'ie' and '$ie' are not the same object.
If you use 'ie', you have to follow what Charley said to get your browser maximize. Otherwise, no help. ----- Original Message ---- From: Isabel <joybe...@gmail.com> To: Watir General <watir-general@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:13:57 AM Subject: [wtr-general] Re: Maximizng the Browser Hi Charley, I have consistently used "ie" as the handle but still I am getting the same error. Is there a replacement to "ie.maximize()"?? On Mar 20, 6:30 am, Charley Baker <charley.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > In a few of your recent posts, the code you're using is mixing local > variables (ie) and global variables ($ie). You need to first understand the > difference between these two, the Ruby Pickaxe guide has information on > variable types in Ruby. > > ie = Watir::IE.start("http://groups.google.com/group") > ie.goto("http://http://groups.google.com/group") > ie.maximize() > > Charley Baker > blog:http://blog.charleybaker.org/ > Lead Developer, Watir,http://wtr.rubyforge.org > QA Architect, Gap Inc Direct > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Shweta <nagman...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > When i am trying to maximize the ie with the folllowing code am > > getting this error message can anyone pls guide me where am doing > > mistake > > > ie = Watir::IE.start("http://groups.google.com/group") > > ie.goto("http://http://groups.google.com/group") > > $ie.maximize() > > > am getting the following error message > > > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie.rb:113:in > > `initialize': unknown OLE server: > > `AutoItX3.Control' (WIN32OLERuntimeError) > > HRESULT error code:0x800401f3 > > Invalid class string from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ > > watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie.rb:113:in `new' > > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie.rb: > > 113:in `autoit' > > from > > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb: > > 425:in `autoit' > > from > > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb: > > 422:in `set_window_state' > > from > > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb: > > 398:in `maximize' > > > So i used this methtod > > > ie.set_window_state :SW_MAXIMIZE > > > even though showing some error --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---