[Rails] Can I integrate Ruby on Rails with Microsoft COM (Quickbooks specifically)

[David Mitchell]

Without knowing much about Quickbooks specifically, wrapping the COM
API with Web Service/s makes a lot of sense to me.  If you pick up the
"Programming Ruby" book, you'll see that you can integrate Ruby with
COM, but it ties you to having to host your Ruby app on Windows -
wrapping the COM API with Web Service/s frees you from that
restriction.

I run RoR apps on both Linux and Windows hosts, and in general the
Linux hosts are less trouble and give me greater throughput.  I'd
ditch the Windows hosts entirely, except that those specific
environments are tied to Windows and I don't have that option.

Regards

Dave M.

On 09/08/06, Poserow, Benjamin <bposerow at divinvest.com> wrote:
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> Please help if anybody knows the answer!
>
> I'm just starting to learn Ruby on Rails.  I'm working my way through the
> Agile Web Development with Rails book.
>
> I have been offered a project that I'd like to do with Rails for a
> not-for-profit organization.  However, the person who I would be doing it
> for would like the application to integrate with their Quickbooks system on
> a Windows server.  What is the best way to do this integration?  I have
> tried to research this, and I have found out that there is a COM based API
> for Quickbooks.  Is there any kind of integration between Ruby and Microsoft
> COM?  Am I better off placing the COM code interacting with QuickBooks
> behind a web service which I can call from my Ruby code?  Any other ideas
> about how to do this?  I'm not sure if I can satisfy the requirements for
> this project, so any help would be appreciated.  You can also email me
> directly at BPoserow at divinvest.com.
>
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