[Win32utils-devel] Fwd: BUG? Win32::Service.create calling CreateServiceW

[Daniel Berger]

Joe Swatosh wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> When we upgraded win32-process to 0.6.0, we had to upgrade some dependencies.
> 
> Now we are getting failures when invoking Win32::Service.create in code that
> used to work.  After looking in the registry and futzing around with the code,
> it appears that when Win32::Service.create calls CreateService, ultimately
> CreateServiceW is being called.
> 
> I added this to the file before we invoke anything in Win32::Service, and our
> app seems to be working again:
> 
>        class Win32::Service
>         def CreateService(*a)
>           CreateServiceA(*a)
>         end
>         def self.OpenService(*a)
>           OpenServiceA(*a)
>         end
>        end
> 
> But is obviously not a real solution.

Thanks for the report. If you're calling the 'W' methods it means you're 
running with $KCODE set to UTF8.

> As an aside, we seem to be having failures when calling Process.create, but
> need to do more research (some calls fail while others work).  This is a Rails
> app, so maybe ActiveSupport require magic could be changing the order of the
> requires?
> 
> I think these are the relevant gem versions:
>       win32-service-0.6.1-x86-mswin32-60
>       windows-pr-0.9.8
>       windows-api-0.2.4
>       win32-api-1.3.0-x86-mswin32-60
>       win32-process-0.6.0

Probably caused by $KCODE being set to UTF8.

What do people think. Should I remove that logic from win32-api 
altogether? It seems to cause more trouble than it's worth.

Regards,

Dan