[wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] Watir 4.0.0.rc1 Released!

2012-09-18 Thread Alister Scott
= 1.9.3p194 :004 quit Thanks for this great work. Cheers, Alister Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott “Debt, no matter how creatively structured, is anathema to peace of mind.” ~ Ryan Freitashttp

[wtr-general] We are moving away from JIRA: please raise all future issues/bugs at Github

2012-02-14 Thread Alister Scott
Here's the link: https://github.com/watir/watir/issues Cheers, Alister Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more

[wtr-general] Re: Running cucumber + watir-webdriver + mac os x over SSH gives “Element cannot be scrolled into view”

2012-02-04 Thread Alister Scott
It's a WebDriver bug (https://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=3075) that is apparently complicated to fix, and therefore isn't fixed yet. Are you using xvfb? If so, can up the res to something like 1024x4096 to see if it goes away? -- Before posting, please read

[wtr-general] Re: watir-webdriver 0.5.2

2012-02-01 Thread Alister Scott
I have created a new page on watirwebdriver.com about the new cookies API. Thanks Jari for implementing so quickly. http://watirwebdriver.com/cookies/ -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] Watir 3.0.rc1 Released

2012-01-14 Thread Alister Scott
One compliance to Watirspec is established, I don't see any reason why not. The IE WebDriver driver is nowhere near as powerful/reliable as the native watir driver so I think it would be a big win for those running tests under IE. Cheers, Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http

[wtr-general] Re: Watir Automation Framework

2011-11-06 Thread Alister Scott
See Chuck's answer on StackOveflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7737572/how-do-i-build-watir-tests-for-websites -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general

[wtr-general] Re: Site Login authentication

2011-10-13 Thread Alister Scott
have you tried putting the username/password in the url? require 'watir' b = Watir::Browser.start 'http://admin:passw...@yourwebsite.com' full details here: http://watirwebdriver.com/basic-browser-authentication/ Cheers, Alister -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In

[wtr-general] Re: watir-webdriver survey for adding items such as: alert_box, scroll_to, and in_viewable_area?

2011-10-12 Thread Alister Scott
I vote for leaving watir-webdriver simple. If people want these features they can just use qa_robusta, or monkey patch watir-webdriver themselves. -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com

Re: [wtr-general] waiting using implicit_wait with watir-webdriver

2011-10-05 Thread Alister Scott
after you create a browser, simply set the wait: require 'watir-webdriver' b = Watir::Browser.new b.driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait=3 It will wait *up to* 3 seconds before complaining it can't find the element. If it finds it immediately, there is no wait. Alister -- Before posting,

[wtr-general] Re: waiting using implicit_wait with watir-webdriver

2011-10-05 Thread Alister Scott
I am glad you found it useful. I have put it on the watirwebdriver.com site: http://watirwebdriver.com/waiting/ -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general

Re: [wtr-general] Watir-WebDriver and JavaScript Alerts

2011-10-04 Thread Alister Scott
It's a shame that you'll be (potentially) removing the first style, as I find it more elegant and watir-esque, although I have had some issues using it. Either way, let me know which is the preferred method and I'll update http://watirwebdriver.com/javascript-dialogs/ -- Before posting,

[wtr-general] Re: Need Help with Element not found

2011-09-29 Thread Alister Scott
please provide the full code including the iframe -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] Re: firefox (on windows) DL path in browser prefs has issues

2011-09-17 Thread Alister Scott
Thanks SO much for this. I was experiencing this EXACT same problem yesterday and it was driving me nuts! With this patch, will it also work with a newer version of Firefox? -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice.

Re: [wtr-general] Getting Error: `WebDriverError': Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with (Selenium::WebDriver::Error::ElementNotDisplayedError)

2011-09-03 Thread Alister Scott
are you using id = showlink or id = fb-note-title? You may be waiting for the wrong thing -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general

[wtr-general] Re: Getting errro in Chrome. Please suggest answer.

