Experimental RubyCLR gem

02. Oct, 2006 38 Comments

I finally got some time to hack together an experimental gem for RubyCLR distribution.

Here it is.

To install, just download the file and run gem install rubyclr-0.5.0.gem. Afterwards, run gem check -t rubyclr to verify that the unit tests pass on your computer.

There is still the unfortunate ActiveRecord dependency in the unit tests. So you must have the ActiveRecord gem installed if you want to pass the gem check. This will be fixed in the future.

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  1. Alexey 02. Oct, 2006 at 5:04 pm

    This is what I get from gem check -t rubyclr:
    d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require’: no such file to load — rubyclr(LoadError)
    from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’
    from ./tests/tests_basic.rb:4
    from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require’
    from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’
    from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/validator.rb:134:in `unit_test’
    from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/validator.rb:134:in `each’
    from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/validator.rb:134:in `unit_test’
    from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:559:in `execute’
    from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:69:in `invoke’
    from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:117:in `process_args’
    from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:88:in `run’
    from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:29:in `run’
    from d:/ruby/bin/gem.bat:24
    Are there some other steps as well? This is my first try to install RubyCLR.

  2. John Lam 02. Oct, 2006 at 5:50 pm

    Alexey, did you do the gem install step first? I’m assuming that you are running the Ruby 1 click installer? If so, what’s in your d:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\rubyclr-0.5.0\lib directory? Do you see rubyclr.rb there?

  3. Alexey 02. Oct, 2006 at 6:03 pm

    I did gem install, but
    d:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\rubyclr-0.5.0\
    only has tests and Samples subdirectories, nothing else.

  4. Ray V 02. Oct, 2006 at 6:07 pm

    Having the exact same issues as Alexey.

  5. John Lam 02. Oct, 2006 at 6:21 pm

    Just updated the file. The missing lib dir should be there now.

  6. Ray V 02. Oct, 2006 at 6:28 pm

    Much better! Thanks, John!

  7. Alexey 02. Oct, 2006 at 6:28 pm

    ERROR: 205 tests, 447 assertions, 2 failures, 2 errors

  8. Andrej Gaevskij 02. Oct, 2006 at 11:24 pm

    HI, John!
    9:22:23 >gem install “C:\Documents and Settings\gaevsky\Desktop\rubyclr-0.5.0.gem”
    Successfully installed rubyclr, version 0.5.0
    C:\
    9:22:35 >gem check -t rubyclr
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require’: no such file to load — text/format (MissingSourceFile)
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:in `require’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyclr-0.5.0/lib/rubyclr.rb:2
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:33:in `gem_original_require’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:33:in `require’
    from ./tests/tests_basic.rb:4
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/validator.rb:134:in `unit_test’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/validator.rb:134:in `each’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/validator.rb:134:in `unit_test’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:559:in `execute’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:69:in `invoke’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:117:in `process_args’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:88:in `run’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:29:in `run’
    from c:/ruby/bin/gem.bat:24

  9. Andrej Gaevskij 02. Oct, 2006 at 11:24 pm

    HI, John!
    9:22:23 >gem install “C:\Documents and Settings\gaevsky\Desktop\rubyclr-0.5.0.gem”
    Successfully installed rubyclr, version 0.5.0
    C:\
    9:22:35 >gem check -t rubyclr
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require’: no such file to load — text/format (MissingSourceFile)
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:in `require’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyclr-0.5.0/lib/rubyclr.rb:2
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:33:in `gem_original_require’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:33:in `require’
    from ./tests/tests_basic.rb:4
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/validator.rb:134:in `unit_test’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/validator.rb:134:in `each’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/validator.rb:134:in `unit_test’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_commands.rb:559:in `execute’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:69:in `invoke’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:117:in `process_args’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/cmd_manager.rb:88:in `run’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:29:in `run’
    from c:/ruby/bin/gem.bat:24

  10. Andrej Gaevskij 02. Oct, 2006 at 11:31 pm

    9:27:57 >gem install text-format
    …
    C:\
    9:29:40 >gem check -t rubyclr
    ERROR: 205 tests, 447 assertions, 2 failures, 2 errors

  11. Andrej Gaevskij 02. Oct, 2006 at 11:37 pm

    Here is result of running RssReader.rb(((
    http://rafb.net/paste/results/KOhNAq99.html

  12. Brent Rowland 03. Oct, 2006 at 9:02 am 
    C:\download>gem install rubyclr-0.5.0.gem
Attempting local installation of 'rubyclr-0.5.0.gem'
Successfully installed rubyclr, version 0.5.0
C:\download>gem check -t rubyclr
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NoMethodError)
undefined method `reference_file' for #
  13. John Lam 03. Oct, 2006 at 11:09 am

    Brent, I think you have an older version of the gem – download it again. The older version was missing the entire lib directory (due to curious interpretation of / vs. \ in Ruby.

