From: MikkelFJ <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>
Date: 2003-05-27T04:01:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Win32 Specifics...


"ddaemon" <ddarch@xyborg.de> wrote in message
news:3ed25a3a_1@news.tm.net.my...
> Hi everybody.
>
> I am a nuby to Ruby but I absolutely love the language.
> I was just wondering, is it possible to use Ruby to code
> Windows-specific stuffs such as windows processes
> and registry manipulation? I know there's the Win32API
> module that allows access to any Win32 functions, but can
> it be done using that module also? or do i need something else?

I haven't tried, but I'd imagine you can do just about anything using the
WMI COM objects on Win2K and WinXP. You would use Win32OLE to access the WMI
objects.

Mikkel