Forums | Admin Discussion Forums: open-discussion Start New Thread Nested Flat Threaded Ultimate Show 25 Show 50 Show 75 Show 100   By: Daniel Berger RE: pure ruby win32-ole status? [ reply ]   2010-01-19 04:58 No. There's pr-win32ole, now on github, but not officially released as a gem since it still needs testing. The win32-ole project is in its infancy. Regards, Dan By: Roger Pack RE: pure ruby win32-ole status? [ reply ]   2010-01-19 03:57 Was this pushed live at some point...poor me missing my ole... :) -r By: Daniel Berger RE: pure ruby win32-ole status? [ reply ]   2009-08-27 18:30 Right, I actually have an FFI version of win32-api in the CVS repo, but it only covers the base Win32::API class so far. I haven't implemented Win32::API::Function or Win32::API::Callback. I think callbacks are doable, but I'm not sure about raw function pointers. Regards, Dan By: Chuck Remes RE: pure ruby win32-ole status? [ reply ]   2009-08-27 18:01 I just googled around and confirmed that the ruby-ffi project on kenai is what we want. It ships with JRuby and can wrap C extensions. http://blog.headius.com/2008/10/ffi-for-ruby-now-available.html Apparently there is some conversion necessary but FFI defines a nice DSL for passing information back and forth between ruby and C. By: Chuck Remes RE: pure ruby win32-ole status? [ reply ]   2009-08-27 17:48 I'll send a query to the jruby list asking how this might be accomplished. I know they support FFI (as designed together by the Rubinius and JRuby team) but I don't know if it uses JNI under the covers to talk to C extensions. I'll let you know what I find. By: Daniel Berger RE: pure ruby win32-ole status? [ reply ]   2009-08-27 17:13 Oh, and to answer your questions more directly, there are no C extensions directly, but it does ultimately rely on the win32-api library. So, there's one C extension, but I do provide a pre-compiled binary for it. At the moment it does not work with JRuby because win32-api doesn't yet work with JRuby. Specifically, I have no idea how to implement Win32::API::Function in JRuby, and I'm not yet sure it's even possible. I'd love to be proven wrong, though. Regards, Dan By: Daniel Berger RE: pure ruby win32-ole status? [ reply ]   2009-08-27 17:10 Actually, Heesob has more or less completed a pure Ruby version of WIN32OLE, i.e. it has the same interface. It's in the SVN repository in the "Pure" project. I haven't released it yet because it lacks proper tests and documentation at the moment. The win32-ole project was going to be a combination of updated code, a nicer API, and some other improvements. That's on the back-burner at the moment, though. Regards, Dan By: Chuck Remes pure ruby win32-ole status? [ reply ]   2009-08-27 15:41 I just discovered that you are working on a pure ruby replacement for the WIN32OLE classes in MRI. This is pretty exciting news! If you don't mind, I have a few questions. 1. Will it work with JRuby or does it rely on C extensions? 2. Will it have a compatibility layer for existing WIN32OLE code? 3. When will we see a first (beta?) release? I just started work on a project that must run under Windows so I am very excited to see this project and its high activity level. I am hitting the tip jar now!