# Ie.link(:text, "Next").click

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/ie-link-text-next-click/33465>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [5 December 2006 09:05 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ie-link-text-next-click/33465 "2006-12-05T09:05:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![curious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@curious](https://rubytalk.org/u/curious)\
**Post date:** [5 December 2006 09:05 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ie-link-text-next-click/33465/1 "2006-12-05T09:05:06Z")

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is there anyway to proceed with the WATIR code below after checking  
whether the link is present or not??

ie.link(:text, "Next").click

thanks.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Lutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@Paul\_Lutus](https://rubytalk.org/u/Paul_Lutus)\
**Post date:** [5 December 2006 09:15 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ie-link-text-next-click/33465/2 "2006-12-05T09:15:07Z")

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curious wrote:

> is there anyway to proceed with the WATIR code below after checking  
> whether the link is present or not??
> 
> ie.link(:text, "Next").click

What is your program's goal, what did you expect to happen, and what  
happened instead?

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