[Wtr-general] Working with JavaScripts

I am looking at your unittests example jscript_test.rb and can't figure out what check_dialog refers to?:   check_dialog('jscriptExtraAlert', /Alert OK/){ $ie.button(:id, 'btnAlert').click }   In my application, I am trying to figure out how to click on the image "/image/icon_open.gif"

[Wtr-general] Working with JavaScripts

Thanks, Shao.  Your suggestion:   irb(main):007:0> ie.frame("main").frame(:name,"context_bar").image(:src, /icon_open.gif/).fire_event("onmouseover")    works great!   Now I know what to do with images. ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr

[Wtr-general] Use of Wildcard?

Instead of doing this:   ie.frame(:name, "portfolioTreeContent").frame(:name, "treeframe1120166572909").getHTML   How can I do this:   ie.frame(:name, "portfolioTreeContent").frame(:name, "treeframe*").getHTML   I want to put a wildcard in the last part of the "treeframe" name where

[Wtr-general] Use of WildCard?

Thanks for your suggestion, Bret.  I did try it and got this:   irb(main):050:0> ie.frame(:name, "portfolioTreeContent").frame(:name, /^treeframe/).html Watir::Exception::UnknownFrameException: Unable to locate a frame with name (?-m ix:^treeframe)     from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ru

[Wtr-general] Use of WildCard?

Thanks, Shao. It didn't work either.   However, I was just informed by Jonathan that:   "That is a bug that Bret identified in Watir. Frames are not found using regexps like other objects. I hope that will be fixed in the next release."   I am wondering if there is a way I can do th

[Wtr-general] Use of WildCard?

Hi Bret,  Per your response: "Yes, i see.This is a bug in watir. We don't support regexps with frames, but we should."    Would you mind telling me if this feature will be in the next release?And when would that be? J We have a lot of frames that will need regexps to get to the information.

[Wtr-general] Extract/Parse String?

How do I extract "treeframe1120266500902" from this String class and stored it in a variable to be used later in a Watir command?       irb(main):205:0> puts c * border=0 name=sidebar_header marginWidth=0 marginHe ight=0 src=""> amp;showHelp=true&common.sessionId=sGCq3td6d5iQGx94y

[Wtr-general] Extract/Parse String?

Thanks, Atilla for your suggestion. It turns out there is a simpler way to get what I need and it works just great ( for me: regular _expression_ is worth learning J) c = c[/treeframe\d+/] ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge

[Wtr-general] Use of WildCard?

Thanks, Bret.  I appreciate it! ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general

[Wtr-general] Choosing right attribute?

I can't seem to be able to find the right attribute to click on.  I want to click on the Export icon (image).  This should work, but I got an error Another pair of eyes to look at this would really be appreciated: irb(main):030:0> ie.frame("main").frame("header").image(:src, /icon_export_

[Wtr-general] RE: Choosing right attribute?

Sorry, I made a typo, but it still didn’t work even with the right syntax: irb(main):035:0> ie.frame("main").frame("header").image(:src, /icon_export.gif/) .click Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate object, using src and  (?-mix:icon_export.gif)     from C:/r

[Wtr-general] RE: Choosing right attribute?

Thank you Shao.  Alas, your good suggestion didn't work either. irb(main):037:0> ie.frame("main").frame("header").image(:src, /icon_export\.gif/).click Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate object, using src and  (?-mix:icon_export\.gif)     from C:/ruby/lib/rub

[Wtr-general] FW: Choosing right attribute?

  I finally talked to the Engineer that wrote the code, and she suggested this command that did the job (whew!): irb(main):048:0> ie.frame("main").frame("body").frame("tabs").image(:src, /icon_customize.gif/).click   What I don't understand is why this didn't show up when I did the show

[Wtr-general] error in waitUnknown property or method `document'

This statement executes just fine when looking at the GUI, but the command prompt shows a warning. I am not sure what to fix since it does click the MMIM object just fine.   irb(main):005:0> ie.frame(:name, "portfolioTreeContent").frame(:name, treeframe).link(:text, /MMIM/).click W, [11

