From: David Jones <david.jones@...>
Date: 2006-08-06T00:05:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Start an external application - How?

You could try using 'system', eg:

system("yourwebcamapp.exe")

Joe Percival wrote:

> I don't need details, just a push in the right direction.
> 
> How do you start a series of external applications from within ruby (on
> windows).  For example, I want to start mywebcamapp.exe and
> myweatherapp.exe.