watir

Q. How do I integrate watir with TestLink?

Tim Koopmans — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:11:19 +0000

A. This requires several hacks and use of the developer API … The first step to integrating these products is to download and install TestLink 1.8.0 BETA2 Once finished, add the TestLink API BETA Their blog has installation instructions for both. Regarding the API there are a number of changes you will need to ensure: 1. create api_developer_keys table using the [...]

Q. How do I install watir standalone?

Tim Koopmans — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:47:08 +0000

A previous post highlights some ways in which you can install watir from behind a proxy server via the command line. This approach can be problematic when using authenticated proxy servers. The following file is a simple MSI which will install Watir 1.5.6 with its required dependencies. The pre-requisites for this MSI are: 1. Ruby 1.8.6 installed [...]

Q. How do I use ci_reporter in my Test::Unit scripts?

Tim Koopmans — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:28:22 +0000

A. Use a ci_reporter gem … To install the ci_reporter gem on windows: gem install ci_reporter If you’re using Test::Unit, ensure the ci/reporter/rake/test_unit_loader.rb file is loaded before the test is run. If you’re using RSpec, you‘ll need to pass the following arguments to the spec command: --require GEM_PATH/lib/ci/reporter/rake/rspec_loader --format CI::Reporter::RSpec You may also want to set the output directory [...]

Q. How do I pass command line arguments to Test::Unit?

Tim Koopmans — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:45:56 +0000

A. Use the — argument to stop processing Test::Unit specific arguments … Module Test::Unit has its own command line arguments as specified by the following: ~/just_add_watir $>ruby test_suite.rb --help Test::Unit automatic runner. Usage: test/unit/graph_test.rb [options] [-- untouched arguments] -r, --runner=RUNNER Use the given [...]

Q. How do I execute arbitrary javascript?

Tim Koopmans — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:31:44 +0000

A. Use the .goto method to call the javascript … Example html: <HTML lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US"> <BODY scroll="no"> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> function openWin(i){ alert(i); } </script> <DIV id="menuLayer1"> [...]

Q. How do I learn all the objects on a page? [firewatir]

Tim Koopmans — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:45:02 +0000

Sometimes you might wish to implement a QTP-like ‘object repository’. I’ve had most success implementing this via Ruby modules. To ‘learn’ all the objects on a page using firewatir you can use a simple script like this: require 'rubygems' require 'firewatir' class NilClass def length 0 end end class DiscoverObjects include FireWatir def initialize(url) [...]

Q. How do I enter the current date or time into a textfield?

Sameh Abdelhamid — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:19:00 +0000

A. Use the Time.now method … Example html: <html> <body> <form method="post" action=""> <textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="1"> Enter your comments here... </textarea><br> [...]

Q. How do I get the text displayed in a javascript popup?

Sameh Abdelhamid — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:04:31 +0000

A. Use the WIN32OLE extension library with the autoit function 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. Example html: <html> <head> <script language="javascript"> function msgbox (textstring) { [...]

Q. How do I attach to a current IE session?

Sameh Abdelhamid — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:53:53 +0000

A. Use the .attach method… Example watir: @b=Watir::IE.attach(:title,//) I have used regex here for the window title, you can be more specific if you like.

Q. How do I deal with javascript popup’s?

Sameh Abdelhamid — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:34:41 +0000

A. Invoke the autoit function library with the .click_no_wait method… You will need to install autoit. You can download it here, once installed you can call the function library using the win32OLE extension library. Example html: <html> <head> <script language="javascript"> function msgbox (textstring) { [...]

How do I get the URL in IE?

Sameh Abdelhamid — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:02:10 +0000

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’ [...]

Q. How do I set a checkbox with a dynamic id attribute?

Tim Koopmans — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:59:10 +0000

A. Use a regex match to populate a dynamic variable … Example html: <form action="test_0019.html" method="get" accept-charset="utf-8"> <input id="cblRoles_3" type="checkbox" tabindex="47" name="cblRoles:3"/> <label for="cblRoles_3">Customer</label> <input id="cblRoles_4" type="checkbox" tabindex="48" name="cblRoles:4"/> <label for="cblRoles_4">Expedite</label> Example watir: dynamic_id = @b.html[/cblRoles_\d+>Expedite/].gsub(">Expedite","") @b.checkbox(:id,dynamic_id).set

Q. How do I get to element X in frame Y?

Tim Koopmans — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:26:32 +0000

A. Make sure you prefix your element with the correct frame reference … Example watir: @b.goto('http://justaddwatir.com/watir/test_html/tc_0001_0100/test_0017.html') @b.frame(:index, 2).button(:name, "submit").click Note: sometimes frames aren’t easily identified with id or name attributes, the example above uses the index attribute to get to the second frame in the frameset.

Q. How can extract information from script headers?

Tim Koopmans — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:51:57 +0000

A. Use the getElementsByTagName method and iterate through results … Example html: <title>test_0016</title> <meta name="generator" content="TextMate http://macromates.com/"> <meta name="author" content="koops">  <script type="text/javascript">var PAGE_TID ="cache;app05.qa.sfo1:8101;2008-08-07T18:38:30Z;0001"; </script> Example watir: @b.goto('http://justaddwatir.com/watir/test_html/tc_0001_0100/test_0016.html') s=[] scripts = @b.document.body.parentElement.getElementsByTagName("script") scripts.each do |script_tag| script_tag.invoke("innerHTML").each do |script| if script.match(/var PAGE_TID/) puts script end [...]

Q. How do I simulate a user pressing other keys?

Tim Koopmans — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:48:30 +0000

A. Use the .send_keys method … A complete list of send_keys combinations is available here. Example watir: @b.goto("http://www.google.com") @b.text_field(:name, 'q').set('foobar') @b.send_keys("{TAB}") @b.send_keys("{TAB}") @b.send_keys("+{TAB}") @b.send_keys("{SPACE}")