Mod_ruby/eruby with IIS6?

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Is it possible to create a dynamic website with mod_ruby/eruby using IIS6
instead of Apache? I presume its got to be a way as PHP able to do it using
IIS6/MySQL. Thanks

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Ruby Tuesdays wrote:

Is it possible to create a dynamic website with mod_ruby/eruby using IIS6
instead of Apache? I presume its got to be a way as PHP able to do it using
IIS6/MySQL. Thanks

Not with mod_ruby, you would have to write a isapi dll. But I would try
fastcgi, it is faster than mod_ruby and I’m quite sure that there
already is a fastcgi module for IIS.

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Is it possible to create a dynamic website with mod_ruby/eruby using IIS6
instead of Apache? I presume its got to be a way as PHP able to do it using
IIS6/MySQL. Thanks

I like to use the ActiveRuby distribution
(http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-PaloAlto/9251/ruby/main.html),
since it has a WSH bridge that lets you use Ruby just like
VBScript/JavaScript/Perlscript/Python/etc under Windows (a true shame
that the base Ruby dist. doesn’t). This path will also allow you to
better leverage the massive amount of documentation on ASP and related
techs.

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How do you configure FastCGI for Ruby with IIS?

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It works! Is there any good example using Ruby to manipulate some MS Office
Apps e.g: put data from/to Word to/from Access? Thanks.

Just curious, if I have already have standard mswin32 distribution
installed, can I just add/install wsh bridge(as you mentioned) and register
it in the registry ? Thanks

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Try this: FastCGI for ISAPI/NSAPI

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On Mar 25, 2004, at 1:44 PM, Ruby Tuesdays wrote:

How do you configure FastCGI for Ruby with IIS?

Cheers,
Kent.

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How do you configure FastCGI for Ruby with IIS?

I don’t use IIS, but the general way is to have a plugin for the webserver
that supports the FastCGI spec.

The ruby programs run as separate processes, you just connect to them using
the protocol.

Have a look at http://www.fastcgi.com

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It works! Is there any good example using Ruby to manipulate some MS Office
Apps e.g: put data from/to Word to/from Access? Thanks.

Sure - that is just win32ole. OLE automation works the same whether
you have the WSH bridge or not. The difference between automation and
WSH integration is akin to the difference between extension and
embedding - the benefit of the WSH bridge is that it allows you to
“embed” Ruby code inside apps that support the WSH (pretty much
anything that lets you write macros in VBS). For example, after
installing Arton’s package you can use <script language="RubyScript/>
tags in HTML under ie to do some client-side scripting in Ruby instead
of Javascript (eat your heart out, Mozilla).

Just curious, if I have already have standard mswin32 distribution
installed, can I just add/install wsh bridge(as you mentioned) and register
it in the registry ? Thanks

I will have to refer you to Arton for specifics on this - I do not
really know what kind of coupling may exist. You can certainly
install multiple independent binary distributions on the same machine,
though.

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Is there any good Ruby example that manipulate any Office Docoments,
especially the Access database?

As, I have an Access Image Database, I’d like to be able to get the
information from Access(using Ruby), and manipulate them(e.g, resize the
image) and then put them in a nice form in a Word Document. Thanks

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It works! Is there any good example using Ruby to manipulate some MS
Office
Apps e.g: put data from/to Word to/from Access? Thanks.

Sure - that is just win32ole. OLE automation works the same whether
you have the WSH bridge or not. The difference between automation and
WSH integration is akin to the difference between extension and
embedding - the benefit of the WSH bridge is that it allows you to
“embed” Ruby code inside apps that support the WSH (pretty much
anything that lets you write macros in VBS). For example, after
installing Arton’s package you can use <script language="RubyScript/>
tags in HTML under ie to do some client-side scripting in Ruby instead
of Javascript (eat your heart out, Mozilla).

Just curious, if I have already have standard mswin32 distribution
installed, can I just add/install wsh bridge(as you mentioned) and
register

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it in the registry ? Thanks

I will have to refer you to Arton for specifics on this - I do not
really know what kind of coupling may exist. You can certainly
install multiple independent binary distributions on the same machine,
though.