# Learning to talk to Windows with Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-to-talk-to-windows-with-ruby/65438>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 18, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-to-talk-to-windows-with-ruby/65438 "2006-08-18T05:49:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-to-talk-to-windows-with-ruby/65438/1 "2006-08-18T05:49:27Z")

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Ok, it’s like this…

I’m very proficient with Linux.

I’m very proficient with Ruby.

I last programmed extensively under MSWindows way back when it was  
Windows 3.1

Now, alas, I need to make a bunch of windows applications, dll’s, mice,  
com ports, etc on Windows 2000 / WinXP boxes jump through hoops when my  
Linux systems crack the whip.

Where can I find a Good, truly in depth Book(s) / HOWTO(s) / Tutorial(s)  
on Win32, OLE, COM etc. etc, preferably from a Ruby perspective?

I need to understand deeply what and why this stuff does and is.

Thanks,

John C. Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639  
Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632  
PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
New Zealand

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**Author:** ![amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-to-talk-to-windows-with-ruby/65438/2 "2006-08-18T06:07:28Z")

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John C. wrote:

> Where can I find a Good, truly in depth Book(s) / HOWTO(s) / Tutorial(s)  
> on Win32, OLE, COM etc. etc, preferably from a Ruby perspective?

Ruby perspective? You may have to settle for a VBscript/Jscript  
perspective. MSDN has scads of docs and examples for using Micosoft’s  
scripting languages for myriad system and application tasks.

Porting the examples to Ruby + Win32OLE is typically not to hard.

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