  14. Justin 03. Oct, 2006 at 11:25 am

    John,
    Worked like a charm! I got similar outputas Andrej and others above, but was not able to determine where the two errors where.

  15. Edwin King 03. Oct, 2006 at 11:58 am

    Not able to get it:
    C:\ruby>gem install rubyclr-0.5.0.gem
    ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::GemNotFoundException)
    Could not find rubyclr-0.5.0.gem (> 0) in the repository
    (“…you were not put on this earth to ‘get it’, mr. burton…)

  16. Edwin King 03. Oct, 2006 at 12:39 pm

    Nevermind…working fine now.

  17. Joao Pedrosa 03. Oct, 2006 at 1:31 pm

    Hi,
    first, I would like to say *thank you* for RubyCLR. It’s a very nice project.
    Now, to what I think is bug/feature that needs fixing. hehe. Here’s the code:
    require ‘wpf’
    w = Window.new
    sp = StackPanel.new
    sp.orientation = Orientation::Horizontal
    cb = CheckBox.new
    sp.children.add cb
    cb.content = ‘Test?’
    cb.isEnabled = true #runs
    #cb.IsChecked = true # doesn’t run
    #p cb.IsChecked # doesn’t run
    w.content = sp
    w.show
    Application.new.run
    Maybe the problem is that the “ischecked” property has three states? Null/True/False? But when one of the commented out lines are uncommented, I get some error here. I’m using your latest gem version.
    Thanks again. Great, wonderful job.

  18. John Lam 03. Oct, 2006 at 1:59 pm

    Hi Joao,
    Yes – there’s a problem with nullable types right now. I need to up the priority on that item – a workaround that I use is to create an explicit wrapper method using the inline C# feature of RubyCLR to at least make it so that you can make forward progress.
    Hope that helps!

  19. Joao Pedrosa 03. Oct, 2006 at 2:01 pm

    Here’s the code again:

    
require 'wpf'
w = Window.new
sp = StackPanel.new
sp.orientation = Orientation::Horizontal
cb = CheckBox.new
sp.children.add cb
cb.content = 'Test?'
cb.isEnabled = true #runs
#cb.IsChecked = true # doesn't run
#p cb.IsChecked # doesn't run
w.content = sp
w.show
Application.new.run
  20. Andrzej 03. Oct, 2006 at 2:38 pm

    Hi,
    I’ve got the same problem as Brent:
    > ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) undefined method `reference_file’ for #
    The gems\rubyclr-0.5.0 contains lib directory.
    > ruby 1.8.4 (2006-04-14) [i386-mswin32]

  21. Will Green 03. Oct, 2006 at 3:51 pm

    C:\installers>gem check -t rubyclr
    ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError)
    undefined method `reference_file’ for #
    Downloaded the gem at 6:50 p.m. on October 3rd.

  22. Scott Hanselman 03. Oct, 2006 at 4:01 pm

    C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\rubyclr-0.5.0\tests
    >ruby tests_basic.rb
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require__’: No
    such file to load — text/format (MissingSourceFile)
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `re
    quire’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_suppo
    rt/dependencies.rb:147:in `require’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyclr-0.5.0/lib/rubyclr.rb:2
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:24:in `re
    quire__’
    from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:24:in `re
    quire’
    from tests_basic.rb:4

  23. Scott Hanselman 03. Oct, 2006 at 4:03 pm

    C:\Documents and Settings\shanselm
    >”c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe” “c:\ruby\bin\gem” check -t rubyclr
    ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError)
    undefined method `reference_file’ for #

  24. John Lam 03. Oct, 2006 at 4:18 pm

    Regarding the text/format gem, you’ll need to gem install text-format first. I still need to remove that dependency (or figure out a good layering mechanism).

