On 12 August 2011 09:15, Thelo Thelo <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Basically, it is possible to execute shell commands from a rails pages > (eg: I want to launch a c++ program)?
yes, there are various ways of achieving this, one is to use the "system()" method to execute shell commands. > Can it define a drawing area? ( if I want to draw charts and so on ) ? Draw in what way? There are PDF plugins; Flash plugins; graphics plugins; most obviously, the most common output is for web in HTML, and I've drawn "charts" with CSS styling before. > can we parse xml files? Yes, there are plugins/gems for that (as well as just doing it manually line-by-line) > Actually, my question is, can Rails the same thing that Ruby? Of course. Rails *is* ruby. It's just a framework written in ruby. Go to the "Rails guides" website, work through them, and you'll get yourself going in no time. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
