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.
