How to read/write from ruby to VB.Net application and vice versa using Memory Mapped Files?

We are trying to communicate between our two applications, One is in
VB.Net and the other one is in ruby.How to communicate between a ruby
and .Net application?

Below is a sample code written to create a Memory Mapped File in VB.Net

Public Shared Sub WriteData()

    Try

        'String to write in memory

        Dim str As String = "This is a test data for Non-Persisted

Memory Mapped File."

        Dim bytes As Byte()



        'Convert the string to bytes

        bytes = StrToByteArray(str)



        'To store all bytes with length of bytes at 0 position

        Dim bytesnew = New Byte(bytes.Length) {}



        'Storing the length at first(0) position

        bytesnew(0) = bytes.Length



        'Copying all the bytes after the length

        For i As Integer = 1 To bytes.Length

            bytesnew(i) = bytes(i - 1)

        Next



        'Calculating the size of file with 1 extra byte for storing

length of bytes.

        Dim filesize As Integer = bytes.Length + 1



        'Creating a new file in memory

        Using file = MemoryMappedFile.CreateNew("myFile", filesize)



            'Creating a accessor that maps to the view of memory

mapped file(MMF)

            Using writer = file.CreateViewAccessor(0, filesize)

                'Writing the bytes in memory

                writer.WriteArray(Of Byte)(0, bytesnew, 0, filesize)

            End Using

            MsgBox("File written in memory, Now read file without

clicking OK button.")

            'MMF will get automatically disposed after this line due

to using statement.

        End Using

    Catch ex As Exception

        MsgBox(ex.ToString)

    End Try

End Sub

VB.NET to convert a string to a byte array

Public Shared Function StrToByteArray(ByVal str As String) As Byte()

    Dim ByteArr As Byte() = Nothing

    Try

        Dim encoding As New System.Text.UTF8Encoding

        ByteArr = encoding.GetBytes(str)

    Catch ex As Exception

        MsgBox(ex.ToString)

    End Try

    Return ByteArr

End Function

After creating the Memory Mapped File through the above code how can we
read/write it in ruby?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Regards, Premjeet Singh

If you want to pass data to and from VB.NEt you can write socket
programming. check the following link
VB.NET Socket Programming
VB.Net socket programming simple ans you can write data from vb.net to
any other
languages using socket.

Thomas.