[ruby-talk:4756] Re: Which distribution (was Windows registry)

I have downloaded two distributions and neither of them have an ext
directory.

My files are:

    rbcw145.zip
    ruby-1.6.0-20000829-i386-cygwin.tar.gz

To add to the confusion those two distributions contain totally different
directory structures.

Which distribution should I be using and why are there so many spread around
different pages?  As a new user I'm finding the installation procedure
somewhat confusing.  There appear to be all sorts of required DLL's that are
separate from the main distribution file.

Is there a single download available that includes all necessary files
packaged into an install program?

Thanks for your help,

    Glen

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Neumann <[e-mail]>
To: Glen Stampoultzis <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, 31 August 2000 7:37
Subject: Re: [ruby-talk:4727] Re: Windows registry


>
> From: "Glen Stampoultzis" <[e-mail]>
> >
> > Thanks Michael,
> >
> > I don't know if it's possible to use OLE to access the registry.  I
should
> > be able to figure out the C Win API call.  Is there any documentation to
> get
> > me started on how to use the ruby Win32API module?  I looked but
couldn't
> > find anything.
>
> There are two examples in the directory "ext/Win32API", point.rb and
> getch.rb.
>
> Here's a short description:
>
> #######################
>
> require 'Win32API'
>
> getCursorPos = Win32API.new("user32",                 # function is in
> user32.dll
>                                                   "GetCursorPos",     #
> function-name
>                                                   ['P'],
> # the argument of that function is a pointer
>                                                   'V')
> # the function returns void (nothing)
>
> # Now you can call the function.
>
> lpPoint = " " * 8      # reserve space for two longs (8 bytes)
> getCursorPos.Call(lpPoint)  # the function returns 2 longs which are
stored
> at the adress of the pointer
>
> # Now lpPoint contains two longs.
>
> x, y = lpPoint.unpack("LL")    # unpack the two longs into variables
>
> #######################
>
> hope this helps
>
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
>