# Does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes?

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/does-ruby-generate-windows-and-dialog-boxes/33789>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [16 December 2006 20:10 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/does-ruby-generate-windows-and-dialog-boxes/33789 "2006-12-16T20:10:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5a626/32.png) [@Richard3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Richard3)\
**Post date:** [22 December 2006 06:30 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/does-ruby-generate-windows-and-dialog-boxes/33789/61 "2006-12-22T06:30:08Z")

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Hey David and John,

It was all my fault. My goal for my first Ruby/Rails project is really  
an Accounts Receivable system for a client. The client has a small  
business system written in 1980. It is based on 1980 versions of  
FilePro and SCO . They asked me to make some minor change to it. The  
code was so ugly (in my eyes; I had no interest in learning a dead  
version of a 4GL language) that I offered to look into using Ruby and  
Rails to build a piece of it that would import/export relevant data  
from the SCO box.

So while trying to come up to speed on RoR I was envisioning the  
simplest architecture I could get away with. In starting to write the  
app, I had the thing starting to take shape on my machine. When I  
posted my question about the architecture, I inadvertently glossed  
over the fact that I ultimately had to have a data server.

So I apologize for having such muddled thinking. But despite my  
sloppiness, you guys managed to see through my haze and pointed me in  
the right direction. I'm on a roll now!

Best wishes,  
Richard

John Wilger wrote:

> **···**
>
> > On Dec 21, 2:46 pm, David Vallner \<d...@vallner.net\> wrote:  
> > \> John Wilger wrote:  
> > \> \> Most likely, I would  
> > \> \> go with something like Flex[1] for the client, since it's relatively  
> > \> \> painless to distribute upgrades that way.Mind you, this is what I said in my first reply to Richard in the first  
> > \> place and then went along with the idea. I didn't say the architecture  
> > \> is an ideal one or one I would pick, just not without redeeming value of  
> > \> -some sort-.
> > 
> > OK, I must have just missed that post. This thread has about two or  
> > three topics in it, and I was only half following it when I decided to  
> > speak up on that architecture. I went back and skimmed through it to  
> > make sure I wasn't saying something that was already said, but I didn't  
> > re-read every single post closely. Apologies if I offended.

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