Oct
15
2008
5

Q. How do I integrate watir with TestLink?

A. This requires several hacks and use of the developer API …
(more…)

Written by Tim Koopmans in: firewatir, watir | Tags:
Oct
07
2008
2

Q. How do I install watir standalone?

A previous post highlights some ways in which you can install watir from behind a proxy server via the command line.

This approach can be problematic when using authenticated proxy servers. The following file is a simple MSI which will install Watir 1.5.6 with its required dependencies. The pre-requisites for this MSI are:
1. Ruby 1.8.6 installed to c:\ruby
2. Windows XP SP2 (I have not tried this on Windows Vista)

Download MSI

Note: this is not the preferred way of installing Watir and as such I cannot offer any guarantees on its success.

Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Sep
30
2008
0

Q. How do I use ci_reporter in my Test::Unit scripts?

A. Use a ci_reporter gem …
To install the ci_reporter gem on windows:

gem install ci_reporter

If you’re using Test::Unit, ensure the ci/reporter/rake/test_unit_loader.rb file is loaded before the test is run. If you’re using RSpec, you‘ll need to pass the following arguments to the spec command:

 --require GEM_PATH/lib/ci/reporter/rake/rspec_loader
 --format CI::Reporter::RSpec

You may also want to set the output directory as demonstrated by setting the CI_REPORTS environment variable.

require 'test/unit'
require 'ci/reporter/rake/test_unit_loader.rb'
require 'watir'
ENV["CI_REPORTS"] = 'C:/temp/'
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags: ,
Sep
30
2008
0

Q. How do I pass command line arguments to Test::Unit?

A. Use the — argument to stop processing Test::Unit specific arguments …
Module Test::Unit has its own command line arguments as specified by the following:

~/just_add_watir $>ruby test_suite.rb --help
Test::Unit automatic runner.
Usage: test/unit/graph_test.rb [options] [-- untouched arguments]
 
    -r, --runner=RUNNER              Use the given RUNNER.
                                     (c[onsole], f[ox], g[tk], g[tk]2, t[k])
    -n, --name=NAME                  Runs tests matching NAME.
                                     (patterns may be used).
    -t, --testcase=TESTCASE          Runs tests in TestCases matching TESTCASE.
                                     (patterns may be used).
    -v, --verbose=[LEVEL]            Set the output level (default is verbose).
                                     (s[ilent], p[rogress], n[ormal], v[erbose])        
     --                           Stop processing options so that the
                                     remaining options will be passed to the
                                     test.
    -h, --help                       Display this help.
 
Deprecated options:
        --console                    Console runner (use --runner).
        --gtk                        GTK runner (use --runner).
        --fox                        Fox runner (use --runner).

Example watir:

def test_0021
  # need to call test unit with -- argument
  puts "argument 1 is: ",ARGV[0]
end
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Sep
30
2008
0

Q. How do I execute arbitrary javascript?

A. Use the .goto method to call the javascript …
Example html:

<HTML lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US">
  <BODY scroll="no">
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
      function openWin(i){
         alert(i);
      }
    </script>
    <DIV id="menuLayer1">
      <DIV id="menuLite1">
        <DIV id="menuFg1"> 
          <DIV id="menuItem1" mmaction="location='javascript:openWin(2);'" zIndex="1"> 
            <DIV id="menuItemText1"> 
              <DIV id="menuItemShim1"> 
                <DIV align="left"> 
                  just_add_watir 
                </DIV> 
              </DIV> 
            </DIV> 
          </DIV> 
        </DIV>
      </DIV>
    </DIV>
  </BODY>
</HTML>

Example watir:

@b.goto('http://justaddwatir.com/watir/test_html/tc_0001_0100/test_0020.html')
@b.div(:id, "menuItem1").flash 
@b.goto("javascript:openWin(2)")
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags: ,
Aug
23
2008
0

Q. How do I enter the current date or time into a textfield?

A. Use the Time.now method …
Example html:

<html>
   <body>
      <form method="post" action="">
         <textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="1">
            Enter your comments here...
         </textarea><br>
         <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
      </form>
   </body>
</html>

