Hi Ethan, In my tests, that I run with WatiN (.Net version of watir), I also check for the readyState "interactive" and haven't experienced any problems (using it with a lager test suite). But the check is not in the official code so I don't know if it would work for "everybody".
Hth, Jeroen On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Ethan <[email protected]> wrote: > Watir::IE#wait checks that @ie.readyState == READYSTATE_COMPLETE, where > READYSTATE_COMPLETE is 4. > > I'm running into issues where, after completing a file download, > @ie.readyState is 3. > > The relevant documentation for this property seems to be at > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms534361%28VS.85%29.aspx (although > I do not known precisely whan an "OBJECT" is in this context, it seems to > apply to the @ie object). > > aside: that is not to be confused with the readyState property of a > document, which is slightly different and is documented here: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms534359%28VS.85%29.aspx > the readyState of the document is "complete" in this case, despite the > readyState of the browser being 3 which corresponds to "interactive". > > Since a readyState of 3 means "User can interact with the object even > though it is not fully loaded.", should that not be a valid state for Watir > to consider the browser to be ready? > > I'm not sure why that description applies to the browser after a file > download completes - maybe it shouldn't? maybe it's an IE bug? > But, it does seem to me that that description describes a state where it > should be ready for Watir to interact with it, so perhaps that check should > be changed to @ie.readyState >= 3. > Likewise, maybe the checks for the document's readyState (and that of all > its frames) should be changed to check if it is either "complete" or > "interactive"? Although I have not seen the 'interactive' state come up in > my own experience. > > -Ethan > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > >
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