From: Alex Fenton <alex@...>
Date: 2005-11-07T14:32:11+09:00
Subject: Re: I can't get RUBYSCRIPT2EXE_LIB to work

Phlip wrote:
> Erik et al:
> 
> I need to package MiniRubyWiki. When I run it, with a healthy chain 
> of 'require's into its modules, rubyscript2exe can't read them.

You should normally just need to create a runnable .rb that requires the
libraries in the normal way. If you want to be able to create a
rubyscript.exe from within your project tree (ie not loading your custom
library from ruby's standard library directories), just prefix 'lib' to
ruby's library load path before doing the requires.

$:.unshift('lib')

when rs2exe runs, it should notice these requires of your custom library
files and bundle them in the package.

> I need to add many more .rb files, so pages can load them 
> dynamically, so I add everything to a big list like

The circumstances you should need to use RUBYSCRIPT2EXE_LIB are usually
only when the
- libraries, such as adapters for specific databases, are loaded
dynamically after program startup, eg with autoload, such as when a
connection is made
- files are required conditionally during program execution
if today.is_monday?
	require 'medication/prozac'
else
	require 'medication/paracetamol'
end
- you want to bundle files that aren't ruby scripts into the lib tree. I
use this to bundle .xpm icons into the library tree; this isn't necessarily
the best way of bundling auxiliary files though.

> Any ideas? I put RUBYSCRIPT2EXE_LIB into the lead file, miniWiki.rb, 
> above the first require...

When you run rubyscript2exe.rb it should list what it's bundled - what
output do you get?

Eric helped me with some of these probs for my project Weft; you might
find some ideas in there
runnable ruby script, ready to be packaged using rubyscript2exe.rb -
does the requires, exits if an exe is being made
http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/weft-qda/weft-qda.rb?rev=1.2&cvsroot=weft-qda&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
rubyscriptfiles.rb - used when converting into a .exe
http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/weft-qda/rubyscriptfiles.rb?rev=1.2&cvsroot=weft-qda&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
Rakefile - automates creation of exe - see the :executable target
http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/weft-qda/Rakefile?rev=1.6&cvsroot=weft-qda&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

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