i have same problem
ruby 1.8.7/win7/ie9
i try to investigate
in element.rb
206 begin
207 @original_color ||= style.backgroundColor
208 style.backgroundColor = @container.activeObjectHighLightColor
209 rescue
210 @original_color = nil
211 end
when i comment line 209 and 210
result
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/element.rb:208:in
`method_missing': (WIN32OLERuntimeError)
OLE error code:0 in <Unknown>
<No Description>
HRESULT error code:0x80020003
Member not found.
from
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/element.rb:208:in
`highlight'
from
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/input_elements.rb:370:in
`set'
from test_hightlit.rb:9
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