Handling a windows file upload dialog box

[Rats]

Firstly, I should have probably mentioned in my previous posts I am a
Watir newbie. However I have done a fair bit or programming so have
some knowledge when it comes to using Watir.

Ok, my latest problem is to do with handling a windows file upload
dialog box. I've done searches through this NG and found that this is
a fairly common problem. The solutions I've come across suggest use
of .click_no_wait.

I'm trying to write some code that will click the file upload button,
enter a file name (full path) in the file name field and then hit
enter. This is what I tried:

ie.button(:name, "file_upload_button").click_no_wait
ie.send_keys("c:\test.txt")
ie.send_keys("{ENTER}")

Unfortunately click_no_wait just flashes the button and the dialog box
does not pop up. I've tried click by itself and that opens the dialog
box but of course the rest of the script does not execute.

Any ideas?

[Wesley Chen]

For file upload button, there is a ready method, named:

$ie.file_field(:name, "").set("your file.txt")

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[Željko Filipin]

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Wesley Chen <cjq...@gmail.com> wrote:
> $ie.file_field(:name, "").set("your file.txt")

And we have a wiki page:

http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/File+Uploads

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[mani racha]

Hi all,

I'm trying to upload a file in a webpage with watir.

After so much of work,I've founded the link http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/File+Uploads .

but it didn't work for me.

ie.button(:name, "file_upload_button").click_no_wait
ie.send_keys("c:\test.txt")
ie.send_keys("{ENTER}") 

$ie.file_field(:name, "").set("your file.txt")

I've tried with above 2 suggested snippets.(What is the file_field exactly???)

But neither of them given result.

Any one help me out plzz??

 

[Dan]

You'll want to be looking for an element like this:

<input type="file" name="fileUpload">

Then you would do something like this:

$ie.file_field(:name, "fileUpload").set("your file.txt")

[mani racha]

Hi Dan,

Thanks for your quick reply.

I have tried with your suggestion.

But it says

       `set': No such file or directory - hi.txt

Although the file is present. 

Is there any other ways to crack this??

 

[Eric Mathiesen]

Try absolute pathing...  see if that works.

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[mani racha]

Hi Eric,

've tried with your suggestion.

oops......Its also of no use. 

[Super Kevy]

Check http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/dom_obj_fileupload.asp about the object your likely to be working with if standard html and not a flash based object.

 

You will find the form syntax something like: <input type="file" ....  >.  Get it? "type=file"

 

Basic HTML is nice to know w3Schools offers easy to learn tutorials.

[mani racha]

Hi kevy,

that's so nice of you although it doesn't give me the result.

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[Dan]

If you're getting :

`set': No such file or directory - hi.txt

Then your path to the file isn't right.

b.file_input(:id => "fileuploadbox").set("C:\\folder\\hi.text")

or

b.file_input(:id => "fileuploadbox").set("C:/folder/hi.text")

or on a mac/linux

b.file_input(:id => "fileuploadbox").set("/Users/mani/Desktop/hi.text")

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[mani racha]

Hi Dan,

  Thank you for your lines of code.

  Unfortunately neither of them worked.

[mani racha]

What is the problem with "set" method ?

[Jarmo Pertman]

"not worked" is not enough descriptive for anyone to actually help you. Try to be more concise.

What does this line output to you:

puts browser.file_field(:name => "name_of_your_file_field").html

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[mani racha]

Hi,

I have wrote

sFileName= "C:\\Users\\manikanth\\Desktop\\hi.docx"

browser.file_field(:name,'userfile').set(sFileName)

and it says,

C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-webdriver-0.6.1/lib/watir-webdriver/elem

ents/file_field.rb:13:in `set': No such file or directory - C:UsersmanikanthDesk

tophai.txt (Errno::ENOENT)

[Željko Filipin]

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:35 PM, mani racha <mani...@gmail.com> wrote:
> C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-webdriver-0.6.1/lib/watir-webdriver/elem
> ents/file_field.rb:13:in `set': No such file or directory - C:UsersmanikanthDesk
> tophai.txt (Errno::ENOENT)

Ruby can not find the file. Put the file in C:\ and try this:

browser.file_field(:name,'userfile').set("C:\\hi.docx")

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[Al Snow]

Try "/"s instead of "\"s in the file path.

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[mani racha]

same error