# IronRuby scripting in Windows Store apps

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-scripting-in-windows-store-apps/222386>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [August 27, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-scripting-in-windows-store-apps/222386 "2012-08-27T14:01:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-scripting-in-windows-store-apps/222386/1 "2012-08-27T14:01:34Z")

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**Author:** ![grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-scripting-in-windows-store-apps/222386/2 "2012-08-28T20:59:07Z")

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On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Tomas M.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> IronPython doesnt build yet for Win8 profile, there is quite a bit of work to be  
> done to make it work. If anyone is interested in making IronPython work or  
> improving IronRuby let me know.

I’m interested (as you know) and I’m already neck-deep in IronPython’s  
codegen, so I’ll probably be tackling this next. I think they may be  
related anyway.

FRom looking at the API reference, there’s no way to generate Types at  
runtime in Metro apps, right? Does IronRuby have a way to inherit  
from a .NET type in that case? IIRC that was one thing WP7 could not  
support.

- Jeff

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**Author:** ![grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-scripting-in-windows-store-apps/222386/3 "2012-08-28T22:54:24Z")

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That’s correct, new types can’t be generated at runtime and hence it is  
not possible to inherit from an arbitrary CLR type.

Tomas