From: Jason Persampieri <jason@...>
Date: 2003-02-11T10:43:49+09:00
Subject: Re: FOX-based Windows GUIs

Just wanted to provide a word of warning though.

If you plan on capturing the output of a system command and display it in an FXText for example,
running via rubyw.exe doesn't work all that well.  Apparently the output of the command is lost
before you can capture it.

Jason

--- Lyle Johnson <lyle@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Harry Ohlsen wrote:
> 
> > Is there a way to make FOX/Ruby applications look like real Windows apps?
> > 
> > Ie, such that when you double click them, you don't get a separate DOS 
> > window?
> 
> (This is not FOX-specific.)
> 
> Yes. If you're using the Pragmatic Programmer's Ruby installer for 
> Windows, just change the extension on your Ruby program from ".rb" to 
> ".rbw". Files with a ".rb" extension are associated with the 
> console-mode version of ruby (ruby.exe), while files with a ".rbw" 
> extension are associated with the windows-mode version (rubyw.exe).
> 
>