Re: [Ironruby-core] Installing gems into IronRuby

2012-04-08 Thread Kevin McCaughey
Yes - admin mode for cmd is essential for any of this scripting stuff. I used to run into all sorts of errors, even with normal Ruby updates. I now have a cmd shortcut on the desktop that asks for admin and has a couple of other tweak (consolas font, wider window etc) -- Posted via

Re: [Ironruby-core] Trouble getting started - some basic questions

2012-04-08 Thread Rob Britton
1. Can I write a Ruby application that uses .NET for system stuff (Windows, forms, networking) and package that as an installation that end users can install on their computer without going through the whole (for users) Ruby installation rigmarole? i.e. Can I write a GUI applications and

Re: [Ironruby-core] Trouble getting started - some basic questions

2012-04-08 Thread Kevin McCaughey
Rob, thanks a million for your very helpful reply - it has really clarified things for me :) I am writing a server based system but, in addition to the web based front end (Rails), I want a GUI application which talks to the server. I am also wanting to play around with GUI programming. I know