Hello Bret, Thanks for taking time to help me. You were able to descripher my example perfectly and your suggestion works great.
I learned a great deal from this example, thanks again for your time. On Oct 23, 12:04 pm, Bret Pettichord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for sharing your code. I *think* i know what you are trying to > do, and there is a way to do this in Watir that is elegant and so far, > undocumented. I will try to explain it, and if this doesn't work for > you, please provide more information about what you want to do (and less > about how you are doing it). > > To me it sounds like you are looking for a cell in a table that has a > person's name, and image, and a link. And what you want is the link. > > This definition should appear at top level: > > class Watir::Element > def has_enabled_image_and_text_is name > text == name && self.image(:src, /enabled/).exists? > end > end > > Put this in your test > > t = ie.table(:index, 7) > $atag = t.cell(:has_enabled_image_and_text_is => > _userid.to_s).link(:index, 1) > > Please let me know if this works and if I understand what you are trying > to do. > > Bret > > niartseoj wrote: > > Hello > > > I'm trying to find the method to run in order to determine if a > > variarable is a container and if so what sort of container it is. > > > I'm doing this because i have to loop through a table, and identify if > > there is a cell that contains a link with a matching name and a > > certain type of image object. > > > t = ie.table(:index, 7) # since we > > don't have ID's, look at every table > > for i in 1..t.row_count # for every row in this > > table > > t[i].each do |cell| # for every column in this > > row, look at its contents > > if cell.text == _userid.to_s > > if cell.image(:src, /enabled/).exists? > > $atag = cell.link(:index,1) > > end > > end > > end > > end > > > puts $atag.control_type > > > In this code i need to handle if the $atag is set or if it is nill . > > > I'm a neewbie in ruby and watir and i've been going through all the > > helpfiles and examples that i can find to do this but no luck, > > > Thanks in advance for any help or direction to my search. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---