The win32utils team is proud to announce a new release of the one-click
installer for all win32utils binary modules. Enjoy !

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== Description

   One-click installer for win32utils (version 0.0.3)

     This installer will install win32utils modules which are compatible
with the
     latest one-click installer for Ruby on the Windows platform.

     It is packaged using NSIS 2.05 and MS Visual Studio .NET and comes
with the
     following modules:

     * changejournal: A class for monitoring events related to files &
directories
     * changenotify:  Another class for monitoring events related to
files & directories
     * clipboard:     A Ruby package for interacting with the Win32
clipboard
     * dir:           A series of extra constants for the Dir class that
define special folders on Win32 systems
     * etc:           A module that provides Etc functions for the Win32
platform
     * event:         An interface to Win32 Event objects (requires the
ipc module)
     * eventlog:      A Ruby interface to the Win32 Event Log
     * file:          An extended File class for the Win32 platform
     * ipc:           A base class for Win32 synchronization objects
     * mmap:          An interface to the Win32 Memory Mapped File
     * mutex:         An interface to Win32 Mutex objects
     * open3:         An open3 library for Win32
     * pipe:          An interface to Named pipes on Win32
     * process:       fork, wait and kill for Win32
     * sapi:          An interface to the Microsoft Speech API, 5.1
     * semaphore:     An interface for semaphores on the Win32 platform
     * service:       An interface for Win32 Services
     * shortcut:      An interface for creating and modifying Windows
shortcuts
     * sound:         An interface for playing with sound on Win32 systems
     * taskscheduler: A taskscheduler implementation for Win32

== Pre-install Recommendation

     Before installing these modules, you may want to stop all Ruby
services and
     then uninstall any old modules by executing the uninstall.exe
typically
     found under:

         C:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\i386-msvcrt\win32

     That is assuming that you had installed the old modules using the
one-click
     installer for win32utils ;-)

== Where to find it

     RAA:        http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/win32utils-inst/
     RubyForge:  http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=85

== Test Platforms

     We have tested the installer and all the modules under Win XP (Home),
     Win XP (Pro), and Win 2K Pro.

== License

     Ruby's

== Copyright

     (C) 2003-2005 Daniel J. Berger, All Rights Reserved.

== Warranty

     This package is provided "as is" and without any express or
     implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied
     warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

== Known Bugs

     It will always install the DOC and the SAMPLE modules (if you
select them)
     under C:\RUBY\DOC and C:\RUBY\SAMPLES folders respectively,
regardless of
     where the library modules are installed.

     Please log any other bug reports on the RubyForge project page at:
     http://www.rubyforge.net/projects/win32utils

== Authors

    Ruby Modules:

      Park Heesob
      phasis at nownuri dot net
      phasis68 on IRC (freenode)

      Daniel J. Berger
      djberg96 at yahoo dot com
      imperator on IRC (freenode)

    One Click Installer:

      Shashank Date
      sdate at everestkc dot net
      shanko on IRC (freenode)

== Future Plans

    1. Fix the bug :-)
    2. Integrate it with the Ruby one-click installer

I downloaded 0.0.3 yesterday. Was that ok? I just want to verify in case it
changed the last minute.

thank you for win32utils.

//> I downloaded 0.0.3 yesterday. Was that ok? I just want to verify in
//> case it changed the last minute.
//
//Should be fine. No last minute changes ...
//
//> thank you for win32utils.
//
//Thank you for trying...feedback welcome !

Sorry about that Shanko.

Regards,

////> I downloaded 0.0.3 yesterday. Was that ok? I just want to
//verify in
////> case it changed the last minute.
////
////Should be fine. No last minute changes ...
////
////> thank you for win32utils.
////
////Thank you for trying...feedback welcome !
//
//I'm dumb: I cannot seem to find the text docs/ examples/ and
//tests that accompany each util..
//

k, i'm less dumber now. Found them under \ruby\docs & \ruby\samples (just
right were they should be). I mistook the install message to mean all under
one install directory....

thanks again -botp

C:\projects\ebill\aps\dist\tmp>ruby -e 'require "win32/sound"'

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrt/win32/sound.so: 126: The
specified module could not be found.   -
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrt/win32/sound.so (LoadError)
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/loadpath_manager.rb:5:in `require'
        from -e:1

   C:\ruby>ruby -r rbconfig -e "include Config;
Dir.chdir(CONFIG['sitedir']+'/1.8/i386-msvcrt/win32'){puts Dir['*.*']}"

FWIW, on my Win XP(Home) I get:
---------------------------------------
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ruby -ve 'require "win32/sound"'
ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i386-mswin32]

C:\>
---------------------------------------

//> I'm sure I'm doing somethign wrong, but after having
//installed this I
//> get:
//>
//> C:\projects\ebill\aps\dist\tmp>ruby -e 'require "win32/sound"'
//>
//> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrt/win32/sound.so: 126: The
//> specified module could not be found.   -
//> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrt/win32/sound.so
//(LoadError)
//>  from
//c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/loadpath_manager.rb:5:
//in `require'
//>  from -e:1
//
//Can you tell me the details of your system: OS, Ruby Version
//etc. Better still what does this do:
//
//   C:\ruby>ruby -r rbconfig -e "include Config;
//Dir.chdir(CONFIG['sitedir']+'/1.8/i386-msvcrt/win32'){puts
//Dir['*.*']}"
//
//
//FWIW, on my Win XP(Home) I get:
//---------------------------------------
//Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
//(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
//
//
//C:\>ruby -ve 'require "win32/sound"'
//ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i386-mswin32]
//
//C:\>
//---------------------------------------

I'm also getting the same error. fwiw, Before ruby puts the error, a
messagebox  will pop saying "This application has failed to start because
MSVCR70.dll was not found." Reinstalling the application may fix this
problem.

kind regards -botp

Regards,

For now, the fix is to download and copy the MSVCR70.DLL file into you
Windows directory manually.  You can find that file (and others) at
http://www.dll-files.com.

In the meantime we'll see about getting out an updated release of the
installer.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Dan, you're right.

//
//Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thanks for the generous support.

//
//The Win32 Utils Team

We've just released an updated version (0.0.4) of the Win32 Utils
installer, now on the RAA.  This should fix the issues some folks were
having with DLL errors.

It is otherwise identical to 0.0.3.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Regards,

//We've just released an updated version (0.0.4) of the Win32
//Utils installer, now on the RAA.  This should fix the issues
//some folks were having with DLL errors.
//
//It is otherwise identical to 0.0.3.

does it include the updated #Admin already?

thanks and kind regards -botp

However, I'm going to replace the C version with a pure Ruby version in
the next release, so you won't need a precompiled binary anyway. :)

Regards,

relief. Wow, thanks.

kind regards -botp