Lisa,
The problem with your code is that it is specific to both Windows and
IE. Making it work with Firefox on Windows is a medium sized problem,
but it still wouldn't help your developers with their macs. Off hand, I
wouldn't know how to start on getting this work on other platforms.
And yes, these kinds of dialogs are somewhat weird. Few apps use them
today, they are considered poor design. Nowadays developers get the same
effect using "lighboxes" which end up being modal according the strict
definition of "modal", but the look better. And they are fairly easy to
handle with Watir on both IE and Firefox (on Windows and Macs).
Bret
Lisa Crispin wrote:
> To clarify - our Watir scripts handle our modal dialogs in IE just
> fine. For example:
> def click_modal_button(ie, type='OK', sleep_time=6, timeout=20)
> hwnd = ie.enabled_popup(sleep_time)
> if (hwnd)
> w = WinClicker.new
> w.clickWindowsButton_hwnd( hwnd, "#{type}")
> w=nil
> end
> end
>
> I'm looking for affirmation that we will never be able to get these
> scripts to work with modal dialogs in Firefox unless the test
> automation fairy turns me into some better kind of programmer and I
> can add this functionality to Watir myself.
>
> I'm puzzled though - are modal dialogs weird? Do most apps not use
> them? What do you use instead?
> thanks
> Lisa
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Paul Rogers <paul.rog...@shaw.ca
> <mailto:paul.rog...@shaw.ca>> wrote:
>
>
> ok, modal dialogs are a different beast entirely.
>
> I dont have a need for dialog support right now, and am working on
> drag and drop support in watir.
>
> If you are only require ing this on windows, you might want to look
> into autoit - if you want cros platform, no idea.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Lisa Crispin
> <lisa.cris...@gmail.com <mailto:lisa.cris...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > I guess I mean regular js pop up boxes. A modal dialog window
> that pops up
> > and you have to click "ok" to keep going. They look the same in
> firefox as
> > in IE.
> > Lisa
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Paul Rogers
> <paul.rog...@shaw.ca <mailto:paul.rog...@shaw.ca>> wrote:
> >>
> >> what do you use in Firefox for the modaldialogs?
> >>
> >> or do you mean regular js pop up boxes?
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Lisa Crispin
> <lisa.cris...@gmail.com <mailto:lisa.cris...@gmail.com>>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi, I hope this isn't too annoying of a question. I'm just
> trying to
> >> > decide
> >> > our next steps wrt Watir and our test automation. I just
> thought I'd
> >> > double
> >> > check on what I think I know already.
> >> >
> >> > I spent the last several weeks getting our Watir suites
> working with v.
> >> > 1.6.2 and Vista. I finally beat them into submission, and I'm
> exhausted.
> >> > (This is not a reflection on Watir, but probably on the
> design of our
> >> > scripts, and definitely on my lack of expertise).
> >> >
> >> > My ultimate goal was to get these scripts working with
> Firefox also, and
> >> > I
> >> > had some hope when I first read about 1.6.2 that this would
> be possible.
> >> > However, I recall that Bret replied to one of my emails
> relating to
> >> > dealing
> >> > with modal dialogs this way:
> >> >
> >> > I'm saying that I do not have a plan on how to support modal
> dialog
> >> > testing that will work with both IE and Firefox, and as far
> as I know,
> >> > no one else is working on this.
> >> >
> >> > I'm wondering if this means we should abandon all hope of
> ever being
> >> > able to
> >> > run our scripts against Firefox (which would make them a lot
> easier to
> >> > integrate with our build process, as well as easier for the
> developers
> >> > who
> >> > all use Macs to run them to help with their own testing)?
> >> >
> >> > The developers could run the scripts on their Parallels or
> VMWare, but
> >> > the
> >> > scripts run very slowly there for some reason. Should we be
> thinking
> >> > about
> >> > migrating to a different browser driver if we want to have
> scripts that
> >> > everyone can use to help with testing? We have good tools for our
> >> > automated
> >> > regression tests, and I guess we could adapt those tests to
> do the same
> >> > purpose of Watir, it just happened that it was the Watir
> scripts that
> >> > got
> >> > all the good flexibility that make them handy for setting up test
> >> > scenarios.
> >> >
> >> > Do other people have automated scripts to help with
> exploratory testing
> >> > and
> >> > manual testing, and if so, what tools do you use for that? Or
> are other
> >> > people just luckier and don't have modal dialogs to deal with?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Lisa
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Lisa Crispin
> > Co-author with Janet Gregory, _Agile Testing: A Practical Guide
> for Testers
> > and Agile Teams_ (Addison-Wesley 2009)
> > http://lisacrispin.com
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Lisa Crispin
> Co-author with Janet Gregory, _Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for
> Testers and Agile Teams_ (Addison-Wesley 2009)
> http://lisacrispin.com
>
>
> >
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