> Given the conclusion about how IE's navigate method is flawed means that > the authentication in Win32::IE::Mechanize is also broken for pages that > contain elements that are protected by authentication.
This is not true. Mechanize authenticates fine-- Mech itself is a useragent and has nothing to do with IE. (I've got Mechanize scripts that authenticate nicely automatically every night.) The issue seems to be how Watir goes about instructing IE to handle pages protected by Basic Auth. Or else the issue is how IE does or does not handle Auth requests from drivers (NOT useragents) like Watir. I lean toward the bug-in-IE theory, but I don't have proof to back that up. Crank up a proxy like tcptrace and watch the traffic for some of these transactions. BTW, I prefer Win32::GuiTest to AutoIT, but I usually just avoid dealing with popups at all if I can help it. -Chris _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
