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Firewatir: problems with changing the selection in the selection list

I am new to FireWatir and have some issues changing my choices in the selection list. Here's what the HTML looks like:

<div id="softwarelist">  
<select name="TDSOFTWARE" style='width:191;'>  
<option value="QFX">Quicken 2004 or newer-Windows  
<option value="QIF">Quicken 2003 or older-Windows   
<option value="OFX">Microsoft Money 98 or newer  
<option value="QIF">Microsoft Money 97 or older  
<option value="CSV">Microsoft Excel           
</select>  
</div>

I need to change the selection to CSV.

Here is the line in my script where I am stuck:

browser.div(:id, "softwarelist")

I kind of accidentally tried various methods, but (obviously) no one worked. Using the 'show_all_objects' method, for example:

puts browser.div(:id, "softwarelist").show_all_objects

I get a list of all the different formats ... which leads me to believe that I am in the right ball, at least, but in fact I have no idea, since I am new to working with FireWatir.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

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Something like this should work (not verified):

browser.select_list(:name, "TDSOFTWARE").set("Microsoft Excel")

Selection Boxes Watir Wiki.

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