# IronRuby

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## [Error Executing C# Example Using IronRuby and Cucumber](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-executing-c-example-using-ironruby-and-cucumber/175938)

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**Author:** [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-executing-c-example-using-ironruby-and-cucumber/175938 "2009-09-23T06:40:04Z")

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Here is the message: This is the default example which is hosted on http://wiki.github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/ironruby-and-net C:\\ruby\\lib\\ruby\\gems\\1.8\\gems\\cucumber-0.3.101\\examples\\cs\>compile.bat C:\\ruby\\lib\\r…

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## [Got it to work but whats with the crazy output](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/got-it-to-work-but-whats-with-the-crazy-output/175941)

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**Author:** [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 6:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/got-it-to-work-but-whats-with-the-crazy-output/175941 "2009-09-23T06:37:44Z")

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I got Cucumber to use a C# dll. I had to explicitly compile the dll since compile.dll was giving some errors. Here is the result: C:\\ruby\\lib\\ruby\\gems\\1.8\\gems\\cucumber-0.3.101\\examples\\cs\>icucumber features Featur…

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## [Spec Error with IronRuby for Loading .NET DLL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-error-with-ironruby-for-loading-net-dll/175935)

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**Author:** [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spec-error-with-ironruby-for-loading-net-dll/175935 "2009-09-23T06:10:13Z")

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I have done this before but for some reason this is failing: require ‘rubygems’ require ‘spec’ require File.dirname(FILE) + ‘/bin/Debug/BusinessObjects.dll’ include BusinessObjects describe PrimeService do it “shou…

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## [Code Review: AsemblyResolve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-asemblyresolve/175951)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-asemblyresolve/175951 "2009-09-23T03:42:03Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:AsemblyResolve;REDMOND\\tomat” Comment : Prevents a possible recursion caused by user code executed when processing AssemblyResolve event. Fixes http://ironruby.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx…

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## [Dlr-languages package uploaded](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dlr-languages-package-uploaded/175929)

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**Author:** [@C.JSAdams-Collier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/C.JSAdams-Collier)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dlr-languages-package-uploaded/175929 "2009-09-23T00:19:18Z")

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Hey all, I met with Dino the other day and was informed that the snapshot we took on 08/05/2009 is a little out of date. That said, it has now been uploaded to the Debian FTP server for review by the FTP Masters: ht…

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## [Piping input from Kernel::open throws NotImplementedError](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/piping-input-from-kernel-open-throws-notimplementederror/175906)

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**Author:** [@Xerxes\_Battiwalla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Xerxes_Battiwalla)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/piping-input-from-kernel-open-throws-notimplementederror/175906 "2009-09-22T17:44:07Z")

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Apologies for re-sending, but this never made it onto the ruby-forums because of the previous outage. Hi there, I’m trying to get the AutoTest/AutoSpec script for Cucumber to work under IronRuby. The cucumber\_mixin.…

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## [Error Downloading Cucumber using Igem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-downloading-cucumber-using-igem/175882)

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**Author:** [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-downloading-cucumber-using-igem/175882 "2009-09-22T13:29:30Z")

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C:\\DevTools\\IronRuby\\ironruby\\Merlin\\Main\\Languages\\Ruby\\Scripts\\bin\>ir igem ins tall cucumber ERROR: While executing gem … (RangeError) bignum too big to convert into Fixnum C:\\DevTools\\IronRuby\\ironruby\\Merlin\\M…

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## [Code Review: BugFixes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-bugfixes/175893)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-bugfixes/175893 "2009-09-22T11:19:34Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:BugFixes;REDMOND\\tomat” Comment : Affects DLR and Ruby. Fixes bugs: http://ironruby.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=2476 http://ironruby.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId…

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## [Error when installing Watir for IronRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-installing-watir-for-ironruby/175836)

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**Author:** [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-installing-watir-for-ironruby/175836 "2009-09-21T06:15:38Z")

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I updated my gem for Ruby (Not IronRuby) to 1.3.5 C:\\DevTools\\IronRuby\\ironruby\\Merlin\\Main\\Languages\\Ruby\\Scripts\\bin\>ir igem -v 1.3.5 C:\\DevTools\\IronRuby\\ironruby\\Merlin\\Main\\Languages\\Ruby\\Scripts\\bin\>ir igem in…

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## [Watir under IronRuby Error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/watir-under-ironruby-error/174073)

