From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2009-03-13T08:19:36+09:00
Subject: Re: mechanize form.fields.name

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 02:23:08AM +0900, Daly wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using mechanize version 0.9.2, and am having an issue with
> form.fields.name("foo")
> 
> the code looks something like:
> 
> agent = WWW::Mechanize.new
> page = agent.get("mypage.html")
> form = page.form('myform')
> 
> Now I need to set the value of a select box in the form. The select
> box name is report_type. The options in the select box are "Reports"
> and "Advanced Reports".
> 
> using form.report_type gives me "1"
> (rdb:1) form.report_type
> "1"
> 
> Reading the documentation wasn't helpful, but I saw another post that
> says you can do:
> 
> form.fields.name("report_type"), but that gives me:
> (rdb:1) form.fields.name('report_type')
> NoMethodError Exception: undefined method `name' for #<Array:
> 0x2fdc33c>
> 
> because form.fields IS an array :)

Yes, this functionality was deprecated a while back.

> Any pointers on how to set the select box's value back and forth
> between Reports and Advanced Reports?

Try this:

  p form.report_type

Hopefully that will get you the select list for the report_type.

If that doesn't work, I'll need an example I can execute.

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Aaron Patterson
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