Good morning! To get to a command prompt, go to the Windows Start menu and select 'Run'. Type 'cmd' in the field and click 'OK'. This will launch a command prompt with the same permissions as the user you're logged in with.
I'm using Ruby version 1.8.6 and Watir version 1.5.3 -Tiffany On Jan 29, 5:49 pm, Arco <akl...@gmail.com> wrote: > What do you mean by a 'regular command prompt'?? (I will try it, once > I understand what you have in mind!!) I did try using Watir inside of > a cucumber step but it failed with the same messages I get in irb. > > Tiffany - what version of ruby are you using?? I am using: > a...@ipon ~> ruby -v > ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i386-cygwin] > > On Jan 29, 4:34 pm, Tiffany Fodor <tcfo...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > Just curious.... > > > Have you tried this with a regular command prompt to rule out problems > > with your Watir/Ruby installation? We've successfully run Watir with > > Cygwin on XP here, but I don't recall having to do anything special to > > get it to work. > > > -Tiffany > > > On Jan 29, 7:55 am, Arco <akl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Sai - Yes I did check the permissions, and searched the newsgroups > > > for possible solutions. I tried running Watir on different cygwin > > > platforms w/o success. > > > > Could the bug be tied to a certain version of ruby?? > > > > On Jan 28, 1:53 am, sai <saidesertrose2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Not sure how many have tried Watir with Cygwin but your problem seems > > > > to be a permission one. > > > > Can you try to change the permission by doing a chmod and check if it > > > > is working? > > > > > Also has anyone faced any problems in using Watir with PowerShell? > > > > > Regards, > > > > Sai > > > > > On Jan 27, 6:19 pm, Arco <akl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Watir doesn't work for me. Sadly ironic, for a regression test > > > > > tool... > > > > > > Platform: WinXP / Cygwin > > > > > Ruby: ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i386-cygwin] > > > > > Watir 1.6.2 > > > > > > Here's what I do: > > > > > - gem install watir > > > > > - irb > > > > > > >> require 'watir' > > > > > => true > > > > > >> x = Watir::IE.new > > > > > > LoadError: Permission denied - > > > > > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/ > > > > > lib/watir > > > > > /win32ole/win32ole.so > > > > > from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ > > > > > win32ole/win32ole > > > > > .so > > > > > from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: > > > > > 31:in `requi > > > > > re' > > > > > from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ > > > > > win32ole.rb:5 > > > > > from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: > > > > > 31:in `gem_o > > > > > riginal_require' > > > > > from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: > > > > > 31:in `requi > > > > > re' > > > > > from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie.rb: > > > > > 38 > > > > > from (irb):2 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
