I saw the form method being used in the form_test.rb unittest, but
didn't see how Watir::Form fit in. I see the light! :-)
Thanks, I appreciate your help
On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:51:04 -0600
Paul Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> If your html looks like this:
> <form name=abc1 method=post action =/do/something>
> <input type=text name = the_text_field>
> </form>
>
> you would use a form like this:
>
> ie.form(:name , 'abc1').text_field(:name , 'the_text_field').set
> ('567')
>
> There are more examples in the form_test.rb unit tests
>
>
> what happens is the form method of ie creates the form object you are
> talking about, so you dont really need to worry about creating it
> yourself
>
> Paul
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Warren Pollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2005 1:13 pm
> Subject: [Wtr-general] Watir::Form questions
>
> > I would like to be able to use form objects in my tests, but have
> > become confused - as the questions below will no doubt illustrate.
> > I have some tests that I've written in perl using www::mechanize
> > that I
> > would like to port to ruby.
> >
> > The Watir api docs (rdoc) show the following for Class Watir::Form:
> >
> > Form Factory object
> >
> > * ieController - an instance of an IEController
> > * how - symbol - how we access the form
> > (:name, :id, :index, :action, :method)
> > * what - what we use to access the form
> >
> > 1. what is "IEController"? is this a part of the watir
> > distribution? 2. the first argument passed to initialize is
> > "container" - what is this?
> > 3. the watir unittests don't use Watir::Form, the formtest calls
> > ie.form. what's the connection between the two? how are a
> > Watir::Formobject and the object returned by ie.form related?
> >
> > A simple example of the use of Watir::Form would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Warren
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