Thanks. I am a bit disapointed that I can't write activex controls orDLLs in ruby, I know it's possible to do that in python.
I will take a look at the windows service though, that might provide aworkaround for some of the stuff I want to do.
On 5/12/06, Dave Burt <dave / burt.id.au> wrote:> Tim Uckun wrote:> > I want to convert a series of VB DLLs to ruby. Is it possible to write> > activex controls and DLLs in ruby?   There might be a snag in that the> > controls need to send events to the calling program.>> The short answer is no, you can't compile Ruby code into a binary DLL.> You can call DLLs from Ruby.>> The slightly longer answer involves Ruby2C, which converts a subset of> Ruby to C, but I don't suppose this is what you want.>> > Also is it possible to write windows servers in ruby or have ruby> > itself run as a windows service?>> Yes, you can do these. Check out win32-service on the RAA.>> Cheers,>> Dave>>