Ruby Newbie: installing RUDL problem

Hi,

I’m diving into Ruby and trying out RUDL. I used the Ruby173-6.exe ‘one
click install’ for windows to set up Ruby. I then installed RUDL, and tried
the samples. They failed with an error of missing mswin32-ruby17.dll. My
Ruby173-6 distro doesn’t have that dll, it has msvcrt-ruby17.dll instead. I
removed the 173-6 install and tried the Ruby172-1 install and that one
contained the mswin32-ruby17.dll that RUDL needs. My question why the name
change in the dll, I didn’t see it mentioned the release notes?

-Pedro

Hi,

I’m diving into Ruby and trying out RUDL. I used the Ruby173-6.exe ‘one
click install’ for windows to set up Ruby. I then installed RUDL, and tried
the samples. They failed with an error of missing mswin32-ruby17.dll. My
Ruby173-6 distro doesn’t have that dll, it has msvcrt-ruby17.dll instead. I
removed the 173-6 install and tried the Ruby172-1 install and that one
contained the mswin32-ruby17.dll that RUDL needs. My question why the name
change in the dll, I didn’t see it mentioned the release notes?

I don’t know the reason for the dll name change but recently in
[ruby-talk:57001] Martin Stannard gave a URL that had many versions
of RUDL built for the various dlls…
( http://froukepc.dhs.org/rudl/download/binary/ )

Hope this helps,

Bill

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From: “Pedro Estrada” pcestrada@hotmail.com

Hello pedro,

I had exactly the same problem except that I did not
get the ‘missing mswin32-ruby17.dll’ message on WinMe.
I found the missing dll problem using the dependency
walker application suggested by Bill. I am not playing
with RUDL for now. I do not want to install a lower
version of Ruby just to get RUDL to work, am afraid
other libraries I am using with Ruby may not work. But
I am curious, did RUDL work with the lower version of
Ruby install that has the correct dll?

TIA
Ramesh

···

— Bill Kelly billk@cts.com wrote:

Hi,

From: “Pedro Estrada” pcestrada@hotmail.com

I’m diving into Ruby and trying out RUDL. I used
the Ruby173-6.exe ‘one
click install’ for windows to set up Ruby. I then
installed RUDL, and tried
the samples. They failed with an error of missing
mswin32-ruby17.dll. My
Ruby173-6 distro doesn’t have that dll, it has
msvcrt-ruby17.dll instead. I
removed the 173-6 install and tried the Ruby172-1
install and that one
contained the mswin32-ruby17.dll that RUDL needs.
My question why the name
change in the dll, I didn’t see it mentioned the
release notes?

I don’t know the reason for the dll name change but
recently in
[ruby-talk:57001] Martin Stannard gave a URL that
had many versions
of RUDL built for the various dlls…
( http://froukepc.dhs.org/rudl/download/binary/ )

Hope this helps,

Bill

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Rameshsharma Ramloll PhD
Assistive Technology & Neuroscience Research CenterNational Rehabilitation Hospital
102 Irving St., NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-877-1932 phone ext 1935
202-723-0628 fax
www.ramloll.com

Hi Ramesh,

Yes, the RUDL samples worked when I installed the one-click Ruby172-1.exe
package.

-Pedro

“Ramesh Ramloll” ramloll2001@yahoo.com wrote in message
news:20021204144429.13939.qmail@web21110.mail.yahoo.com

Hello pedro,

I had exactly the same problem except that I did not
get the ‘missing mswin32-ruby17.dll’ message on WinMe.
I found the missing dll problem using the dependency
walker application suggested by Bill. I am not playing
with RUDL for now. I do not want to install a lower
version of Ruby just to get RUDL to work, am afraid
other libraries I am using with Ruby may not work. But
I am curious, did RUDL work with the lower version of
Ruby install that has the correct dll?

TIA
Ramesh

Hi,

From: “Pedro Estrada” pcestrada@hotmail.com

I’m diving into Ruby and trying out RUDL. I used
the Ruby173-6.exe ‘one
click install’ for windows to set up Ruby. I then
installed RUDL, and tried
the samples. They failed with an error of missing
mswin32-ruby17.dll. My
Ruby173-6 distro doesn’t have that dll, it has
msvcrt-ruby17.dll instead. I
removed the 173-6 install and tried the Ruby172-1
install and that one
contained the mswin32-ruby17.dll that RUDL needs.
My question why the name
change in the dll, I didn’t see it mentioned the
release notes?

I don’t know the reason for the dll name change but
recently in
[ruby-talk:57001] Martin Stannard gave a URL that
had many versions
of RUDL built for the various dlls…
( http://froukepc.dhs.org/rudl/download/binary/ )

Hope this helps,

Bill

=====
Rameshsharma Ramloll PhD
Assistive Technology & Neuroscience Research CenterNational Rehabilitation
Hospital

···

— Bill Kelly billk@cts.com wrote:
102 Irving St., NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-877-1932 phone ext 1935
202-723-0628 fax
www.ramloll.com