Re: [Wtr-general] How to post a failed message when the assert fails
I'm noticing this question or very similar questions get posted a lot here
(which means its a good question). I would search through the old posts and
read what others said, there has been some very good posts on the subject.
Below I'm posting a chunk of code that should help you answer your own question
(i hope!).
Also, its very early, so i may miss the mark on this, I hope it helps!
def test_1
begin
1 / 0
rescue
puts 'Error'
end
end
def test_2
begin
1 / 0
rescue = e
puts e
end
end
def test_3
1 / 0
end
def test_4
begin
1 / 0
rescue
false
end
true
end
test_1
test_2
begin
test_3
rescue = e
puts An error hash occured: #{e}
end
puts test_4
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[Wtr-general] Good 'wrapper' sample
I had some time to kill this morning so I decided to toss together another
'sample'. I know when I start learning something new there is nothing better
then working examples that I can modify and see how they break, so here you go.
This is a 'wrapper' for the Google website. I wrote it with the intention of
show a number of different things about ruby. The goal is that you should be
able to take the 'Google' class and quickly generate new scripts from it.
Run it, update it, modify it and have some fun :)
require 'watir'
include Watir
# A wrapper for our global ie object
# contains some special logic for creating a new IE if one doesnt' exist
def browser
if $ie == nil or !$ie.exists?
$ie = IE.new
else
$ie
end
end
# I found that the search box and the search button are the same on the home
page
# and the results page, so I made a module to hold them both
module Generic_Search_Functions
def search_box( search_string )
browser.text_field(:name, 'q').set( search_string )
end
def google_search()
browser.button(:name, 'btnG').click
end
end
# This class handles issues dealing with the results page
class Results
# this includes the functions in the module
include Generic_Search_Functions
# Since the buttons are named differently I wrapped it
# this is just calling the function in the above module
def search()
google_search()
end
# click the next button, handle it not being there
def next()
element = browser.div(:id, 'nn')
if element.exists?
element.click
else
puts 'End of the list'
end
end
# click the previous button, handle it not being there
def previous()
element = browser.div(:id, 'np')
if element.exists?
element.click
else
puts 'Start of the list'
end
end
# this just outputs the href for the search results
# if it can't find it, it lets you know
def search_result(index)
element =
browser.div(:index,'2').div(:index,'1').link(:index,index)
if element.exists?
puts element.href
else
puts 'Unable to find element'
end
end
end
# here is our main class, google
# it contains both the module and the results class
class Google
# heres that module again!
include Generic_Search_Functions
# lets define our url in here
# lets also create a results object so we have access to it
def initialize()
@url = 'http://www.google.com'
@results = Results.new()
end
# o, magic!
attr_accessor :results
# this navigates us to the page and checks to make sure the logo is
there
def go()
browser.goto(@url)
wait_until{ browser.image(:src, /logo.gif/).exists? }
end
# wrapper for the I'm feeling Lucky botton
def im_feeling_lucky()
browser.button(:name, 'btnI').click
end
end
# create our new google object
google = Google.new()
# go to the website
google.go
# Input some text into the search box (this function is from the module)
google.search_box('Cats')
# click search (this is from the module also)
google.google_search()
# show us the href of the first link
google.results.search_result(1)
# next page please!
google.results.next()
# show us the href of first link on this page
google.results.search_result(1)
# lets go page, i liked those results better
google.results.previous()
# How about the second link, maybe its better
google.results.search_result(2)
# change the search!
google.results.search_box('Dogs')
# click!
google.results.search()
# maybe this is what i really wanted!
google.results.search_result(1)
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Re: [Wtr-general] Basic question re looping
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Re: [Wtr-general] How to check for the presence of a frame in a page?
Take a look at this thread http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=7082tstart=30 I give some ideas on how to approach a very similar problem. The easy option to catch the specific exception and handle it from there. ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Using Until
I'm not sure how new 'wait_until' is, but if you have it do
wait_until(time_to_wait_in_seconds){ $ie.element(:type,'value').exists? }
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Re: [Wtr-general] Assert Dates?
Thanks for the demo Chris, I haven't messed with dates beyond the basics, this was a nice way to get brought up to speed. While my first thoughts were along the lines of Chris, I think I would go with the string compare. It seems, in his case, that the level of complexity isn't needed. I can see many situation wheres having the option of using real dates would be useful, but the case for simplicity over 'correctness' needs to be made too. Just my 2c, thanks again for the sample code! ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] little framework
Looks good. In your setup I would wrap $ie with a global function (internet_explorer or some such). I would then use that global function through out your class files. This could save you a headache down the road :) ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] problem in identifying the button
also it looks like its in a table so you could do table(:type,'value')[row][column].click ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
[Wtr-general] Localization made 'easier' with yaml
Another example i thought i would share. Again I tried to keep the code very
readable. This example should be enough to get anyone going. I'm currently
using this with a DB and storing the yaml in a file, it works great!
