From: Nikita Kuznetsov Date: 2011-10-04T15:37:30+09:00 Subject: help with university assignment So, we are supposed to create an xml-rpc based event manager using 2-3 programming languages. C#, Java, Ruby. I opted for ruby(i did this course last year but the dropped out). So, this time i am really trying. The code is not the actual problem for me. It is the testing. Right now i am attempting this: my usual machine(windows 7), and a virtual machine running windows xp. in both there is the same program: require "xmlrpc/server" require "xmlrpc/client" eventCounter=0 t1=Thread.new{ s = XMLRPC::Server.new(8080) s.add_handler("add") do|id,date,time,duration,header,comment| eventCounter=eventCounter+1 File.open("#{id}"+".event", 'w') {|f| f.write("#{date}| #{time}| #{duration}| #{header}| #{comment}") } end s.add_handler("delete")do |id| File.delete("#{id}"+".event") end s.set_default_handler do |name, *args| raise XMLRPC::FaultException.new(-99, "Method #{name} missing" + " or wrong number of parameters!") end s.serve } t2=Thread.new{ server = XMLRPC::Client.new("127.0.0.1", "/RPC2", 8080) begin puts "Press 1 to add an event\n" puts "Press 2 to remove an event of given ID\n" whatToDo=gets.to_i while whatToDo!="-1" puts "Press 1 to add an event\n" puts "Press 2 to remove an event of given ID\n" whatToDo=gets.to_i case whatToDo when 1 server.call("add",eventCounter,"03/10/2011","sadkfdsa","not long","some header","some comment") when 2 puts "Input ID to delete\n" id=gets.to_i server.call("delete",id) else puts "Please input 1 or 2" end #server.call("delete","2") Delete example end end } t2.join One one computer i am running port 8080, on the other 8090 for the xmlrpc::server.new I was also wondering, which ip do i have to write? i tried 127.0.0.1 but that ofcourse executes locally. I tried 192.168.0.7 and .8 depending on the machines(their corresponding ip for the router). I also tried my web ip, but ofc that is the same for both machines cos i'm behind 1 router. Can some1 please help me in this part? If i get past this, i can test my code everytime i plan something. This ofcourse means i can do my assignment. Ofcourse i opened the ports 8080 and 8090 in my router. I have also attempted running the example code for xmlrpc server and client. require "xmlrpc/server" s = XMLRPC::Server.new(8080) s.add_handler("michael.add") do |a,b| a + b end s.add_handler("michael.div") do |a,b| if b == 0 raise XMLRPC::FaultException.new(1, "division by zero") else a / b end end s.set_default_handler do |name, *args| raise XMLRPC::FaultException.new(-99, "Method #{name} missing" + " or wrong number of parameters!") end s.serve require "xmlrpc/client" server = XMLRPC::Client.new("www.ruby-lang.org", "/RPC2", 8080) begin param = server.call("michael.add", 4, 5) puts "4 + 5 = #{param}" rescue XMLRPC::FaultException => e puts "Error:" puts e.faultCode puts e.faultString end I really have no idea what i am doing wrong. And i do understand it isnt really a ruby question, but i really have no idea where i could ask a question like this If somebody can solve this, then cyber beer is yours forever :) Regards, Nikita -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.