6b139250n898b52a350ee40df@mail.gmail.com>
References: <24d0cb380602220913r3d926578uaa0049f0c3d02456@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602241606h6606545eh140462c650e4c8b2@mail.gmail.com>
	<24d0cb380602251029w6b139250n898b52a350ee40df@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602251235r324066a4l4745d430b17ab931@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/25/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Bret. That did work and just by changing image to button i was able
> to go all the way..
>
> One thing i don't understand is that if you view source, it renders it as
> <input type="image"> but using it as button works? Why would that be the
> case?


There are two different things in HTML.

One is an image tag. It is represented as <img blah blah blah>

The other is an image input. It is represented as <input type="image" blah
blah>. Text fields, file files, buttons, check boxes, etc are all examples
of different kinds of input types.

It would be easy to extend Watir to support these input images with, say,
ie.image_button(blah) or ie.image_input(blah) in addition to the existing
support in ie.button(blah). I'm thinking making this a separate type would
key users that there were two types of images and that they had to use the
right type with Water. Even better would be to make Watir's ie.image(blah)
work with either kind, but that would more work and may lead to other
complications.

I also see that we don't have any unit tests for this kind of image. We
should.

Bret

<input name="template:ib_GetStarted" id=
> "template_ib_GetStarted" src="../../../../_img/button/subs/getstarted.gif" alt=
> "Get Started" border="0" type="image">
>
>
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From philipreedtech at gmail.com  Sat Feb 25 20:06:15 2006
From: philipreedtech at gmail.com (philip reed)
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:06:15 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602251235r324066a4l4745d430b17ab931@mail.gmail.com>
References: <24d0cb380602220913r3d926578uaa0049f0c3d02456@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602241606h6606545eh140462c650e4c8b2@mail.gmail.com>
	<24d0cb380602251029w6b139250n898b52a350ee40df@mail.gmail.com>
	<ade75c5b0602251235r324066a4l4745d430b17ab931@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f462129b0602251706y1f161782v9d8e3677dd6cef4@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/25/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:

> It would be easy to extend Watir to support these input images with, say,
> ie.image_button(blah) or ie.image_input(blah) in addition to the existing
> support in ie.button(blah). I'm thinking making this a separate type would
> key users that there were two types of images and that they had to use the
> right type with Wat[i]r.

FWIW, I had exactly this misunderstanding and spent an hour or so
trying to figure out why Watir wouldn't click the image.   Then I
realized precisely what Bret said about the term "image" being
overloaded in HTML, tried button, and all was well.

One advantage of having an alias image_button is that a search on the
doc for /image/ (e.g., bringing the RDoc up in the browser and
searching on my best guess at the appropriate method name) would match
image_button.   So I'd cast my vote for that simple solution.    If
making image.click work for input images wouldn't cause complications
then so much the better, but just having a documented method
image_button would probably prevent a "gotcha" for a few of us poor
souls.  JMO.

Thanks,

Philip



From mb at michaelbolton.net  Sat Feb 25 23:11:57 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:11:57 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0602251235r324066a4l4745d430b17ab931@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <00c201c63a8a$c94073a0$6601a8c0@Koko>

HTML doesn't have buttons; it has inputs with types of "image" or "button"
or "submit".  I've never understood why WATIR doesn't track (at least via
aliases) HTML's conventions:  
 
input(:img, "blah").click
 
input(:button, "foo").click
 
input(:submit, "bar").click
 
---Michael B.
 
 
  _____  

From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord
Sent: February 25, 2006 3:35 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Script hangs and does nothing


On 2/25/06, saud aziz <saudaziz at gmail.com> wrote: 

Thanks Bret. That did work and just by changing image to button i was able
to go all the way..

One thing i don't understand is that if you view source, it renders it as
<input type="image"> but using it as button works? Why would that be the
case? 


There are two different things in HTML.

One is an image tag. It is represented as <img blah blah blah>

The other is an image input. It is represented as <input type="image" blah
blah>. Text fields, file files, buttons, check boxes, etc are all examples
of different kinds of input types. 

