[Wtr-general] Seemingly bogus error in simple script

[Charley Baker]

You didn't say there was an error or anything went wrong. I'd recommend ie
developer toolbar over show_all_objects. The link is on the FAQ site.
Otherwise, are you having problems?

-Charley

On 3/7/07, matt <forum-watir-users at openqa.org> wrote:
>
> I am a new user to ruby/watir as well...maybe we can get through this
> together :)
>
> Basically, I did the same thing...launch irb and type commands to see what
> happens.  It was my experience that if it worked in irb, it worked in the
> script.  However, I am using ie6.  I haven't tried ruby/watir with ie7
> yet...
>
> In irb, try using the ie.show_all_objects.  This generates a table of all
> the objects on the current page.  This was helpful for me to build the list
> of objects for my script.
>
> Maybe using a later version of watir is required?  I am using 1.5.1.1158.
>
> ruby -e 'require "watir"; puts Watir::IE::VERSION'
> 1.5.1.1158
>
> ruby --version
> ruby 1.8.5 (2006-12-25 patchlevel 12) [i386-mswin32]
>
> > I'm brand new at this.
> >
> > I've created a very simple script to test a login
> > page...
> >
> > require 'watir'
> >
> > ie = Watir::IE.start("http://mysite")
> >
> > ie.text_field(:name, "j_username").set("blah")
> > ie.text_field(:name, "j_password").set("blah")
> > ie.button(:value, "Submit").click
> >
> > If I execute these commands manually in irb, I have
> > no problem.
> >
> > If I execute the script that contains them from the
> > command line, I get this error:
> >
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.4.1/./watir.rb:
> > 1928:in `assert_exists': Unable to locate object,
> > using name and j_username
> > (Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException)
> > from
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.4.1/./watir.rb:
> > 3382:in `set'
> > from Z:/Customers/Beneplace/Beneplace
> >  Redesign/WATIR tests/admin-login.rb:5
> >
> > Even though I get the error, the actions occur - the
> > text is entered into the text boxes, the button is
> > clicked, and I see the next page.
> >
> > If I put additional commands AFTER the click, they do
> > not get executed.
> >
> > This is being used with a JSP page, if that makes any
> > difference, and IE7.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Steven
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