Oh, yes, I'm aware of irb. I use it in combination with SciTE. In fact, I used it to go through the six frames as you suggested below, but they all returned 'false':
ie.frame(:name,"ctl140_ctl00_ctl03_ctl01").text.include? 'FIND THIS TEXT' and 5 other searches by frame returned 'false'. On Jan 27, 2:04 pm, "Mark Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Mark and Michael. I'm glad to have the frame handle business > > explained. Unfortunately, the text is still not being found at either > > the frame level or the browser level. > > > If I look for text (using xx.text.include?) at the browser level, > > should I expect it to be found regardless of the presence of other > > structures, like frames or tables? In other words, if the text is > > present inside of a frame, should I have to search using the frame > > handle or should a browser level search find the text as well? > > If the text is present inside of a frame, you will need to search using the > frame handle. And if there are nested frames, you will have to dig down to > the correct level. > > Are you aware of irb? I use it a lot when writing my tests. It is the > interactive ruby browser. Here is a quick example of how I used it to > confirm the answer to your question: > > C:\Documents and Settings\manderson>irb > irb(main):001:0> require 'Watir' > => true > irb(main):002:0> ie = Watir::IE.new > => #<Watir::IE:0x... > > [This brings up my IE browser] > [Then I can navigate manually to the page I'm working with] > > irb(main):003:0> ie.text.include? "admin page" > => false > irb(main):004:0> ie.show_frames > there are 2 frames > frame index: 1 name: menuFrame > frame index: 2 name: bottomFrame > => 0..1 > irb(main):005:0> ie.frame(:name, "bottomFrame").text.include? "admin page" > => true > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 3804 (20090127) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