Example watir:

t=Time.now
@b.text_field(:name,"comments").set(t.strftime("%m/%d/%Y_%H%:M%"))
Written by Sameh Abdelhamid in: watir | Tags: , ,
Aug
21
2008
0

Q. How do I get the text displayed in a javascript popup?

A. Use the WIN32OLE extension library with the autoit function library …
You will need to install autoit. You can download it here, once installed you can call the function library using the win32OLE extension library.
Example html:

<html>
   <head>
   <script language="javascript">
      function msgbox (textstring) {
      alert (textstring) }
   </script>
   </head>
   <body id="test_00test_0107" onload="">
      <form>
         <input name="text1" type=text>
         <input name="submit" type=button value="show me" onclick="msgbox(form.text1.value)">
     </form>
  </body>
</html>

Example watir:

require 'watir'
require 'rubygems'
require 'win32ole'
autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control') 
@b.goto('http://justaddwatir.com/watir/test_html/tc_0101_0200/test_0107.html')
@b.text_field(:name,"text1").set("This is the text in the popup")
@b.button(:name,"submit").click_no_wait
autoit.WinWaitActive("[Class:#32770]")
text = autoit.ControlGetText("[Class:#32770]", "", "Static2")
autoit.ControlClick("[Class:#32770]","","Button1")
puts text

In order for the autoit function to execute, you need to use the .click_no_wait method in watir before the autoit function. This is because once the pop up is presented, the focus comes off the IE window and the script will pause. The .click_no_wait tells the script to continue running regardless of what happens next.
You may use the autoit window identifier to get the properties of the pop up the static text.

Written by Sameh Abdelhamid in: watir | Tags: , , ,
Aug
21
2008
0

Q. How do I attach to a current IE session?

A. Use the .attach method…
Example watir:

@b=Watir::IE.attach(:title,//)

I have used regex here for the window title, you can be more specific if you like.

Written by Sameh Abdelhamid in: watir | Tags: ,
Aug
21
2008
2

Q. How do I deal with javascript popup’s?

A. Invoke the autoit function library with the .click_no_wait method…
You will need to install autoit. You can download it here, once installed you can call the function library using the win32OLE extension library.
Example html:

<html>
   <head>
   <script language="javascript">
      function msgbox (textstring) {
      alert (textstring) }
   </script>
   </head>
   <body id="test_00test_0107" onload="">
      <form>
         <input name="text1" type=text>
         <input name="submit" type=button value="show me" onclick="msgbox(form.text1.value)">
     </form>
  </body>
</html>

Example watir:

require 'watir'
require 'rubygems'
require 'win32ole'
 
autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control')   
@b.goto('http://justaddwatir.com/watir/test_html/tc_0101_0200/test_0107.html')
@b.text_field(:name,"text1").set("Justaddwatir")
@b.button(:name,"submit").click_no_wait
autoit.WinWaitActive("[Class:#32770]")    
result =autoit.ControlClick("[Class:#32770]","","Button1")
puts "successful click =1 unsuccessful =0, the result was "+ result

In order for the autoit function to execute, you need to use the .click_no_wait method in watir before the autoit function. This is because once the pop up is presented, the focus comes off the IE window and the script will pause. The .click_no_wait tells the script to continue running regardless of what happens next.
You may use the autoit window identifier to get the properties of the pop up and the button attributes.

Written by Sameh Abdelhamid in: watir | Tags: , , ,
Aug
21
2008
0

How do I get the URL in IE?

A. Use the autoit function library with the win32OLE extension library…
You will need to install autoit. You can download it here, once installed you can call the function library using the win32OLE extension library.

require 'watir'
require 'rubygems'
require 'win32ole'
autoit = WIN32OLE.new('AutoItX3.Control') 
url = autoit.ControlGetText("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "", "Edit1")
puts "url is " + url

The defintion for the autoit function ‘ControlGetText’ is ControlGetText(title, text, controlId)
You can use the “AutoIt Window Info” tool to find the title and controlId, you do not need to use the ‘text’ parameter. I find that using the Class instead of the window title a neater and more accurate solution.

