NB: winclicker was a "quick" fix.
Charley Baker Lead Developer, Watir, http://watir.com On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Jarmo <jarm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, when thinking in terms of WinClicker then if i'm not mistaken > then that has been already discussed in mailing list that this should > be deprecated eventually in Watir. Of course it has been just a > thought so far. I think that the quick fix is a good idea for now, > just to make it work with 1.8.7 :) > > Jarmo > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Hugh McGowan <colinsda...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > The problem I saw was that Ruby 1.8.7 throws a SEGV with the existing > > winclicker - 1.8.6 with the same bundle of gems worked fine. I did a > quick > > test using FFI and it seemed to correct the problem. > > > > I was thinking of fixing this issue by implementing the existing > > functionality of WinClicker in FFI. These both look like fine tools, but > are > > a little more ambitious than what I'm trying to solve :). > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Thanks! > > Hugh > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Jarmo <jarm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Yes, i created RAutomation (https://github.com/jarmo/rautomation) > >> which uses also FFI, why not give it a try? Let me know if anything is > >> missing (FFI adapter is the most advanced one currently due to outside > >> contributions). > >> > >> Jarmo > >> > >> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 2:49 AM, Ethan <notet...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I'd encourage the use of the WinWindow library (being quite biased, > >> > admittedly, having written it). It was written to replace winclicker, > >> > and do > >> > things winclicker couldn't, and sounds very much in line with the work > >> > you're describing. > >> > http://winwindow.vapir.org/ > >> > Also jarmo has done some other work along related lines with the idea > of > >> > replacing AutoIt, I believe. > >> > > >> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 18:33, Bret Pettichord <b...@pettichord.com> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I'm writing about some work that Hugh McGowan has been working on > this > >> >> week. We are trying to move Convio's testing framework from Ruby > 1.8.6 > >> >> to > >> >> Ruby 1.8.7 because 1.8.6 is getting harder and harder to support. > >> >> > >> >> He's had to do two things for this. > >> >> > >> >> 1. Repatch and recompile win32ole -- this is needed for the showModal > >> >> dialog support. > >> >> 2. Rewrite the winclicker code. His rewrite uses FFI and I've been > >> >> encouraging him to go wild and create a new class to do this with a > >> >> more > >> >> intuitive interface. > >> >> > >> >> I'm hoping he will share more about this work that he is doing to get > >> >> comments on it. > >> >> > >> >> 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 >
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