From: Antti Karanta <Antti.Karanta@...>
Date: 2003-01-28T05:58:31+09:00
Subject: WIN32OLE and CrossoverOffice (wine)



                            Hi!

   I am just learning ruby and am going to do a little script that 
manipulates some rtf files. I would need WIN32OLE for that. But...

   The matter is not that simple. I am running linux and run the 
microsoft office programs on top of codeweavers crossover office 
(www.codeweavers.com), which, I presume, is basically wine with a nice 
installer.

   Anyhow, does anyone have any experience in making WIN32OLE work with 
crossover office / wine? Is it even possible?
   I tried running the extconf.rb that comes in the WIN32OLE download, 
but it didn't do much (as was to be expected).

   On the other hand, is there any ruby library for reading / 
manipulating / creating rtf? I tried looking in RAA and google, but 
didn't find any.



   Thanks in advance.



       -Antti