Utility class to help run melomel on Windows XP and OSX

gistfile1.txt

module Project

  class << self

    def on_windows?
      RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin|windows|cygwin/i
    end

    def adl
      tool = "#{ENV['FLEX_HOME']}/bin/adl"
      tool = "#{tool}.exe" if on_windows?
      tool
    end

    def app_descriptor
      'bin-debug/Desktop-app.xml'
    end

  end

end

melomel_runner.rb

module Runner
  @@runner = nil
  def self.start
    @@runner = make if @@runner.nil?
    @@runner.start
  end

  def self.stop
    @@runner = make if @@runner.nil?
    @@runner.stop
  end

  private

  def self.make
    return Windoze.new if Project.on_windows?
    Unix.new
  end

  class Windoze

    WM_DESTROY = 0x0002
    AIR_WINDOW = "ApolloRuntimeContentWindow"

    def initialize
      require 'Win32API'
      @shell = Win32API.new('shell32', 'ShellExecute', 'LPPPPI', 'L')
      @find = Win32API.new('user32', 'FindWindow', 'PP', 'L')
      @send = Win32API.new('user32', 'SendMessage', 'LILL', 'L')
    end

    def start
      
      # Double check adl etc exist so we can fail and warn users properly.
      raise "Error with path to adl: #{Project.adl}" unless File.exists? Project.adl
      raise raise "Error with path to app_descriptor: #{Project.app_descriptor}" unless File.exists? Project.app_descriptor
      
      unless @shell.call(0, 'open', Project.adl, Project.app_descriptor, '', 1) > 0
        raise "ShellExecute failed"
      end
    end

    def stop
      #Close the main window
      window = @find.call(AIR_WINDOW, "BBC iPlayer Desktop")
      @send.call(window, WM_DESTROY, 0, 0) if window > 0

      #Mop up toaster window (if required)
      window = @find.call(AIR_WINDOW, 0)
      @send.call(window, WM_DESTROY, 0, 0) if window > 0
    end

  end

  class Unix
    def start
      @pid = fork do
        exec("#{Project.adl} #{Project.app_descriptor}")
      end

      Process.detach(@pid)
    end

    def stop
      Process.kill('KILL', @pid)
    end
  end
  
end

usage_eg.rb

Before do |scenario|
  ConfigureIPD.as_normal if !custom_configuration
  Runner.start
  Melomel.connect
end

Hi Simon, can you please provide the Project class.

Thanks.