2011-08-30 Thread Alister Scott
have you downloaded the chromdriver and put it on your path http://watirwebdriver.com/chrome/ -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general

[wtr-general] Re: Unable to click anchor with image inside LI tag

2011-08-30 Thread Alister Scott
you can't use a click on a non visible element. tru element.fire_event onclick -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general

[wtr-general] Re: Unable to click anchor with image inside LI tag

2011-08-30 Thread Alister Scott
try element.fire_event onclick -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] Having trouble finding a link

2011-08-29 Thread Alister Scott
please play around and try something else like: ie.link(:id = 'cwc_menu_local:ROOT.Find a Request-anchor').exists? ie.link(:id = 'cwc_menu_local:ROOT.Find a Request-anchor').text etc. Also, please use a proper subject for future discussions. eg. NOT hi -- Before posting, please read

[wtr-general] Re: Unable to click anchor with image inside LI tag

2011-08-29 Thread Alister Scott
is it visible? can you do something like ie.link(:class, x-tab-strip-close).fire_event onclick -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general

[wtr-general] Re: logic to compare the two sheets in watir

2011-08-29 Thread Alister Scott
Roo wil also work with openoffice. Please see: http://roo.rubyforge.org/ -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] Re: wait for new click event..

2011-08-29 Thread Alister Scott
It is very unclear what you are trying to do. If you're trying to visit every url in a file, you should use the ie.goto method, not ie.url method. -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] Re: Re : Re: Re : Re: Re : Re: Re : Watir is slow with nested frames

2011-08-29 Thread Alister Scott
+1 to working with the developers to get rid of 7 nested frames. That is ridiculous. -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general

[wtr-general] Re: How to bypass basic authentication ?

2011-08-29 Thread Alister Scott
What watir gem are you using? Watir-WebDriver? I just tried Watir-WebDriver then with both firefox and chrome and both worked immediately without any problems. uby-1.9.2-p290 :001 require watir-webdriver = true ruby-1.9.2-p290 :002 b = Watir::Browser.new =

[wtr-general] Re: How to bypass basic authentication ?

2011-08-29 Thread Alister Scott
And documented: http://watirwebdriver.com/basic-browser-authentication/ -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

Re: [Wtr-development] [wtr-general] Re: Watir support for Ruby 1.9.2?

2011-08-25 Thread Alister Scott
Great work finding out about this. A really nice to have would be to provide the ability to specify which documentMode and browserMode you'd like the IE browser to use. Cheers, Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http

[wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] Watir support for Ruby 1.9.2?

2011-08-24 Thread Alister Scott
Definitely an IE9 thing. Tried on IE8 with Ruby 1.9.2 and all fine. I don't know enough about the source code to know what the error actually means: NoMethodError: unknown property or method: `createEvent' HRESULT error code:0x80020006 Unknown name. -- Before posting, please read

[wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] Watir support for Ruby 1.9.2?

2011-08-24 Thread Alister Scott
I'm on the latest 1.9.2: p290. -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

Re: [wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] Watir support for Ruby 1.9.2?

2011-08-24 Thread Alister Scott
Hey Oscar, Does .set work on google? That was the problem. .exists? and .html work fine. Cheers, Alister -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general

Re: [wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] Watir support for Ruby 1.9.2?

2011-08-24 Thread Alister Scott
It looks like the following IE9 specific code in element.rb:341 is causing the problem. Does anyone know about this code? I commented out the IE9 section, and just used object.fireEvent(event) and it worked fine. What's the reason for this code? def dispatch_event(event) if

Re: [wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] Watir support for Ruby 1.9.2?

2011-08-24 Thread Alister Scott
It looks like my freshly installed IE9 browser uses IE8 Document standards which causes a problem in Watir. I wonder why Oscar's doesn't fail. Maybe it uses IE9 Document standards -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice.

Re: [wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] Watir support for Ruby 1.9.2?

