Hi,
I am using below line to click date in calender
ie.cell(:class => " rich-calendar-input rich-calendar-
button",:text=>"Monday",:text=>"March").click;
but i am getting exception.
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.5/lib/watir/element.rb:56:in
`assert_ex
ists': Unable to locate element, using {:class=>" rich-calendar-input
rich-calen
dar-button", :text=>"March"}
(Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException)
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.5/lib/watir/
element.rb:288
:in `enabled?'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.5/lib/watir/
element.rb:60:
in `assert_enabled'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.5/lib/watir/
element.rb:233
:in `click!'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.5/lib/watir/
element.rb:219
:in `click'
from Event-Insert-play.rb:21
On Jun 30, 11:04 pm, Chuck van der Linden <sqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You have to ask yourself how much value you provide to your project by
> testing some third party tool beyond it's being integrated properly
> into your product.
>
> If it was me, I'd look for the most expedient way to get the value I
> needed 'set' If the calendar has an input box that accepts my typing
> into it, then doing something similar to that in your tests might be
> the best route. As always with any tool that drives the browser
> (Watir, Selenium, etc) you look at 'what do I do manually to control
> this thing?' and then basically find ways to simulate that using the
> automation code. If it LETS you just click in a given spot and input
> a value, then that's what I'd try to automate in most of my cases
> (beyond one basic test that the calendar works when you pick the date
> that way)
>
> But some of these tools, the ONLY way to get the date into the field
> is by 'picking' it from the calendar, and there is no 'manual entry'
> option that lets you 'type' in a value. So you are stuck automating
> the clicking on specific cells in the calendar. To do that you need
> to write a script that's going to work a month or a year from now, so
> you'll need to go throught the motions of clicking in the portion (a
> sub table in the example I looked at) of the control that lets you
> pick the year and month, Then picking the year and month, THEN picking
> the day of the month. Otherwise a day from now you'll be clicking on
> July 30 instead of June 30
>
> Based on the sample I looked at, almost all of those are going to
> be .cell elements, and hopefully just doing a 'click' on the element
> will work for what you need.
>
> On Jun 30, 5:51 am, Wesley Chen <cjq....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If you are not sure what you want to do, please try the cases you have.
>
> > Wesley.
> > For life, the easier, the better.
>
> > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:38 PM, naresh <nareshvatsa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I am confused in rich calender, i need to click image and then get
> > > elements or
> > > do like following
>
> > > ie.cell(:class => "j_id354_j_id355DayCell rich-calendar-cell rich-
> > > calendar-btn", :text => "16").click which Linden suggested.
>
> > > I am confused class, there is 2 classes in HTML code.
> > > class="rich-calendar-input "
> > > class="rich-calendar-button"
> > > which one to use.
> > > My requirement to select a 30-jun-2010 date from calender.
>
> > > Regards,
> > > Naresh
>
> > > On Jun 29, 8:32 pm, Chuck van der Linden <sqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > If it's the same as the sample that was linked early in the thread,
> > > > when this control is rendered in the UI, it is a series of table
> > > > cells, and each cell is 'wired' for a number of events. You may need
> > > > to experiment with what events are fired in what order, I'd start
> > > > however with trying the following
>
> > > > What you are looking at is structured around a table, and each date is
> > > > a cell. Because some dates appear more than once you cannot reliably
> > > > identify by the cell text alone, and will need to use some other means
> > > > to identify the 'right' type of cell that has the right text. The ID
> > > > is completely positional within the grid, meaning that it's
> > > > relationship to the date will be different each month (7
> > > > possibilties). that makes using ID to get the right cell a total
> > > > pain. This would seem to make the best option to utilize the CLASS of
> > > > the cell, since the controll uses a small set of potential classes
> > > > (borders, holidays, workdays) So using Class along with Text might
> > > > be your best bet, presuming of course that you want to pick a date in
> > > > the current month of the current year etc. (otherwise you are going
> > > > to need to first click in the navigation cell, part of an inner table,
> > > > that lets you pick month and year. OTOH since those values are
> > > > unique, you should be able to select them by cell text alone.
>
> > > > .. So it will depend on if you test uses some date relative to
> > > > 'today' or is always picking the same date. Relative to Today is
> > > > fairly easy given Ruby's fairly robust stuff for handling dates, but
> > > > is problimatic in that the date could end up falling on a holiday,
> > > > meaning it would be difficult to predict the cell's class ahead of
> > > > time
>
> > > > If you are going to always pick the same date, choose one that is NOT
> > > > in the current month, otherwise your script will break as soon as the
> > > > month changes. This means you will first need to set the calendar
> > > > control to a specific year and month, THEN pick your day of the week.
