if you have the professional version of acrobat, not the downloadable reader, you can use ole to access it
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/iac_developer_guide.pdf I havent read through to see if its possible to extract the text though ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <wtr-general@rubyforge.org> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Can Watir do - verify the file opened in PDF or Excelfrom? > excel and word should be easy enough - watir doesnt do it directly, but > there are plenty of posts out there to guide you through using the ole > interface into word/excel from Ruby > > I dont know how you would do it for pdf though > > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kui Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <wtr-general@rubyforge.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:25 PM > Subject: [Wtr-general] Can Watir do - verify the file opened in PDF or > Excelfrom? > > >> Hello Watir exporters, >> >> I am using selenium RC testing tool writing in JAVA to automate the test >> cases. I can automate everything in web browser. But the web application >> does file download or open file in Acrobat Reader, Word or Excel. Once >> the no web Download file window is open, or view file open in Word/Excel, >> I could not using selenium to do anything with the files or windows. I >> need to do the followings with these windows: >> >> Enter the file name to download and click OK >> >> Make sure the PDF window is open, verify text in the PDF file, and close >> the file >> >> Make sure the Excel window is open, verify data in the worksheet, and >> close the file >> >> Can Watir handle these cases? >> >> Thank you for your help! >> Kui >> _______________________________________________ >> Wtr-general mailing list >> Wtr-general@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-general mailing list > Wtr-general@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
