Watir for non-web applications? No. Ruby for non-web applications? Possibly.
Couple of resources to consider: "Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby" by Ian Dees "Everyday Scripting with Ruby" by Brian Marick It all depends on what you're trying to do. (Not sure how this relates to dialog boxes unless they're contained within a Windows app. Methinx a separate thread would've been more meaningful for this question.) From: watir-general@googlegroups.com [mailto:watir-gene...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramu Pillai Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 1:12 PM To: watir-general@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [wtr-general] Dialog boxes.. Hi, Can Watir be used for automating windows applications??? Everyone obviously knows it could be used for automating web browser related activities. Thanks, Musheka On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Ramu Pillai <mush...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Željko, Thanks a lot for your prompt reply.  Mouth On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Željko Filipin <zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch> wrote: On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Ramu Pillai <mush...@gmail.com> wrote: > I need to work with dialog boxes in watir. Did you read this? http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Pop+Ups Željko -- watir.com <http://watir.com/> - community manager watirpodcast.com <http://watirpodcast.com/> - host testingpodcast.com <http://testingpodcast.com/> - audio podcasts on software testing. all of them vidipodkast.com <http://vidipodkast.com/> - pričamo o hardveru, softveru i časopisu Vidi -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice.  You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:watir-general%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: watir-general@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com