# Automating Modal dialog close

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automating-modal-dialog-close/136671>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 5, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automating-modal-dialog-close/136671 "2008-05-05T11:13:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![devabrat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@devabrat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devabrat)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automating-modal-dialog-close/136671/1 "2008-05-05T11:13:51Z")

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Hi

When we click Move/Copy button on Outlook webaccess through watir ,Ruby  
then we get a Move/Copy Web Dialog

While it is open i cannot work on the main browser window so I could  
know that it is Modal

Now when I am trying to close it using any of these approaches

1. xyz=@ie.close\_modal()

It doesnt give any error but the Dialog Box is not closed and the script  
waits forever  
ANY SOLUTION ???  
–regards  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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**Author:** ![devabrat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@devabrat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devabrat)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automating-modal-dialog-close/136671/2 "2008-05-05T11:43:02Z")

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On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Devabrat K.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> 1. xyz=@ie.close\_modal()  
> ANY SOLUTION ???  
> –regards  
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

AutoIt [AutoIt Scripting Language - AutoIt](http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/)  
either create a standalone script that closes the dialog, or use  
autoit dll to control it from ruby.

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**Author:** ![devabrat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@devabrat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devabrat)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automating-modal-dialog-close/136671/3 "2008-05-05T11:46:13Z")

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Thanks

Jano S. wrote:

> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Devabrat K.  
> [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > 1. xyz=@ie.close\_modal()  
> > ANY SOLUTION ???  
> > –regards  
> > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid
> 
> AutoIt [AutoIt Scripting Language - AutoIt](http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/)  
> either create a standalone script that closes the dialog, or use  
> autoit dll to control it from ruby.