From: Bret Pettichord <bret@...>
Date: 2008-08-11T23:35:28+09:00
Subject: Re: if expression within a thread

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Calls to windows API's will block *all* threads in Ruby. This is why Watir's
click_no_wait method spawns a process and not merely a thread.

Bret

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:37 AM, aidy <aidy.lewis@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using  Watir and Autoit (win32 test tool)
>
> Here is my code
>
>
>      autoit = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control")
>      t = Thread.new(autoit) {
>      if autoit.WinWait("Authentication Required", "", 5) ==
> 1
>         autoit.Send(username)
>         autoit.Send("{TAB}")
>         autoit.Send(password)
>         autoit.Send("{ENTER}")
>      end
>      }
>      m = Thread.new(self) {self.goto(url)}
>      m.join; t.join
>
>
>  When a user navigates to a url, an authentication dialog may appear.
>
>  If this appears I would like to enter a username and password
>
>  If I manually type the url and run this
>
>     require 'win32ole'
>     autoit = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control")
>     autoit.WinWait("Authentication Required", "", 5)
>
>  A success of 1 is returned.
>
>  I wonder if I can use if expressions in Ruby threads, as the if
> block is never executed. Maybe the   winwait function in autoit is not
> able to thread.
>
>  Any ideas, please?
>
>  Thanks
>
>  Aidy
>
>


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