On 10/27/10 2:19 PM, Mike G. wrote:
> I'm behind a firewall that prevents me from just doing
>     gem install<whatever>
>
> So I downloaded the zip file for win32-api-1.0.4 (I know, it's an old
> version, but it runs with our existing software--later versions changed
> the api).

The API didn't really change, just the behavior with regards to $KCODE 
and ANSI vs Wide character functions. However, that change was undone in 
1.4.x because it was too problematic in practice.

Have you tried using the latest version to see if it's compatible?

Regards,

Dan