# Wsdl2ruby.rb problem on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [18 July 2006 04:35 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/wsdl2ruby-rb-problem-on-windows/29050 "2006-07-18T04:35:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![James\_Toomey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@James\_Toomey](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Toomey)\ **Post date:** [18 July 2006 04:35 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/wsdl2ruby-rb-problem-on-windows/29050/1 "2006-07-18T04:35:10Z")
An earlier post mentioned that whenever he runs wsdl2ruby.rb, "even when it appears to think about it for a few seconds, I don't get any output." He later says, "Yup, I am an idiot. The wsdl2ruby.rb I need to execute lives in the bin subdirectory of the SOAP4R distribution directory, not in the lib subdirectory!" I'm getting the same problem of no output, but I don't see wsdl2ruby.rb anywhere in the bin directory (nor do I see a "SOAP4R distribution directory"). Here are the 2 locations where I see wsdl2ruby.rb: C:\ruby\lib\ruby\1.8\wsdl\soap\wsdl2ruby.rb C:\ruby\src\ruby-1.8.4\lib\wsdl\soap\wsdl2ruby.rb Here's the command I'm running: ruby wsdl2ruby.rb --wsdl [http://www.xmlme.com/WSShakespeare.asmx?WSDL](http://www.xmlme.com/WSShakespeare.asmx?WSDL) --type client --force Any ideas about why nothing's occuring when I run this on Windows? ---
**Author:** ![NAKAMURA\_Hiroshi4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@NAKAMURA\_Hiroshi4](https://rubytalk.org/u/NAKAMURA_Hiroshi4)\ **Post date:** [18 July 2006 04:43 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/wsdl2ruby-rb-problem-on-windows/29050/2 "2006-07-18T04:43:49Z")
Hi, James Toomey wrote: > I'm getting the same problem of no output, but I don't see wsdl2ruby.rb > anywhere in the bin directory (nor do I see a "SOAP4R distribution > directory"). > Here are the 2 locations where I see wsdl2ruby.rb: > C:\ruby\lib\ruby\1.8\wsdl\soap\wsdl2ruby.rb > C:\ruby\src\ruby-1.8.4\lib\wsdl\soap\wsdl2ruby.rb You need to obtain wsdl2ruby.rb command line program from [http://dev.ctor.org/soap4r/browser/trunk/bin/wsdl2ruby.rb](http://dev.ctor.org/soap4r/browser/trunk/bin/wsdl2ruby.rb) . This command line program uses above file you wrote as a library. Command line programs are not included in Ruby distribution. Regards, // NaHi ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@Anne\_G](https://rubytalk.org/u/Anne_G)\ **Post date:** [18 July 2006 09:55 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/wsdl2ruby-rb-problem-on-windows/29050/3 "2006-07-18T09:55:05Z")
on tiger mac, I ran the program from the soap4r bin directory of the soap4r folder I had downloaded, and the files were created right in that bin directory. Maybe that is what he meant. I also ran the program with -d and the output was much more verbose. And I also had to find a different wsdl than the first one I ran. this one works [http://webservices.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/2006-03-08/AWSECommerceService.wsdl](http://webservices.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/2006-03-08/AWSECommerceService.wsdl) You could try it to see if something happens. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toomey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@James\_Toomey](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Toomey)\ **Post date:** [18 July 2006 15:15 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/wsdl2ruby-rb-problem-on-windows/29050/4 "2006-07-18T15:15:09Z")
I got it to work. Here's how: I downloaded the soap4r package from here: [http://dev.ctor.org/download/soap4r-1\_5\_5.tar.gz](http://dev.ctor.org/download/soap4r-1_5_5.tar.gz) I couldn't find a Windows installation, but I was able to unzip this file using Winzip (the built-in Windows unzip doesn't recognize the tar file). This unzips to a soap4r-1\_5\_5 folder, which I moved to c:\ruby. I then ran the wsdl2ruby.rb file that's in the bin directory of this package, like this: ruby C:\ruby\soap4r-1\_5\_5\bin\wsdl2ruby.rb --wsdl [http://www.xmlme.com/WSShakespeare.asmx?WSDL](http://www.xmlme.com/WSShakespeare.asmx?WSDL) --type client --force This will create the default.rb, defaultDriver.rb, and ShakespeareClient.rb files in the C:\ directory. When you run it, it does display messages such as "creating class definition", so if it just pauses when you run it, then it's probably not doing anything. That's what happened to me when I ran the wsdl2ruby.rb from the C:\ruby\lib\ruby\1.8\soap directory. Hope this helps anyone else with the same problem.