Opening Windows files with ruby?

Question

Is it possible to open files (XML, Word) on windows (In the default program)? I am using windows 7 and the latest ruby version (1.9.2).

Answer 1

Try using a "system" call to run the "start" command, like so:

system("start hello.doc") # Should launch MS Word.
system("start file.xml") # Should launch an XML viewer.

Answer 2

如果您想让Ruby脚本打开Word文件并对其进行操作，则可能需要研究win32ole库。