I'll let the code and comments speak for itself, it should be readable.
# Lets require all the basics
require 'watir'
require 'yaml'
include Watir
# Using a global IE just to keep things simply
$ie = IE.new()
class Translation
def generate_translation_string()
# Lets setup the hash to hold the data
localized_string_hash = Hash.new()
# Now lets populate the hash
# In my siutation this is done from a DB and each string has a
unique value
# for example GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGLISH, and GOOGLE_SEARCH_FRENCH
# I left it english and french to keep it simple
localized_string_hash[english] = Google Search
localized_string_hash[french] = Recherche Google
# this sends back the hash as yaml
# I tend to generate this only when strings change and store a
copy of it in a file
localized_string_hash.to_yaml
end
end
class Google
# Gate keeper, call this first to make sure we are where we should be
def go()
$ie.goto('http://www.google.com')
wait_until(5){ $ie.text_field(:name,'q').exists? }
end
# the meat of it
def verify_title(compare_title)
if $ie.text_field(:name,'q').title == compare_title
puts 'Title Compare: Pass'
else
puts 'Title Compare: Fail'
end
end
end
# Setup our Google object
google = Google.new()
# Now setup our translation object
translation = Translation.new()
# Get the yaml translation string
yaml_string = translation.generate_translation_string()
# Lets look at it
# Its very simple!
puts yaml_string
# Load it into a new hash
new_hash = YAML::load( yaml_string )
# Navigate to Google
google.go()
# Now the magic
google.verify_title(new_hash[english])
google.verify_title(new_hash[french])
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[Wtr-general] Saving the state of your test using yaml
This is something I've started using and I figured others might find it useful.
The main form of testing I have been doing is a 'smoke test'. This is a complex
test that takes about 20 minutes to setup data to get the expected results at
the end. The issue i ran into with this is that the system would on occasion
fail, or I would need to fix certain sections by hand and continue the test. I
had to figure out a way of 'saving' the state of the test and continuing, thus
Yaml.
This is a very basic setup, i tried to lay it out in a simple way.
On to the code!
# Setup the basics
require 'watir'
include Watir
# This allows us to use the Ruby Yaml library
require 'yaml'
# The global IE just makes things easy for the test
$ie = IE.new()
class Google
# A 'go' function, in my these are the gate keepers of every page
def go()
$ie.goto('http://www.google.com')
wait_until(5){ $ie.text_field(:name,'q').exists? }
end
# for this test, the methods are named steps to make things easy
def step_1(data)
@data = data
end
def step_2()
$ie.text_field(:name,'q').set(@data)
end
end
# Setup our Google object
google = Google.new()
google.go()
google.step_1('search text')
# Convert the Google object to YAML
yaml_string = google.to_yaml
# Create a new object using the YAML and continue
# Note THIS is the magic part. You could save the string to disk or do any
number of things with it.
google_new = YAML::load(yaml_string)
google_new.step_2
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Re: [Wtr-general] How to check presence of link by using begin -
wait_until(time_in_seconds){ ie.element(:type,value).exists? }
that?
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Re: [Wtr-general] IDEs for Watir
Jason, I started off using Mondrian ( http://www.mondrian-ide.com/ ) and at first really liked the structure if gave me. I came from Visual Studio .Net so I was very used to the 'Heavy IDE' format. The problem is I started to have growing pains with with it. I noticed that it was slowing down my work, forcing artificial constraints on me and, on very rare occasion crashing (unacceptable for an IDE in my opinion). I switched to a very organized file structure, and scite. I run the program using a batch file so i get the standard console window. The batch file also includes a 'pause' command so that at the end of the program it doesn't close the console. I miss multi file find, search and replace - but i can just find a better editor for that. I personally enjoy the freedom of no overhead, just me and 1 million scite windows open. my 2c ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] .Can we set the Watir's time_out_value in the script?