2011-08-24 Thread Alister Scott
It looks like google add a content=IE_8 header to the page to force IE9 to revert to IE8, but Watir thinks it's IE9! http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288325%28v=vs.85%29.aspx -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice.

Re: [wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] Watir support for Ruby 1.9.2?

2011-08-24 Thread Alister Scott
I don't think that'll help as google will force it to use IE8 standards. Cheers Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate

Re: [wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] Watir support for Ruby 1.9.2?

2011-08-24 Thread Alister Scott
maybe it's a google.com.au thing cheers Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire

[wtr-general] Re: watir 2.0.1 table rows method broken

2011-08-24 Thread Alister Scott
Yeah, it looks bust. You can use: browser.table(:id, 'administrators').each do |row| puts puts row.inspect puts row.text end which works, but isn't watir-webdriver compatible. Cheers, Alister -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask,

[wtr-general] Re: How do I find the id for element which has a label ?

2011-08-24 Thread Alister Scott
You can't set a label, you need to use the input (known in watir as text_field) @ie.text_field(:id = 'adjustment_invoices_ attributes_6_amount').set '16' -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] Watir support for Ruby 1.9.2?

2011-08-23 Thread Alister Scott
Using IE9.0.8112 on Windows 7 -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] Re: Ang.: Re: Object no longer attached to the DOM error on doing a exists call

2011-08-22 Thread Alister Scott
Did you switch back the behaviour to see if it works? Can you provide some sample HTML/JavaScript code? Watir::always_locate = false b = Watir::Browser.new -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] Re: wait_until_enabled ?

2011-08-22 Thread Alister Scott
Does this work? Watir::Wait.until { browser.button(:id, btnFoo).enabled? } -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] Watir support for Ruby 1.9.2?

2011-08-22 Thread Alister Scott
Hi, Does Watir 2.0.1+ support Ruby 1.9.2? Just updating watir.com and would like to know. Cheers, Alister -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general

[wtr-general] Re: Watir 2.0.1 Released

2011-08-22 Thread Alister Scott
I can't get locating elements to work on 1.9.2: irb(main):012:0 b.text_field(:name, q).set s NoMethodError: unknown property or method: `createEvent' HRESULT error code:0x80020006 Unknown name. from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/watir-2.0.1/lib/watir/element.rb:377:in

[wtr-general] Re: It is possible to have watir-webdriver and selenium-webdriver (ruby bindings) in the same script ?

2011-08-22 Thread Alister Scott
What exactly are you trying to do with both drivers. It works for me (see code below) but I can't understand why you'd want to. ruby-1.9.2-p290 :003 require watir-webdriver = true ruby-1.9.2-p290 :004 b = Watir::Browser.new = #Watir::Browser:0xe3859c1bd520f04 url=about:blank title=

[wtr-general] Cucumber: how to use regular expressions in tables?

2011-08-14 Thread Alister Scott
I know, slightly off topic, but if anyone is a cucumber whiz and knows how to use reg exps in cucumber tables, please let me know! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7061721/how-do-i-use-regular-expressions-in-a-cucumber-table-multiline-argument-to-diff -- Before posting, please read

Re: [wtr-general] Re: Object no longer attached to the DOM error on doing a exists call

2011-08-13 Thread Alister Scott
This has been released. Thanks to Jari. See an article about how to use it here: http://watirmelon.com/2011/08/14/telling-watir-webdriver-to-always-locate-elements-upon-use/ -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice.

[wtr-general] Re: How to send text to a CKEditor WYSIWYG editor box using Watir-WebDriver?

2011-08-12 Thread Alister Scott
Thanks to everyone who helped. I have worked it out and updated my blog: http://watirmelon.com/2011/08/12/automate-entering-text-into-wysiwyg-editors-using-watir-webdriver/ -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice.

[wtr-general] How to send text to a CKEditor WYSIWYG editor box using Watir-WebDriver?