It would be easy to extend Watir to support these input images with, say,
ie.image_button(blah) or ie.image_input(blah) in addition to the existing
support in ie.button(blah). I'm thinking making this a separate type would
key users that there were two types of images and that they had to use the
right type with Water. Even better would be to make Watir's ie.image(blah)
work with either kind, but that would more work and may lead to other
complications.

I also see that we don't have any unit tests for this kind of image. We
should.

Bret



<input name="template:ib_GetStarted" id=

"template_ib_GetStarted" src="../../../../_img/button/subs/getstarted.gif"
alt=

"Get Started" border="0" type="image">

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From bret at pettichord.com  Sun Feb 26 02:44:41 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 01:44:41 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Input element names in Watir,
	was Re:  Script hangs and does nothing
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602252344r2df35062ib39ae514b8f356ca@mail.gmail.com>

As a general rule, Watir tries to follow HTML as regards terminology. But i
don't understand your suggestion.

On 2/25/06, Michael Bolton <mb at michaelbolton.net> wrote:
>
> HTML doesn't have buttons; it has inputs with types of "image" or "button"
> or "submit".  I've never understood why WATIR doesn't track (at least via
> aliases) HTML's conventions:
>
> input(:img, "blah").click
>
> input(:button, "foo").click
>
> input(:submit, "bar").click
>

I can't tell whether you intend "blah", "foo" and "bar" to represent names
or id's or text or something else. So this syntax can't work.

The parallel thing to do would be...

ie.input(:type, "image").click

Except that here we get no place to say which image button we want. One
solution would be if watir allowed mulitple attributes, but so far it
doesn't. And even still it runs into the problem that you want to have
different methods for a file input than an image input than a checkbox. The
most convenient and understandable way to do this is by representing these
different kinds of things as separate classes (and factory methods) in
Watir.

I think a more rational way to support these in Watir and follow the HTML
structure would be to support factory methods (and classes) for every one of
these different types. Thus:

Tag                    Watir 1.4          New

<input type=image>     button             image_input
<input type=text>      text_field         text_input
<input type=file>      field_field        file_input
<input type=submit>    button             submit_input
<input type=button>    button             button_input
<input type=checkbox>  check_box          checkbox_input
<input type=hidden>    hidden             hidden_input
<input type=password>  text_field         password_input
<input type=radio>     radio              radio_input
<input type=reset>     button             reset_input
<input type=textarea>  text_field         textarea_input

But even here i start to get confused, because looking at Watir's tests, as
well as the HTML specs, the correct tag for textarea (a multiline input
field) is <textarea> and yet the Watir code that supports as part of the
TextField object actually looks for <input type=textarea>. And a similar
confusing is also in play for <select> vs <input type=select-one> or <input
type=select-multiple> and now i am wondering whether IE is transmogrifying
the HTML from the one form to the other....

In any case, i would be happy to support a more logical system if i could
actually get a logical explanation of what the HTML is that we need to
support actually is (and why Watir's support for one thing actually works
with another).

Of course we would continue to support the Watir 1.4 factory methods going
forward regardless.

Bret
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From bcarlso at gmail.com  Sun Feb 26 10:03:55 2006
From: bcarlso at gmail.com (Brandon Carlson)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:03:55 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Can I run arbitrary JavaScript functions from Watir?
Message-ID: <19cb0cc70602260703v10dc87d5oadbc4240b222ee9a@mail.gmail.com>

For example:

<html>
  <head>
  <script>
    function foo() {
      alert("foo()");
    }
  </script>
  </head>
  <body/>
</html>

I would like to write a Watir script that can call this function directly.



From bret at pettichord.com  Sun Feb 26 11:43:11 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:43:11 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] Can I run arbitrary JavaScript functions from
	Watir?
In-Reply-To: <19cb0cc70602260703v10dc87d5oadbc4240b222ee9a@mail.gmail.com>
References: <19cb0cc70602260703v10dc87d5oadbc4240b222ee9a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602260843j299248c0r29fa1db3a99299d7@mail.gmail.com>

You can use fire_event to trigger events on elements. And you can bind
events to javascript functions. So create an invisible element (say, a div),
bind your function to some event and then use Watir to trigger the event.

