I agree with #2. Watir::IE.new should be fine. I'm also 99% sure you don't even need the win32ole.so file (it is only needed for showModalDialog support). There is a line in the watir code that loads this file (instead of the standard win32ole.so file that comes with ruby).
So I suggest modifying watir so that it doesnot even try to load this file. I need to run, but maybe someone else can help you with this. Bret Arco wrote: > Couple of other things: > > 1) I looked at your question about the 'group' setting for > win32ole.so. I changed it's group to 'Users', re-ran the IRB session > and got the same error. > > 2) I had a look at Brett's blog posting - looks like the 'x = > Watir::IE.new' format is still supported. If I can get this working > I'd be comfortable using that style rather than the new > 'Watir::Browser.new' style. > > > On Jan 29, 5:40 pm, Al Snow <jasn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Arco, >> >> >>>> x = Watir::IE.new >>>> >> Bret's Blog on Watir >> 1.6.2:http://www.io.com/~wazmo/blog/archives/2008_11.html#000288 >> >> New way to do "Watir::IE.new" is "x = Watir::Browser.new". >> >> Maybe the file's group is wrong. It says "None" in the Pastie. >> >> Cheers, >> Al Snow >> >> On Jan 29, 8:13 pm, Arco <akl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> Hi Al - thanks for your suggestion. >>> I am running Cygwin on XP. >>> I tried running as administrator. (didn't know you could do that!!) >>> I got the same error message as I got when running under my userid. >>> >>> On Jan 29, 5:03 pm, Al Snow <jasn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Arco, >>>> >>>> What OS are you running under? >>>> >>>> I am setting up stuff on Vista (InstantRails and Watir) and found >>>> that most things worked from administrator login, but some did >>>> not work as regular login. Suggest try opening Cygwin window >>>> as administrator by right click on the Cygwin icon >>>> ("Run as administrator") to open the window. >>>> >>>> Good Luck, >>>> Al Snow >>>> >>>> On Jan 29, 7:49 pm, Arco <akl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> What do you mean by a 'regular command prompt'?? (I will try it, once >>>>> I understand what you have in mind!!) I did try using Watir inside of >>>>> a cucumber step but it failed with the same messages I get in irb. >>>>> >>>>> Tiffany - what version of ruby are you using?? I am using: >>>>> a...@ipon ~> ruby -v >>>>> ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i386-cygwin] >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 29, 4:34 pm, Tiffany Fodor <tcfo...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> >>>>>> Just curious.... >>>>>> >>>>>> Have you tried this with a regular command prompt to rule out problems >>>>>> with your Watir/Ruby installation? We've successfully run Watir with >>>>>> Cygwin on XP here, but I don't recall having to do anything special to >>>>>> get it to work. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Tiffany >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 29, 7:55 am, Arco <akl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Sai - Yes I did check the permissions, and searched the newsgroups >>>>>>> for possible solutions. I tried running Watir on different cygwin >>>>>>> platforms w/o success. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Could the bug be tied to a certain version of ruby?? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jan 28, 1:53 am, sai <saidesertrose2...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Not sure how many have tried Watir with Cygwin but your problem seems >>>>>>>> to be a permission one. >>>>>>>> Can you try to change the permission by doing a chmod and check if it >>>>>>>> is working? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Also has anyone faced any problems in using Watir with PowerShell? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> Sai >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jan 27, 6:19 pm, Arco <akl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Watir doesn't work for me. Sadly ironic, for a regression test >>>>>>>>> tool... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Platform: WinXP / Cygwin >>>>>>>>> Ruby: ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i386-cygwin] >>>>>>>>> Watir 1.6.2 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Here's what I do: >>>>>>>>> - gem install watir >>>>>>>>> - irb >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> require 'watir' >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> => true >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> x = Watir::IE.new >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> LoadError: Permission denied - >>>>>>>>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/ >>>>>>>>> lib/watir >>>>>>>>> /win32ole/win32ole.so >>>>>>>>> from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ >>>>>>>>> win32ole/win32ole >>>>>>>>> .so >>>>>>>>> from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: >>>>>>>>> 31:in `requi >>>>>>>>> re' >>>>>>>>> from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ >>>>>>>>> win32ole.rb:5 >>>>>>>>> from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: >>>>>>>>> 31:in `gem_o >>>>>>>>> riginal_require' >>>>>>>>> from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: >>>>>>>>> 31:in `requi >>>>>>>>> re' >>>>>>>>> from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie.rb: >>>>>>>>> 38 >>>>>>>>> from (irb):2 >>>>>>>>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. 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