CygnusX1 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Hi All, Brand new to WATIR as of 3/31. I have an AutoIt script(*.au3) that is controlling my desktop application. I have a WATIR script(*.rb) that is controlling a web page that is launched from the desktop application. How to I interlace these two together? Do I #include <*.au3> files in the Ruby script or do I require 'watir' and 'win32ole' in the Ruby script? I haven't had much success other then doing $autoit = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control") and using some simple $autoit.mouseclick here and there. Does this, WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control"), give you all the functions you need to control a desktop application like straight AutoIt does? I.E. #include <ScreenCapture.au3> #include <WinAPI.au3> #include <GuiToolbar.au3> I need to be able to drive the application first via AutoIt and then use Watir to drive the Web Application. I'm confused. Please help. Thank you. Cygnus Cygnus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Robertson Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 They are completely separate systems. You need a common gateway for them to communicate in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zfisherdrums Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 (edited) Hello CygnusX1, Ruby won't interlace with AutoIt using include statements, I'm afraid. Also, AutoItX does not expose the exact same functionality as the "straight" one. You will be missing the UDFs as well as some of the built in support for TreeView, WinList, etc. Just a thought, but if I were you I would research the available/missing functions in AutoItX ( via the Help files ) and see if I could still make use of it in my Ruby script. If I couldn't, then I would determine if the action taken against the client application is rigid enough that it could be encapsulated in a single compiled AutoIt script and run from within Ruby ( with logic to handle error codes ). finally, I would Google search for Win32 automation libraries for Ruby. Hope this helps, Zach... * or use C# with WebAii and the UI Automation libraries in .NET 3.0. But AutoIT is so easy to work with; Sorry - that doesn't immediately solve your problem. Edited April 6, 2008 by zfisherdrums Identify .NET controls by their design time namesLazyReader© could have read all this for you. Unit Testing for AutoItFolder WatcherWord Doc ComparisonThis here blog... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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