Jascha, You're need to write a small host for IronRuby in a static .NET language, as the Office add-in API most likely requires an actual assembly with actual CLR types to be loaded. However, with a minimal shim to host IronRuby in an office add-in, you can then write the actual logic of your add-in in IronRuby. This is the only way IronRuby can run; ir.exe is the IronRuby runner for cmd.exe, irw.exe is the Windows runner, and Microsoft.Scripting.Silverlight.dll is the runner for Silverlight. If there is a shim that isn't part of IronRuby itself, you can use the very simple Microsoft.Scripting.Hosting APIs directly to run IronRuby in a custom way.
However, you also want to develop add-ins without purchasing VSTO (VS Tools for Office). In that case, would you be able to get away with writing a program external to Office that controlled it? If so, you can either use the Office interop assemblies ( http://www.codeproject.com/KB/office/fasterexcelaccesstoc.aspx) or use the Win32OLE module in IronRuby to automate Office; this option also avoids the static-.NET shim. ~Jimmy On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Tinco Andringa <m...@tinco.nl> wrote: > You can download Visual C# Express for free. There is also the > MonoDevelop IDE which is free. Beside that you can use any text editor > together with the ironruby and c# compiler to work in any way you want > :) > > I am not certain how the Office addin's work but usually that kind of > thing works with a (.net) dll that exposes some interface > implementation. I'd advice you to look into what kind of interface > Office has, and wether you can do this by compiling a ruby file to a > dll, or making a small c# wrapper which invokes the ruby code in a > separate file or embedded resource. > > I hope I gave you some terms to google :) > > Cheers, > Tinco > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 13:37, Jascha Luelsdorf <li...@ruby-forum.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to write an Outlook(2003 & 2010)-AddIn in Ruby (IronRuby), but > > I'm not pretty sure, whether this is possible. > > The AddIn should bring up a new icon in Outlooks' CommandBar and should > > read contact items. > > > > I just found some examples, where they put Ruby-Code into a C#-Wrapper > > what is not what I want. > > > > The main thing I want to avoid (to be honest) is that I don't want to > > have to buy Visual Studio for a couple of hundreds (thousands?) of > > dollars. > > > > I am new to the whole .NET-World and I'm not much into the concept by > > now. > > > > Can you give me a hint to point me in the right direction? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Josch > > > > -- > > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > _______________________________________________ > > Ironruby-core mailing list > > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core >
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