From: Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@...>
Date: 2009-09-21T22:44:30+09:00
Subject: Re: script hangs while waiting for user input

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On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:09 AM, Jule Nissen <tschellhorn@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I want to send e-mail automatically from windows with help of "win32ole"
> and outlook. I wrote two short scripts:
>
> 1. one that sends the mail and
>
> 2. one that sends the keystrokes to the outlook security alert. (the
> security alert pops up, because it could be a virus which sends the
> e-mail.)
>
> Is there a possibility to combine these to scripts in one? I tried a lot
> of different things, but the script hangs while outlook is waiting for
> the user input. That's why I have to set up two cron-jobs. One script
> would make the whole thing less error prone (no timing issues with the
> cron-jobs).
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> /landge
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
An alternative to turning off the feature might be threads.  It might be
tricky though depending on if/how things block in this situation.  Although
if you are using Ruby 1.9 that shouldn't be an issue.

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