Brett: If you believe the win32ole.so fix is simple, please please fix the core code so we don't have to hack watir every time a new release comes out. I'm running the Watir on multiple machines and there is a big overhead to editing the code directly in the field.
Also please fix the modal dialog errors, which are documented here. http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general/browse_frm/thread/70eb6f6d6c865d64 The fix is trivial - just append "unless RUBY_PLATFORM = 'i386- cygwin'" to a couple of lines. Cygwin is an important platform and I know that others will benefit - just this evening I was corresponding with 2 other cygwin users that have been hit by the same bugs... Thanks! On Jan 29, 8:10 pm, Bret Pettichord <b...@pettichord.com> wrote: > 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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