# Background browser independent Application

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/background-browser-independent-application/160952>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 21, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/background-browser-independent-application/160952 "2009-02-21T11:37:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![salil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@salil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/salil)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/background-browser-independent-application/160952/1 "2009-02-21T11:37:51Z")

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Hello everyone,  
i faced problems while creating a software application which  
will run in background. it will communicate with a remote site i.e. read  
value from csv file present in the application with value present in the  
browser.it should work on windows/linux and also system should be a  
browser independent.

Can i do this by using Watir?actually i try with watir but i don’t know  
is it a right way or in rails there is something new gem/plugin to do  
it.  
Can anyone point me in a direction that is current?

Thank you for your time and help with this issue.

Salil

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**Author:** ![salil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@salil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/salil)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/background-browser-independent-application/160952/2 "2009-02-25T16:34:53Z")

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is it possible using Http request or something like that.

Thanks in Advance