Ok, so I'm down to just seeking the answer which, for me at this time, is the best teacher. So go to quibids.com, click one of the items on auction. See the "Bidding History" table? I'm trying to get the value, programatically, of the first name in the list. I used the following: irb(main):020:0> puts b.text_field(:id => 'bhu_1').value and received:
Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate element, using {:tag_ name=>["text", "password", "textarea"], :id=>"bhu_1"} from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/watir-classic-3.3.0/lib/watir-c lassic/element.rb:66:in `assert_exists' from (eval):3:in `value' from (irb):20 from C:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `<main>' Thanks. On Thursday, December 6, 2012 2:53:52 PM UTC-6, Željko Filipin wrote: > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:47 PM, TommyW <tommy6...@yahoo.com > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> b.text_field(:id,"abcedf").value? >> > > You were close: > > b.text_field(:id,"abcedf").value > > Depending on if you use watir-webdriver or watir-classic gems, API > documentation is here: > > http://rdoc.info/gems/watir-webdriver/ > http://rdoc.info/gems/watir-classic > > Željko > -- 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