# Need ruby code to handle popup messages **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 3, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-ruby-code-to-handle-popup-messages/174905 "2009-09-03T20:57:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ravikanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@ravikanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ravikanth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-ruby-code-to-handle-popup-messages/174905/1 "2009-09-03T20:57:18Z")
Hello guys I am running an web application driven by watir in the webpage when i click the logout button the page should exit but the problem is a pop window comes stating “are you sure “yes or no”” I need some help how to access this window and force it to yes and close automatically. thanx in advance ---
**Author:** ![ravikanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@ravikanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ravikanth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-ruby-code-to-handle-popup-messages/174905/2 "2009-09-03T21:15:49Z")
Ravi K. wrote: > Hello guys > > I am running an web application driven by watir > in the webpage when i click the logout button the page should exit but > the problem is a pop window comes stating “are you sure “yes or no”” > I need some help how to access this window and force it to yes and close > automatically. > > thanx in advance You have many options: 2 of them → 1- SendKeys - > **[Automating Applications with Ruby & The Windows Script Host](http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com/2007/05/automating-applications-with-ruby.html)** > > We've talked at length about automating Windows applications through COM/OLE, using the win32ole library. But not all applications expose t... 2- check this example and modify the wait() method according your window title [http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Security+Alerts](http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Security+Alerts) -ronnie. ---
**Author:** ![ravikanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@ravikanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ravikanth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-ruby-code-to-handle-popup-messages/174905/3 "2009-09-03T21:37:40Z")
thanx a lot it helped a lot