the exception is caused by the value you are trying to set account["bldgBI"] being nil you can test is by doing this first
puts "oh no - its nil " if account["bldgBI"].nil? ----- Original Message ----- From: Tiffany Fodor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 11:04 am Subject: [Wtr-general] Long, strange field name issue > Hi all! > > I'm using the new Excel interface class to retrieve data from a > spreadsheet for testing our web app. One field on our website is > giving me fits. > > I've verified with IE Developer that the field is Business > Income/Extra Expense/Rental Value_0 > > The line in my script (#126) that writes data to this field looks > like this: > > ie.text_field(:name, "Business Income/Extra Expense/Rental > Value_0").set(account["bldgBI"]) > When my script gets to this point, I get the following error: > > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.5.1.1166/./watir.rb:4054:in > `doKeyPress': undefined method `length' for nil:NilClass > (NoMethodError)from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir- > 1.5.1.1166/./watir.rb:4026:in `set' > from C:/WatirScripts/CreateQuotes.rb:126 > from C:/WatirScripts/CreateQuotes.rb:76:in `each' > from C:/WatirScripts/CreateQuotes.rb:76 > > Does anyone know if my problem is the length of the field name or > if it's because it includes /'s? Is there any way around the problem? > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! > > -Tiffany > _______________________________________________ > 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
