This did not work for me as my webpage has J__LDESC(the textarea in question) as the required field and so, on clicking submit button, I get the error message to fill in the field. Any other suggestions? Suman try using the value method: @ie.text_field(:name, ..).value='some text' the set method fires all appropriate evens, and generally obeys what the web page is doing ( ie not letting you enter something that is hidden) but value= will get round that Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Suman Goel To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org <http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:17 PM Subject: [Wtr-general] how to populate hidden text area? My webpage has the following code: <textarea name="J__LDESC" style="visibility:hidden">(NULL)</textarea> My watir test has the following code: @ie.text_field(:name, "J__LDESC").set("some text") I am getting the following error: 1) Error: test_MemSlot(TestMemSlot): WIN32OLERuntimeError: focus OLE error code:800A083E in htmlfile Can't move focus to the control because it is invisible, not enabled, or of a type that does not accept the focus. HRESULT error code:0x80020009 Exception occurred. C:/ruby1.8.5/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:3399:in `method_missing' C:/ruby1.8.5/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/watir.rb:3399:in `set' C:/workspace/yhj_slot/test/tc_MemSlot.rb:43:in `test_MemSlot' Could someone help me in resolving this issue? Thanks
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