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Re: [Wtr-general] watir execution from webserver
areed, I have noticed that paths in ruby are relative to file that is being executed ( i think ). This has caused a couple of head scratching moments on my part while i wonder they files will no longer load using relative paths. I'm not sure this is related to your problem, hope it helps. ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Watir can't find IEnum interface
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[Wtr-general] Question about wait_until(n) {element.exists?}
waitr 1136
Lets say I have the following action i want to perform
$ie.frame('Frame').table(:id,'ID).table(:index,1)[1][2].click
But, the this is frame heavy page, and wait sometimes doesn't play nice, so I
decide to do
element = $ie.frame('Frame').table(:id,'ID).table(:index,1)
wait_until(30) { element.exists? }
element[1][2].click
In my mind the above says, keep looking for element until it exists, if it
doesn't fail. What happens though is .exists? throws an exception when it
can't find the element making the whole thing not work.
It seems that exists should never throw an exception, it should always be true
or false. Yes its there or no its not.
In watir.rb I think this is the offending code
# Returns whether this element actually exists.
def exists?
begin
locate if defined?(locate)
rescue WIN32OLERuntimeError
@o = nil
end
@o ? true: false
end
alias :exist? :exists?
The rescue doesn't seem to be broad enough. Lower down the stack trace i notice
that asset_exists is doing the following
unless ole_object
raise UnknownObjectException.new(Unable to locate object, using [EMAIL
PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED])
end
which exists can't handle. If in exists i make the rescue a 'catch all'
everything works like a champ (but i'm not sure what effects that has on the
system).
Hope that made sense.
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Re: [Wtr-general] Identifying Correct column from multiple header row that spans cells?
I have no idea if this will help you, i wrote it awhile ago and it still works
for me. I ripped out as much app specific junk as i could :)
look at 'multi_find' and work your way down. Its not exactly what you want but
might give you ideas. find_value would be values in rows, find_type would
be values in the header.
Also of note, this is note pretty, and has all sorts of hacky bits in it ;)
# beware of dog
class Support_Grid_Search
def initialize()#stuff removed
@base_table = ''#this would be specific to your app
# Error value 'constant'
@error = -1
end
def find( find_value, find_type )
if grid_find(find_value, find_type) == @error
return( generic_find( find_value, find_type, 'find' ) )
else
return( true )
end
end
# Multi find DOES NOT SUPPORT GENERIC FIND - deal with it
def multi_find( find_value_a, find_type_a, find_value_b, find_type_b )
if multi_grid_find( find_value_a, find_type_a, find_value_b,
find_type_b ) == @error
return( false )
else
return( true )
end
end
def multi_grid_find( find_value_a, find_type_a, find_value_b,
find_type_b )
# Locate both of the header columns
cell_a = find_in_row(1,1,find_type_a)
cell_b = find_in_row(1,1,find_type_b)
if cell_a == @error or cell_b == @error
# 'generic' search
return( @error )
end
# BOTH values have to match in a row, this is annoying O_o
row_count = @base_table.row_count()
for row in (2..row_count)
found_row = find_in_column(cell_a,row,find_value_a)
if found_row == @error
return( @error )
else
result_cell =
find_in_row(found_row,1,find_value_b)
if result_cell != @error
return( found_row )
end
end
end
end
# multi means multiple values in the row, not rows to check
def multi_click( find_value_a, find_type_a, find_value_b, find_type_b )
row = multi_grid_find( find_value_a, find_type_a, find_value_b,
find_type_b )
if row == @error
@logger.log('unable to find row to check')
else
@base_table[row].click
end
end
def check( find_value, find_type )
if grid_check(find_value, find_type) == @error
return( generic_find( find_value, find_type, 'check' ) )
else
return( true )
end
end
def grid_check(find_value, find_type)
row = grid_find(find_value, find_type)
if row == @error
return( row )
else
@base_table[row][1].span(:index,1).checkbox(:index,1).set()
return( row )
end
end
def grid_find(find_value, find_type)
# Figure out how many rows there are in the table
row_count = @base_table.row_count()
# If theres only one the grid is empty
if row_count == 1
@logger.log('nothing to search')
return( @error )
end
# Search the 'header' row, figure out what cell (column)
contains the data we want
cell = find_in_row(1,1,find_type)
# Skip it if you can't find it
if cell == @error
@logger.log('no column of type: ' + find_type)
return( @error )
end
# Now search down the column and return the results
return( find_in_column(cell,2,find_value) )
end
def find_in_row(row,start_cell,find_value)
cell_count = @base_table.column_count(row)
for cell in start_cell..cell_count
@base_table[row][cell].flash(1)
if @base_table[row][cell].text.gsub(/\r\n/,
).include? find_value
return cell
end
end
Re: [Wtr-general] Selecting an 'accented character' from a list
Thank you both for the information. I can enter the data fine (just need to use an editor that can handle special characters). The issue remains that in the html the value is servi # 2 3 1 ; o (note i included spaces so you could see all the characters), watir stores the value as Nome do servi\347o I know how to convert to the first, but not the second :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6766messageID=19514#19514 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Selecting an 'accented character' from a list
well heres some more code i found, which does the conversion. Now i just need to go the other way string = Nome do servi\347o puts string.gsub(/.$/u, '') regex = Regexp.new(//u) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6766messageID=19515#19515 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] PopUp window problem
if i'm reading this right, you click $ie.button(:value, Log on).click and it makes a pop up window? $ie.button(:value, Log on).click_no_wait $ie.modal_dialog.button(:value, close).click that might do it. If you have an old version of watir this might not work. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6726messageID=19347#19347 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Can Watir be paused resumed manually
You are looking for some kind of interactive script. I can't imagine its too
hard to do, but I don't have much time to mess around with it. Heres a fun
little script i put together to test out an idea. Maybe it will spark some
ideas.
