Windows 7
Internet Explorer 8
Ruby 1.8.6
Watir 1.6.5
The attach and find methods CANNOT find an IE instance that was opened
via clicking a link from another instance of IE started using “Run as
Administrator” or from a Run as Administrator command prompt run water
script.
Here’s a simple script that demonstrates success if run as non-admin
and failure if run as admin
require 'rubygems'
require 'watir'
ie = Watir::IE.start("http://www.quackit.com/html/codes/
html_open_link_in_new_window.cfm")
ie.link(:text,"HTML Help").click
ie2 = Watir::IE.attach(:title,/Help/)
#ie2 = Watir::IE.find(:title,/Help/)
if ie2==nil
print "ie2 nil"
else
print "ie2 not nil"
end
These methods both work however on finding a window opened via admin
or non-admin as long as it is the first window. Here’s a script
demonstrating success for both admin and non-admin
require 'rubygems'
require 'watir'
ie = Watir::IE.start("google.com")
ie2 = Watir::IE.attach(:title,/Google/)
#ie2 = Watir::IE.find(:title,/Google/)
if ie2==nil
print "ie2 nil"
else
print "ie2 not nil"
end
Has anyone run into this issue and have a solution?
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