Bret

On 2/26/06, Brandon Carlson <bcarlso at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> For example:
>
> <html>
>   <head>
>   <script>
>     function foo() {
>       alert("foo()");
>     }
>   </script>
>   </head>
>   <body/>
> </html>
>
> I would like to write a Watir script that can call this function directly.
>
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From christopher_brown at engin.com.au  Sun Feb 26 16:32:34 2006
From: christopher_brown at engin.com.au (Brown, Christopher)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:32:34 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
Message-ID: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB402390277@MI_EXCH1>

Hi Angrez,
 
I've follwoed your steps and get a similar result (1 failure) when I run
core_tests.rb. A couple of strange things.
1. I seem to have an extra test
2. the IE window is opened then immediately closed. Is this normal?
 
This is what I get:
 
Finished in 171.406 seconds.
  1) Failure:
test_http_errors(TC_Navigate) [./unittests/navigate_test.rb:51]:
<Watir::Exception::NavigationException> exception expected but none was
thrown.
172 tests, 991 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors
 
Anyway, I'm trying to run the following code just to get things started
 
require 'watir'
ie = Watir::IE.start(" http://localhost/index.asp
<http://localhost/index.asp> ")
ie.element_by_xpath("//map[@id='top_menu_map']/area[contains(@href ,
'signup.htm')]/").click

The browser opens to the correct page but I get the following error
 
web_pages>ruby trial.rb
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1922:in `elements_by_xpath':
undefined method `elements' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
        from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1912:in
`element_by_xpath'
        from trial.rb:5
 
I suspect there is something wrong with my xpath value. My xpath skills are
more than a little rusty so I've used XPath Explorer (
http://www.purpletech.com/xpe/ <http://www.purpletech.com/xpe/> ). I also
tried ie.element_by_xpath("//area[contains(@href , 'signup.htm')]/").click
and get the same result.
 
Any ideas what I could be doing wrong?
 
Regards
 
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Angrez Singh [mailto:angrez at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 10:09 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me


Hi Chris,

I installed 'watir' from the tar ball. Steps I followed:

1. Manually copied 'watir.rb' & 'watir' folder to [ruby installation
directory]/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ 
2. Manually copied 'doc', 'examples', 'unittests' folders to [watir
installation directory] 

I was able to run the core tests successfullly.

$ruby core_tests.rb 
Loaded suite core_tests
Started
............................................................................
............................................................................
.................... 
Finished in 88.906 seconds.

172 tests, 991 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors

But when I tried to run xpath_tests.rb or all_tests.rb I got lots of
exceptions & errors. One thing that was strange was two IE instances were
getting opened when I tried to run any of these files. Then one got closed &
there were lot of failures each was saying 'The object invoked has
disconnected from its clients.'. So what I think is the IE instance that was
closed (don't know how) was the correct IE that was being referenced in the
tests. The IE instance that remained open (don't know how it got opened) is
the one that is not used anywhere in the scripts. 

Anyways, successful run of core_tests.rb indicates that xpath is working
fine because xpath unit tests are also included in the core tests.

Regards,
Angrez


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From angrez at gmail.com  Sun Feb 26 23:27:17 2006
From: angrez at gmail.com (Angrez Singh)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:57:17 +0530
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
In-Reply-To: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB402390277@MI_EXCH1>
References: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB402390277@MI_EXCH1>
Message-ID: <e26bda3e0602262027u58395fcas4cb8ec498642f727@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Chris,


> web_pages>ruby trial.rb
> C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1922:in `elements_by_xpath':
> undefined method `elements' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
>         from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1912:in
> `element_by_xpath'
>         from trial.rb:5
>

Did you get an 'error.xml' file in the folder from where you are executing
the trial.rb? There is nothing wrong with the XPath query. Could you please
send me the HTML & code that you are trying to execute?