2011-08-11 Thread Alister Scott
I've just posted my question to StackOverflow. If anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate it. http://stackoverflow.com/q/7025823/503158 -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com

Re: [wtr-general] Re: Object no longer attached to the DOM error on doing a exists call

2011-08-10 Thread Alister Scott
Tested the new version with configurable option and all good, thanks Jari. Can we please have a new gem version now? -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general

Re: [wtr-general] Iterate over direct successor divs which are not unique identifiable

2011-08-08 Thread Alister Scott
I'd do something like browser.div(:class, myclass).divs.collect { | div | div.div.exists? } -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general

Re: [wtr-general] Iterate over direct successor divs which are not unique identifiable

2011-08-08 Thread Alister Scott
I'd do something like browser.div(:class, myclass).divs.select { | div | div.div.exists? } (that should be select not collect) -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com

Re: [wtr-general] Re: Object no longer attached to the DOM error on doing a exists call

2011-08-07 Thread Alister Scott
Awesome! Thanks. I switched to this and ran a test suite and it took 6 seconds longer than usual (usually 59 seconds), but I am more than willing to accept this to have a much more reliable test suite. I vote for having this changed, I am sure Zeljko would vote for it too considering how much

[wtr-general] Re: Watir framework

2011-08-03 Thread Alister Scott
I'm not sure why you wouldn't just use something like rspec or cucumber? -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

Re: [wtr-general] Re: Object no longer attached to the DOM error on doing a exists call

2011-08-02 Thread Alister Scott
I have found testing an app that has a crazy amount of JavaScript that changes the DOM, that these exceptions are raised quite frequently. I personally prefer the Watir 1.X behaviour, as it personally means tests are more reliable for me. But, I understand the performance hit. Are we talking

Re: [wtr-general] Safari Watir / Webdriver - reasons for choosing watir or selenium...

2011-08-02 Thread Alister Scott
I think the iOS driver for webdriver is *definitely* not ready for prime time. For example, you can't even do a .click!!! http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=1250 That issue has been open, and not looked at, since 1 Feb. Judging from that, I don't see if the iOS webdriver is

Re: [wtr-general] Object no longer attached to the DOM error on doing a exists call

2011-07-31 Thread Alister Scott
I'm getting the same error quite frequently when using watir-webdriver. It is happening near where I used execute_script to execute some javascript on a div, like onclick -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice.

Re: [wtr-general] Watir 2.0.0.rc2 released

2011-07-25 Thread Alister Scott
from C:/Ruby192/bin/irb:12:in `main' irb(main):005:0 Cheers, Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more

[wtr-general] Watir Day 2011 Speakers Announced

2011-03-07 Thread Alister Scott
The speakers have been announced for Watir Day: http://watir.com/2011/03/08/watir-day-2011-speakers-announced/ http://watir.com/watir-day/speakers/ Cheers, Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com

[wtr-general] Poll: What version of ruby do you use? What version of Watir do you use?

2011-02-28 Thread Alister Scott
Hi, We're doing a quick poll about Ruby and Watir versions, so if you could please tell us what you use, that'd be great! http://watir.com/2011/02/28/poll-what-rubywatir-versions-do-you-use/ Thanks, Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http

[wtr-general] Update on Watir Day 2011 - Sunday 3rd April - San Francisco

2011-02-25 Thread Alister Scott
spread the word! Thanks, Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. *~ G. K

[wtr-general] Re: Windows IE9 support?

2011-02-11 Thread Alister Scott
It mostly works. Try it and report problems! On Feb 12, 9:23 am, trampus trichm...@sugarcrm.com wrote: Is there any ETA on getting IE9 support for watir yet? -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] An intro to Watir-WebDriver

2010-12-14 Thread Alister Scott
Hi, I've written a new blog post about how to use Watir-WebDriver for those who are curious: http://watirmelon.com/2010/12/14/watir-webdriver-a-detailed-introduction/ Cheers, Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http

[wtr-general] A solution to avoiding basic authentication dialogs

2010-11-24 Thread Alister Scott
Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http

Re: [wtr-general] Re: Javascript pop uo using firewatir

2010-11-24 Thread Alister Scott
I'd try Watir-Webdriver and see if the execute_script code works. Browser.execute_script( window.confirm = function() {return true}) Cheers Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott

[wtr-general] fire_event 'onchange' intermittently timing out?

