From: Floyd Smith Date: 2002-10-29T11:50:38+09:00 Subject: Re: exerb & fox-problem; converting gui-script to .exe on windows Have you tried running your executable in compatibility mode on XP? That has worked for me on some exerb executables. Floyd On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 01:10:23 GMT, "ursus major" wrote: >Folks: > >I have latest available of ruby, tk, and exerb on windows xp. I can get the >exerb examples to work. I cannot get /any/ Tk script to work, even the >simplest 'Hello'. Always get 'abnormal termination' error. > >Alan Walkington > >"Armin Roehrl" wrote in message >news:200210281602.38756.armin@xss.de... >> Hi, >> >> I left unix and tried sth. on windows as I need >> to ship one .exe for windows-land. >> >> I installed the magic 1-click installer >> (ruby -v says 1.7.2; 2002-07-02) >> and exerb-2.2.0 >> >> Maybe I installed the wrong versions >> or need to set some magic variable. >> >> Any help would be highly appreciated. >> >> first problem: >> I look at .example/example3.rb >> -- >> cd example >> ruby sample3.rb #works >> ruby -r exerb/mkrbc sample3.rb #works >> exerb.rb -c gui sample3.rbc # works >> sample3.exe # a window pops open .. LoadError >> # no such file to load vr/contrib/vrwincomponent >> # in example/vr/contrib vrwincomponent.rb does >exist >> -- >> >> 2nd problem: >> I tried out a simple fox hello world skript >> --Ruby code: fxtest2.rb--- >> require "fox" >> >> include Fox >> application = FXApp.new("Hello", "FoxTest") >> application.init(ARGV) >> main = FXMainWindow.new(application, >> "Hello", nil, nil, DECOR_ALL) >> FXButton.new(main, "&Hello, World!", nil, >> application, FXApp::ID_QUIT) >> application.create >> main.show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN) >> >> application.run >> --- >> >> ruby fxtest2.rb #works >> ruby -r exerb/mkrbc fxtest2.rb #works >> exerb.rb -c gui fxtest2.rbc #works >> fxtest2.exe #abnorminal termination >> >> If s.b. has sample3.rb of fxtest2.rb working, >> please provide exact versions of exerb and ruby >> used and also info whether I must set any variables >> manually. >> >> Thanks, >> -Armin. >> >> ----------------------------------------------- >> Armin Roehrl, http://www.approximity.com >> >> >