(note: do not use this for anything, its just for fun. Also, 'gets' blocks all
threads, so it doesn't even work right. Enjoy :) )
class Console_Test
def run
done = false
while !done
input_string = gets.chomp!
if input_string == 'wait'
puts '*sleeping*'
sleep 5
puts '*awake*'
end
if input_string == 'done'
done = true
puts '*done*'
end
end
end
end
class Testing
def run
done = false
i = 1
while !done
puts 'Current: ' + i.to_s
sleep 1
i += 1
if i 10
done = true
end
end
end
end
test = Testing.new()
console = Console_Test.new()
threads = []
threads Thread.new{ console.run() }
threads Thread.new{ test.run() }
threads.each {|t| t.join }
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Re: [Wtr-general] Can Watir be paused resumed manually when running
I like using http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-breakpoint/ all you do is call breakpoint() and the application stops. The best part is that you are now at the IRB prompt so you can do all sorts of fun things :) I setup my smoke test to call break point on any exception, i can then hop in and see exactly whats going on and fix it. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6704messageID=19277#19277 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Nested Frames
bret, I don't have time to look into this right now (too much going on at work), but something is up with 1158. I have areas in my app where it just waits forever (never used to happen) and its spitting out access denied errors constantly (single server). I reverted back to ruby 1.8.2 and 1145 (seems to be the most stable pair currently). the app uses frames heavily. I'll try to figure it out and post a useful message later or tomorrow, this is just a heads up. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6653messageID=19070#19070 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Nested Frames
As a side note, I just found out another possible case where the cross site cripting/frame access problems will happen when the frames are being served by the same domain *and* you have proxy enabled in ie which would explain some issues I've encountered. I have frames being served from the same domain and proxy enabled in ie. That probably explains it. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6653messageID=19100#19100 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Watir.. close, but not close enough
I think the problem for the OP is that we don't have good examples/documentation describing this approach. I don't feel that its a problem Watir needs to solve. If the community really did want some framework I think it would be a project separate from Watir. I'm not even sure a project like that would work. Every application that needs testing is probably going to need a slightly different approach. If someone attempts to write a 'be all end all' framework its probably going to end up very complex and hard to understand (see most commercial testing packages). Watir's strength, to me, is the fact you bring your knowledge of testing and coding together. Its a great tool that grows with you and rarely holds you back. I did in fact run into the problem of a 'test harness', but I asked some questions and just tried something - and it failed, i then tossed it and tried again - and it worked. I have a strong feeling if and when i try a new project it will be even better. Its kind of a like a hand saw. Anyone with a saw can cut wood, but it truly takes experience to cut wood well (too out there?). Anywho, my 2g's :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6532messageID=18925#18925 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] OT: Test unit reporter project dead?
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=2857release_id=9716 I think that will get you want you want - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6596messageID=18947#18947 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] How to call .fireEvent(event, eventObj)?
find the element that has it and try something like
ie.link(:what,ever).fire_event('even_name')
i think
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Re: [Wtr-general] Why this error and how to supress it?
