Hello, I need to start automating my web application project. While I have used watir before, this time I want to implement something new.
I want to implement GUI-Map file where object references of html elements are stored. So I will create logical entities and map them to objects of html elements present in my test application. Now in test script wherever there is a need to refer to an html element object I can do so using its logical name given in the map file. This allows me to have logical names for ui objects instead of literal locator strings. You can find more about this concept here: http://functionaltestautomation.blogspot.com/2009/09/ui-elements-all-about-it.html So I was thinking of implementing a text file e.g: *Map.txt* with contents: userna...@browser.text_field(:id, "Username") passwo...@browser.text_field(:id, "Password") submitbutt...@browser.button(:id, "Submit") OR I could create a hash object in a *Map.rb* file, e.g: @map = Hash.new @map["Username"]='@browser.text_field(:id, "Username")' @map["Password"]='@browser.text_field(:id, "Password")' @map["SubmitButton"]='@browser.button(:id, "Submit")' And then I could get the contents in above files in my code. The problem is that whether I read from a text file or a hash object, I am going to get the contents in strings. So if I want to click on submit button, I will write something like this in my code: @map["SubmitButton"].click And this will give me an error: "undefined method click for string element" So my question is that, is there any way at all to extract the object @browser.button(:id, "Submit") out of the string '@browser.button(:id, "Submit")', so that I can execute the click operation on it. Also, I would like to know if there is a better way of implementing this UI map than what I am thinking of. Hope someone can help me out. Thanks, Prajakta -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
