From: Patrick Spence <patrick@...>
Date: 2007-02-09T23:02:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Ajax woes

alex_f_il@hotmail.com wrote:
> I don't think it is possible with current WATIR implementation.
> You can also try SWExplorerAutomation SWEA (http:\\webiussoft.com).
> SWEA supports AJAX and eleminates "sleep" statements by monitoring
> network traffic and DOM changes - it improves the test automation code
> reliability and performance. SWEA is .Net framework, but can be used
> from Ruby using RubyCLR.

Thanks for the link, but I was hoping for a Ruby solution. I was 
thinking that it's possible to override the 
Watir::Element.assert_exists() method. Perhaps go into a loop, on each 
iteration of the loop checking @ieController.status for "done" and/or 
@ieController.document.readyState == 4. The loop would one run a 
specific number of times before exiting and letting Watir throw the 
error.

Using the scenario I previously mentioned regarding the blood pressure 
radio button and textbox controls... I've noticed that when the "I know 
my blood pressure" radio button is clicked, the IE status bar briefly 
changes to "Please wait..." while Ajax is doing it's thing. By "doing 
it's thing" I mean updating the page to display 2-textbox controls where 
the user inputs the systolic and diastolic reading. After the textboxes 
are displayed, the status changes back to "Done".

Ideas or hints anyone? Thanks!


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