From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-05-18T12:33:21+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby in WinXP as an automation tool

Alexey Verkhovsky wrote:
> James Britt wrote:
> 
>> I believe win32ole is going to want to find the COM automation info in 
>> the registry, and you'll need to run
>>
>> regsvr32.exe AutoItX3.dll
>>
>> as part of the installation process.  But the DLL can go wherever you 
>> like; the location is stored when it gets registered.
> 
> 
> Sigh... as I feared.
> How do I query/edit the registry from within Ruby?

For what?  If the goal is to register the DLL, just use, for example:

# unreg
puts `regsvr32 AutoItX3.dll /c /s /u`

# reg
puts `regsvr32 AutoItX3.dll /c /s `

http://www.ss64.com/nt/regsvr32.html


James


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