Ok, I just ran the installer ( versions .15 & .14 ) and after I've
gotten Ruby installed, when I run the watir installer ( install.rb )
it says it can't find Fox
Any ideas? I'm running XP.
j.
On 8/3/05, Jeff Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ... will the new dialog functionality replace the AutoIT stuff as well ?
>
> On 8/3/05, Bret Pettichord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Another complication of this is that some frame properties are not
> > accessible from the frame itself, but rather from its container. This is
> > because, internally, there is a Frame element and a Window element referred
> > to by the frame and contained in the Frames array. To see what i mean, look
> > at what i recently had to do to allow Frames to be accessed by id instead
> > of name -- kinda hairy.
> >
> > The design principle with Watir is that we try to make Watir be intuitive,
> > even if that means our code isn't a simple mapping to the OLE objects.
> >
>
> I fully agree with that, if all I wanted was access to the COM stuff,
> I could do that without WATiR.
>
> > Ultimately, i think we need to start taking a more experimental approach.
> > We need to be able to release an implementation and discuss it and modify
> > it, *before* we commit to supporting it.
>
> So, where/how is the repository ( SCM ) run now?
>
> I mean, if this is an experimentation thing, we need to get setup to
> go and pull source to try the experimental version, and leave the
> "release" version for the people that don't want to play with new
> features that will most likely change before release.
>
> > Right now i am working on new dialog support code. I think everyone will
> > like both the new API and the new functionality that will come with it. If
> > so, we then face what to do with the old WinClicker and WindowHandler code,
> > which i would like to deprecate.
>
> So, does this new functionality replace the AutoIT stuff or does it
> wrap it ... or what ???
>
> > Bret
> >
> > At 10:27 AM 8/3/2005, Paul Rogers wrote:
> > >ah, good point. Should it perhaps only iterate the top level frames?
> > >
> > >and if you wanted lower level frames, you would apply an iterator to that
> > >frame. Seems like this way would save me work;-) But probably be less
> > >intuiitive.
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Bret Pettichord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2005 2:35 am
> > >Subject: RE: [Wtr-general] I have a couple of questions...
> > >
> > > > At 10:33 PM 8/2/2005, Paul Rogers wrote:
> > > > >I want to add a frame iterator object as soon as I get the chance:
> > > > >
> > > > >Ie.frames.each {|f| .... }
> > > > >
> > > > >When that's, there, it would be simple for you to add your 'click
> > > > a link
> > > > >in any frame' method. It wont be this release though.
> > > > >
> > > > >Paul
> > > >
> > > > This will be harder than the other iterators because frame
> > > > collections can
> > > > be nested. If you only search document.frames[], you won't
> > > > actually
> > > > traverse all of the frames.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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>
> I'm MORE than happy to help with coding as well. I'm not familiar with
> how things normally work with RubyForge projects ( or at the general
> open source level either ) ... I've mostly worked in closed source
> environments...
>
> But, I'd be GLAD to help make the current Best-In-Class solution the
> Best Solution Possible.
>
> j.
>
> --
> "So long, and thanks for all the fish"
>
> Jeff Wood
>
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