2010-11-07 Thread Alister Scott
Hi, I am testing an AJAX heavy web app which uses 'onchange' events on text fields. Approx one tenth of the time, when I fire an onchange event using fire_event, it causes Watir to timeout for 5 minutes. For example: When I set Letter to Blah #

[wtr-general] Re: Identify IP address

2010-11-07 Thread Alister Scott
This isn't a Watir related question and doesn't belong here. Try googling this and you will easily work out how to do it. -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] Registering the Watir autoit .dll control without local admin?

2010-10-05 Thread Alister Scott
ideas? Cheers, Alister Scott -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

[wtr-general] Re: Welcome Jarmo Pertman to the core Watir team

2010-09-25 Thread Alister Scott
Welcome to the team Jarmo! http://watir.com/team/ -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com To

Re: [Wtr-development] [wtr-general] Re: Check out the Watir Stack Exchange site!

2010-08-13 Thread Alister Scott
think will work. Cheers, Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Wiki Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com Google: http://www.google.com/profiles/alister.scott LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott On 14/08/2010, at 1:01 AM, Željko Filipin zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch

[wtr-general] Re: Watir on Windows, how is it done anymore?

2010-08-06 Thread Alister Scott
Can we pick up the great work Ethan has done on making vapir work in later versions of ruby and apply this to Watir? On Jul 13, 5:22 am, Ethan notet...@gmail.com wrote: Watir has been locked to a very old version of ruby for a long time. Vapirhttp://vapir.org/, an updated fork of watir, runs

[wtr-general] Re: [Wtr-development] watir.com/installation comments

2010-07-28 Thread Alister Scott
I agree! Thanks. I might update the site to let people know not to ask questions, else disable commenting on certain pages? Cheers, Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott There are two

[wtr-general] Celerity Question - java.net.ConnectException

2010-06-16 Thread Alister Scott
:/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/celerity-0.7.9/lib/celerity/b rowser.rb:99:in `goto' from yay.rb:5 Cheers, Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http://watir.com Blog: http://watirmelon.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott If you never change your mind, why

[wtr-general] Re: Celerity Question - java.net.ConnectException

2010-06-16 Thread Alister Scott
Thanks for the lead Zeljko. I found a topic on using celerity behind a firewall which fixed my problem. http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?thread_id=46879forum_id=24213 -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this

[wtr-general] Re: HP acquires the Watir project, announces Wativ

2010-04-01 Thread Alister Scott
Everyone can relax. It was an April Fool's joke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_fools_day -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to

[wtr-general] HP is NOT acquiring Watir - it was a joke

2010-04-01 Thread Alister Scott
It was an April Fools Joke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_fools_day -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post:

[wtr-general] HP acquires the Watir project, announces Wativ

2010-03-31 Thread Alister Scott
In a surprise move today, HP, the vendor of numerous Mercury testing tools, has acquired the open source Watir testing product. Read more: http://watirmelon.com/2010/04/01/hp-acquires-the-watir-project-announces-wativ/ -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search

[wtr-general] Re: Question about watir and celerity

2010-02-25 Thread Alister Scott
You don't need to require Watir. On Feb 25, 5:12 pm, karim rayani karim.ray...@gmail.com wrote: Clearity is a headless implementation of the Watir API but it runs on the java platform, Karim Rayani On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Željko Filipin zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch wrote: On

[wtr-general] Re: Question about automation Gmail with Watir

2010-02-25 Thread Alister Scott
It makes sense to get rid of the Gmail example, because why you would ever want to automated a GUI to send an email is the question. It is *so* easy to send an email through ruby itself. On Feb 24, 7:56 pm, Željko Filipin zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch wrote: On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Bill