Written by Sameh Abdelhamid in: watir | Tags: , ,
Aug
14
2008
0

Q. How do I set a checkbox with a dynamic id attribute?

A. Use a regex match to populate a dynamic variable …
Example html:

<form action="test_0019.html" method="get" accept-charset="utf-8">
<input id="cblRoles_3" type="checkbox" tabindex="47" name="cblRoles:3"/>
<label for="cblRoles_3">Customer</label> 
<input id="cblRoles_4" type="checkbox" tabindex="48" name="cblRoles:4"/>
<label for="cblRoles_4">Expedite</label>

Example watir:

dynamic_id = @b.html[/cblRoles_\d+>Expedite/].gsub(">Expedite","")
@b.checkbox(:id,dynamic_id).set
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags: , , ,
Aug
12
2008
0

Q. How do I get to element X in frame Y?

A. Make sure you prefix your element with the correct frame reference …
Example watir:

@b.goto('http://justaddwatir.com/watir/test_html/tc_0001_0100/test_0017.html')
@b.frame(:index, 2).button(:name, "submit").click

Note: sometimes frames aren’t easily identified with id or name attributes, the example above uses the index attribute to get to the second frame in the frameset.

Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Aug
12
2008
1

Q. How can extract information from script headers?

A. Use the getElementsByTagName method and iterate through results …
Example html:

<title>test_0016</title>
<meta name="generator" content="TextMate http://macromates.com/">
<meta name="author" content="koops">
<!-- Date: 2008-08-12 -->
<script type="text/javascript">var PAGE_TID ="cache;app05.qa.sfo1:8101;2008-08-07T18:38:30Z;0001";
</script>

Example watir:

@b.goto('http://justaddwatir.com/watir/test_html/tc_0001_0100/test_0016.html')
s=[] 
scripts = @b.document.body.parentElement.getElementsByTagName("script") 
scripts.each do |script_tag| 
  script_tag.invoke("innerHTML").each do |script| 
    if script.match(/var PAGE_TID/) 
      puts script
    end 
  end
end
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Aug
12
2008
1

Q. How do I simulate a user pressing other keys?

A. Use the .send_keys method …
A complete list of send_keys combinations is available here.
Example watir:

@b.goto("http://www.google.com")
@b.text_field(:name, 'q').set('foobar')
@b.send_keys("{TAB}")
@b.send_keys("{TAB}")
@b.send_keys("+{TAB}")
@b.send_keys("{SPACE}")
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Aug
12
2008
0

Q. How do I simulate a user pressing ‘Enter’?

A. Use the send_keys method …
Example watir:

@b.goto("http://www.google.com")
@b.text_field(:name, 'q').set('foobar')
@b.send_keys("{ENTER}")
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Aug
07
2008
0

Q. Which method do I use with which element?

button <input> tags with type=button, submit, image or reset
radio <input> tags with the type=radio; known as radio buttons
check_box <input> tags with type=checkbox
text_field <input> tags with the type=text (single-line), type=textarea (multi-line), and type=password
hidden <input> tags with type=hidden
select_list <select> tags, known as drop-downs or drop-down lists
label <label> tags (including “for” attribute)
span <span> tags
div <div> tags
p <p> (paragraph) tags
link <a> (anchor) tags
table <table> tags, including row and cell methods for accessing nested elements
image <img> tags
form <form> tags
frame frames, including both the <frame> elements and the corresponding pages
map <map> tags
area <area> tags
li <li> tags
Written by Sameh Abdelhamid in: watir | Tags: ,
Aug
07
2008
0

Q. How do I click a radio button?

A. Use the .radio in conjunction with .set
Example html:

<html>
   <body>
      <input type="radio" name="group1" value="Watir"> Watir<br>
  </body>
</html>

Example watir:

@b.radio(:name,"group1").set
Written by Sameh Abdelhamid in: watir | Tags: ,
Aug
07
2008
0

Q. How do I check/uncheck a checkbox?

A. Use a the .checkbox in conjunction with .set(true/false)
Example html:

<form>
   <input name="checkbox" type="checkbox" />I love just_add_watir !
</form>

Example watir to activate:

@b.checkbox(:name, "checkbox").set(true)

Example watir to deactivate:

@b.checkbox(:name, "checkbox").set(false)
Written by Sameh Abdelhamid in: watir | Tags: ,
Aug
07
2008
0

