tuned for specific applications. You have to use different
identification strategies with different applications and different
controls. You all know this, and much of traffic on this list is
really focussed on helping others learn what the best strategies are
for their applications. A truly useful recorder would be tuned to
understand that a tests for a particular application should use names
for text_fields, but identify dropdowns by their prior text. That's my
view.
Thats exactly what i ran into everytime i tried to record any application that i was testing with either or the recorders. Which is why i found this Scott's free solution much better than Marcus's because i have to constantly go in and change the behavior (in recorder's code) of some of the elements to make it record as it should.
Saud
On 3/24/06, saud aziz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was not using WebRecorder, but rather modified version of WatirMaker by Scott. And still do every now and then to capture chunks of code that i can later modify to create more structured and better script. And space(s) never was or is a problem in that tool. It definately has something to do with gmail as i was able to make the script work by making small modification to use "Button" instead of "image" for image buttons per your (Bret) suggestion.
Scott's Original along with my small modification(s) in seperate directory along with code is available from:
http://saudaziz.googlepages.com/WatirMaker.zip
You can test it your yourself whether or not it adds extra spaces.
Also i agree with most here that recorders should have their own mailing list as they have several issues of their own.
Thanks.
On 3/24/06, Bret Pettichord <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:On 3/23/06, Marcus Tettmar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been keeping a close eye on this list but apart from the forms issue,
> which I raised myself, and one posting that brought the spaces thing to my
> attention, I wasn't aware of any extra support issues directly related to
> webrecorder or anything to the effect of "the recorder works, but watir
> doesn't" as you have suggested. Had I seen anything like that I would have
> jumped right in, I can assure you.
On 3/24/06, Marcus Tettmar <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> On 3/24/06, Bret Pettichord < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > We have had many people send problem scripts and the problem was that
> > there were extra spaces. This is the problem you just sent mail about
> > fixing. This was the first i'd heard that this frequently discussed
> > problem was actually a webrecorder bug and not an emailer issue, as
> > had been frequently suggested. I didn't see you jumping in on these
> > problems.
>
> I recall one email about that. I wasn't aware that it was frequently
> discussed. I have been following the list. Someone emailed me about the
> spaces and I looked into it and fixed it. I perhaps should have gone back
> over the list and replied to specific posts. I really am sorry if I missed
> it earlier.
On Mar 15 you said: "My script doesn't have the space in - must have
happened somehow when pasting it into gmail."
On Mar 10, Tanushree reported a script with an extra space in it. He
was using the web recorder. Zeljko responded to his email pointing out
this problem. I did not see you "jump right in."
On Feb 23, Saud Aziz had a problem with extra spaces in his script. It
was also blamed on gmail. It's not clear whether he was using the
WebRecorder.
After reviewing the email records, it occurs to me that there is
actually a possibility that there are two extra space bugs -- one in
gmail and one in WebRecorder. On the other hand, i don't recall seeing
this extra space problem show up on this list at all before
WebRecorder was released. I really don't know.
It would have been of service to the open-source community that is
supporting your commercial product to if you had acknowledged your
extra-space bug when you became aware of it. It would also be helpful
if you would help us understand the degree to which this common
problem has been due to the WebRecorder.
Bret
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