Regards,
Angrez
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From christopher_brown at engin.com.au  Mon Feb 27 14:46:13 2006
From: christopher_brown at engin.com.au (Brown, Christopher)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:46:13 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me
Message-ID: <B0D561E4E514F447AA08B65C957C8CB40239027C@MI_EXCH1>

Hi Angrez,
 
This is is the code I'm trying to run
 
require 'watir'
ie = Watir::IE.start("http://dev/index.asp")
ie.element_by_xpath("//map[@id='top_menu_map']/area[6]/").click()
 
I've tried various modifications to the XPath but what you see above is what
I get from the XPath browser and even though I haven't done much with XPAth
recently it looks okay to me.
 
I've attached the error.xml file. I can't see anything to suggest there is a
problem Let me know what you reckon.
 
Regards
 
Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: Angrez Singh [mailto:angrez at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:27 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] xpath support doesn't work for me


Hi Chris,
 

web_pages>ruby trial.rb
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1922:in `elements_by_xpath':
undefined method `elements' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
        from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:1912:in
`element_by_xpath'
        from trial.rb:5


Did you get an 'error.xml' file in the folder from where you are executing
the trial.rb? There is nothing wrong with the XPath query. Could you please
send me the HTML & code that you are trying to execute?

Regards,
Angrez 

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From tester.paul at gmail.com  Mon Feb 27 16:23:53 2006
From: tester.paul at gmail.com (Paul Carvalho)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:23:53 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] HTML Page Size and Load times
Message-ID: <37c405480602271323h3888e715k@mail.gmail.com>

Hi there, I'm currently writing a script that will walk through our site map
and spit out a list of page sizes and load times to a text file.

Using the Watir examples I found a function that gets the html page and I
guessed that you could get the length using:
> puts ie.html.length

This spits out a number that is not quite what I expected - it's a bit low.
So, I output what the function gets (e.g. using "puts ie.html") and I copied
it to a text file.  I then went to the web browser and used View > Page
Source and saved the output to a different file.  Comparing the page outputs
I got the following numbers:
> ie.html.length  = 12653
> File size of original Page source = 14260 bytes

Visually comparing these files, I found that when you use View > Page Source
from the browser, you get the whole Page HTML, but when you use the Watir "
ie.html" method, you get a stripped down version of the page html.  For
example, the Header info is absent as well as any pretty indenting.

That might be good for when I need to parse the file and get specific info
out of it, but not when I need to know the exact page size.  Is there a way
that I can use Watir or Ruby to collect the *whole* page html?

Incidentally, someone once mentioned to me that there is a down_load_time
attribute, but I can't find any info on it anywhere.  Is there a reference
in the Watir API or elsewhere that can tell me what methods and attributes
are available for working with the HTML pages?

Thanks.  Paul.
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From mb at michaelbolton.net  Mon Feb 27 17:10:07 2006
From: mb at michaelbolton.net (Michael Bolton)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:10:07 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] HTML Page Size and Load times
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602271323h3888e715k@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <02b201c63bea$91d52990$6601a8c0@Koko>

Incidentally, someone once mentioned to me that there is a down_load_time
attribute, but I can't find any info on it anywhere.  Is there a reference
in the Watir API or elsewhere that can tell me what methods and attributes
are available for working with the HTML pages? 

 For load time try
 
load_time = ie.goto('http://www.SomePageForWhichYouWantTheLoadTime.com')
 
---Michael B. 

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From marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au  Mon Feb 27 18:13:19 2006
From: marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au (Neri, Marco)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:13:19 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] interesting behavior of require in my
 TestSuitetorun test cases in a sequential order...
Message-ID: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B4573@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>

I've been trying to get cruise control to work as per Yury's blog
http://blogs.byte-force.com/buggins/archive/2005/11/29/704.aspx

Based on the example in the blog I have a testsuite.rb with a straight
copy / paste of Yury's code.

