Ruby and Windows interaction

[Robert Klemme]

"Kingsley Hendrickse" <KHendric@thoughtworks.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hi
>
> Is it possible in ruby to :
>
> 1. Close a windows application dialogue window - such as a system
> notification window, or an application like Outlook?

Yes, here you'll find some basic hints:
[url]http://www.rubycentral.com/book/win32.html[/url] Additionally you need to know
the API calls to perform what you want to do.

> 2. Package up a ruby program into an .exe file which can standalone and

be

> used without having to install ruby on the platform?

I think there was a solution for this. Maybe do a search via Google or
ruby-talk archive.

robert

[Vivek Nallur]

|
|> 2. Package up a ruby program into an .exe file which can standalone and
|be > used without having to install ruby on the platform?

Try using exerb

-Vivek

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[KONTRA Gergely]

On 0703, Robert Klemme wrote:

>

> > 2. Package up a ruby program into an .exe file which can standalone and
> > be used without having to install ruby on the platform?

> I think there was a solution for this. Maybe do a search via Google or
> ruby-talk archive.

Well, these are extremely important questions, when you choose a new
language. There was a thread why PHP is so popular.
So, what ruby will do? I think making some order in the
modules-ideas-whatever will greatly improve the image of ruby...

Gergo

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