Also,Is there a way to read from csv file or xls file because currently 
I am trying to read from a txt file.
  Should I Require/import any particular libraries before trying to read 
from a CSV or an xls file.
Any help appreciated.

Thanks again,
Madu

Madu Nar wrote:
> Hello Paul,
>    Thank you so much for the Info...
>    I tried and it did work. But, how do I pass each of those split 
> tokens as separate parameters for the text fields.
> 
> Ex:      ie.text_field(:name, 
> "SearchFormHandler.searchTerms").set("Brian Kantz")
>          ie.select_list(:name, 
> "SearchFormHandler.state").select("California")
> 
> So the values Brian Kantz, California should be automatically 
> substituted from the file... Your help is greatly appreciated...
> 
> Thanks,
> Madu
> 
> Paul Lutus wrote:
> 
>> Madu Nar wrote:
>> 
>>> I need to pass each row of records into a text_fields for username and
>>> password and click on go...
>>> 
>>> I need to do this till the end of the file... could somebody tell me as
>>> to how I parameterize the values for the text fields so that it
>>> automatically picks up the records for each row...
>> 
>> In your example above, one of the field names is "User Name", with a 
>> space.
>> Yet the field separator for the data records below it appears to uses 
>> one
>> or more spaces as delimiters. On the other hand, it might be tabs, hard 
>> to
>> tell from your post.
>> 
>> Let's assume that tabs are used instead of spaces between the fields. If
>> that is true, then (untested):
>> 
>> File.read("filename").each do |record|
>>    record.split("\t").each do |field|
>>       # your turn
>>    end
>> end


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