[wtr-general] Re: Question about automation Gmail with Watir

2010-02-25 Thread Alister Scott
Or spammers might be using Watir to spam the world :( On Feb 26, 9:01 am, Felipe Knorr Kuhn fkn...@gmail.com wrote: Google engineers might be using Watir to test their upcoming Gmail Labs apps! j/k :) FK On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Alister Scott alister.sc...@gmail.comwrote

[wtr-general] Re: Fetch Automatic Web Page Attributes

2010-02-06 Thread Alister Scott
You can loop through collectons of elements. See: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Save+All+Images+on+a+Webpage On Feb 6, 7:46 pm, Nishant nishant.jain2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am using Watir for my Web application. On my Web page we have so many objects. Attributes are Id, class, name

[wtr-general] A printable Watir Tutorial

2010-02-05 Thread Alister Scott
-page, tutorial sufficient? Does anyone have any different ideas for creating an easy to follow, and print, tutorial? Is it just me who wants the tutorial to be printable? Cheers, Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir

[wtr-general] Re: Questiona about Watir in Mac with Firefox 3.6

2010-02-05 Thread Alister Scott
Hi, You can use Firefox 3.5 until someone compiles the JSSH add-on for OSX. Alternatively you can take a look at SafariWatir: http://github.com/redsquirrel/safariwatir Cheers, Alister Scott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group

[wtr-general] Re: New proposed Watir project home on the wiki

2010-02-03 Thread Alister Scott
Thanks for everyone's feedback. I have made changes to the Watir wiki home page: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Project+Home On Feb 3, 8:56 pm, Željko Filipin zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch wrote: On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:32 AM, Alister Scott alister.sc...@gmail.com wrote: The new proposed

[wtr-general] New proposed Watir project home on the wiki

2010-01-31 Thread Alister Scott
://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Project+Home+%28Proposed%29 Please take a look and let me know what you think, and what you think could be better. Cheers, Alister Scott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email

[wtr-general] Re: Ads on watir.com

2010-01-31 Thread Alister Scott
because we're using wordpress.com. We would need to migrate the blog to our own host and then pay hosting costs. It's a bit of a wasted effort in my honest opinion. I look forward to hearing others thoughts on this matter. Cheers, Alister Alister Scott Brisbane, Australia Watir Web Master: http

[wtr-general] Re: Firefox 3.6

2010-01-25 Thread Alister Scott
The Windows JSSH add-on has been added to the Watir wiki: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/FireWatir+Installation If you complile the OSX or Linux version, please upload to here. Thanks, Alister Scott On Jan 25, 5:34 pm, Angrez Singh ang...@gmail.com wrote: I'll post the updated JSSh XPI soon

[wtr-general] Re: Error in installation of gem

2009-12-18 Thread Alister Scott
If you don't wish to completely reinstall ruby, a much easier thing to do is manually install rubygems 1.3.5 from a zip file: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126 This will fix the problem. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To

[wtr-general] What to do when getting an error updaing ruby gems, or updating watir gem on Ruby 1.8.6.26

2009-12-18 Thread Alister Scott
Hi, I have noticed problems when updating rubygems (gem update --system), or updating your watir gem, when using Ruby 1.8.6.26. I have added this to the FAQ on the wiki: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/FAQ#FAQ-Ican%27tinstalltheWatirgem%2CorupdaterubygemsonRuby1.8.6.26%2CwhatdoIdo%3F EG: I

[wtr-general] Re: Error in installation of gem

2009-12-18 Thread Alister Scott
On Dec 19, 7:58 am, mxparker mxpar...@gmail.com wrote: Just a thought... I had a similar issue. And on another thread I learned that the problem turned out to be the fact that I was behind a corporate firewall. When I took laptop home I was able to update the gems. That's an entirely

