You'd need to modify the wait method. Bret
Darin Duphorn wrote: > Brett, > > Within this synchronization, is there a way to handle issues where the > page doesn't fully load? (insert a page refresh after a certain time?) > > We have a situation where if a separate browser maybe opened in IE 7.0 > and the automation is running on the an active browser the page doesn't > fully load and the automation hangs. We have to click refresh the page > and then the automation continues. > > When I run a full regression, I do close all browsers before starting, > and I don't run it the issue, but when we build the test it can be a > pain. > > > Thanks, > > Darin > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [wtr-general] Re: Synchronization Points > > > Watir has built in synchronization. Most Watir methods will not return > until the page has finished loading. This is invisible and automatic and > > handles 95% of the synchronization needs of Web Apps. > > When Watir was first released, there were browser drivers in several > different languages. The most popular was Samie, in Perl. But Watir was > the first to include this automatic synchronization mechanism. I suspect > > that this was key to its success. Because it is invisible and automatic, > > most people don't give it much thought. > > A little history lesson for you. > > Bret > > > [email protected] wrote: > >> In comercial tools, like QuickTest Pro, there are API for >> synchronization points. >> You may wait for a certain time while the page is downloded before >> performing any operations on it. >> The API ranges from simple wait() to more sophisticated functions >> waiting for specific object properties. >> >> Do we have analogs for synchronization points in Watir? >> Do we need to create a loop checking if the web page contains some >> text to guarantee it downloaded? >> >> So far I did not insert any synchronization points in the scripts and >> everything worked fine. >> >> >> > > > -- Bret Pettichord CTO, WatirCraft LLC, www.watircraft.com Lead Developer, Watir, www.watir.com Blog, www.io.com/~wazmo/blog Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord Watir Training: Portland/Beaverton April 16-17 www.watircraft.com/training --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
