From: "Ara.T.Howard" Date: 2005-08-09T08:49:15+09:00 Subject: Re: wine and win32ole On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, Daniel Amelang wrote: >>> 1) I installed wine (via codeweavers installer) >> >> i compiled from the latest wine source - and reason to prefer your appoach? > > I'm lazy :p amen brother! > Codeweavers makes managing your wine install a no-brainer, and installing > new apps is just too easy. I already get the latest crossover installers for > free since I help support one of their apps. And their install includes all > sorts of stuff you might otherwise need to track down and install yourself > (in addition to the wine core), especially when it comes to running MS > Office apps. > > I'm no wine guru, but I'm pretty sure that you can get the one-click > installer working just fine without crossover, but MS Excel might be harder > without the codeweavers tricks. It's only a one time $30 if you prefer the > easy route, though. It's saved me a lot of time over the past couple years. > (end of codeweavers plug :) hmmm. that does sounds like it could be tough... the 30 pesos might be well spent... >> basically i'm trying to setup an environment to do windows filetype >> conversions on a bsd server. this sounds like a good approach. i'll ping >> the list if i successfully convert an excel doc this way. > > Yah, I've been reading your other posts. I really think this approach is > going to be the easiest, considering the alternatives I've heard you > propose. well - the files are quite simple so a pure ruby reader has an appeal - but this approach would give so much more for very little effort (ideally). > No problem! Thank you for all that _you've_ contributed to the ruby > community. thanks for the thanks! it's only fair - this list has saved me a lot of time over the years. regards. -a -- =============================================================================== | email :: ara [dot] t [dot] howard [at] noaa [dot] gov | phone :: 303.497.6469 | Your life dwells amoung the causes of death | Like a lamp standing in a strong breeze. --Nagarjuna ===============================================================================