Daniel Berger
4/6/2006 3:58:00 AM
Hi all,
The Win32Utils team is happy to announce the release of windows-pr
0.1.0.
What is it?
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The windows-pr package, for which 'pr' just means 'Pure Ruby', is a
series of predefined methods and constants using the Win32API package.
Where is it?
============
It's available on the RAA and Rubyforge. A gem is also available.
Just do 'gem install windows-pr'.
What's the point?
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I was tired of redefining common Windows API functions and constants
every time I wanted to use them for various other libraries. So,
instead of having to define all of the various Path* functions, for
example, you can simply do this:
require 'windows/path'
class Foo
include Windows::Path
...
end
And then, within Foo, you can call PathIsRoot, PathisRelative, etc.
I've created wrapper methods, so there's no need for you to even use
Win32API#call. Just call 'PathIsRoot("C:\\")' , for example.
Did you define *all* the Windows API?
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Heck no. I defined the ones I needed for the Win32Utils packages
mainly. Take a look at the included modules to see what functions I've
defined already. However, adding new constants & methods is easy and I
take requests. :)
Enjoy!
The Win32Utils Team