If using an AutoIt adapter doesn't help you too then that means the problem has to be somewhere deeper and i'm not sure how to go forward with this without being able to reproduce it and debug it.
You could try focusing the field and using #send_keys, maybe these would give you different results: file_path = "C:\\Users\\user\\QA_Global\\Automation\\MAIN\\Regression-watir3\ \artifacts \\120215_1615\\export_output\\rec_detail_reportCSV" save_as = RAutomation::Window.new(:title => "Save As") edit = save_as.text_field(:class => "Edit") #execute this line in one step in IRB to avoid losing focus in between calls - should return file path - sleep 3 specified to allow verifying also manually that the file path is set correctly edit.focus; edit.set(file_path); edit.value; sleep 3; edit.focus; save_as.button(:value => "&Save").click If that works then you can probably lose sleep statement. And solution 2: file_path = "C:\\Users\\user\\QA_Global\\Automation\\MAIN\\Regression-watir3\ \artifacts \\120215_1615\\export_output\\rec_detail_reportCSV" save_as = RAutomation::Window.new(:title => "Save As") edit = save_as.text_field(:class => "Edit") #execute this line in one step in IRB to avoid losing focus in between calls - should return file path - sleep 3 specified to allow verifying also manually that the file path is set correctly edit.send_keys(file_path); edit.value; sleep 3; save_as.button(:value => "&Save").click Make sure that your keyboard is set to use US Layout, since all these special characters are sent by pressing automatically shift and other key combinations. Let us know if these solutions helped you or not. I'm really running out of ideas here if i can't reproduce it myself - sorry :( Jarmo On Mar 17, 1:17 am, hillary <weimar1...@gmail.com> wrote: > It still doesn't seem to be working using rautomation (v 0.6.3, 0.7.0 has a > problem with the way taza opens the browser instance). > > The script is setting the path and saving ( i get a download complete > confirmation), but windows 7 64-bit seems to be ingoring what i've set and > going with the default name/location. I'm not sure whether it's my > computer/windows7/ie9, the code behind the function i'm trying to automate, > or rautomation. > > Can you think of anything about windows 7 that would prevent the script > from working correctly? > > > > > > > > On Saturday, February 18, 2012 6:02:34 AM UTC-8, Jarmo Pertman wrote: > > > Use :adapter and not :adaptOr > > > And no, you don't have to use any AutoIt methods - common API is the > > same between different adapters. You shouldn't change any code with > > your code above except specifying autoit adapter and it should work > > the same or even better in your case. > > > Jarmo > > > On Feb 17, 6:54 pm, hillary <weimar1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > so i'm supposed to use autoit methods once i've decided to use that > > > adaptor? -- 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