check the FAQ ( http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/FAQ ) see Access denied when trying to access a frame that may be the issue, not sure. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6558messageID=18718#18718 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] 'ie.close' or 'ie.close if ie'
I'm not exactly sure why someone would do 'ie.close if ie'. Below is my best guess at it. --- require 'watir' include Watir ie = nil if ie puts 'ie object created' else puts 'no ie object' endie ie = IE.new() if ie puts 'ie object created' else puts 'no ie object' end - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6562messageID=18721#18721 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] VBScript Fails with Watir
What does the actual HTML look like for link you are clicking? Maybe there is some kind of event that needs to be fired? My gut feeling is that you are just 'clicking the wrong thing'. Again, this is just a wild guess i really have no clue whats going on in here :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6554messageID=18756#18756 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] [NEWBIE] can't convert WIN32OLE into
However those others were not helpful. If you check the console output i pasted, you will realize that puts cmdButton actually works fine and prints the properties of the button. Furthermore the error is in a match function, not in the puts function. More careful reading next time people!!! Whoops, my bad. That was my from the hip question. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6525messageID=18637#18637 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] how ie.div(:name = 'foo',
when you make a new thread you have the option of making it a 'question'. If you do that then there will be an icon next to each post to mark them as correct or mostly correct. Think its too late now though :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6479messageID=18477#18477 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] url for link
you missed typed it, type it exactly ie.link(:html, /ajax_add_term\/133/).click I think the \ / is allowing the forward slash to be used as a string and not as a special regex character. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6325messageID=18390#18390 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] How do I connect to MS SQL 2005 using Ruby?
to add to that, you could do something like writing out to a text file thats just a bunch of insert statements... FUN! hrm, so many ideas now. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6445messageID=18404#18404 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] How do I connect to MS SQL 2005 using Ruby?
heres my question to you. You want SQL to store your results, but you are having some issues with using MSSQL. This tells me in the future you will continue to have issues. Why not think around the problem? Export into a format that can be imported into MSSQL (there are a ton of formats and it works great). Doing this would allow you to focus on your test, export into a simple format then blast it into MSSQL or any other DB. You are no longer tied to the problem. The developer is now allowed to 'stick' those results where ever he wants ;) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6445messageID=18402#18402 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] WIN32OLERuntimeError
Post your code, I'm willing to bet that you are doing something out of order. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6466messageID=18316#18316 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Identifying Last object using Index: -1 ???
Another option is to locate it within the table. ie.table(:what, ever).button(:index,number) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6471messageID=18335#18335 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] renaming sheets in Excel
Heres a link i found useful when i was going using Excel http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/ScriptingExcel - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6472messageID=18341#18341 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] hypertext is present ?
ie.link(:text, 'Consultation des AS').exists? is that what you are looking for? - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6436messageID=18223#18223 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] How do I connect to MS SQL 2005 using Ruby?
Google spit this out http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServer never tried it, but it might help :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6445messageID=18254#18254 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Unable to access a modal dialog box to select a
My best guess is that your modal dialog is using frames. The HTML that its returning is not the right frame. Thats my best guess and how i would approach the problem. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6357messageID=18076#18076 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Is there a way to over ride Watir's checking if IE is busy?
Yes, i think this should work. I have never tried this and I can assure you that it will break way more things then it could ever fix :) module Watir class IE def wait puts 'hello' end end end - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6392messageID=18044#18044 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Unable to access a modal dialog box to select a
Another option is to use this script: puts $ie.modal_dialog.html ... something about a forest and trees comes to mind ... Thanks for such a simple solution :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6357messageID=17963#17963 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Why does Watir sometimes not open an IE window, yet continues to run te
I have never seen this happen. Are you using -b (background) Run Internet Explorer invisible when you run the program? Is IE just minimized by chance? What version of IE are running? Is this a multi desktop setup (is it off the screen?) Just some ideas :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6286messageID=17694#17694 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] How to access a table present within a form?
result = ie.frame('builderFrame') ,
form(:name,'dummy').table(:index,1)[1][1].text
well if that comma is in the actual code i don't think its going to work :)
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Re: [Wtr-general] BUG: Using XPath
thanks for the link Zeljko, always wondered how patches worked. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6275messageID=17660#17660 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] undefined method `[]' for
Another way to say this is:
t.each {|x| puts x[0]}
I'm enjoying this thread, heres another way. Sans 0!
for element in (t.index(t.first)..t.index(t.last))
puts t[element].first
end
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Re: [Wtr-general] how to use the commands present in the 'SimpIe' class?