[Wtr-general] Maximize IE

I don't know why when I use the goto to launch my application, it always comes up not fully maximized. However, when I do launch it from clicking on the IE icon on my desktop and typing in the url, the window is fully maximized.  I am Puzzled?? Is there a way to maximize IE within a .rb

[Wtr-general] Exists? Supported for frames?

in irb mode as well as within the script, I got this error when trying to test for exists? for a frame:     error result from irb mode: irb(main):009:0> assert(ie.frame("main").exists?) > NoMethodError: undefined method `exists?' for # > from (irb):9 > from C:/ruby/li

[Wtr-general] Select using Value

I want to use the value rather than the text since the text has spaces in it, but I don't know if doing select by value is supported since I got an error: irb(main):017:0> ie.frame("customizeRemoteContent").select_list(:id, "availableColumnsSelectBox").select("|SYSTEM|AUSTRALIAN").fire_eve

[Wtr-general] Select using Value using regular expression

In this select box, there are 2 items that have the word Sector in it:   1) GICS Sector 2) Sector   I am trying to select the item "Sector", but I keep getting "GICS Sector" because it appears before "Sector". I think \A should match the beginning of a string but this doesn't seem to

[Wtr-general] Select using Value using regular expression

Thanks for all your suggestions.   I was able to decipher the right answer with the help of these 2 web sites:   http://www.regular-expressions.info/quickstart.html   http://samuelfullman.com/team/php/tools/regular_expression_tester_p2.php      (this is a great tool to test out

[Wtr-general] ClearSelection

How can I clear a selection that was previously selected? 1) Selecting this item works fine irb(main):012:0> ie.frame("customizeRemoteContent").select_list(:id, "availableC olumnsSelectBox").select("-Descriptive Data") => nil   2) But clearing it seems to not work irb(main):013:0> ie

[Wtr-general] Maximize IE

I start my script without any IE window open. It always launches a brand new one and there is no other IE instance open. I don't know why it always comes up minimized.   ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyfo

[Wtr-general] Select using Value using regular expression

I tried /^Sector/ and it doesn't work either. I thought my solution of using /[^GICS Sector]Sector/ will work since it works when I tested it with this tool http://samuelfullman.com/team/php/tools/regular_expression_tester_p2.php This is a web based regular _expression_ tester. but in W

[Wtr-general] ClearSelection

OH, please do add that as soon as possible!  It would save me so much time. I have a WATIR demo next Wednesday and trying hard to make it look good. Having to wait for 20 seconds to clear my select box is not a good "feature". Thanks! ___

[Wtr-general] Select using Value

I vote for the suggestion below for intuitive and consistency in implementing Select using Value:   The :value , :index and:text ( I guess ) is probably also more intuitive and more like the restof the api.   ___ Wtr-general mailing list

[Wtr-general] File Download Pop-up

I wish we have a "search" engine for all the great postings so I can look up whether someone has posted a question on how to handle the series of pop-ups that happen when you want to do a Windows File Download (Export a File).  Here are the series of windows that appear when I Export a file

[Wtr-general] Maximize IE

I have tried closing down ALL the windows, and the only one opened is the DOS Command prompt window which I use to launch the ruby script. I even maximized that window.  Nothing else is opened.  Yet, still, IE is launched minimized!  What a puzzle! For my demo, I have to manually maximize

[Wtr-general] ClearSelection

The select box I am using has several nodes.  The node I expanded to select from has about 100 items underneath it. I am using a single-select.  I believe as Bret mentioned that the reason it took over 20 seconds to ClearSelection is because it iterates through all the items.   The scary

[Wtr-general] Maximize IE

No dice.  I was incorrect in saying that IE came up "minimized", what I meant is that it came up NOT fully maximized. It is sort of three-quarters maximized in width, but not quite, so I always have to manually maximize it.   I also tried closing down any instance of IE and in irb and di

[Wtr-general] How to test for existence of an item in a Select Box?

