Wish I better news but this issue is also being tracked via
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12933283/watir-file-field-clears-in-ie9-after-setting-the-filepath
On Monday, October 15, 2012 12:22:49 PM UTC-4, Kevin Scott wrote:
>
> When using the below code in an IE8 environment with Ruby 1.8.6 & Watir
> 1.6.5 installed - everything works as designed.
>
> b.file_field(:id,
> 'fileName').set('C:\projects\testcases\booksmart\watir\test_data\2010-01-30-XML3.zip')
>
> b.button(:name, 'upload').click()
>
> When using the same code in an IE9 environment with compatibility mode
> OFF with Ruby 1.9.3 & Watir 3x (I have tried 3.0.0/3.01/3.0.2), there is an
> issue. Basically, here is what I am seeing:
>
> Upon execution of *b.file_field(:id,
> 'fileName').set('C:\projects\testcases\booksmart\watir\test_data\2010-01-30-XML3.zip')
>
> *line of code, the file_field is populated correctly. On click of the
> button -* b.button(:name, 'upload').click()* - the value of file path is
> no longer visible in the file_field. The file is not uploaded.
>
> The above code is fine when compatibility mode is ON.
>
>
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