# This part is all of old code to run tests.
# (It just picks all test cases from a directory - they start with
"tc_")
require 'test/unit' 
Dir['ts_*.rb'].each { |testCase| puts(testCase) } # this is to see the
order of ts files
Dir['tc_*.rb'].each { |testCase| require testCase }

# This is the new part to replace autorunner.rb which would start
otherwise.
# It should save the resulting XML to a directory named "TestResults".
require 'XMLRunner'
XMLRunner::report_to 'TestResults'
 
I then have 2 files in the same dir. TS_1.rb and TS_2.rb

TS_1.rb:

require 'test/unit'
require 'TC_LoadHome3.rb'

TS_2.rb
require 'test/unit'
require 'TC_LoadHome2.rb' 

LoadHome3 is exact same test as LoadHome2 only that it is setup so an
assertion fails.

I run the testsuite ( either from cmd or CC force build ) and I see that
the line

Dir['tc_*.rb'].each { |testCase| require testCase }

Prints out TS_1.rb and TS_2.rb in order but the tests execute in order
of TC_LoadHome2.rb 1st and then TC_LoadHome3.rb.

The same also applies if I was to config TS_1.rb to be

require 'test/unit'
require 'TC_LoadHome3.rb'
require 'TC_LoadHome2.rb'

Using the example on
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/test/unit/rdoc/classes/Test/Unit.h
tml

I can setup a class and specify the order eg.

class TS_MyTests
   def self.suite
     suite = Test::Unit::TestSuite.new
     suite << TC_test000.suite
     suite << TC_test001.suite
     suite << TC_test004.suite
     return suite
   end
 end
 Test::Unit::UI::Console::TestRunner.run(TS_MyTests)

This works. ( for me ). 

Has anyone else come up with another any other method to have the tests
execute in the desired order ? 








  



-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Michael Bolton
Sent: Sunday, 8 January 2006 07:13
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] interesting behavior of require in my
TestSuitetorun test cases in a sequential order...

Looks to me like they're running in alphabetical order.  But why are you
using /require/ instead of calling them?

---Michael B. 

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Roy Sin
Sent: January 5, 2006 8:45 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] interesting behavior of require in my TestSuite
torun test cases in a sequential order...

Hi Wtr,
I have a few classes, each class is a test case for a Report and I'm
trying to run them all together in a TestSuite. Here is my
reports_testsuite.rb :

require 'login'

# run Test Cases in the order listed below require 'stopRpt_test'
require 'landmarkSumRpt_test'
require 'mileageSumRpt_test'
...

But when i ran it, landmarkSumRpt runs first follow by mileageSumRpt ,
then the last one is StopRpt. I even tried to prefix with
'test1_stopRpt_test'
'test2_landmarkSumRpt_test'
'test3_mileageSumRpt_test'

but still test1_stopRpt_test will run last.

I also puts a text at the beginning of each of my test cases to know
when each one starts but instead I get:
Stop Report Test Case running...
Landmark Summary Test Case running...
Mileage Summary Test Case running...
Loaded suite
C:/TestAutomation/workspace/QA_TestAutomation/gmmsunittests_Staging/repo
rts/
reports_testsuite1
Started

Has anyone experience this type of situation?

thanks  




		
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From marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au  Mon Feb 27 18:48:14 2006
From: marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au (Neri, Marco)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:48:14 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] thoughts on how to setup custom command line
 parameters?
Message-ID: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B4575@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>

Hi

I'd like to be able to specify additional command line parameters. Eg
url ( dev or sys test envs ), a directory to dump results to, a flag to
close (or not) the browser at the finish of a test. 

What I'm using at the moment is ARGV[]

Eg @test_site = ARGV[0]

Problem with this is that the order is fixed and it also seems to break
the -b flag to run the browser minimised.

If I was to read in the ARGV and then parse the tokens using a regex
that would solve my fixed order problem but what about the -b flag?

I'd appreciate any suggestions.
 