not sure on your exact question but would ie.link(:text,'Images').click work? - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6165messageID=17314#17314 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] modal_dialog not working in 1.5.1.1136, ruby 1.8.4
Adding to what Zeljko said, Is there a way for Watir when its first load to check your version or ruby, if AutoIt is loaded and if things aren't as they should be spit out a warning? - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6110messageID=17196#17196 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] modal_dialog not working in 1.5.1.1136, ruby 1.8.4
thanks zeljko, I am logged in as an admin. I tried to register win32ole.so (which i have no idea what kind of file it is). Is there a win32ole.dll somewhere I should try? - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6110messageID=17142#17142 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] modal_dialog not working in 1.5.1.1136, ruby 1.8.4
Thanks! I guess I should just read the error message more carefully next time :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6110messageID=17153#17153 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Error with file_field in a modal window (using
Thanks Bret! Everything is working perfect now. (who do i send the beer to?) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6074messageID=17052#17052 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
[Wtr-general] Error with file_field in a modal window (using 1.8.2 / 1.5.1.1127 )
Having some problems using file_field in a modal window. Like the subject says i do have 1.8.2 installed (just installed it) and Watir 1.5.1.1127 (from the gem) and I'm getting the following error. The AutoIt dll must be correctly registered for this feature to work properly c:/program files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.5.1.1127/./watir/windowhelper.rb:42:in `check_autoit_installed' c:/program files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.5.1.1127/./watir.rb:3956:in `set' here is the HTML of the field itself INPUT id=DriverFileUpload_DriverFileUpload type=file name=DriverFileUpload$DriverFileUpload anyone have any ideas :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6074messageID=16999#16999 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Error with file_field in a modal window (using
Thanks for the information! I registered AutoItX3.dll using regsvr32 and it got rid of the error message, the problem now is it doesn't fill in the field with any text. I can flash it, so i know I have the right field - I just can't put anything in there. any more ideas? - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6074messageID=17003#17003 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] OT: Need help Trapping Errors in Ruby
## Main script snippet: ... # open the IE browser $ie = IE.new # A) Walk the Public Pages. = Need to Trap this so the something_went_wrong variable works correctly page_set_to_check( walk_Public_Pages ) --- # Here's the page_set_to_check() method: module site_walkabout_methods def page_set_to_check( page_set ) begin page_set rescue = e $something_went_wrong = 'Yes' write_status end I'm a touch confused by this, what is page_set? My first reaction is to say that somewhere deeper down in your code an exception is begin thrown and is silently beginning handled thus said function returns even though things didn't work. The only reason I'm guessing this is because of the way you handle this exception. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6079messageID=17017#17017 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Syntax for relative attributes
I think what bret said is $my_button = $ie.button(:id, 'foo') is a bad idea. It may be better to do something like... def my_button() return( $ie.button(:id, 'foo') ) end while my_string = $ie.text could be fine, though you could still do def my_string() return( $ie.text ) end ... i think The concept being you want to, depending on your situation, write a script that uses some sort of abstraction layer. This means your 'high level' scripts will not need to be changed much at all (I'm doing this, and it works wonders), while your abstraction layer will change with the site. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6038messageID=16960#16960 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] hi , few quries with WATIR
for editors I use Mondrian. Its very simple, but works great. Try out a bunch of them, find one that works for you. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6048messageID=16961#16961 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Wtr-general Digest, Vol 38, Issue 14
I just ran into same problem myself i think. I am running 1.8.4. Going to switch to 1.8.2 tomorrow and see if that fixes it. The AutoIt dll must be correctly registered for this feature to work properly C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.5.1.1127/./watir/windowhelper.rb:42:in `check_autoit_installed' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.5.1.1127/./watir.rb:3956:in `set' - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6057messageID=16969#16969 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Menu links have duplicate attributes
Are either of the Edit News links contained within another element (table?).
You may be able to do something like
ie.frame('whatever').table(:id,'table1').link(:title,'Edit News')
and
ie.frame('whatever').table(:id,'table2').link(:title,'Edit News')
like the other poster said though, a hard index isn't going to be the end of
the world if nothing else works. You could also approach the developer and ask
for a tag that would work better for you, its always an option.
Good luck.
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Re: [Wtr-general] What are people using for 'test executive'?
