From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2005-07-31T23:51:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Windows API's

"Andrew Falanga" <not_real@hp.com> wrote...
>
> TCL has a TWAPI interface library, doesn't anything similar exist in Ruby?
>

Yes, it does. I don't know what TWAPI looks like, or what you want it for, 
but here are some options.

1) There is Win32API in the standard library. Here is a simple example taken 
from Pickaxe:

  shell = Win32API.new("shell32","ShellExecute", ['L','P','P','P','P','L'], 
'L' )
  shell.Call(0, "print", fname, 0,0, SW_SHOWNORMAL)

Check out the doco at:
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/Win32API/rdoc/

2) The Win32 Utils library is not in the standard library, but provides 
Rubyish wrappers to a lot of commonly used Windows functionality.

http://rubyforge.org/projects/win32utils/

3) DL provides more general capability for calling dynamic libraries. It's 
also in the standard library, but the documentation is incomplete. Try here:

http://www.jbrowse.com/text/rdl_en.html

4) The standard Win32OLE library provides a neat and easy-to-use COM 
interface.
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/win32ole/rdoc/

See some examples of this library in use here:
http://rubygarden.org/ruby?ScriptingExcel

HTH,
Dave