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**Author:** [@qwerty](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/qwerty)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/watir-under-ironruby-error/174073 "2009-09-21T04:57:39Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to get my Watir scripts running under IronRuby, but am encountering the following error: :0:in \`require’: no such file to load – dl (LoadError) from C:/ironruby-0.9.0/lib/ruby/1.8/dl/import.rb:3 …

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## [Installing Spec on IronRuby 0.9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-spec-on-ironruby-0-9/175590)

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**Author:** [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-spec-on-ironruby-0-9/175590 "2009-09-16T06:33:36Z")

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Hi, I am having trouble install spec on my machine. I was able to download spec using igem in IronRuby 0.6 but in 0.9 it is giving problems. First, where is igem file. Even if I am in the directory of igem.bat it give…

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## [IronRuby VS Project Messed up my Visual Studio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-vs-project-messed-up-my-visual-studio/175437)

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**Author:** [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-vs-project-messed-up-my-visual-studio/175437 "2009-09-14T00:03:34Z")

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Hi, I tried to build the IronRuby project and it gave the following error while opening the project. visual C# 2008 compiler could not be created. I tried to reset the settings but it did not work! Any ideas??

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## [Why IronRuby is so slower tha IronPython?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ironruby-is-so-slower-tha-ironpython/174303)

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**Author:** [@triplem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/triplem)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ironruby-is-so-slower-tha-ironpython/174303 "2009-08-24T20:17:31Z")

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http://mastrodonato.info/index.php/2009/08/comparison-script-languages-for-the-fractal-geometry/?lang=en Does anyone have any idea?

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## [Time.now and System::Text::EncoderFallbackException](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-now-and-system-encoderfallbackexception/174087)

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**Author:** [@maslov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maslov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-now-and-system-encoderfallbackexception/174087 "2009-08-20T17:48:48Z")

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Hi all, I’ve got a strange problem with Time.now (and System.DateTime.Now, of course) when the current culture is set to ‘ru-RU’, ‘pl-PL’ or some other cultures: V:\\PROGS\\Ruby\\Migrate\\ClearQuest\>D:\\Progs\\Ruby\\IronRub…

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## [IronRuby with ASP.Net and Silverlight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-with-asp-net-and-silverlight/173581)

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**Author:** [@shayfriedman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shayfriedman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-with-asp-net-and-silverlight/173581 "2009-08-11T17:34:26Z")

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Hi there, I’ve got a question about the plans for V1 for ASP.Net and Silverlight. Regarding ASP.Net - I know that there is an ASP.NET dynamic language support project on codeplex, but it says that the IronRuby support…

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## [Irake db:create](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irake-db-create/173073)

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**Author:** [@shayfriedman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shayfriedman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irake-db-create/173073 "2009-08-01T18:48:07Z")

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\[Sorry if it’s the third time you receive that, I’m having a hard time with the mailing list…\] Hi, I try to run “irake db:create” on my IronRuby on Rails app but it doesn’t create the database. I have changed the con…

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## [Make IR run as an external tool in VS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-ir-run-as-an-external-tool-in-vs/172959)

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**Author:** [@mdeering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mdeering)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-ir-run-as-an-external-tool-in-vs/172959 "2009-07-31T11:30:49Z")

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hi, was wondering if anyone could help. i’d like to be able to edit a ruby file in visual studio and just fire a key seqeunce to run the file. similar to how rob conery set up the machine specifications runner in hi…

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## [Updating the search paths dynamically in script](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-the-search-paths-dynamically-in-script/172964)

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**Author:** [@mdeering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mdeering)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-the-search-paths-dynamically-in-script/172964 "2009-07-30T16:18:49Z")

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hi, i’ve been including my libs using the RUBYLIB env variable, doing SET RUBYLIB=‘some path’ then running ir program.rb and it now has access to the files in ‘some path’ i also tried to do this dynamically in the r…

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## [Calling non generic method that has a generic overload](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-non-generic-method-that-has-a-generic-overload/172948)

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**Author:** [@mdeering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mdeering)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-non-generic-method-that-has-a-generic-overload/172948 "2009-07-30T13:25:28Z")

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hi guys, i’m trying to using IR with NHibernate so i can a nice REPL experience. the issue i’m having is that I’m calling a method List() on the class ISQLQuery, which returns an IList, but ISQLQuery also has a generi…

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## [If you're seeing this through ruby-forum.com, please read](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/if-youre-seeing-this-through-ruby-forum-com-please-read/172588)

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**Author:** [@dotty](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dotty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/if-youre-seeing-this-through-ruby-forum-com-please-read/172588 "2009-07-23T17:28:48Z")