[wtr-general] Re: ie.modal_dialog(:title, 'Tile') problem

2009-12-17 Thread Alister Scott
I have raised the IE8 issue you speak of in JIRA: http://jira.openqa.org/browse/WTR-414 -- 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

[wtr-general] Re: Wătir

2009-12-17 Thread Alister Scott
I am not really sure it matters what people call it. As long as they are getting value from it and they know how to spell it so they can look it up. There are many words in English that people pronounce differently: mall, router, bistro. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

[wtr-general] Re: is possible to use existing browser in watir

2009-11-29 Thread Alister Scott
Simply use the attach method: http://wtr.rubyforge.org/rdoc/classes/Watir/IE.html#M000235 -- 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

[wtr-general] Re: WatirRecorder

2009-11-20 Thread Alister Scott
You can try iTest2, which is a free Firefox add on for recording Watir scripts. http://itest2.com/downloads --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to

[wtr-general] Re: Summary wiki page

2009-10-11 Thread Alister Scott
Also, I _really_ like the fact that now I can link to specific page when answering questions at watir-general. We can achieve the same effect with anchors. Cheers, Alister --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[wtr-general] Re: Summary wiki page

2009-10-05 Thread Alister Scott
The collection looks useful, but something is confusing about the parentage of the collection. Look at the breadcrumbs on these pages.   Dashboard    Watir  ...Project Home Start Here Tutorial Summary Collections of HTML Elements Agree, not the best location. I think we need to have

[wtr-general] Re: Elements supported by Watir

2009-09-30 Thread Alister Scott
I can't get Bret's code to work either. I tried all classes and Watir::Element is not included My Code: require 'Watir' def is_element_subclass? klass while klass = klass.superclass return true end end ObjectSpace.each_object(Class){|c| puts c if is_element_subclass?(c)} Cheers, Alister

[wtr-general] Re: Summary wiki page

2009-09-30 Thread Alister Scott
Željko The Summary section on http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Project+Home looks like a good idea. Cheers, Alister On Sep 30, 11:28 pm, Željko Filipin zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch wrote: I have: - moved Methods Supported by Element wiki page from Start Here to Summary - created Summary

[wtr-general] Re: Watir Logo Refresh Competition

2009-09-20 Thread Alister Scott
Yes, please feel free to send one through. Thanks, Alister --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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,

[wtr-general] Re: Need a sample code to import test data from Excel sheet

2009-09-08 Thread Alister Scott
You can always check out Roo: http://roo.rubyforge.org/ This library makes it easy to read Excel, OpenOffice and Google Docs, without needing these programs installed (reads file directly). Cheers, Alister Scott On Sep 8, 6:58 pm, Rocky dheerajgamb...@gmail.com wrote: You can use

[wtr-general] Re: Need a sample code to import test data from Excel sheet

2009-09-08 Thread Alister Scott
I have also just written a blog post on how to use Roo to specify test cases in Excel/Open Office: http://wp.me/p98zF-56 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group,

[wtr-general] Re: Does firewatir supports :slow, :fast, :zippy properties for control execution speed?

2009-07-19 Thread Alister Scott
Hi, Only IE support browser speeds. See JIRA: http://jira.openqa.org/browse/WTR-303 Cheers, Alister On Jul 20, 1:53 pm, sHiVa krapa.ph...@gmail.com wrote: Gokul, Thanks for your quick reply. But I want to use :zippy,:fast,:slow options in firewatir. Is it possible? Regards Siva On Jul

[wtr-general] Re: Towards migrating to Watir.com

2009-06-22 Thread Alister Scott
What would you like to do? You've made some proposals. You've gotten some feedback. Yes. I would like to move ahead with using wordpress to host watir.com. I would like to use wordpress.com as it is hosted and provides easy user administration and spam protection. It seems my second prototype

[wtr-general] Re: Languages supported by Watir

2009-06-15 Thread Alister Scott
Do you mean in your web application that you are testing? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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,

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