From: Kim Juik <kimjuik@...>
Date: 2006-12-12T10:46:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby, Windows XP, and CMD.exe

Which one send you 'time out error'? IIS Server ? or Another?

If You use IIS, try to chang option of IIS.


2006/12/12, Clark Snowdall <clark.snowdall@linquest.com>:
> Hello all,
>
> I am developing a SOAP server running on a Windows XP machine.  When
> contacted from the outside, it will launch a windows executable at the
> command line.  The problem is this executable takes a long time.  When I
> would block on the SOAP call I would get a time out error on the client
> end, as one would expect.
>
> So when I put the command in a thread it would still cause a timeout
> even though it would pass the point of executing the command line app.
> It still seems that the method inside the SOAP::RPC::StandaloneServer
> blocks until all the threads clear.
>
> I've also tried using the windows "start" command to kick this thing
> off.  But again, the method blocks until the windows app finishes.
>
> I also tried using exec("my_app.exe") if fork.nil?  In that case the
> SOAP meothd returns to the client but the windows app is prematurely cut
> off before finishing.
>
> Essentially, I need something along the lines of "command &" from unix
> for windows.  Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Snowdall
>
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