Are there 2 colons in the browser call

browser  = Watir::Browser.new(:chrome, :switches => %w[--start-
maximized] )

Do you see in the log stream?
Started ChromeDriver
port=28999
version=22.0.1203.0b





On May 3, 11:59 am, Anne <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm installing ruby/watir/watir-webdriver on a new machine with the hopes
> of updating my existing automation to run on ie, ff, chrome, and opera.
> I have ie and ff working and am struggling with getting chrome working.
>
> I downloaded chromedriver and put it in the ruby/bin directory.  When I try
> to open chrome using irb, I get...
>
>      C:\Ruby>irb
>      DL is deprecated, please use Fiddle
>      irb(main):001:0> require "watir-webdriver"
>      => true
>      irb(main):002:0> browser = Watir::Browser.new :chrome
>      ChildProcess::LaunchError: Unknown error (Windows says "The operation
> completed successfully.", but it did not.)
>         from
> C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/childprocess-0.3.9/lib/childproces 
> s/windows/process_builder.rb:87:in
> `create_process'
>         from
> C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/childprocess-0.3.9/lib/childproces 
> s/windows/process_builder.rb:34:in
> `start'
>         from
> C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/childprocess-0.3.9/lib/childproces 
> s/windows/process.rb:63:in
> `launch_process'
>         from
> C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/childprocess-0.3.9/lib/childproces 
> s/abstract_process.rb:72:in
> `start'
>         from
> C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.32.1/lib/sele 
> nium/webdriver/chrome/service.rb:47:in
> `start'
>         from
> C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.32.1/lib/sele 
> nium/webdriver/chrome/bridge.rb:15:in
> `initialize'
>         from
> C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.32.1/lib/sele 
> nium/webdriver/common/driver.rb:37:in
> `new'
>         from
> C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.32.1/lib/sele 
> nium/webdriver/common/driver.rb:37:in
> `for'
>         from
> C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.32.1/lib/sele 
> nium/webdriver.rb:67:in
> `for'
>         from
> C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/watir-webdriver-0.6.4/lib/watir-we 
> bdriver/browser.rb:46:in
> `initialize'
>         from (irb):2:in `new'
>         from (irb):2
>         from C:/Ruby/Ruby200/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
> irb(main):003:0>
>
> I've searched for this error message but the only thing I've found are
> comments stating that there could be an error in chromedriver.  Chrome
> never comes up.
>
> The version of chromedriver I downloaded is: chromedriver_win_26.0.1383.0
> because I read somewhere that chromedriver2_win32_0.8.zip
> <http://code.google.com/p/chromedriver/downloads/detail?name=chromedri...>wasn't
> ready.
>
> This is a list of the gems I have installed:
>      C:\Ruby>gem list
>      *** LOCAL GEMS ***
>      bigdecimal (1.2.0)
>      builder (3.2.0)
>      childprocess (0.3.9)
>      commonwatir (4.0.0)
>      ffi (1.8.1 x86-mingw32)
>      hoe (3.6.0)
>      io-console (0.4.2)
>      json (1.7.7)
>      mini_magick (3.5.0)
>      mini_portile (0.5.0)
>      minitest (4.3.2)
>      multi_json (1.7.2)
>      nokogiri (1.5.9 x86-ming
>      psych (2.0.0)
>      rake (0.9.6)
>      rautomation (0.9.1)
>      rdoc (4.0.0)
>      rubygems-update (2.0.3)
>      rubyzip (0.9.9)
>      s4t-utils (1.0.4)
>      selenium-webdriver (2.32
>      subexec (0.2.3)
>      test-unit (2.0.0.0)
>      user-choices (1.1.6.1)
>      watir (4.0.2 x86-mingw32
>      watir-classic (3.6.0)
>      watir-webdriver (0.6.4)
>      websocket (1.0.7)
>      win32-api (1.4.8 x86-min
>      win32-process (0.7.2)
>      win32screenshot (1.0.8)
>      windows-api (0.4.2)
>      windows-pr (1.2.2)
>      xml-simple (1.1.2)
>
> Anyone have any idea what I'm missing?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Anne

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