Failed to create WIN32OLE object from AutoItX3.Control

This is a  problem of registering the dll file, and hence it create an object of AutoIt. To register the autoit dll from command prompt, use following command


1.regsvr32 C:\ruby192\lib\ruby\gems\1.9.1\gems\watir-1.8.1\lib\watir\AutoItX3.dll


Although it does call the register code before creating an object, the 
error was in creating an autoit object.


2.You can also try adding line to top of the file


require 'win32ole'

Some more drag drop methods

With reference to my earlier posts on drag and drop, here are few more methods. You will need to have WindowsInput module,posted in earlier posts, along with below.

def drag_drop_on(target, src_offset=0, dst_offset=0)

     assert_target target

     drop_x = target.left_edge_absolute + dst_offset

     drop_y = target.top_edge_absolute + dst_offset

      drag_to(drop_x, drop_y, src_offset)

end

def drag_drop(target, src_offset=1, dst_offset=1)

            drag_x = left_edge_absolute + src_offset

    drag_y = top_edge_absolute + src_offset

           drop_x = target.left_edge_absolute + dst_offset

           drop_y = target.top_edge_absolute + dst_offset

           WindowsInput.move_mouse(drag_x, drag_y)

           WindowsInput.left_down

           WindowsInput.move_mouse(drop_x, drop_y)

          WindowsInput.left_up

end

def drag_drop_distance(distance_x, distance_y, src_offset=0, dst_offset=0)

   drag_x, drag_y = source_x_y(src_offset)

   drop_x = drag_x + distance_x + dst_offset

   drop_y = drag_y + distance_y + dst_offset

   drag_to(drop_x, drop_y, src_offset)

end

def drag_drop_at(drop_x, drop_y, src_offset=0)

   drag_to(drop_x, drop_y, src_offset)

end

def drag_drop_below(target, src_offset=0, dst_offset=0)

   assert_target target

   drop_x = target.left_edge_absolute + dst_offset

   drop_y = target.bottom_edge_absolute + 2 + dst_offset

   drag_to(drop_x, drop_y, src_offset)

end

def drag_drop_above(target, src_offset=0, dst_offset=0)

   assert_target target

   drop_x = target.left_edge_absolute + dst_offset

   drop_y = target.top_edge_absolute - 2 + dst_offset

   drag_to(drop_x, drop_y, src_offset)

end

def drag_to(drop_x, drop_y, src_offset)

   drag_x, drag_y = source_x_y(src_offset)

   WindowsInput.move_mouse(drag_x, drag_y)

   WindowsInput.left_down

   WindowsInput.move_mouse(drop_x, drop_y)

   WindowsInput.left_up

end

Working with PDF files

In our project, we needed to read check the contents of a 'PDF report'  that comes embedded in a 'IE' window.The process is a little complicated and not so straightforward.


First you will need to download pdftk. Download these files and extract the files only in the C:\windows\system32 folder. http://www.accesspdf.com/article.php/20041130153545577 


Secondly you will need to download and isntall xpdf : http://pdf-toolkit.rubyforge.org/ . Extract those files into the C:\windows\system32 folder.Then you will need the PDF::TOOLKIT gem. This can be found here http://rubyforge.org/projects/pdf-toolkit/ 


Basically this will convert the pdf to a textfile and you can do what 
you like with it. In the following example I have just read a file on
my c:\ and displayed it using the 'puts' command.


require 'rubygems'
require 'pdf/toolkit' 
my_pdf = PDF::Toolkit.open("c:\\file.pdf")
text = my_pdf.to_text.read
puts text


I hope this helps