I added the patch for watir.rb to the jira ticket
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <wtr-general@rubyforge.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] maxLength Validation
>I opened jira 157 and added a patch for the unit test and html
> I'll try and take a look at the set method itself later on
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bret Pettichord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:30 am
> Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] maxLength Validation
>
>> Fletch wrote:
>> > I have been looking for a solution to this problem, and was
>> wondering if anyone could give me some advice.
>> > I noticed yesterday that WATIR did not pay any attention to the
>> maxLength of the text_field.
>> >
>> > I have tried using name.set("abc") and name.value = "abc" but
>> both are still going over the allowed limit.
>> >
>> > The solution that I have come up with (and it is not a good
>> solution) is to truncate the name.
>> >
>> > nameSize = name.size
>> > maxSize = frame.text_field(:name, 'Name').maxLength
>> > if (vinSize > maxSize)
>> > puts("Bigger than maxLength - #{vinSize} -- #{maxSize}")
>> > name = name[0, maxSize]
>> > end
>> >
>> > This does the job in so far as the maxLength limits are
>> observed, but is there a better solution to the problem?
>> >
>> >
>> This has been a frequently mentioned problem. I think we should
>> consider
>> it a defect in Watir. Please go ahead and open a Jira ticket on
>> it, and
>> we can go ahead and fix it.
>>
>> The TextField#set method should limit to max length automatically.
>>
>> Bret
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