From: Joel Pearson Date: 2012-11-14T22:10:49+09:00 Subject: Re: Beginner with project in mind It is actually possible to use an excel back-end, or a CSV to store the data, but you'll want a database for anything large. The Ruby install on Windows comes with TCL\Tk, which I use for GUI applications, and it's quite a useful and flexible system. That's worth a look as well. http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ext_tk.html -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.