Otherwise a group I'm associated with is beginning to write an open source enterprise Ruby Rails interface for launching Watir scripts remotely but we've only begun and it may take up to a year before we have anything solid. I think as Watir becomes more mature and accepted tools like this will be so very important. Personally I went the roll your own method, though if there was an open source base to build off I would have used that in a second. If i ever get some free time I'm going to attempt to write a custom harness for google.com. I think a working end to end custom harness would be a great way to get discussion going on a number of subjects. now I'm just rambling! Good luck on that project :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=6009messageID=16862#16862 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Syntax for relative attributes
link = ie.div(:text, 'Pragmatic Version Control').after.link(:class, addtocard') I think this is less intuitive and it would be somewhat harder to implement. That's why i came up with the other proposal, above. Thats actually the first way I thought of it too. A second, slightly related question. Regardless of how you do it, i'm wondering whats going on behind the scenes. If you do headline = $ie.div(:text, 'Pragmatic Version Control') link = $ie.link(:class = 'addtocart', :after? = headline) Is headline now 'frozen'? For example, lets say there is a 'addtocart' after headline. What happens if after you create your headline variable the page changes (headline is now at the bottom of the page)? Will the after method re evaluate headlines position in the page? Or is headline now static so after would would be true even if it isn't? I'm not sure if that even made sense. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5849messageID=16487#16487 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Wait functionality in Watir ..need help
You have the right idea, wanting to wait until the bar is done, but you are approaching it slightly wrong. I would first try to understand why *you* know the progress bar is done. Is it because the bar gets to the end and its full? Is it because something says 'complete'? How do you know it failed? Once you gathered these answers you will probably find you are waiting for a certain event to occur. This event doesn't always happen X seconds after you click something, it happens when its done (it also will probably fail at some point). So to start, we need to find that 'anchor' in the future. This is some page element that lets the user know that its done. Lets pretend this is an image. So we want to wait at most, lets say, 20 seconds (this depends on your app) or until some image exists. I'm going to give you some code I'm just thinking up, this should be used to help illustrate my idea and maybe inspire a solution from you. I'm sure you will think up something much better on your own. # Note the below code should not be used, its just an idea of how you might do this wait_max = 20 wait_increment = .1 wait = 0 while wait wait_max .if ie.image(*whatever*).exists? #this is the event, it could be anything ..# Found it, do the next part .else ..wait += wait_increment end - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5861messageID=16400#16400 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Syntax for relative attributes
headline = $ie.div(:text, 'Pragmatic Version Control') link = $ie.link(:class = 'addtocart', :after? = headline) Is this saying you want the link that comes after headline? Is there a before? :) *if* thats the case, my only problem with it is that it seems to not follow the standard syntax of Watir (as i understand it). how about ie.link(:class,'addtocard').after(ie.div(:text,'Pragmatic Version Control')) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5849messageID=16433#16433 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] How does one access a web page element by its css class?
While I can't answer the exact question, I can explain how I would solve it. Find the 'nearest' containing element that you can use (a table, div, span - whatever). Then use that element AND the index of the image. This helps you narrow it down. So say you had Table :id 'table_one' row row .image (this is the image you wanted) row Then you could do $ie.table(:index, 'table_one')[3][1].image(:index, 1) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5661messageID=15810#15810 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Warnings: already initialized constant when executing watir scripts
shot in the dark here, did you by chance require 'Watir' twice? - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5662messageID=15816#15816 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Warnings: already initialized constant when executing watir scripts
just for fun i opened up the irb and did the following irb: require 'Watir' and that happend. I wouldn't worry about it :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5662messageID=15830#15830 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Excel Or Text File?
If these are just a couple of simple constants why not make it a ruby file? require a file somewhere in your scripts and do something like $name = 'name' $password = 'password' $url = 'url' its easy to figure out, and no need to parse anything. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5619messageID=15692#15692 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Can't Determine The Error...
I assume this is the standard 'access is denied' error. http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/FAQ Look for the 'access is denied' section, it should help. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5476messageID=15274#15274 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] how to tell when IE is *really* done
maybe a silly question, how do we apply the above patch? - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5487messageID=15295#15295 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
[Wtr-general] Find parent table index from a specific element within
Lets say we have the following
Table
.TR
..TD
..TD
...SPAN text=findme
..TD
...Text Input Field
The only element in this entire section that I can identify uniquely is the
span. The span happens to be located within a table. That table also contains
the text input field (my real goal). So is there a way to find out what the
table index is that contains a span? To explain it another way, here is some
fake code.
table_index = $ie.frame('frame1').span(:text,'findme').get_parent_table_index()
$ie.frame('frame1').table(:index,table_index)[1][3].text_field(:index,
1).set('i did it!')
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Re: [Wtr-general] Find parent table index from a specific element within
That is actually a really nice simple solution, I have no idea why I didn't think of it. I decided to go with a simple parser. It looks for a certain table, finds a sub stable by index, finds the length then attempts to locate input fields within it. Thank you though, you got my brain thinking in a different direction. I'm still holding out hope that their is a way to find containing elements. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5270messageID=14678#14678 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] WIN32OLERuntimeError - I get this error after two
So if I'm reading this right you are saying you have collected 2670 links, but are exploring link 129 and the browser closes? The exploring is just a goto 'address' I assume. If my assumptions are correct, heres a couple questions. Questions, If you attempt to go straight to that link (hard code some data into your loop to force it to go straight there) does it happen? If you slip in a link before 129, which one does it crash on? Have you tried turning off taking screen shots, then see where it happens? If you attempt to 'goto' the link by hand, does the browser close? Hope a question stirs something in your head to get you back on the right track :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5183messageID=14395#14395 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Watir tests as how-to documents
I do this to a degree, but I consider it to be logging not documentation. I have 3 levels of logging (there are more, but thats besides the point) Section, Test and Details A section would be like Administration a test would Create a New User and details are Clicked 'new user', 'Set user name 'Sam' '. When my program runs the output is in excel, and the different types are color coded. The 'details' are normally filtered out, its way too much information. [11:30am] - Administration (this is yellow background) [11:30am] - click new user (this is grey background) [11:30am] - set user name 'sam' (this is grey background) [11:31am] - Login PASS (or if something went wrong, login FAIL, or if it exploded UNKNOWN ERROR) (this is white background) Personally I do not want to generate a test document from my script. My script should be born from a document. Thats me though, it all depends on the situation. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5156messageID=14301#14301 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] QuickTest Pro vs Watir?
