Actually, I had a inscrutable error message from the WIN32OLE/AutoIT
axis that I couldn't figure out.

I was only able to capture the msg. when running the AutoIt script in
the Perl controller.

-C

On 10/20/05, Jeff Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, the problem is that you didn't tell AutoIT WHICH window to
> send the RETURN to ...
>
> If you look at the documentation and the unit tests that are included
> with Watir, you will see proper usage for AutoIT.
>
> j.
>
> On 10/20/05, Chris McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi...
> >     I definitely have some sort of WIN32OLE vs AutoIt problem.  I
> > broke out the Perl controller to capture that particular error
> > message.
> >     I gave up on AutoIt, I'm using Perl Win32::GuiTest and perl
> > system(1,ruby.exe) for a controller.  It's easy, it's bulletproof, and
> > it works.
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Chris McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Oct 20, 2005 11:58 AM
> > Subject: painfully stupid AutoIT question
> > To: [email protected]
> >
> >
> > This should work, right?
> >
> > #########################################
> >         popup_thread = Thread.new {
> >         puts "entering popup thread"
> >         sleep 1
> >         @autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control')
> >         @autoit.WinWait "", ""
> >         @autoit.Send "{ENTER}"
> >        puts Time.now
> >         }
> >
> > puts "clicking link"
> > puts Time.now
> > @ie.link(:id,"peskyPopupLink").click
> >
> > popup_thread.join #JUST IN CASE
> > #######################################
> >
> > popup_thread starts, returning control to the calling script
> > Watir clicks peskyPopupLink
> > popup_thread sleeps 1 second, cranks up AutoIt, attaches to top
> > window, and hits the default button.
> >
> > But I don't think popup_thread ever completes.  Output from this script is
> >
> > Started
> > entering popup thread
> > clicking link
> > Thu Oct 20 11:53:51 Central Daylight Time 2005
> >
> > leading me to believe that the "puts Time.now" in popup_thread is
> > never executed.  Any suggestions as to what I've done wrong are
> > welcome...
> > -Chris
> >
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