Hello,
Got it! :-)
changed the id: and it works.
@browser.file_field(:id, "file_attachment_attachment")
Thank you all again for your help.
Joe
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Joe Fleck <joeflec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you all for helping. I really appreciate it.
>
> I believe the file path is correct now because the error message I am now
> getting has changed.
>
> Code:
> #Attach file
> @browser.file_field(:id,
> "the_file").set("/Users/josephfleck/Documents/DownloadDocs/DataFile.xls")
>
> It doesn't object name i am giving it. Do I need to use something else
> like the actual object name of the text field?
>
>
> /Users/josephfleck/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-webdriver-0.3.4/lib/watir-webdriver/elements/element.rb:248:in
> `assert_exists': unable to locate element, using {:type=>"file",
> :tag_name=>"input", :id=>"the_file"}
> (Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException)
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-webdriver-0.3.4/lib/watir-webdriver/elements/file_field.rb:23:in
> `value='
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-webdriver-0.3.4/lib/watir-webdriver/elements/file_field.rb:14:in
> `set'
> from ./common/helper_methods.rb:182:in `share_documents'
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/Sites/within3/qa_automation/discussion/add_multiple_discussion.rb:159
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fastercsv-1.5.4/lib/faster_csv.rb:696:in
> `each'
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fastercsv-1.5.4/lib/faster_csv.rb:696:in
> `each'
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/Sites/within3/qa_automation/discussion/add_multiple_discussion.rb:38
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Joe DiMauro <joe...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Another thing I noticed. Due to the path ending with
>> \criptDataFile.xls
>>
>> It appers that the backslash followed by the two characters "cr"
>> is being interpeted as a Carridge Return. You can see this
>> in the error message:
>>
>> No such file or directory - Users/josephfleck/Documents/Download
>> Docs/ iptDataFile.xls (Errno::ENOENT)
>> ^
>> Notice the space instead of the characters"cr" indicating
>> that \cr was interpreted as a Carriage Return, not the first
>> two characters in the file name "criptDataFile.xls"
>>
>>
>> So try all these:
>> 1. Use a full pathname, not a relative path (as previously mentioned)
>> Unless Ruby is running with the Root level of your Mac as it
>> working
>> directory, (which I'm pretty sure its not), then the Users
>> directory will not be a valid relative path.)
>>
>> 2. Remove the backslashes. They are not necessary on Mac/Linus OS,
>> (as previously mentioned), and may cause issues (e.g. \cr)
>>
>> 3. Always a good idea (as previously mentioned), to upgrade to the
>> latest version of the gems, (and Ruby if possible)
>>
>> If you are also running safariWatir you may not be able to upgrade
>> to Ruby 1.9.x. I don't recall if safariWatir supports 1.9.x yet.
>>
>> 4. The space in the directory name should not be an issue, since the
>> full path is quoted, but whenever possible using directory
>> and file names without spaces is always safer.
>>
>>
>> Joe DiMauro
>>
>>
>> On Oct 17, 4:42 pm, Chuck van der Linden <sqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > or escape the space with a backslash? same as you are doing for the
>> > slashes? (but Michael's solution of using double-quotes might be even
>> > easier)
>> >
>> > On Oct 17, 1:50 pm, Željko Filipin <zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Joe Fleck <joeflec...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > > > No such file or directory - Users/josephfleck/Documents/Download
>> Docs/
>> >
>> > > iptDataFile.xls
>> >
>> > > Try putting the file in a folder that has no spaces, something
>> > > like Users/josephfleck
>> >
>> > > Željko
>>
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