Thanks

Marco




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From jared at kilmore.info  Mon Feb 27 19:25:49 2006
From: jared at kilmore.info (Jared Quinert)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:25:49 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] thoughts on how to setup custom command line
	parameters?
In-Reply-To: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B4575@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>
References: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B4575@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>
Message-ID: <4403988D.7030104@kilmore.info>

I think you can edit watir.rb to make the default state invisible.  
Would that help?  You can then explicitly make it visible within your 
script if you need it to be.  I know I've done this in the past.

Jared

Neri, Marco wrote:

>Hi
>
>I'd like to be able to specify additional command line parameters. Eg
>url ( dev or sys test envs ), a directory to dump results to, a flag to
>close (or not) the browser at the finish of a test. 
>
>What I'm using at the moment is ARGV[]
>
>Eg @test_site = ARGV[0]
>
>Problem with this is that the order is fixed and it also seems to break
>the -b flag to run the browser minimised.
>
>If I was to read in the ARGV and then parse the tokens using a regex
>that would solve my fixed order problem but what about the -b flag?
>
>I'd appreciate any suggestions.
> 
>Thanks
>
>Marco
>
>
>
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From philipreedtech at gmail.com  Mon Feb 27 20:49:13 2006
From: philipreedtech at gmail.com (philip reed)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:49:13 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] thoughts on how to setup custom command line
	parameters?
In-Reply-To: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B4575@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>
References: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B4575@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>
Message-ID: <f462129b0602271749m755d956eu8108fb00fd2f4837@mail.gmail.com>

Marco,

Perhaps I'm not understanding your question, but I believe the
standard Ruby library optparse is intended to solve the problems you
cite with passing command-line parameters:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/optparse/rdoc/index.html

I've used it a bit on a non-Watir Ruby project I'm hacking around
with, and it's pretty nice once you get the hang of it.

Sorry if I'm answering the wrong question.

Philip

On 2/27/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'd like to be able to specify additional command line parameters. Eg
> url ( dev or sys test envs ), a directory to dump results to, a flag to
> close (or not) the browser at the finish of a test.
>
> What I'm using at the moment is ARGV[]
>
> Eg @test_site = ARGV[0]
>
> Problem with this is that the order is fixed and it also seems to break
> the -b flag to run the browser minimised.
>
> If I was to read in the ARGV and then parse the tokens using a regex
> that would solve my fixed order problem but what about the -b flag?
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marco
>
>
>
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From bret at pettichord.com  Mon Feb 27 21:09:16 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:09:16 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-general] HTML Page Size and Load times
In-Reply-To: <37c405480602271323h3888e715k@mail.gmail.com>
References: <37c405480602271323h3888e715k@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ade75c5b0602271809r4b94a0eaxe8e7fdf7a28cccb5@mail.gmail.com>

>
> Visually comparing these files, I found that when you use View > Page
> Source from the browser, you get the whole Page HTML, but when you use the
> Watir " ie.html" method, you get a stripped down version of the page
> html.  For example, the Header info is absent as well as any pretty
> indenting.


The fact that the header info is absent is a bug in 1.4.1. It is fixed in
HEAD.

But the html you see in Watir has been parsed and then reconstituted, so it
won't be exactly what you started with. You will, for example, lose your
indenting.

Incidentally, someone once mentioned to me that there is a down_load_time
> attribute, but I can't find any info on it anywhere.  Is there a reference
> in the Watir API or elsewhere that can tell me what methods and attributes
> are available for working with the HTML pages?