>
> > > > Identify it as a Cell element within a Table, In the example the
> > > > main table container in the example has the Class "rich-calendar-
> > > > exterior rich-calendar-popup undefined"
>
> > > > The cells for dates have three potential classes, there's a special
> > > > one for 'border' days (the dates in the months before or after the
> > > > current month) one for the 'holidays' (sat and sun) and one for the
> > > > weekdays of the current month..
>
> > > > If I wanted to pick a weekday of the current month, then once the
> > > > proper thing is clicked to make the calendar visiable (rendered) you
> > > > could so something along these lines I think
>
> > > > browser.cell(:class => "j_id354_j_id355DayCell rich-calendar-cell rich-
> > > > calendar-btn", :text => "16").click
>
> > > > Since I'm not too sure of the first part of that class (might be
> > > > dynamically created) you might have to use a regular expression just
> > > > using the second part (/rich-calendar-cell rich-calendar-btn/) in
> > > > order to reliably identify the cell by class and text.
>
> > > > (that presumes just doing a click is good enough, potentially you
> > > > might have to fire other events, you'll need to experiment)
>
> > > > The IE developer Toolbar is a great help in making sense of controls
> > > > like this, as it allows you to view the control as it is rendered into
> > > > the DOM, (Firebug has similary abilities, I just know how to use the
> > > > IE tool better, so it's what I use)
>
> > > > On Jun 28, 5:07 am, naresh <nareshvatsa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi All,
>
> > > > > i am using internet explorer to test my web application.
> > > > > I have to click save button in my application to create record.
> > > > > I am able to set value for textfield,radibutton,selectlist in watir
> > > > > script ,
> > > > > but not able to set/pickup value for calender.
> > > > > This calender is rich calender<rich:calender> from Rcihfaces.
> > > > > The html code generated i am pasting once again.
> > > > > I want to pick up date like 28-May-2010 or any other date.
>
> > > > > <div id="globalForm:startDateDecorate">
> > > > > <div class="prop"><label
> > > > > for="globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDate" class="name ">Start
> > > > > Date:</label>
> > > > > <span class="value "><span
> > > > > id="globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDatePopup">
> > > > > <input class="rich-calendar-input "
> > > > > id="globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDateInputDate"
> > > > > name="globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDateInputDate"
> > > > > style="vertical-
> > > > > align: middle; " type="text" /><img alt="" class="rich-calendar-button
> > > > > " id="globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDatePopupButton"
> > > > > style="vertical-align: middle" src="/venus/a4j/g/
> > > > > 3_3_1.GAorg.richfaces.renderkit.html.iconimages.CalendarIcon/DATB/
> > > > > eAE7fv4Kw6znAA4mA-w_" /><input
> > > > > id="globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDateInputCurrentDate"
> > > > > name="globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDateInputCurrentDate"
> > > > > style="display:none" type="hidden" value="06/2010" /></span><div
> > > > > id="globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDateIFrame" style="display:
> > > > > none;"></div><div id="globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDate"
> > > > > style="display: none;"></div><div
> > > > > id="globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDateScript" style="display:
> > > > > none;"><script type="text/javascript">new
> > > > > Calendar('globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDate', {dayListTableId:
> > > > > 'globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDateDay',
> > > > > weekNumberBarId:
> > > > > 'globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDateWeekNum',
> > > > > weekDayBarId:
> > > > > 'globalForm:startDateDecorate:startDateWeekDay',
> > > > > currentDate: new Date(2010,5,25),
> > > > > selectedDate: null,
> > > > > datePattern: 'dd-MM-yyyy',
> > > > > jointPoint: 'bottom-left',
> > > > > direction: 'bottom-right',
> > > > > boundaryDatesMode:'inactive',
> > > > > popup: true,
> > > > > enableManualInput: true,
> > > > > showInput: true,
> > > > > disabled: false,
> > > > > readonly: false,
> > > > > ajaxSingle: true,
> > > > > verticalOffset:0,
> > > > > horizontalOffset: 0,
> > > > > style:'z-index: 3; ',
> > > > > firstWeekDay: 0,
> > > > > minDaysInFirstWeek: 1,
> > > > > todayControlMode:'select',
> > > > > showHeader:true,
> > > > > showFooter:true,
> > > > > showWeeksBar:true,
> > > > > showWeekDaysBar:true,
> > > > > showApplyButton:false,
> > > > >
>
> ...
>
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