Difference between win32api.rb and win32api.so?

[thomthom]

When I made some API calls I just wrote: require 'Win32API'
I had not downloaded any extra packages.

...maybe some other plugin has it...

[Whaat]

@thomthom said:

When I made some API calls I just wrote: require 'Win32API'
I had not downloaded any extra packages.

...maybe some other plugin has it...

Check your plugins folder. I think another plugin likely has it.

[thomthom]

There was a Win32API.so in my plugins folder. Not sure where it came from.

Is that part of an Ruby installation?
Since I use this for the UnicodeEx I need to find the source of this and ensure that UnicodeEx distribution include it.

[thomthom]

isn't .so files compiled C++?

[Jim]

Without looking, the .so would be a compiled library and the .rb is the 'friendly' interface.

[Whaat]

@jim said:

Without looking, the .so would be a compiled library and the .rb is the 'friendly' interface.

So which should be used if a plugin wants to access the Win32API? Maybe it doesn't matter.

[thomthom]

I only have the .so on my system + that seem to work.

I'd imagine that the compiled version would be faster. ...?

[Didier Bur]

Hi Whaat,
Would you please post a link where I can download win32api.rb
Thanks,

[pecan]

Win32API is included in the full download of Ruby. Here is a list from my Ruby install folder Ruby 1.8.6

Googling, I found no usable result for Win32API.rb except for JRuby.

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win32api.png.zip

[Whaat]

@didier bur said:

Hi Whaat,
Would you please post a link where I can download win32api.rb
Thanks,

yeah...i got it when i downloaded full ruby. Strangely enough, it did not include win32api.so. I think that the .so version is now obsolete (still works though)

[thomthom]

what version did you download?