Thanks for the great input. I have a more specific question though. How is the support of (well written) QTP steps down the road? Watir/Ruby scripts (if well designed) seem to be very easy to support. Is that also the case with QTP? - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5110messageID=14241#14241 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] click_no_wait (again)
Post the code you are using that causes this, that might help :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5137messageID=14254#14254 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Recover from IE crash?
Thanks for the input. I was seeing the crash as a problem to get around, as opposed to a problem to investigate :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5069messageID=14195#14195 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
[Wtr-general] QuickTest Pro vs Watir?
Looking for some experience from people that have used both. We are currently looking into both of these applications, and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience (that they care to share on the subject). Cost alone isn't that big of an issue. So its a point that doesn't need to be stressed. I'm finding with QTP (quicktest pro) once you move out of the basic recorder (which is fine for laying out some ground work) and enter 'expert mode' you are more or less dealing with things the same way as Watir. Thanks in advance! - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5110messageID=14197#14197 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
[Wtr-general] Recover from IE crash?
I seem to have found a way of crashing IE during my testing (something I do makes it happen, though I have never done it in a manual way). Is there a way to recover from this? (IE, can I close the dialog that asks me to debug it?) Message was edited by: jlolis - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5069messageID=14104#14104 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
[Wtr-general] Breakpoint great tool to use with Watir
Just thought I would share this. I found this interesting program called breakpoint http://ruby-breakpoint.rubyforge.org/ this allows you to add breakpoint() anywhere in your program and the IRB pops up. You can then poke around and debug issues. This has been a HUGE help to me. It allows me to test out some logic on the fly, or figure out whats going wrong. Hope it helps others. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=5024messageID=13982#13982 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
[Wtr-general] Handling multiple versions of a website [advice needed]
Looking for some feed back on this topic. To start, I'm attempting to automate a very large and very complex web application. Watir is great at handling all the strange controls (it has some timing issues with frames and modal dialogs, but those are known issues). The problem I now face is how to keep my tests from become outdated in a fast moving environment. Its simple enough to wrap Watir calls in objects (for example a Login object) so that I can write a test case and use Login(name,pass) instead of ie.link(yadayada).click. The problem comes when you have 20+ objects currently (and it will probably grow 10 fold) and all of them contain Watir code. When a new version of the web site comes out I predict tracking down the problems (and adding switches to handle old versions) would quickly make the project unmaintainable. Has anyone thought of a good way of managing such changes? Do you make one giant 'mapping' class and just update that as needed? Do you store the Watir calls and generate code around them? Any insight from someone who has been through this would be great :) - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=4936messageID=13707#13707 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Modal Dialog and checkbox
unable to located object in general means that the page has not yet load (as far as I understand it. Instead of sleep (which just slows down everything) try wrapping your code as follows. (The below is just an example, and only my opinion. I'm sure there are 1000 better ways of doing this) :) #Lets call our special function with your ID details modalCheck(inpCheckBoxDC_19) modalCheck(inpCheckBoxDC_23) modalCheck(inpCheckBoxDC_20) modalCheck(inpCheckBoxDC_1) modalCheck(inpCheckBoxDC_12) #In here, instead of sleeping, lets try to set it. If that fails #Lets wait 1 second then try again, if that fails lets wait #10 seconds and try again def modalCheck (id) retryShort = true retryLong = true begin ie.modal_dialog.checkbox( :id, id ).set rescue if retryA sleep(1) retryShort = false retry end if retryB sleep(10) retryLong = false else raise end end end - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=4874messageID=13542#13542 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Modal Dialog and checkbox
Timing issues are by far my biggest headache too. I did see a patch (never tried it) that would handle recursive frame waits (or something like that). Not sure if that would handle modal issues. - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.openqa.org/thread.jspa?threadID=4874messageID=13558#13558 ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
