# Converting IFMapper into Win32 executables

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/converting-ifmapper-into-win32-executables/73179>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 22, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/converting-ifmapper-into-win32-executables/73179 "2006-10-22T17:45:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arnel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Arnel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arnel)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/converting-ifmapper-into-win32-executables/73179/1 "2006-10-22T17:45:48Z")

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Hi -

Anyone familiar with IFMapper, Ruby and/or its components? I’ve been  
trying to “compile” the IFMapper program into an executable file that  
can run under Windows without having to install the whole Ruby package  
but I can’t make it run.

I’ve been using the Rubyscript2EXE software for this, and it does  
“compile”. When I try to run the compiled .EXE file, nothing happens.  
I’m not very familiar with Ruby, so I thought I’d ask here (I was  
referred here from rec.arts.int-fiction).

All comments are welcome - even those that suggest another mapping tool  
instead 🙂

Thanks in advance.

–Arnel

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**Author:** ![Arnel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Arnel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arnel)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/converting-ifmapper-into-win32-executables/73179/2 "2006-10-28T06:07:00Z")

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Arnel ha escrito:

> Hi -
> 
> Anyone familiar with IFMapper, Ruby and/or its components? I’ve been  
> trying to “compile” the IFMapper program into an executable file that  
> can run under Windows without having to install the whole Ruby package  
> but I can’t make it run.

I wrote it, so yes 🙂

> I’ve been using the Rubyscript2EXE software for this, and it does  
> “compile”. When I try to run the compiled .EXE file, nothing happens.  
> I’m not very familiar with Ruby, so I thought I’d ask here (I was  
> referred here from rec.arts.int-fiction).

You are probably better asking the author of rubyscript2exe.  
Rubyscript2exe does seem to have some bugs here and there.  
One thing of note is that rubyscript2exe requires you to open and  
execute each file requester and menu option on ifmapper (pretty  
tedious), so that rubyscript2exe becomes aware of some files that are  
loaded on demand only.

Anyway, since you are the second person that asked for it, I created  
two .exe files for windows of ifmapper and uploaded them onto the  
rubyforge website. They seem to work okay for me, but let me know if  
they don’t work for you.  
I won’t guarantee I’ll keep updating them if I do some new release of  
ifmapper, but at least it will be something…