From: David Mullet Date: 2006-08-08T00:07:38+09:00 Subject: Re: GUI Skeets wrote: > > Harold, i'm working on a pretty simple app that that needs to get 4 or > 5 pieces of information from my user so it can run. i'm thinking about > applying rubyscript2exe so i can get it in executable form for windows. > the script2exeauthor recommends wxruby so that the library can be > compiled into the exe file. this is great, but there isn't much info > on wxruby and the tutorial didn't seem to play nice with this newb. > > glade looks interesting. can you compare it to wxruby? is it really > that much of a hassle to link to the library? are glade and > rubyscript2exe compatible? > > tia... I've used wxRuby (0.6) and Rubyscript2exe for a number of recent Windows projects and have been pleased thus far. As noted, wxRuby docs are lagging, but I have found the book "wxPython in Action" to be helpful in that regard. My UI needs are simple--a couple forms with buttons, textboxes, and listboxes, along with the occasional 'Open File' dialog or message box. The 'compiled' executable file is about 3mb in size and runs reliably on all (WinXP) machines tested. Hope that helps. Mully -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.