My recollection is that this requires an earlier version of 1.8.7 before they switched compilers. I'll track this down further.
Bret On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Charley Baker <charley.ba...@gmail.com>wrote: > The only thing that might not work is the IE modal dialog support, > since we've tied into a custom version of win32ole.so, which I've > recompiled from version to version. At this point, it's similar in > nasty scope to recompiling jssh, and worthy of a better solution. > Jarmo, does RAutomation support IE modals? If so, we should replace > the current hacks with that. > > > Charley Baker > Lead Developer, Watir, http://watir.com > > > > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Tim Koopmans <tim.ko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Simple instructions for Windows would look like this: > > > > = Installation > > > > == Download and Install Ruby > > Download and install Ruby 1.8.7-p330 using the default settings from: > > > http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/73719/rubyinstaller-1.8.7-p330.exe > > > > == Check Version of RubyGems > > From a command prompt confirm which version of rubygems are installed: > > C:\>gem -v > > 1.3.7 > > > > Update rubygems if required: > > C:\>gem update > > Updating installed gems > > Nothing to update > > > > == [Optional] Installing Behind Authenticating Proxy > > If installing behind an authenticating proxy, first set the HTTP_PROXY > > environment variable: > > set HTTP_PROXY=http://username:passw...@your.proxy.com:80 > > > > == Installing Watir 1.7.0 > > Install watir: > > C:\>gem install watir > > > > [Optional] You can install watir without RDoc and RI (slightly quicker) > as > > follows: > > C:\>gem install watir --no-ri --no-rdoc > > > > == Quick Shakeout Using IRB > > C:\>irb > > require 'rubygems' > > require 'watir' > > browser = Watir::Browser.new > > browser.goto("http://bit.ly/watir-example";) > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Tim > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Jarmo <jarm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> 1.8.7 should be really okay and we should even recommend it although > >> there's not any big differences between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7 if i'm not > mistaken. > >> Jarmo > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Tim Koopmans <tim.ko...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I think we should change this, given 1.8.6-26 recommended on the > install > >>> instructions doesn't even have latesst version of rubygems which can > cause > >>> confusion straight away. > >>> > >>> 1.8.7 seems to work well. Happy to document the steps on a work > computer > >>> tomorrow .. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Tim > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Bret Pettichord <b...@pettichord.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I know a lot of us are using Ruby 1.8.7, but our website still says we > >>>> recommend Ruby 1.8.6. > >>>> > >>>> Are their known issues that affect some users on 1.8.7 or can we > update > >>>> the install instructions? > >>>> > >>>> Bret > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Bret Pettichord > >>>> Director, Watir Project, www.watir.com > >>>> > >>>> Blog, www.testingwithvision.com > >>>> Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Wtr-development mailing list > >>>> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > >>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wtr-development mailing list > >>> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wtr-development mailing list > >> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wtr-development mailing list > > Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > -- Bret Pettichord Director, Watir Project, www.watir.com Blog, www.testingwithvision.com Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord
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