How do I find out if an item exists in a Select Box? I looked at the unittests selectbox_test.rb and see that you can test for the existence of the Select Box, but couldn’t find an example for testing for the existence of an “item” in the Select Box. I tried this, but got an error:  

[Wtr-general] maximize that window

OK, I volunteer. I can give it a shot since I need this feature. I don't know what the process it for submitting the code after I test it out though.     ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/

[Wtr-general] maximize that window

OK, I got it working.  Easier than I thought.   Attached is the WinMaximize.rb   To use it you need to:   1) copy the WinMaximize.rb to this path: C:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir   2) include at the top of the script: require 'watir/WinMaximize'   3) add in the body of your

[Wtr-general] Wait and Sleep statements

I have to pepper some sleep statements in my script because the application I am automating takes a variable amount of time to load a page. I tried inserting some wait statements for a frame but can't seem to do it for an object like an image.  I have to resort to sleep statements but some

[Wtr-general] error in waitUnknown property or method `document'

I still get this error and cannot figure out why. Any suggestion to debug this would be appreciated: This statement executes just fine when looking at the GUI, but the command prompt shows a warning. I am not sure what to fix since it does click the MMIM object just fine. irb(main):005:0> ie.fr

[Wtr-general] Validation

I tried many ways to validate whether a text exists on my page ("Import.csv"), but can't seem to make it work. Also, the assert command doesn't return anything. Should it return true or false or give some kind of message to let you know whether it worked or not? irb(main):014:0> ie.frame("main").

[Wtr-general] Validation

Hmm! This is what I coded in my script and I got nothing back, no "Passed", no "Failed": if ie.contains_text("Import.csv") puts "PASSED" else puts "FAILED" end if ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/l

[Wtr-general] Calculating Elapsed Time

I have this routine that calculates starting time and finished time, but I can't figure out how to get the Elapsed time (finished time - starting time). I messed around with all sorts of permutations, but kept getting "0.00". Any suggestion is appreciated, thanks: require 'test/unit' require 'tes

[Wtr-general] Calculating Elapsed Time

Thanks for the info. Are you referring to the "Programming in Ruby" book by Dave Thomas 2nd edition? I couldn't find the code on the page you specified. ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-gener

[Wtr-general] Switching from Segue's SilkTest to WATIR?

I am wondering if anyone out there is in the process or has already switched from Segue’s SilkTest to WATIR. Any feedback on how the process went or is going for you would be appreciated? We have adopted Segue’s SilkTest to automate our Web application a few years ago, but we are not happ

[Wtr-general] Access is denied and Exception Errors

I am back with this issue. We have to resolve this “Access is Denied” issue; otherwise, we can’t use WATIR (sigh!) I am only able to use WATIR on our staging server which not in the same domain as my computer. But for some reason, our development servers cannot be accessed by WATIR as sh

[Wtr-general] Access is denied and Exception Errors

You are right.  The development servers can serve the page from different servers because there is a “traffic” cop server that manages the load.  I don’t think that’s the case for our staging server. I hope I included the info you need below, but if not, please let me know the exact irb co

[Wtr-general] Access is denied and Exception Errors

Thanks, Bret for your suggestions.  Still some issues though…. Any suggestion is appreciated!   I used this command: irb(main):002:0> ie = Watir::IE.new irb(main):004:0* ie.goto("https://qa-b1.test.com/araneae/login") ð  8.547 ð    Which worked fine, but then I did this comma

[Wtr-general] Access is denied and Exception Errors

I checked with the engineer that knows the hardware/software configuration of this application and forwarded him your take on why the error is generated, and here is his answer:   “I don't think this is the case. All the requests are being processed from one domain. I think the microsoft

[Wtr-general] Access is denied and Exception Errors

below will work if the object is at the main level as this example is, but won’t work if the object is found within frames like the example above:  At 05:06 PM 7/25/2005, Tuyet Cong-Ton-Nu wrote:>irb(main):005:0> ie.frame("main").text_field(:name, >"UserId").fire_even

[Wtr-general] Sending Email Notifications

After a test has finished running, is there a way to send out an email notification to several people to notify them whether the test has passed or failed? We use blat.exe for our SilkTest application to send out emails.  What options do we have for WATIR/Ruby? __

