From: Markus Jais <info@...>
Date: 2002-04-10T10:31:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby as replacement for VB?

hi

I do not use Windows very often and don't now anything about VB
but maybe these tips are helpful.

GUI:
there is FXRuby ( http://fxruby.sourceforge.net )
which is available also for Windows. Have not used it but it might be an 
option for you:

ADO or ODBC:
check out Ruby/DBI. ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/ruby-dbi  )
it also supports ADO and ODBC (at least there is something for ADO there - 
don't know what ADO is, doesn't exist on linux AFAIK)

I really like Ruby/DBI, but I have not used it with ADO or ODBC only
with Mysql and Postgresql.

hope these tips are helpful.

markus

        


Robb Shecter wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Anybody have any suggestions for using Ruby in place of Visual Basic for
> doing database front ends?  My question isn't about the language per se,
> but rather whether all the parts exist yet for Ruby:
> 
> * Windows GUI toolkit that supports complex widgets like tables.
> * ADO or ODBC interface library.
> * Deployment scheme (some kind of compiler + packager, etc.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Robb