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Has anybody got their Automation using Watin 2 (latest release) work with IE 9 Download Manager?

Some of the issues I am facing are: 1. Cannot grab the control ids of the button on the Download Manager (Save, Save As...) using Dev Toolbar which makes it difficult to click a button using watin 2. The only workaround I have found is to use SendKeys. Like Alt + S (and others) to save a file. However, I cannot send keys to use Save As and other options in the ancillary menu. I would like to interact with the Download Manager which may allow me to use Save As.

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DrunkenMonkey
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  • I also had some problem downloading files using Watin 2.1 and IE9, so I reverted to IE8 where it works. – tomsv Jun 20 '11 at 13:27
  • I still waiting for someone to throw some light on this. Does this mean that we cannot handle IE 9 Download Manager? Really? – DrunkenMonkey Jul 04 '11 at 00:26
  • The main problem is that the document manager window is actually a child window of IE and not a web page itself. This is why you can't find it using the Dev Toolbar. – Dan Snell Aug 08 '11 at 21:51
  • Ah, thank you. But is there a way to automate / handle this download manager at all? I can't seem to solve this issue. – DrunkenMonkey Aug 10 '11 at 00:16

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Watin can't find download dialog and dialog buttons. It can resolve with this.

How to test file download with Watin / IE9?

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Boriss Pavlovs
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  • You might at least want to add the gist of the answer/cause of the problem to your answer instead of just adding a link. [This thread on Meta](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8231/are-answers-that-just-contain-links-elsewhere-really-good-answers) goes into that issue. – Bart Dec 16 '11 at 08:55