[Wtr-general] Sending Email Notifications

Thanks, Mark. I did find CDOEX.DLL  on my machine, so I copied your code and ran it, but got this error:   C:\watir\watir>email2.rb C:/watir/watir/email2.rb:20:in `method_missing': Send (WIN32OLERuntimeError)     OLE error code:80040220 in CDO.Message.1   The "SendUsing" configurat

[Wtr-general] Sending Email Notifications

Thanks for the good link, Zeljko. I also tried using the example from the link but didn’t get anything through. Probably didn’t enter the right SMTP. Would you mind posting an example that worked for you? Thanks! ___ Wtr-general mailing

[Wtr-general] Switching from Segue's SilkTest to WATIR?

Sure, here is the attachment to be added to the Wiki page.   Comparisons between Watir and SilkTest.doc Description: MS-Word document ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general

[Wtr-general] Sending Email Notifications

Thanks, Mark.  I did as you suggest and executed each line in irb, and here it what I got, still an error even with capital S and small s: irb(main):014:0> cdoMail = WIN32OLE.new("CDO.Message") => # irb(main):015:0> cdoMail.From = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" => "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" irb(main):0

[Wtr-general] Sending Email Notifications

Thanks Zeljko.  I copied your code and made the appropriate changes and got this error. Is this a security issue from the SMTP server that I sent the email to?   C:\watir\watir>email.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:83:in `initialize': No connection could be made because the tar

[Wtr-general] wair for start explorer to load

I have the same problem and was going to post this, so thanks Jan for doing it first. I use sleep statements but have to tweak the time because it varies how long it takes to load the page. I hope the fix will be in the next release.  I use a lot of attach statements and the scripts fail

[Wtr-general] Sending Email Notifications - Success

OK, I figured out why it didn’t work, the SMTP name was wrong.  But it’s working now. Here is the code that worked:   require 'net/smtp' msgstr = "This is a test email message"   # using block form of SMTP.start     Net::SMTP.start('isis.msci.com', 25) do |smtp|   smtp.send_mess

[Wtr-general] How to get value out of table?

I am able to see that this 3rd  table has 10 columns and 24 rows. irb(main):122:0> puts frame1.table(:index, 3).column_count 10 => nil irb(main):123:0> puts frame1.table(:index, 3).row_count 24 => nil   How do I get the value of each cell for every row and every column? Here are so

[Wtr-general] what is tarball?

Are the latest/greatest fixes available for download or is it only for the developer at this point? I know 1.4 is in the works but have been seeing some patches/fixes that look like they are available. Sorry, if I don’t understand how this works yet.  Just want to make sure I am in the lo

[Wtr-general] what is tarball?

Thanks Paul and Jonathan for the explanation. I did find the section that talked about tarball in the Watir User Guide. I have another important demo coming up next week, So I think I will wait until after that to download the latest code. Appreciate the info.

[Wtr-general] irb: Terminate Batch Job message?

I don’t know how to get back to irb when it gives me this message: Terminate batch job Y/N? It doesn’t matter if I say Y or N, it terminates irb and sends me back to the command prompt which is not what I want when I select N.  I want to be able to get back to the irb command line and co

[Wtr-general] irb: Terminate Batch Job message?

Thanks, Tim, for the suggestion.  It very helpful! ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general

[Wtr-general] Calling a method with a regular expression as argument

1) In my script A, I have these commands that call a do_click method: w = RptFunctions.new icon = "/icon_customize.gif/" w.do_click(icon)   2) In the do_click method, I have this statement which clicks on an icon (there are 5 possible icons it can click on) ie.frame("main").frame("bod

[Wtr-general] Calling a method with a regular expression as

Thanks, Shao.  It didn’t work either. I decided to do a CASE statement inside the called routine and set the icon to the specific one depending on the icon number that I send in from the calling module. That seems to work.  ___ Wtr-genera

[Wtr-general] Create an Equivalent of Segue's TestPlan in Watir?

