From: RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>
Date: 2011-06-01T04:25:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem using 1.8.6 5WinAPI references in 1.9.2

On May 30, 4:05 pm, RichardOnRails
<RichardDummyMailbox58...@USComputerGurus.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wrote a little AlarmClock.rb utility that I like to use from time to
> time. I posted the 84-line program athttp://www.pastie.org/1994636.
> (No doubt, my code is verbose, but that's not the point here.)
>
> The require and include statements that I use for 1.8.6 execution are
> rejected by 1.9.2.  Googling indicates that WinAPI has been
> subordinated to the DL library,
>
> As the program stands, I get the following under 1.9.2:
> AlarmClock.rb:72:in `run': uninitialized constant Alarm::Sound
> (NameError)
>         from AlarmClock.rb:87:in `<main>'
>
> I guessed in lines 19-22 at what requires/includes I might need to get
> this app running under 1.9.2.  Being perhaps right in 1 out of 4
> guesses is not a great way to solve my problem.
>
> Help would be most appreciated,
> Richard

I apologize for the typo I had in my title for this thread.

I thought I had to use the DL (Dynamic Loading Library) for Ruby 1.9
in order to access the WinAPI.  However,  I couldn't find any good
documentation on DL.  Today I found FFI, and it seems to have good
examples to access the WinAPI.  It seems to have a gem for
installation also.  So maybe I've found a solution to my problem.
I'll post back if FII works for me.

Best wishes,
Richard