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This may be a non-issue by the time you read this, but currently (as of 07/23/2009), mailing-list items (questions and responses) do NOT (appear to) show up in the forum. You may be better served looking through the m…

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## [Data Binding to IronRuby Objects in WPF](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/data-binding-to-ironruby-objects-in-wpf/172288)

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**Author:** [@shayfriedman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shayfriedman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/data-binding-to-ironruby-objects-in-wpf/172288 "2009-07-21T19:48:31Z")

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Hi there, I’m trying to databind IronRuby objects to a WPF listbox with no success My data is a Ruby array of objects. The array seems to be bound fine as I see the expected number of rows in the listbox. However, eve…

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## [Why some mailing list items aren't showing up in forum?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-some-mailing-list-items-arent-showing-up-in-forum/172293)

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**Author:** [@dotty](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dotty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-some-mailing-list-items-arent-showing-up-in-forum/172293 "2009-07-18T19:17:18Z")

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I usually use the IronRuby forum interface (I find it easier to browse through): http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/34 But I just noticed today that there are a number of items that are ONLY showing up in the normal mai…

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## [C# Overloads and IronRuby Classes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/c-overloads-and-ironruby-classes/172106)

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**Author:** [@shayfriedman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shayfriedman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/c-overloads-and-ironruby-classes/172106 "2009-07-15T08:40:20Z")

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Hi there, The next scenario worked for me on older versions but now the behavior changed and I’d like to know if the change is a bug or by design. This is my C# code: public class MyClass { public void A() { A(1); } …

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## [IsRubyMethod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/isrubymethod/172039)

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**Author:** [@shayfriedman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shayfriedman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/isrubymethod/172039 "2009-07-14T22:32:47Z")

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Hi, I remember Tomas has posted a code review about IsRubyMethod some time ago. I was looking for it in the code but i couldn’t find it. Is it still there? Thanks, Shay. Shay F. http://www.ironshay.com Follow m…

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## [.NET RIA Services, IronRuby alternatives?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-ria-services-ironruby-alternatives/171975)

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**Author:** [@dotty](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dotty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-ria-services-ironruby-alternatives/171975 "2009-07-12T20:22:44Z")

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I have just been checking out the docs from the .NET RIA Services July 2009 preview: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=76bb3a07-3846-4564-b0c3-27972bcaabce&displaylang=en It seems pretty complic…

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## [.Net Events in IR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-events-in-ir/171929)

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**Author:** [@shayfriedman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shayfriedman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-events-in-ir/171929 "2009-07-12T01:46:06Z")

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Hi there, I know that I can register and handle .Net events in IronRuby in the following way: klass.some\_event { |sender, args| puts “Hello!” } Is this the only way of doing so or are there more ways? Thanks! Shay…

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## [Sinatra, and web enabling existing .NET codebases](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sinatra-and-web-enabling-existing-net-codebases/171907)

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**Author:** [@dotty](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dotty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sinatra-and-web-enabling-existing-net-codebases/171907 "2009-07-11T08:03:29Z")

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Aaron Quint gave a very interesting talk at GoGaRuCo: http://pivotallabs.com/gogaruco/talks/51-sinatra-the-framework-within About using sinatra to quickly and easily REST-enable libraries. I think this might be a very…

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## [IronRuby "Fusion" (VB6 , VBScript, Javascript)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-fusion-vb6-vbscript-javascript/171905)

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**Author:** [@dotty](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dotty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-fusion-vb6-vbscript-javascript/171905 "2009-07-11T07:52:07Z")

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In the same vein as VB “Fusion”: I’ve found that creating a COM-callable wrapper that hosts IronRuby is pretty easy to put together. I actually was initially trying to be able to execute IronRuby from VB6 (using vbSc…

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## [Interrupt Execution](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interrupt-execution/171783)

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**Author:** [@acampos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acampos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interrupt-execution/171783 "2009-07-10T01:44:26Z")

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Hi, I’m still searching for a way to halt or interrupt the execution of an IronRuby script. At the moment I do it by executing each script on a separate thread and call Thread.Abort but that is resulting in a memory …

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## [Win32console and color](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32console-and-color/171816)

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**Author:** [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32console-and-color/171816 "2009-07-09T18:03:20Z")

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Hi, I am trying to color my spec results when running specification unit tests. I am using the following: C:\> spec test\_prime.rb --format nested --color But it tells me to install gem “win32console”. So, I installed …

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