Q. How do I enter text in a text box?

A. Use the text_field in conjunction with the .set command
Example html:

<html>
    <body>
      <form method="post" action="">
         <textarea name="comments" cols="20" rows="1">
            Enter your comments here...
         </textarea><br>
         <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
      </form>
    </body>
</html>

Example watir:

@b.text_field(:name, "comments").set("just_add_watir rocks!")
Written by Sameh Abdelhamid in: watir | Tags: ,
Jul
28
2008
3

Q. How do I gem install Watir behind a proxy server?

A. Set an environment variable for your proxy from the command line …

set HTTP_PROXY=http://my.work.proxy:8080
gem install watir
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Jul
28
2008
0

Q. How do I require all ruby files in the current directory?

A. Iterate over the directory using the File class …
Example watir:

dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
 Dir[File.expand_path("#{dir}/*.rb")].uniq.each do |file|
  require file
 end
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags: ,
Jul
28
2008
0

Q. How do I close all other browsers except my current process?

A. Use .close_others method …
Example watir:

@b.close_others
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Jul
28
2008
0

Q. How do I detect if Internet Explorer is already running inside a watir script?

A. Use %x{} to run a sub process that calls tasklist.exe …
Example watir:

if %x[tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq IEXPLORE.EXE" /NH] =~ /IEXPLORE/ then
  puts "browser IS running"
else
  puts "no browsers running"
end
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Jul
25
2008
0

Q. How do I find the selected element in a combo box?

A. Use the select_list comand in conjunction with the getSelectedItems command
Example html:

<select name="watirCombo">
     <option value="0" selected>(please select:)</option>
     <option value="1">Option 1</option>
     <option value="2">Option 2</option>
     <option value="3">Option 3</option>
     <option value="other">Other</option>
</select>

Example watir:

 @b.goto('http://justaddwatir.com/watir/test_html/tc_0001_0100/test_0021.html')
 combo_items = @b.select_list(:name, "watirCombo").getSelectedItems
 puts combo_items
Written by Sameh Abdelhamid in: watir | Tags:
Jul
25
2008
0

Q. How do I scroll the Internet Explorer page down?

A. Use the document.scrollintoview command.
Example html:

<p> 
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod  incidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis  ostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis  utem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit  raesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.
Epsum factorial non deposit quid pro quo hic escorol. Olypian quarrels et gorilla congolium sic ad nauseum. Souvlaki ignitus carborundum e pluribus unum. Defacto lingo est igpay atinlay. Marquee selectus non provisio incongruous feline nolo contendre. Gratuitous octopus niacin, sodium glutimate. Quote meon an estimate et non interruptus stadium. Sic tempus fugit esperanto hiccup estrogen. Glorious baklava ex librus hup hey ad infinitum. Non sequitur condominium facile et geranium incognito. Epsum factorial non deposit quid pro quo hic escorol. Marquee selectus non provisio incongruous feline nolo contendre Olypian quarrels et gorilla congolium sic ad nauseum. Souvlaki ignitus carborundum e pluribus unum.
Li Europan lingues es membres del sam familie. Lor separat existentie es un myth. Por scientie, musica, sport etc, li tot Europa usa li sam vocabularium. Li lingues differe solmen in li grammatica, li pronunciation e li plu commun vocabules. Omnicos directe al desirabilita; de un nov lingua franca: on refusa continuar payar custosi traductores. It solmen va esser necessi far uniform grammatica, pronunciation e plu sommun paroles.
Ma quande lingues coalesce, li grammatica del resultant lingue es plu simplic e regulari quam ti del coalescent lingues. Li nov lingua franca va esser plu simplic e regulari quam li existent Europan lingues. It va esser tam simplic quam Occidental: in fact, it va esser Occidental. A un Angleso it va semblar un simplificat Angles, quam un skeptic Cambridge amico dit me que Occidental es.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.
Epsum factorial non deposit quid pro quo hic escorol. Olypian quarrels et gorilla congolium sic ad nauseum. Souvlaki ignitus carborundum e pluribus unum. Defacto lingo est igpay atinlay. Marquee selectus non provisio incongruous feline nolo contendre. Gratuitous octopus niacin, sodium glutimate. Quote meon an estimate et non interruptus stadium. Sic tempus fugit esperanto hiccup estrogen. Glorious baklava ex librus hup hey ad infinitum. Non sequitur condominium facile et geranium incognito. Epsum factorial non deposit quid pro quo hic escorol. Marquee selectus non provisio incongruous feline nolo contendre Olypian quarrels et gorilla congolium sic ad nauseum. Souvlaki ignitus carborundum e pluribus unum.
Li Europan lingues es membres del sam familie. Lor separat existentie es un myth. Por scientie, musica, sport etc, li tot Europa usa li sam vocabularium. Li lingues differe solmen in li grammatica, li pronunciation e li plu commun vocabules. Omnicos directe al desirabilita; de un nov lingua franca: on refusa continuar payar custosi traductores. It solmen va esser necessi far uniform grammatica, pronunciation e plu sommun paroles.
Ma quande lingues coalesce, li grammatica del resultant lingue es plu simplic e regulari quam ti del coalescent lingues. Li nov lingua franc va esser plu simplic e regulari quam li existent Europan lingues. It va esser tam simplic quam Occidental: in fact, it va esser Occidental. A un Angleso it va semblar un simplificat Angles, quam un skeptic Cambridge amico dit me que Occidental es.
</p>																								
	<a href="http://justaddwatir.com/">justaddwatir</a><br />

