From: "Damián M. González" <lists@...>
Date: 2012-12-28T02:17:43+09:00
Subject: Re: "Open" dialog of Windows

> Short answer: see http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/168114
>
> Long answer:
> It would have been helpful to include the error message and the Windows
> and
> Ruby software versions you are using. See
> http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#beprecise
>
> Trying your example on Windows 7 Ruby 1.9.3 I get
> Win32_Test.rb:3:in `initialize': unknown OLE server:
> `MSComDlg.CommonDialog' (WIN32OLERuntimeError)

 Same OS and Ruby version.

> This suggests that component is not installed on my machine. Even if it
> was
> installed, Google suggests there would be a Microsoft component
> licensing
> issue:
> 
http://dutchgemini.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/vba-cannot-create-mscomdlg-commondialog-activex/

 Same thing happen to me, I've been in that page. I've tried the 
solution but doesn't work for me, seems that the component is not 
installed on my machine.

> If you insist on solving your problem by using native Windows dialogs,
> an
> alternative to an OLE component would be to access the Win32 API
> directly:
> http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/win32.html#S3
>
> See Win32 GetOpenFileName():
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646927%28VS.85%29.aspx
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646829(v=vs.85).aspx#open_file
>
> GetOpenFileName() is deprecated but is probably easier to use than the
> alternative. However, it will involve packing the OPENFILENAME members,
> as
> in the example I linked to at the start of my email.

 Well, this solution can be a mess, since I've scaped every time that I 
looked to the Win32API, it hurst me. Since that finally I have to appeal 
to construct the entire widget with FXRuby.

> Feliz Navidad,
> Kieran

 Thank you for taking the time to response. Feliz navidad y año nuevo! 
:) Damián.

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