# Ruby + OpenOffice Was: Re: Problem with using win32ole in Linux server **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 16, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-openoffice-was-re-problem-with-using-win32ole-in-linux-server/123286 "2007-12-16T00:01:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jano\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@Jano\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jano_S)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-openoffice-was-re-problem-with-using-win32ole-in-linux-server/123286/1 "2007-12-16T00:01:46Z")
On Dec 15, 2007 6:20 PM, Steckly, Ron [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Yes, but if you use OpenOffice, how do you script it? Does Ruby have a > library that works with OO? > > Ron I found this: [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/92510](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/92510) [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7236](http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7236) [http://ooo4r.rubyforge.org](http://ooo4r.rubyforge.org) They all are pretty old… ---
**Author:** ![Jano\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@Jano\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jano_S)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-openoffice-was-re-problem-with-using-win32ole-in-linux-server/123286/2 "2007-12-16T00:29:49Z")
Jano S. wrote: > [http://ooo4r.rubyforge.org](http://ooo4r.rubyforge.org) > > They all are pretty old… Ooo4r is old and dead. The Linux Journal article is dated, but probably still useful for the general approach. However, the OOo XML format has changed. – James B. “Take eloquence and wring its neck.” - Paul Verlaine