Trouble getting book-of-ruby examples running in Ruby In Steel

[JJR]

I am sorry to repeat what I have seen in other threads, but the resolutions in those threads have not quite got me there yet.

I installed Ruby through the windows installer 1.9.2, having downloaded book-of-ruby earlier.  I also downloaded and installed Ruby In Steel for VS.

The first issue I had when trying to run the examples in VA was that I got an error message telling me the Ruby Interpreter was in c:\ruby\bin .. when, in fact, I had installed 1.9.2 thru the windows installer and so it was in c:\ruby192\bin ..  I changed the location in the Project.Properties and also in the Tools\Options\Projects and Solutions\Ruby In Steel\Default Ruby Interpreter setting in Visual Studio.  I only got around this when I opended the stproj file and changed a third entry.

Next, I get an error message Cylon initialization failed (Unable to load DLL 'SteelCylon.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E'))

One thread I found (http://sapphiresteel.com/forum/index.php?topic=236.0)

suggested I should install 1.8.6 instead.  So, I un-installed 1.9.2 and installed 1.8.6.  But I get the same error.  Should I un-install everything and start completely from scratch?  I am new to Ruby and really think the book-of-ruby is going to be the best way for me to learn this and would prefer to use the VS IDE.

Thanks in advance for any help

[Huw Collingbourne]

Ruby In Steel 1.x does not support Ruby 1.9. Ruby in Steel 2 (in beta at present) does.

RiS 1: http://www.sapphiresteel.com/spip?page=download
RiS 2: http://sapphiresteel.com/Products/Ruby-In-Steel/article/ruby-in-steel-2-download

You must use the designated versions of the Ruby interpreter for debugging. See here: http://sapphiresteel.com/Products/Ruby-In-Steel/article/ruby-in-steel-prerequisites

best wishes

Huw

[JJR]

That's the badger!  I un-installed the 1.8.6 version I had and installed the version supported by RiS1.

I guess I hit problems by downloading examples (book-of-ruby), liking what I saw enough to then install Ruby, followed by RiS a day later!

Thanks for the reply.  While I am here, thanks for book-of-ruby too.  I am finding the incremental pace between chapters and examples just right.  I am a c# developer looking to expand my skill set.  I am going through similar steps with python tutorials in order to make a more informed decision on which to learn more fully and I have to say, I am enjoying RUBY more.

[cander]

Thanks Huw, that helped me too!  Like a muppet I went to the download page and saw "Recommended Version" in big bold letters and didn't bother reading anything else!  I know, I know....slow down and rtfm! 

Thanks