# How to access a dll file?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-access-a-dll-file/196634>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 4, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-access-a-dll-file/196634 "2008-04-04T13:55:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnavel)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-access-a-dll-file/196634/1 "2008-04-04T13:55:31Z")

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Hi,

How to accessing a .dll file from rails application.

Thanks,  
Ratnavel

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**Author:** ![ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnavel)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-access-a-dll-file/196634/2 "2008-04-04T15:20:32Z")

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2008/4/4, Ratnavel S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> How to accessing a .dll file from rails application.

Please look for Ruby/DL. Could be exactly what you are looking for.

Cheers

robert

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**Author:** ![ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnavel)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-access-a-dll-file/196634/3 "2008-04-04T15:21:42Z")

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On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Ratnavel S.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> How to accessing a .dll file from rails application.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Ratnavel

Win32API, DL, or create extension/wrapper for it.  
Search for ruby bindings for the dll, if it’s a general one,  
you might be lucky and somebody already created the wrapper.

If it is a windows system dll, look at win32utils.