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This is Watir - Web Application Testing In Ruby http://wtr.rubyforge.org
To Install:
Execute install.rb.
How To Use:
This only works on Windows. It has been tested on Windows 2000 and XP.
Best is to use Ruby 1.8.2-14 or later.
This has been developed and tested using Ruby 1.8.1-11, Ruby 1.8.1-12.
It will NOT work with Ruby 1.8.1-13. (This version of Ruby has a bad WIN32OLE library.)
Requires Internet Explorer 5.5 or newer.
Check out the mail lists and the documentation for the workarounds.
Install ruby from http://ruby-lang.org
Unit Tests:
Run the unittests in a cmd shell. Go to the dir where you installed it and then type 'ruby unittests/core_tests.rb'.
See the user guide if you are having problems with security blocking.
Changes in 1.4.1
(based on watir.rb revision 1.215)
removed annoying warning message that sometimes appeared
corrected Element#class_name references which has been misnamed Element#style
removed IE#capture_events (didn't really work)
added IE#bring_to_front and IE#front?
fixed failing frame tests
remove failing test for disabled images
better rdoc
Changes in 1.4.0
fix method name for accessing class name of P/Span/Div (change from style to class_name)
fix for bug 2152 (frame index in show_frames off by 1)
added alt as a property to image
added file_fields
fixed TextArea#to_s
moved reset button to buttons class
add IE#send_keys
frames can now be referenced using regexps and ids
added IE#minimize, IE#maximize, IE#restore
onChange and onBlur events now triggered by TextField#set
added default option to set for checkbox
added colspan method to tablecell
fix for bug reported by Scott P, wrong objects are sometimes found
fixed bug with radio/checkboxes doing multiple fireevents
fix for table, id and reg exp
wait for page load before returning from IE.attach
update to select_list -- new interface still in progress
added .show method to iterators
fix for flashing objects in table cells
added flash for forms
flash returns nil instead of the curious '10'
removed ScreenCapture module from IE class
Changes in 1.3.1
Added P tag support
Bug fix for images and links in frames using each
Bug fixes for image#save
Changes in 1.3
added new row_values and column_value methods to tables
added ability to save an image - ie.image(:index,1).save('c:\temp\mypic.gif')
new method, html that applies to objects, not just a page - ie.button(:index,1).html => <INPUT id=b2 title="this is button1" onclick="javascript:document.location='pass.html';" type=button value="Click Me" name=b1>
now throws a NavigationException on 404, 500 errors
iterators now mixin Enumerable
added support for labels
added support for frames by index
added screen_capture
added hidden field support, and iterator method
table cells, span and div now act as containers, so can do ie.div(:index,1).button(:index.2).click
added index to print out from show_xx methods. Link shows img src if an image is used
added onKeyUp and onKeyDown to text_fields#set
installer now installs AutoIt to deal with javascript popups, file uploads etc
the spinner is now off by default
bug fix in text_fields iterator where it wasnt iterating through password or text ares. Added test for password fields
bug fix for flash for tables
bug fixes for images and links in cells
Typical Usage
# include the controller
require 'watir'
# create an instance of the controller
ie = Watir::IE.new
# go to the page you want to test
ie.goto("http://myserver/mypage")
# to enter text into a text field - assuming the field is name "username"
ie.text_field(:name, "username").set("Paul")
# if there was a text field that had an id of "company_ID", you could set it to Ruby Co:
ie.text_field(:id ,"company_ID").set("Ruby Co")
# to click a button that has a caption of 'Cancel'
ie.button(:value, "Cancel").click
The ways that are available to identify an html object depend upon the object type, but include
:id used for an object that has an ID attribute -- this is the best way!
:name used for an object that has a name attribute.
:value value of text fields, captions of buttons
:index finds the nth object of the specified type - eg button(:index , 2) finds the second button. This is 1 based. <br>
:beforeText finds the object immeditaley before the specified text. Doesnt work if the text is in a table cell
:afterText finds the object immeditaley after the specified text. Doesnt work if the text is in a table cell
The objects that are currently supported include
Button
Radio
CheckBox
TextField (Including TextArea and Password)
Hidden
SelectList
Label
Span
Div
P
Link
Table
Image
These 2 web sites provide info on Internet Explorer and on the DOM as implemented by Internet Explorer
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/browser/webbrowser/webbrowser.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/browser/overview/overview.asp
Command line options:
-b (background) Run Internet Explorer invisible
-f (fast) Run tests very fast
-x (spinner) Add a spinner that displays when pages are waiting to be loaded.
Note that if you also use test/unit, you will need to require 'watir' first to avoid conflicts
with its command line switches.
Javascript Pop Up Support
Watir now installs AutoIt - http://www.autoitscript.com/
This is the preffered method for dealing with pop ups, file requesters etc. Support for Winclickers will be removed.
Contacts:
Paul Rogers (paul.rogers@shaw.ca)
Bret Pettichord (bret@pettichord.com)
The mailing list: http://rubyforge.org/mail/?group_id=104
Contributors:
Bret Pettichord
Paul Rogers
Jonathan Kohl
Chris Morris
Karlin Fox
Lorenzo Jorquera
Atilla Ozgur
Justin McCarthy
Chris McMahon
Elisabeth Hendrickson
Michael Kelly (Indianapolis)
Peter Chau
Jacinda Scott
Danny Faught
Andy Sipe
John Lloyd-Jones
Chris Hedges
Park Heesob
Shashank Date
Jared Luxenberg
Alexey Verkhovsky
Tuyet Cong-Ton-Nu
Kingsley Hendrickse
Acknowledgements:
Chris Morris
Brian Marick
Jonathan Kohl
Penny Tonita
Janet Gregory
Andy Tinkham
Thanks for your ideas and support!
License
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