  25. Joao Pedrosa 03. Oct, 2006 at 4:26 pm

    Cool, it worked, John! With all the “inline” power, what can’t be done, then? :-) Please don’t answer. j/k.
    I tried to use VB.NET for its dynamic support, so I can later reuse this a code like this one for several different controls. Here’s the code:

    
inline :vb do |compiler|
compiler.reference 'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0\PresentationFramework.dll'
compiler.compile <<-EOF
Public Class ARNativeHelpers
Public Shared Function GetIsChecked(ByVal comp As Object) As Boolean
Dim result As Boolean
result = comp.isChecked
If (result = True) Then
Return True
Else
Return False
End If
End Function
Public Shared Function SetIsChecked(ByVal comp As Object, v As Boolean) As Boolean
comp.isChecked = v
End Function
End Class
EOF
end

    Totally amazing! Thanks.

  26. Scott Hanselman 03. Oct, 2006 at 4:38 pm

    I’m cool with dependencies, it’s just that I’d rather be prompted during the install of your gem for those.

  27. John Lam 03. Oct, 2006 at 4:59 pm

    I’m still learning the whole gem and dependency thing. It will be fixed on the next release of the gem.

  28. Andrej Gaevskij 04. Oct, 2006 at 12:49 am

    Here is a complete RubyCLR installation guide – > http://gaech.blogspot.com/2006/10/rubyclr-complete-installation-guide.html

  29. Andrzej 04. Oct, 2006 at 2:47 am

    As an update to my previous complaint. I tried installing rubyclr on another machine and it works fine (are 2 unit tests errors ok?).
    The machine differs in ruby version (the successful one is using ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32], while the previous one was using ruby 1.8.4 (2006-04-14) [i386-mswin32]. Could it be a source of problem?

  30. John Lam 04. Oct, 2006 at 5:43 pm

    Andrej, thanks for creating the installation guide!
    Andrzej, I have to start creating a VMWare machine matrix to track issues on different Ruby versions – I’m still building on 1.8.2 to stay conservative for the time being. But clearly, I need to start testing on more recent builds of Ruby.

  31. Josh 05. Oct, 2006 at 9:42 am

    Awesome John and thanks for the install guide Andrzej.

  32. Will Green 05. Oct, 2006 at 2:38 pm

    OK, installed text-format and text-hyphen. Now, when I run
    gem check -t rubyclr
    i get:
    ./tests/tests_basic.rb:174: [BUG] Segmentation fault
    ruby 1.8.4 (2006-04-14) [i386-mswin32]
    This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
    Please contact the application’s support team for more information.

  33. Will Green 05. Oct, 2006 at 2:45 pm

    Might this, perchance, have something to do with not having the .Net 3 CTP framework(s) installed?

  34. John Lam 05. Oct, 2006 at 2:52 pm

    Will, this looks like the problem that Andrezj mentioned earlier in the comments. It’s that specific version of Ruby (1.8.4 from 2006-04-14). If you revert to the Christmas build it apparently works. I’m going to need to install that version of Ruby somewhere so that I can debug what’s causing this segfault.

  35. Thibaut Barrère 06. Oct, 2006 at 12:14 pm

    Works perfectly here!

  36. Sanin Saracevic 20. Nov, 2006 at 6:21 pm

    Pardon my ignorance but I am trying the run posted by Joao and run into the following problem (ruby 1.8.5):
    irb(main):001:0> require ‘wpf’
    NameError: undefined local variable or method `get_types_in_loaded_assemblies’ for RubyClr:Module
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyclr-0.5.0/lib/dynamicmethod.rb:183:in `method_missing’
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/rubyclr/Src/Ruby/core.rb:446:in `init’
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/rubyclr/Src/Ruby/core.rb:476
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require’
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:in `
    equire’
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/rubyclr/Src/Ruby/rubyclr.rb:10
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require’
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/rubyclr/Src/Ruby/wpf.rb:1
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require’
    from C:/Development/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’
    from (irb):1
    irb(main):002:0>
    What do i need to do here?

  37. Sanin Saracevic 20. Nov, 2006 at 6:30 pm

    Ignorant indeed: I guess I would have to install .net 3.0 first — Duh!!

  38. shilpa 09. Jan, 2009 at 5:39 am

    i m also facing the same issue i get the following error when i m using ruby with some .net framework
    c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyclr-0.5.2-mswin32/Src/Ruby/dynamicmethod.rb:183:
    in `method_missing’
    did i missed anything in installation ?