From: William Pinelo Marin <wpinelo@...>
Date: 2004-01-13T19:03:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby.exe crashing with WIN32OLE WMI example?

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Class WMI COM without class register

try with next command lines:

C:\>
C:\>cd c:\winnt\system32\wbem
C:\WINNT\system32\wbem>
C:\WINNT\system32\wbem> for %a in (*.dll) do regsvr32 %a

--.Pinelo.


"MikkelFJ" <mikkelfj-antisp@dvide-antisp.com (rm -antisp)> wrote in =
message news:3ffb0da3$0$30089$edfadb0f@dtext01.news.tele.dk...
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> "yonatan" <yonatan_avraham@hotmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:37fcf3c0.0401060555.7ab8a404@posting.google.com...
> > Regarding Botp's configuration using Windows XP...
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> > > > I'm trying to do some WMI stuff with Ruby.  I found this
> > > > simple example somewhere.  It works -- until the program
> > > > exists that is.
> > > > Then Windows pops up a "ruby.exe - Application Error" message
> > > > box due to inappropriate memory access.
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> > ...I just installed Ruby 1.8 on an Windows XP box and the WMI =
example
> > works fine.  I then installed it on another Windows 2000 box and the
> > WMI example crashes.  Any ideas?
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> The fact that it crashes on application exit seems to indicate a =
problem
> with reference counting where an object is being deleted after it has
> already been deleted once. The Ruby GC will collect all live objects =
on exit
> and this is why the problem shows up here. Only a suggestion of =
course.
> Why it works on one OS and not on another is difficult answer.
> Also it doesn't answer why a reference count error might happen in the =
first
> place.
> Except if there is a bug in either the Ruby impl. or in the WMI COM =
objects
> implementation.
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> Regards
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> MikkelFJ
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> 
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