If Titus's suggestion doesn't sort it it's worth checking to see if line
breaks are getting handled properly and that the encoding is handled properly.
Found a random link:
https://forums.asp.net/t/1456447.aspx?how+to+convert+line+breaks+r+n+to+excel+alt+enter+after+exporting+from+mssql+to+excel+csv
When you're cutting and pasting between excel and the browser there's some
level of converting that can happen automatically. That may be why it only
works when you do it manually.
And encoding's always important. Ideally, the string that you're pasting should
be read in using the correct encoding and pasted as a UTF-8 string, which is
the default for Ruby. Probably not the issue here but it's worth checking if
you haven't already.
At one point a long time ago I ran into a driver-specific bug related to
setting a text field with a multiline string. That bug's long gone. But if the
more obvious things to try aren't helping then it might be worth trying a quick
test with another browser/driver.
On Sunday, October 14, 2018, 5:56:48 PM PDT, Sharat Oommen
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
I have been facing this issue with watir where i havent been able to copy a
particular dataset into a text box effectively. Usually most websites support
excel sheet upload but in this particular case i have to copy paste the data
set into a textbox directly. It works fine when i manually do it however while
trying to automate it with watir i am finding eratic behaviour/ i tried to use
a combination of /t and /n in the string set passed to the textox but it still
doesnt help. Any help wrt this regard would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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