Example watir:

@b.goto('http://justaddwatir.com/watir/test_html/tc_0001_0100/test_0020.html')
@b.link(:text, 'justaddwatir').document.scrollintoview

In this example we are scrolling down to the link which is displayed as “justaddwatir”.

Written by Sameh Abdelhamid in: watir | Tags:
Jul
24
2008
0

Q. How do I add a generic script timeout?

A. Use the Timeout class …
Example watir:

Timeout::timeout(10)do
  begin
      @b.goto(url)
  rescue Timeout::Error
      puts 'Page took longer than 10 seconds to load'
  end
end
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Jul
24
2008
0

Q. What’s with the /i in Ruby regular expressions?

A. the /i indicates an ignore case modifier …
In Ruby, a regular expression is written in the form of /pattern/modifiers where “pattern” is the regular expression itself, and “modifiers” are a series of characters indicating various options.
Ruby supports the following modifiers:
* /i makes the regex match case insensitive.
* /m makes the dot match newlines. Ruby indeed uses /m, whereas Perl and
many other programming languages use /s for “dot matches newlines”.
* /x tells Ruby to ignore whitespace between regex tokens.
* /o causes any #{…} substitutions in a particular regex literal to be performed just once, the first time it is evaluated. Otherwise, the substitutions will be performed every time the literal generates a Regexp object.
You can combine multiple modifiers by stringing them together as in /regex/is.
See more information here: http://www.regular-expressions.info/ruby.html

Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Jul
24
2008
0

Q. How do I display the inner text of a DIV tag?

A. Use the .innerText method …
Example html:

<div class="UserServiceValues">
  Apples  
</div>
<div class="UserServiceValues">
  Oranges 
</div>
<div class="UserServiceValues">
  Bananas
</div>

Example watir:

@b.elements_by_xpath("//div[@class='UserServiceValues']").each  do |elem|
  puts elem.innerText
end
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Jul
22
2008
0

Q. How do I terminate a browser using a pid?

A. Get a window handle and close the pid using the Win32API …
Example watir:

hWnd ||= Watir::IE::Process.process_id_from_hwnd @b.hwnd
pid=" " * 32
thread=Win32API.new("user32", "GetWindowThreadProcessId", 'IP', 'I').Call(hWnd,pid)
puts pid.unpack("L")[0]    
right_to_terminate_process = 1
handle = Win32API.new('kernel32.dll', 'OpenProcess', 'lil', 'l').
call(right_to_terminate_process, 0, hWnd)
Win32API.new('kernel32.dll', 'TerminateProcess', 'll', 'l').call(handle, 0)
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir | Tags:
Jul
22
2008
0

Q. How do I close all running browsers?

A. The Watir::IE class has a close all method …
Example watir:

Watir::IE.close_all()
Written by Tim Koopmans in: watir |
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