Look under the "attributes" section of the doc for the Watir::IE class in
the API documentation. http://wtr.rubyforge.org/rdoc/classes/Watir/IE.html

Don't worry about missing this. Marick wrote a blog post describing how to
add this functionality to Watir without realizing that it was already there.
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From dara.lillis at kiodex.com  Tue Feb 28 13:58:21 2006
From: dara.lillis at kiodex.com (Dara Lillis)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:58:21 -0800
Subject: [Wtr-general] any way to make IE.text_field.set optional?
Message-ID: <35AF30C7B5EBFA4DBC854B5B9DF66B0E3A06CF@ehost011-27.exch011.intermedia.net>

I'm passing a bunch of text arguments to a method, which will enter them
in various fields in a web page. Problem is, I don't always want to
enter all the fields, sometimes I only want to enter some of them. Is
there an argument I can pass that will tell text_field.set to ignore
that particular one?
 
simplified example:
 
def enter_text(arg1, arg2, arg3)
        @ie.text_field(:name, 'field1').set(arg1)
        @ie.text_field(:name, 'field2').set(arg2)
        @ie.text_field(:name, 'field3').set(arg3)
end
 
Sometimes I will want to enter all 3, but I want to be able to call this
method and, say, enter only arg2 and arg3. I've tried passing nil or ''
but neither works. I know I can write some code to make this work but I
feel I must be missing something obvious, am I?
 
Thanks,
 
-Dara
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From ctrainor at interac.org  Tue Feb 28 16:29:01 2006
From: ctrainor at interac.org (Charlie Trainor)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:29:01 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-general] any way to make IE.text_field.set optional?
Message-ID: <49EE4085F2E38D47AC70EF04AA5582A7085FE4@ITOREX3.interac.local>

You could add a few simple "unless" clauses, e.g.
 
def enter_text(arg1, arg2, arg3)
        @ie.text_field(:name, 'field1').set(arg1) unless arg1.nil?
        @ie.text_field(:name, 'field2').set(arg2) unless arg2.nil?
        @ie.text_field(:name, 'field3').set(arg3) unless arg3.nil?
end
 
- Charlie
 

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From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org]On Behalf Of Dara Lillis
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 1:58 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] any way to make IE.text_field.set optional?


I'm passing a bunch of text arguments to a method, which will enter them in various fields in a web page. Problem is, I don't always want to enter all the fields, sometimes I only want to enter some of them. Is there an argument I can pass that will tell text_field.set to ignore that particular one?
 
simplified example:
 
def enter_text(arg1, arg2, arg3)
        @ie.text_field(:name, 'field1').set(arg1)

        @ie.text_field(:name, 'field2').set(arg2)

        @ie.text_field(:name, 'field3').set(arg3)
end
 
Sometimes I will want to enter all 3, but I want to be able to call this method and, say, enter only arg2 and arg3. I've tried passing nil or '' but neither works. I know I can write some code to make this work but I feel I must be missing something obvious, am I?
 
Thanks,
 
-Dara

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From marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au  Tue Feb 28 17:31:45 2006
From: marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au (Neri, Marco)
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 09:31:45 +1100
Subject: [Wtr-general] thoughts on how to setup custom command
 lineparameters?
Message-ID: <AE918470A1BAB34B97D28AA43952D5E7010B4577@wt14px03.vicpolice.internal>

Hey Philip

Thanks for the link to optparse. There's 1 example in the API that I
should be able to copy/hack as a start.

thanks 

M

-----Original Message-----
From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of philip reed
Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2006 12:49
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] thoughts on how to setup custom command
lineparameters?

Marco,

Perhaps I'm not understanding your question, but I believe the standard
Ruby library optparse is intended to solve the problems you cite with
passing command-line parameters:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/optparse/rdoc/index.html

I've used it a bit on a non-Watir Ruby project I'm hacking around with,
and it's pretty nice once you get the hang of it.

Sorry if I'm answering the wrong question.

Philip

On 2/27/06, Neri, Marco <marco.neri at police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'd like to be able to specify additional command line parameters. Eg 
> url ( dev or sys test envs ), a directory to dump results to, a flag 
> to close (or not) the browser at the finish of a test.
>
> What I'm using at the moment is ARGV[]
>
> Eg @test_site = ARGV[0]
>
> Problem with this is that the order is fixed and it also seems to 
> break the -b flag to run the browser minimised.
>
> If I was to read in the ARGV and then parse the tokens using a regex 
> that would solve my fixed order problem but what about the -b flag?
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marco
>
>
>
>
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