# \[ANN\] .NET / Ruby Connector - Free

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-net-ruby-connector-free/114329>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 11, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-net-ruby-connector-free/114329 "2007-09-11T12:55:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![huw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e19adc/32.png) [@huw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/huw)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-net-ruby-connector-free/114329/1 "2007-09-11T12:55:21Z")

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SapphireSteel Software today released the Ruby Connector - a  
drag-and-drop control which enables .NET programs to communicate with  
Ruby programs. This is freely available and may be used even if you  
don’t use our Ruby In Steel IDE!

Using the Ruby Connector, you can…

- Create visual front-ends to Ruby programs using the Visual Studio form  
designer
- Interact with the Ruby interpreter in your own applications in much  
the same way as you can interact with the Ruby Console in Ruby In Steel
- Start or stop the Ruby interpreter at will and pass expressions from  
your .NET program to be evaluated by Ruby
- Create 'hybrid’applications in which a .NET program runs  
simultaneously with a Ruby program and data is exchanged from one to the  
other

Download The Ruby Connector here:  
[http://www.sapphiresteel.com/SapphireSteel-Downloads](http://www.sapphiresteel.com/SapphireSteel-Downloads)

best wishes  
Huw

SapphireSteel Software  
Ruby and Rails In Visual Studio  
[http://www.sapphiresteel.com](http://www.sapphiresteel.com)