I find it strange that the win32ole package cant handle out params.

Hunting in ObjectSpace with a semi-production script doesn't give me
the "warm and fuzzies".

Creating a basic .vbs file and calling it as such:
    pid = `cscript.exe exec.vbs`.split("\n")[3]
...works, but it's still a hack IMO.

Thanks again for the kind suggestions but since I'm still learning
ruby, knowing the precise problem or solution with this scenario would
be optimal.

On 12/9/05, dave.burt / gmail.com <dave.burt / gmail.com> wrote:
> x1 complained:
> > --not sure how accurate this would be once 2 or more instances of
> > "notepad" are running simultaneously.
>
> pids = []
> ObjectSpace.each_object(Array) do |arr|
>   pid << arr[3] if arr.size == 4 && arr[0, 3] == ["notepad", nil, nil]
> end
>
> You can easily collect them all. If you get one list before the Create
> call and one after, the difference is likely to be the PID you're
> after.
>
> Of course, in practical Ruby, it's going to be easier to use
> Process.create #=> pid from the Win32-Utils library, or even to use
> Win32API or DL to call CreateProcess() directly.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
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