Thanks all for the responses. I like the rescue nil trick, never thought of that.
Alan -----Original Message----- From: watir-general+ow...@googlegroups.com [mailto:watir-general+ow...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of b...@pettichord.com Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 6:35 PM To: Watir General Subject: [wtr-general] Re: better way to do a conditional require require 'watir/contrib/visible' rescue nil On Dec 7, 5:12 pm, Bill Agee <billa...@gmail.com> wrote: > You might be able to use Watir::IE::VERSION: > > require 'watir' > require 'watir/contrib/visible' if Watir::IE::VERSION != '1.6.5' > > But I guess that will only work so long as nothing newer than 1.6.5 exists. > Since the version value is a string, it might need to be massaged a bit if > you want to compare it to higher or lower versions. > > I notice that there's also FireWatir::Firefox::VERSION (with the same > value), but no Watir::VERSION constant. :) That could be nice to have > eventually. > > Thanks > Bill > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Alan Baird <aba...@bairdsnet.net> wrote: > > I'm wondering if there is a decent way to do a conditional require. My > > specific problem is that my framework includes the old .visible? code by > > requiring 'watir/contrib/visible'. After upgrading to 1.6.5 I don't want to > > do this anymore since the .visible? method is included in the main watir > > core. However, since I use some shared resources in my team, I wanted to be > > able to use 1.6.5 on my machine and not require a global update, I needed a > > way to conditionally require 'watir/contrib/visible' only if the code is > > earlier than 1.6.5. > > > So, I came up with the following hack: > > > require 'watir/contrib/visible' unless > > Watir::Element.instance_methods.include?('visible?') > > > ...but there's got to be a better way. Something like: > > > require 'watir/contrib/visible' if Watir < 1.6.5 > > > Any ideas? > > > Alan > > > -- > > 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 > > watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -- 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 watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipients and may contain proprietary and/or confidential information which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy the original message and any copies of the message as well as any attachments to the original message. -- 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 watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general
