You can use sleep, but I'd highly recommend avoiding it where possible. Why? It's hard coded and it's error prone. wait_until polls every half second which means you'll get there faster possibly and then has a timeout in case you can also extend if you need to. sleep is best avoided in scripts.
-Charley On 9/18/06, Jason Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Actually, I used "sleep 5" and it worked fine. Thanks all. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > -Jason > > > Jason L. Alexander » Chief Technology Officer » > > Telligent Systems, Inc. » http://telligent.com » w: 214.420.1333 » > http://JasonA.net > > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jason Alexander > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Wtr-general] Delays and Pauses > > > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > Quick question, what is the best way to pause your scripts? For example, I > have an order page that takes a few seconds to go out and hit the merchant > gateway and authorize the charge. Unfortunately, my tests around that seem > to fail because it takes so long. > > > > What is the best way to pause the script a few seconds while waiting on the > page to finish processing? > > > > Should I set $ie.sleeptime high before hitting the submit button, and then > setting it back afterwards (what's the default value?)? > > > > > > Thanks, > > -Jason > > > Jason L. Alexander » Chief Technology Officer » > > Telligent Systems, Inc. » http://telligent.com » w: 214.420.1333 » > http://JasonA.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > > _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
