Currently, I am facing this issue too. But I have been running the same version of Watir (3.0.0) since the past 1 year but never encountered this. But now I can see this on all the installations of IE-9. Is there any workaround for the same?
On Wednesday, 24 October 2012 20:08:16 UTC+5:30, Kevin Scott wrote: > > 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. >> >> -- -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
