Flex and Flash along with Watir

[Max Shut]

Are there any updated Flex and Flash ruby gems for Watir? Or other recommendation for automating Flex and Flash apps, while keeping the Watir framework? Thank you.

Flash - Watir Gem last update Dec 08

FunFx - Watir Gem least update Dec 08

[Željko Filipin]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Max Shut <max....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are there any updated Flex and Flash ruby gems for Watir?

"It is important to say that Watir CAN NOT control browser plugins like Java applets, Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight."

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[Pedro Nascimento]

I have tried FunFX before without any success. I honestly don't think there is a way of automating it in Ruby. 

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[Max]

>> "It is important to say that Watir CAN NOT control browser plugins like Java applets, Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight." 

Will that possibly change? Know anyone who is working on the possibilities of controlling plugins? This seems like a huge feature to have. What are the current solutions? Thanks! 

On Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:15:44 AM UTC-7, Željko Filipin wrote:

[Oscar Rieken]

I am going to go out on a limb here and say that as far as I know there is no plan for that but there are tools out there that can be used in conjunction with watir to help ease the pain
watir + sikuli in jruby seems like a winner for me

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[Mattias Karlsson]

I am using Melomel with Cucumber and Watir at the moment for Flex/
Flash projects but it might be a little bit outdated and don't think
it is being worked on at the moment (have been forking my own copy).

On 22 mar, 18:40, Oscar Rieken <bis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am going to go out on a limb here and say that as far as I know there is
> no plan for that but there are tools out there that can be used in
> conjunction with watir to help ease the pain
> watir + sikuli in jruby seems like a winner for me
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> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Max <max.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> "It is important to say that Watir CAN NOT control browser plugins like
> > Java applets, Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight."
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> > Will that possibly change? Know anyone who is working on
> > the possibilities of controlling plugins? This seems like a huge feature to
> > have. What are the current solutions? Thanks!
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> > On Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:15:44 AM UTC-7, Željko Filipin wrote:
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> >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Max> wrote:
> >> > Are there any updated Flex and Flash ruby gems for Watir?
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> >> "It is important to say that Watir CAN NOT control browser plugins like
> >> Java applets, Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight."
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> >>https://github.com/​zeljkofilipin/watirbook/blob/​master/about.md<https://github.com/zeljkofilipin/watirbook/blob/master/about.md>

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> >> Željko
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> > Before posting, please readhttp://watir.com/support. In short: search

[Chuck van der Linden]

Flash is just flat out not very automation friendly.  (and it has lately been a bit of a vulnerability vector, with a lot attacks based on exploiting overflows and other vunerabilities)

One reason a LOT of people (other than adobe of course) are hoping the new video stuff in HTML 5 can allow better ways of doing this kind of thing than using flash.

Best solution I have found is Sikuli, or a similar image based (eggplant??) tool that just 'looks' for the right thing.  but I've only used it in a few limited places, so am not sure how good of a general solution it might be.

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[Dave McNulla]

I have not spoken to anybody that has successfully used any automation tool on a Flex site. 

Dave