R: Using Watir and Ruby2Exe together

[Andrea Forlin]

Why not use WebRick like ruby script to build your own webserver?

I think the invasive solution could be too problematic if you find an =
admin
that refuse the idea to install some app on his lan.

Maybe this is not your case...



-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]]=20
Inviato: mercoled=EC 25 aprile 2007 18.32
A: ruby-talk ML
Oggetto: Re: Using Watir and Ruby2Exe together

In the haze of an early breakfast coupled with little sleep, I realized=20
that the solution to this problem wasn't about forcing the browser to do =

something it is explicitly designed not to do. Rather, the key is to get =

the client PCs to act like a server which is when I had the head=20
slapping moment of thinking about the Ruby one-click installer. It can=20
be put on a Flash drive, it will execute on Windows XP and Vista, any=20
browser can be used to view the HTML pages from Apache, and it really=20
beefs up the infrastructure with many features including having a MySQL=20
database to store info and extract the data from. The problem of saving=20
an XML file to disk completely disappears when viewed from a server side =

perspective.

-Jim

 

[Jim Clark]

Thanks - I'll keep this in mind if others voice an opinion for a lighter
weight solution. Part of why I like InstantRails is my familiarity with
Apache having using it for a number of years. Keeping it on a thumb
drive keeps it off the lan which hopefully avoids anyone's discomfort
with installing files anywhere.

-Jim

Why not use WebRick like ruby script to build your own webserver?

I think the invasive solution could be too problematic if you find an admin
that refuse the idea to install some app on his lan.

Maybe this is not your case...



-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]]
Inviato: mercoledì 25 aprile 2007 18.32
A: ruby-talk ML
Oggetto: Re: Using Watir and Ruby2Exe together

In the haze of an early breakfast coupled with little sleep, I realized
that the solution to this problem wasn't about forcing the browser to do
something it is explicitly designed not to do. Rather, the key is to get
the client PCs to act like a server which is when I had the head
slapping moment of thinking about the Ruby one-click installer. It can
be put on a Flash drive, it will execute on Windows XP and Vista, any
browser can be used to view the HTML pages from Apache, and it really
beefs up the infrastructure with many features including having a MySQL
database to store info and extract the data from. The problem of saving
an XML file to disk completely disappears when viewed from a server side
perspective.

-Jim

I know that variant, too, but I don't want to upset anyone casually.


You are welcome.


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[Aaron Patterson]

I am interested in downloading, from the New Zealand TAB (Totalisator Agency
Board) website, the names of the race meetings on a particular date. This is
normally reached from the TAB main page (www.tab.co.nz) through their
results page which has a form with date dropdown (and uses HTTPS). Picking
(for example) 20 April 2007 leads to a web page with the URL
ebet.tab.co.nz/ebet/ResultsArchive?day=20&month=04&year=2007

[snip]


Can someone point out my mistake in this code which works pretty well in
other situations?

Do you really need to use Net::HTTP? I was able to fetch the page with
mechanize and not have to deal with setting up Net::HTTP:

require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'

mech = WWW::Mechanize.new
page =
mech.get('https://ebet.tab.co.nz/ebet/ResultsArchive?day=20&month=04&year=2007')
puts page.body.length

Hope that helps!