I’d like to create a Test Plan that contains 2 or more test cases. How do I do that? I read the WATIR User Guide p.18/19, and tried to copy what’s there, but nothing got executed. I have two test cases: 1) login.rb 2) analysis.rb   1) This is the outline of Login.rb: class TC_Login

[Wtr-general] Command Line Arguments

One of the developers asked me whether WATIR can read and process arguments from the DOS-prompt command line? Is there an easy way for WATIR to interface with the command line? ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://r

[Wtr-general] Using Asserts

I still can’t get “Asserts” commands to work in the irb.  I got all the “require” statements correctly (they return true), but here are some asserts statements that don’t give me back anything. Maybe I don’t know how to use them or decipher whether it’s true or false:   irb(main):046:1

[Wtr-general] Security Alert pop up

You need these 2 attached files that will make it work; You need to put both in the C:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\watir directory  I don’t think they are in the 1.3 version (probably in tarball). Also add the code below, it works great for me.   require 'watir'include Watirrequire 'w

[Wtr-general] Access is denied and Exception Errors

Back again with this issue.   One of our engineers did some testing and here are his comments:   “The error occurs in the watir.rb file in the wait() method, around line 1470. The wait() method is called after the goto method has been issued and is waiting for all the frames in IE to sh

[Wtr-general] Access is denied and Exception Errors - SUCCESS!

The problem is actually a security issue on the machine that is executing the script! We fixed the “access is denied” issue by adding the URL that is causing the problem as a “trusted site”. This is done in Tools/Internet Options/Security/Trusted Sites (then add the URL). No more “access

[Wtr-general] Returning a string

Some questions came up during a demo of WATIR. Our automation team would like to know whether WATIR can do the following functions:   1.   Launch external applications from a test script such as Excel, Word, etc. 2.   Include variables, functions, web/window declarations and/or

[Wtr-general] What WATIR can do?

Some questions came up during a demo of WATIR. Our automation team would like to know whether WATIR can do the following functions:   1.   Launch external applications from a test script such as Excel, Word, etc. 2.   Include variables, functions, web/window declarations and/or

[Wtr-general] What WATIR can do?

Thank everyone for all your input.  It was of great help. I will relay the answers back to the Automation Tool team. I ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general

[Wtr-general] Sleep statements and Attach

The code below, for example, is a typical thing that I have to do in our application. 1)   Click on an icon to launch the “Select Portfolio” window 2)   The problem is that it may take the “Select Portfolio” window a little while to load,     so I have to add a Sleep par

[Wtr-general] Set Debugging Breakpoint in WATIR/Ruby script?

Is there a way to insert a command inside the ruby script to stop it’s execution so you can debug or set a breakpoint on a certain line of code. Kind of like the way Segue’s SilkTest allows you to run in debug mode with all the variables and context available? It would be great if the scr

[Wtr-general] Set Debugging Breakpoint in WATIR/Ruby script?

Oh, GREAT.  I will try it out and let you know! Thanks. ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general

[Wtr-general] Use Index in a Table given by SpySmith

I used SpySmith (great tool, thanks Bret for letting us know) to find a value (USAL6l1) in a table and it gave me this info: Innermost Element: [TD], Frame: [main/body/tabContent], Index: [137] USAL6I1   I want to extract “USAL6l1” from this table, and I can do it in irb with this com

[Wtr-general] WAIT statement didn't wait?

I used both the WAIT command and a loop with a “sleep” statement but they both didn’t “wait” or “sleep long enough”? Here is the code:     ie.frame("main").frame("sidebar").wait("analysisSidebarTabContent")     sleep 3     while !ie.frame("main").frame("sidebar")

[Wtr-general] WAIT statement didn't wait?

OK, thanks, Bret for the suggestion. Per your request, here are some additional lines of code that preceded the “while” statement. There is the “attach” statement which may be causing the problem since you had opened up a bug on that a couple of days ago?     ie.frame(:name, "portfolioT

[Wtr-general] WAIT statement didn't wait?

Just so you know, this doesn't do what you think:   ie.frame("main").frame("sidebar").wait("analysisSidebarTabContent")It's actually the same as   ie.frame("main").frame("sidebar").wait(true)    Hmm!  So the statement I used is actually is checking to see if the “sidebar” is there and NOT t