From: Richard Date: 2007-01-24T12:55:11+09:00 Subject: Re: Displaying HTML with OLE Hi David, Your technique worked perfectly. I was disappointed by my system's performance, however. I used a .rbw extension to avoid the creation of a temporary Command Window. Is there a simple approach to putting up a graphical progress bar that: -- loops while checking to see whether the IE window had opened yet; and -- closes when the IE window is displayed? Best wishes, Richard On Jan 23, 7:04 pm, "mully" wrote: > On Jan 23, 4:51 pm, "Richard" > > > > wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm running WinXP/SP2 and Ruby 1.8.2. I tried the sample below from The > > Ruby Way,2nd ed., with modified HTML (which I tested independently). > > When I run it in a Command Window, I get: > > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Ruby_Techniques\Win32Ole>TestingOleWithHtml.rb > > K:/_Projects/Ruby/_Ruby_Techniques/Win32Ole/TestingOleWithHtml.rb:22:in > > `method_missing': document (WIN32OLERuntimeError) > > OLE error code:80004005 in > > > > HRESULT error code:0x80020009 > > Exception occurred. from > > K:/_Projects/Ruby/_Ruby_Techniques/Win32Ole/TestingOleWithHtml.rb:22 > > > Any ideas? > > > Thanks in Advance, > > Richard > > > # Source: The Ruby Way, 2nd ed., pg. 585 > > > require "win32ole" > > > msg = "Hello, World" > > > html = < > > > > > Hello, World > > > > > >

My "Hello, World" Demo

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Not much of a demo, eh?

> > > > > > EOF > > > ie = WIN32OLE.new("InternetExplorer.Application") > > > ie.document.open # <==== > > Line 22 > > ie.document.write html > > ie.document.close > > > sleep 5 > > quitTry navigating to a page before writing to the Document object. The > code below worked for me... > > ie = WIN32OLE.new("InternetExplorer.Application") > ie.Visible = 1 > ie.Navigate('about:blank') > sleep(1) while ie.ReadyState != 4 > ie.Document.open > ie.Document.write html > ie.Document.close > sleep 5 > quit > > Hope that helps. > > Mully