watir_woes.txt

C:\scm>irb
irb(main):001:0> require "rubygems"
=> true
irb(main):002:0> require "watir"
=> true
irb(main):003:0> ie = Watir::IE.new
WIN32OLERuntimeError: failed to create WIN32OLE object from `InternetExplorer.Application'
    HRESULT error code:0x800704a6

        from c:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:167:in `initialize'
        from c:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:167:in `new'
        from c:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:167:in `create_browser_window'
        from c:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:91:in `_new_window_init'
        from c:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:87:in `initialize'
        from (irb):3:in `new'
        from (irb):3
irb(main):004:0> quit

C:\scm>ruby --version
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]

C:\scm>gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

activesupport (2.3.4)
builder (2.1.2)
commonwatir (1.6.2)
diff-lcs (1.1.2)
firewatir (1.6.2)
flexmock (0.8.6)
fxri (0.3.6)
fxruby (1.6.12)
geminstaller (0.5.3)
hoe (2.3.3)
hpricot (0.6)
json_pure (1.1.9)
little-plugger (1.0.1)
lockfile (1.4.3)
log4r (1.0.5)
logging (1.2.2)
nokogiri (1.3.3)
polyglot (0.2.9)
prawn (0.5.1)
prawn-core (0.5.1)
prawn-format (0.2.1)
prawn-layout (0.2.1)
rake (0.8.7, 0.7.3)
rspec (1.2.9)
rubyforge (2.0.3)
s4t-utils (1.0.4)
sources (0.0.1)
spork (0.7.2)
term-ansicolor (1.0.4)
treetop (1.4.2)
user-choices (1.1.6)
watir (1.6.2)
win32-api (1.4.5, 1.0.4)
win32-clipboard (0.4.3)
win32-dir (0.3.2)
win32-eventlog (0.4.6)
win32-file (0.5.4)
win32-file-stat (1.2.7)
win32-process (0.6.1, 0.5.3)
win32-sapi (0.1.4)
win32-sound (0.4.1)
win32console (1.2.0)
windows-api (0.4.0, 0.2.0)
windows-pr (1.0.8, 0.7.2)
xml-simple (1.0.12)

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