From: Jason Trebilcock <jason.trebilcock@...>
Date: 2009-06-12T10:23:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Firewatir question

Comments below:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Axel Etzold [mailto:AEtzold@gmx.de]
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:21 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Firewatir question
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I am trying to automate some javascript website using Firewatir.
> I use the following code :
> 
> 
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'firewatir'
> include FireWatir
> test_site="http://konjugator.reverso.net/konjugation-englisch.html"
> ff=Firefox.new
> ff.goto(test_site)
> ff.text_field(:name,"ctl00$txtVerb").set("go")
> # everything is nice up to here, then I'd like to click the
> "Konjugieren" # button, which fails
> ff.button(:title,"Konjugieren").click
> ff.close
> 
> The second-to-last line gives the following error:
> 
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-
> 1.6.2/lib/firewatir/MozillaBaseElement.rb:967:in `assert_exists':
> Unable to locate element, using :title, "Konjugieren"
> (Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException)
> 	from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-
> 1.6.2/lib/firewatir/MozillaBaseElement.rb:1112:in `click'
> 	from f.rb:11
> 
> ... yet there's an element with :title 'Konjugieren' in the website
> that's generated when I enter the information by hand.
> What am I missing ?
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Axel
> --

[Jason Trebilcock] 

What you're running into is an object that looks like a button, but, for all
intents and purposes, isn't a button. I've been trying to debug the above
using Watir and am not having a whole lot of luck.

There is something at the following that looks like it might be of help: 
http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/wtr-general/2006-January/004607.html 

Beyond that, you might want to browse and ask the Watir group (if you
haven't already done so):
http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general 

They should be able to help point you in a good direction.

Jason