From: Floyd Smith <fjs@...>
Date: 2002-11-02T04:56:15+09:00
Subject: Re: exerb & fox-problem; converting gui-script to .exe on windows

Compatibility mode is only available in XP I think.  It
supposedly allows you program to run as it were started in
another version of Windows such as Win98 or NT.  The problems
that I have encountered with exerb generated executables were
overcome by using this option.

Floyd

On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 04:33:08 +0900, Armin Roehrl <armin@xss.de>
wrote:

>Am Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2002 03:50 schrieb Floyd Smith:
>> Have you tried running your executable in compatibility mode on
>> XP?  That has worked for me on some exerb executables.
>
>Apologies -- I am not a windows-person.
>What does "compatability" mode mean?
>I only have windows 2000 here. What would
>compatability mode mean in that context?
>
>Thanks,
>	Armin
>
>> Floyd
>>
>> On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 01:10:23 GMT, "ursus major"
>>
>> <someone@microsoft.com> 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" <armin@xss.de> 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