Hi All I am trying to write the data in the notepad. But I the data going in it is wrong. The output which I am getting in the notepad is !FA The code I used is as follows: " # Require the win32ole library: require 'win32ole' # Create an instance of the Wscript Shell: wsh = WIN32OLE.new('Wscript.Shell') # Try to activate the Notepad window: if wsh.AppActivate('Notepad') sleep(1) # Enter text into Notepad: wsh.SendKeys('Ruby{TAB}on{TAB}Windows{ENTER}') # ALT-F to pull down File menu, then A to select Save As...: wsh.SendKeys('!F') wsh.SendKeys('A') sleep(1) if wsh.AppActivate('Save As') wsh.SendKeys('c:\temp\filename.txt{ENTER}') sleep(1) # If prompted to overwrite existing file: if wsh.AppActivate('Save As') # Enter 'Y': wsh.SendKeys('Y') end end # Quit Notepad with ALT-F4: wsh.SendKeys('%{F4}') end " One more interesting thing is that here I am able to write the value in the notepad which is already opened. if the notepad is not opened, then ruby just intepret the script & does not write the output. Please suggest the solution for this. Thankx in advance :) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.