Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com

2012-12-07 Thread TommyW
Ok, so I'm down to just seeking the answer which, for me at this time, is the best teacher. So go to quibids.com, click one of the items on auction. See the Bidding History table? I'm trying to get the value, programatically, of the first name in the list. I used the following:

Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com

2012-12-06 Thread TommyW
Thanks for the info, Zeljko. That's going to take some studying to understand. one more question and might be a simple answer but after spending a few hours looking for code example I found nothing. How do I simiply examine the value of a certain element? For example, on the quibid home

Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com

2012-12-06 Thread Željko Filipin
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:25 PM, TommyW tommy6206...@yahoo.com wrote: How do I simiply examine the value of a certain element? You need an inspector tool. Most browsers have one build in. Right click an element and select inspect element in context menu that appears. Željko -- Before

Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com

2012-12-06 Thread TommyW
yes, I use the IE inspector tool but how do you do that in Watir programatically. I'm thinking it's something like: b.text_field(:id,abcedf).value? that's where I'm stuck. :) On Thursday, December 6, 2012 2:41:10 PM UTC-6, Željko Filipin wrote: On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:25 PM, TommyW

[wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com

2012-12-04 Thread TommyW
I've tried for a couple hours trying to find the right combination of: browser.button(:id, 929940484).click to click the button on the Quibids.com item-specific page but have had zero luck. It keeps giving Unable to Locate Element error. I have also tried :value of Bid Now and a countless

Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com

2012-12-04 Thread Eric Mathiesen
Hi Tommy, I need you to be a bit more specific in order to help you, What Bid now are you trying to click. On the main entry page there are at least 5 Bid Now buttons, are you trying to click on the first element or what? IE Developer tools lists the first Bid Now as div class=271302023

Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com

2012-12-04 Thread Željko Filipin
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 10:30 PM, TommyW tommy6206...@yahoo.com wrote: browser.button(:id, 929940484).click Looks like relevant HTML is: a href=# class=buttons bid medium orangeBid Now/a You should be able to click it with: browser.a(:text = Bid Now).click By the way, that will click the