From: Masaki Suketa <masaki.suketa@...>
Date: 2007-08-24T07:23:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby & Word 2007 help

Hello,

In message "Re: Ruby & Word 2007 help"
    on 07/08/24, "Craig Demyanovich" <cdemyanovich@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm not sure what to do next, since File.expand_path() returns a path with
> forward slashes on Windows. Nevertheless, I hope that this information
> allows the next step toward a solution to be taken.

How about GetAbsolutePathName of Scripting.FileSystemObject?

  fso = WIN32OLE.new("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
  path = fso.GetAbsolutePathName("test.doc")
  doc = word.Documents.Open(path)

  Regards,
  Masaki Suketa