From: Reid Thompson <reid.thompson@...>
Date: 2008-11-19T11:25:02+09:00
Subject: Re: simple way to duplicate vba's InputBox, Msgbox?

Phil wrote:
> I've always used VBScript to write the simple scripts I
> occasionally need. But now that I've learned a tiny bit of
> ruby, I don't want to use vbscript anymore!
> 
> Unfortunately for me, ruby has nothing like InputBox() and Msgbox().
> While I'm comfortable with the command prompt and often prefer
> it, sometimes its just more convenient to run scripts directly
> from windows.
> 
> As I'll probably never need any more "GUI capabilities" than
>  those two statements provide, it seems like fxruby, ruby tk,
>  etc. is overkill for my simple needs.
> 
> I did run across "Ruby & Excel: The InputBox Hack" but of
> course it's slow and at least for me, the prompt is not
> "active" (you have to Alt-tab to get to it)
> 
> Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
http://code.google.com/p/zerenity/