Winapp without console window

[Dalibor Sramek]

Hi.

Is there any way how to run a non-GUI Ruby script in Windows without the console
window shown in the taskbar? I need to install a script to a user who would get
distracted by the console window appearing in her taskbar.

Thanks

Dalibor Sramek

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[Thomas Adam]

What you could do is...

1. Write a .bat file called "runnme" which has:

start ruby c:\path\to\ruby_script.rb

2. Create a symlink (shortcut, sorry) to the user's desktop.

3. Set the properties of runme.bat to "run-minimised"

That way it would be hidden.

HTH,

-- Thomas Adam


--- Dalibor Sramek <dali@insula.cz> wrote: > Hi.

>
> Is there any way how to run a non-GUI Ruby script in Windows without the
> console
> window shown in the taskbar? I need to install a script to a user who
> would get
> distracted by the console window appearing in her taskbar.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dalibor Sramek
>
> --
> Dalibor Sramek [url]http://www.insula.cz/dali[/url] | In the eyes of cats,
> [email]dalibor.sramek@insula.cz[/email] | all things belong to cats.
>
>

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[Oliver Dain]

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=3E Hi=2E
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console
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get
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=3E Thanks
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=3E Dalibor Sramek
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=3E --
=3E Dalibor Sramek http=3A=2F=2Fwww=2Einsula=2Ecz=2Fdali | In the eyes of cats=2C
=3E dalibor=2Esramek=40insula=2Ecz | all things belong to cats=2E
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Isn't that what rubyw is for=3F I think if you run =22rubyw=2Eexe yourscript=2Erb=22
it'll run without a console=2E Not sure how you're starting your app -- e=2Eg=2E
from scheduler just use the above command as the command line to start it=2E
With user intervention create a shortcut with the above command as the target=2C
etc=2E Either way your script should run without creating a window=2E

[Alan Chen]

The windows build of ruby should have a rubyw.exe which doesn't open a
console window.

Cheers,
alan

Dalibor Sramek <dali@insula.cz> wrote in message news:<1062768613.3f588fe555904@www.epot.cz>...

> Is there any way how to run a non-GUI Ruby script in Windows without the
> console window shown in the taskbar?

[Dalibor Sramek]

On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 03:10:23AM +0900, Alan Chen wrote:

> The windows build of ruby should have a rubyw.exe which doesn't open a
> console window.

Thanks, guys. Of course, rubyw.exe is the right solution. I tried it before
but it did not work with non GUI scripts. Probably my Ruby installation was
corrupted. After reinstall everything works perfectly.

One more question:
Is there any way to create system tray icon for a Ruby programm in Windows?
Can one of the GUI bindings for Ruby do that?

Dalibor Sramek

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[email]dalibor.sramek@insula.cz[/email] | all things belong to cats.

[daz]

"Dalibor Sramek" <dali@insula.cz> wrote:

>
> One more question:
> Is there any way to create system tray icon for a Ruby programm in Windows?
> Can one of the GUI bindings for Ruby do that?
>
> Dalibor Sramek
>

Using vruby (included in the PragProg distro).

Homepage is:
[url]http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/~nyasu/vruby/vrproject-e.html[/url]


Many samples at:
[url]http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/~nyasu/vruby/samples-e.html[/url]


For SysTray: ------------------------------>>>
[url]http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/~nyasu/vruby/sample/traytest.rb[/url]


Download sample scripts:
[url]http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/~nyasu/vruby/vruby030906.zip[/url]



daz