Some file upload solutions lets the user click a link, which then creates a
hidden file field and opens the upload dialog. The only way to deal with
these types of uploads is to make the file field visible, usually by
modifying its style through Browser#execute_script. This may be what you're
seeing, though unless you show us a page that will reproduce the problem,
it's a wild guess.
Jari
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Joe Fleck <joeflec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you all for helping. I really appreciate it.
>
> I believe the file path is correct now because the error message I am now
> getting has changed.
>
> Code:
> #Attach file
> @browser.file_field(:id,
> "the_file").set("/Users/josephfleck/Documents/DownloadDocs/DataFile.xls")
>
> It doesn't object name i am giving it. Do I need to use something else
> like the actual object name of the text field?
>
>
> /Users/josephfleck/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-webdriver-0.3.4/lib/watir-webdriver/elements/element.rb:248:in
> `assert_exists': unable to locate element, using {:type=>"file",
> :tag_name=>"input", :id=>"the_file"}
> (Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException)
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-webdriver-0.3.4/lib/watir-webdriver/elements/file_field.rb:23:in
> `value='
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-webdriver-0.3.4/lib/watir-webdriver/elements/file_field.rb:14:in
> `set'
> from ./common/helper_methods.rb:182:in `share_documents'
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/Sites/within3/qa_automation/discussion/add_multiple_discussion.rb:159
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fastercsv-1.5.4/lib/faster_csv.rb:696:in
> `each'
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2010.02/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fastercsv-1.5.4/lib/faster_csv.rb:696:in
> `each'
> from
> /Users/josephfleck/Sites/within3/qa_automation/discussion/add_multiple_discussion.rb:38
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Joe DiMauro <joe...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Another thing I noticed. Due to the path ending with
>> \criptDataFile.xls
>>
>> It appers that the backslash followed by the two characters "cr"
>> is being interpeted as a Carridge Return. You can see this
>> in the error message:
>>
>> No such file or directory - Users/josephfleck/Documents/Download
>> Docs/ iptDataFile.xls (Errno::ENOENT)
>> ^
>> Notice the space instead of the characters"cr" indicating
>> that \cr was interpreted as a Carriage Return, not the first
>> two characters in the file name "criptDataFile.xls"
>>
>>
>> So try all these:
>> 1. Use a full pathname, not a relative path (as previously mentioned)
>> Unless Ruby is running with the Root level of your Mac as it
>> working
>> directory, (which I'm pretty sure its not), then the Users
>> directory will not be a valid relative path.)
>>
>> 2. Remove the backslashes. They are not necessary on Mac/Linus OS,
>> (as previously mentioned), and may cause issues (e.g. \cr)
>>
>> 3. Always a good idea (as previously mentioned), to upgrade to the
>> latest version of the gems, (and Ruby if possible)
>>
>> If you are also running safariWatir you may not be able to upgrade
>> to Ruby 1.9.x. I don't recall if safariWatir supports 1.9.x yet.
>>
>> 4. The space in the directory name should not be an issue, since the
>> full path is quoted, but whenever possible using directory
>> and file names without spaces is always safer.
>>
>>
>> Joe DiMauro
>>
>>
>> On Oct 17, 4:42 pm, Chuck van der Linden <sqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > or escape the space with a backslash? same as you are doing for the
>> > slashes? (but Michael's solution of using double-quotes might be even
>> > easier)
>> >
>> > On Oct 17, 1:50 pm, Željko Filipin <zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Joe Fleck <joeflec...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > > > No such file or directory - Users/josephfleck/Documents/Download
>> Docs/
>> >
>> > > iptDataFile.xls
>> >
>> > > Try putting the file in a folder that has no spaces, something
>> > > like Users/josephfleck
>> >
>> > > Željko
>>
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