ajax and "unable to locate element"

[sal]

I am loading a form with an embedded table using Ajax. I am having
trouble "locating elements" that are part of the form. I tried re-
reading the dom and waiting using the following:

@b=Watir::Browser.attach(:title,'sample')
@b.wait()

but I am still not able to locate any of the elements. For example:

@b.text_field(:name, 'order_ref[1]').set('OE123')

and I get the error:

Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate element,
using :name, "order_ref[1]"

I can inspect that element with Firebug and the name is fine. I tried
also using id, but I get the same error. Any help with this is much
appreciated.

[Rats]

Just a suggestion, rather than attach to an existing window try
opening a browser and navigating directly to the page. Not sure if
that will help ...

[Sal Jamil]

I just tried that and I am getting the same error.

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[Rats]

On Apr 8, 2:59 pm, Sal Jamil <salem.m.ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just tried that and I am getting the same error.

Is this page published on the web? If so then please provide a URL so
we can have a look at it. It is very strange that firebug displays the
element name yet Watir cannot find it. I've never had this problem ...

[Wesley Chen]

If there is ajax, please use fire_event before you set
Wesley.
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[Sal Jamil]

I am sorry, it is not available on the web. I can give you the source of the page but it references a lot of libraries and server code that I am not sure it will be helpful. Thanks for your help.

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[Sal Jamil]

I used the fire_event ( @b.radio(:id, "entryMode_manual").fire_event("onclick")) and I am still getting the same error. The event is firing fine since I am actually getting the div populated properly back from the server. Thanks

[Sal Jamil]

Thanks. I am using jquery to bind a click event to a button. Through Watir, I am setting the button and that event is firing correctly and populating the div from the server. Do I need to also do a "fire_event"? Isn't that duplicating the button set event?

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Wesley Chen <cjq...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Wesley Chen]

Of course not.

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[windy]

please open irb, try 'browser.show_frames'
maybe it's in a frame, so you can't get it .
hope it's useful.

锟斤拷 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:26:55 +0800锟斤拷Sal Jamil <salem....@gmail.com>
写锟斤拷:

[Sal Jamil]

Thanks. I tried that using IRB and I got "There are 0 frames" BUT Watir did not have a problem locating the new input field using IRB but it still throws the same Exception running the test from a file. I am going to google further on this issue. Thanks again.

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:12 PM, windy <lyfi...@sina.com> wrote:

please open irb, try 'browser.show_frames'
maybe it's in a frame, so you can't get it .
hope it's useful.

在 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:26:55 +0800，Sal Jamil <salem....@gmail.com> 写道:

I am sorry, it is not available on the web. I can give you the source of the
page but it references a lot of libraries and server code that I am not sure
it will be helpful. Thanks for your help.

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Rats <crapa...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

On Apr 8, 2:59 pm, Sal Jamil <salem.m.ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just tried that and I am getting the same error.

Is this page published on the web? If so then please provide a URL so
we can have a look at it. It is very strange that firebug displays the
element name yet Watir cannot find it. I've never had this problem ...

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[windy]

That's a strange thing . You should check the code of the file again .
Google is good, Good luck to you.

锟斤拷 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:24:47 +0800锟斤拷Sal Jamil <salem....@gmail.com>
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[Sal Jamil]

I added a sleep(5) after the fire_event and Watir was able to find the new field:

b.radio(:id, "entryModeManual").fire_event("onclick")
sleep(5)

b.text_field(:name, 'order_ref[1]').set('OE123')

Thanks for the help

[Adam Reed]

If you'd like to be a little more exact in your approach, instead of
using sleep you could "wait_until" the element exists.

http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/How+to+wait+with+Watir

On Apr 8, 11:45 am, Sal Jamil <salem.m.ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I added a sleep(5) after the fire_event and Watir was able to find the new
> field:
>
> b.radio(:id, "entryModeManual").fire_event("onclick")
> sleep(5)
> b.text_field(:name, 'order_ref[1]').set('OE123')
>
> Thanks for the help
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Sal Jamil <salem.m.ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks. I tried that using IRB and I got "There are 0 frames" BUT Watir did
> > not have a problem locating the new input field using IRB but it still
> > throws the same Exception running the test from a file. I am going to google
> > further on this issue. Thanks again.
>

> > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:12 PM, windy <lyfi2...@sina.com> wrote:
>
> >> please open irb, try 'browser.show_frames'
> >> maybe it's in a frame, so you can't get it .
> >> hope it's useful.
>

> >> 在 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:26:55 +0800，Sal Jamil <salem.m.ja...@gmail.com> 写道:
>
> >>  I am sorry, it is not available on the web. I can give you the source of
> >>> the
> >>> page but it references a lot of libraries and server code that I am not
> >>> sure
> >>> it will be helpful. Thanks for your help.
>

> >>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Rats <crapats...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> >>>  On Apr 8, 2:59 pm, Sal Jamil <salem.m.ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> > I just tried that and I am getting the same error.
>
> >>>> Is this page published on the web? If so then please provide a URL so
> >>>> we can have a look at it. It is very strange that firebug displays the
> >>>> element name yet Watir cannot find it. I've never had this problem ...
>
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[Sal Jamil]

Thanks Adam. I tried that but did not work. I got an exception regardless of number of tries and wait between tries.

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[Wesley Chen]

Please don't use the method: try again

The method below is really helpful.

Watir::Waiter.wait_until{$ff.div(:id, "addAlbumLink").exists?}

Wesley.
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[sal]

Thanks Wesley. That worked.

On Apr 8, 10:08 pm, Wesley Chen <cjq....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please don't use the method: try again
> The method below is really helpful.
> Watir::Waiter.wait_until{$ff.div(:id, "addAlbumLink").exists?}
>
> Wesley.
> For life, the easier, the better.
>