# Check non internet applications **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 9, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/check-non-internet-applications/125453 "2008-01-09T07:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flamingflamingo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/f14d63/32.png) [@flamingflamingo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flamingflamingo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/check-non-internet-applications/125453/1 "2008-01-09T07:45:46Z")
Hi, Has anyone experience with non internet applications? I would like to check if Word is active and if so, close it. A test I’m making opens a file (pdf, doc, etc), has to checks if it opens correct and then close it. Any pointers are welcome! Cheers, Flaming F. ---
**Author:** ![flamingflamingo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/f14d63/32.png) [@flamingflamingo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flamingflamingo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/check-non-internet-applications/125453/2 "2008-01-09T13:10:29Z")
On Jan 9, 2008 6:45 AM, Flaming F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi, > Has anyone experience with non internet applications? > I would like to check if Word is active and if so, close it. > > A test I’m making opens a file (pdf, doc, etc), has to checks if it > opens correct and then close it. Theres lots of good stuff on Ruby on Windows ([http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com](http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com)) . Its certainly possible to open word docs and program against them with their OLE interface. PDF requires different (cross platform) APIs. Its pretty fun to open a word doc in IRB and start navigating around it. I haven’t done much in the way of exception handling though with OLE (because I don’t really know the API), but I get the impression that it will fail fast, and fail appropriately for your tests.