Apologies, that code just demonstrates that xpath isn't working right. I was trying to use .exists? in my code, but the example just is to demonstrate that the xpath doesn't work at all. If you try to do .exists? on a form element using xpath, it fails the same way.
--Kevin On Mar 5, 3:48 pm, Kevin White <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is a piece of code that doesn't work in FireWatir 1.6.2: > > require 'watir' > > Watir::Browser.default = 'firefox' > browser = Watir::Browser.new > > browser.goto("http://www.google.com";) > > searchform = browser.form(:xpath, "//fo...@name='f']") > > puts "Searchform is #{searchform.to_s}" > > You will get this output: > > >ruby firewatirbug.rb > > C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > MozillaBaseElement.rb:1403:in `method_missing': stack level too deep > (SystemStackError) > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > htmlelements.rb:75:in `locate' > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > MozillaBaseElement.rb:1012:in `exists?' > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > MozillaBaseElement.rb:965:in `assert_exists' > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > MozillaBaseElement.rb:1403:in `method_missing' > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > htmlelements.rb:75:in `locate' > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > MozillaBaseElement.rb:1012:in `exists?' > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > MozillaBaseElement.rb:965:in `assert_exists' > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > MozillaBaseElement.rb:1403:in `method_missing' > ... 9453 levels... > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > MozillaBaseElement.rb:1012:in `exists?' > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > MozillaBaseElement.rb:965:in `assert_exists' > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/lib/firewatir/ > MozillaBaseElement.rb:1097:in `to_s' > from firewatirbug.rb:10 > > Now, I found something on the net that says that this bug was fixed > way back in 2007: > > http://code.google.com/p/firewatir/issues/detail?id=36 > > So is it fixed, did it recur, is my installation broken, ??? > > I've coded around it using element.attribute_value() but I really > wanted to use the xpath instead. > > --Kevin White --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
