Multiple file extensions in openpanel
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Being totally new here, I echo Todd's frustration with having 3 sources for the API. I have a hard time telling which of the 3 I'm actually in. All I know is that things are documented slightly differently in different palces and sometimes the wiki has the best syntax and usage info (which is what I normally need TONS of help with).
Poor/multiple/unregulated/disorganized documentation has been a large frustration of mine with SU, and now that I'm looking at Ruby, its only gotten worse. I wish they would put more effort into making the info more complete and the process more transparent. I really would like to code in Ruby and I have some great ideas, and I'm getting there. But its very frustrating feeling like my #1 hinderance to learning is the SketchUp API.
Chris
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@unknownuser said:
Thanks Jim. I have updated the Ruby Wiki Doc. http://groups.google.com/group/SketchUp-Plugins-Dev/web/Ruby-UI.html?hl=en
Todd
Is this Wiki being kept up to date.
I tried to join it and got this response:
@unknownuser said:
%(#BFFFFF)[This is a group that never really went anywhere, so we aren't actually using it.
Thanks for checking, however!]
**Added later:**After the initial posting of this post, Mark apologized that he was thinking of a different group:
@unknownuser said:
BTW, I see that I was quoted in the forum. If you wouldn't mind updating that to include
that I was wrong, that this wasn't the group I thought it was, I'd appreciate it. I don't
want folks to be misled because I got confused.Al Hart
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Since my original posting of Mark's reply about the Wiki group, Mark has apologized. He was thinking of a different group:
@unknownuser said:
BTW, I see that I was quoted in the forum. If you wouldn't mind updating that to include
that I was wrong, that this wasn't the group I thought it was, I'd appreciate it. I don't
want folks to be misled because I got confused.Al Hart
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@unknownuser said:
Then, the next thing I see up at code.google.com was this web site: http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/developers_guide/index.html
I looked at this ruby documentation source and was surprised to see that Sketchup.load was not even on it.
Al Hart
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Yes, it's a 3-way mess.
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Hey guys -
We hear you loud and clear about the documentation mess. We're working hard to resolve it.
-Tyler
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Thanks Tyler.
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@tyler miller said:
Hey guys -
We hear you loud and clear about the documentation mess. We're working hard to resolve it.
-Tyler
Ooooh! So good to hear this!
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Agreed! I'm excited!
Chris
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Hey scripters -
Our new Ruby API documentation site is up! Better docs, examples, tutorials, etc. Let us know what you think.
http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/-Tyler
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@tyler miller said:
Hey scripters -
Our new Ruby API documentation site is up! Better docs, examples, tutorials, etc. Let us know what you think.
http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/-Tyler
Oooohh!
This ought to be a SCF announcement!
p.s. any chance of getting a compiled PDF? (yea I know, some people* keeps asking for more...
)**** me***
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For the record, (and to return to the original posting in the thread, I type the sample for UI,openpanel from the documentation into the new SU 7 Ruby console
chosen_image = UI.openpanel "Open Image File", "c;\\", "Shapes.jpg"It works ok (but begs the question of why you would supply and existing path and file to UI.openpanel).
When I change it to use wildcards,
chosen_image = UI.openpanel "Open Image File", "c;\\", "*.jpg"It shows _.jpg as the file name (underscore instead of *) and does not filter for .JPG files.
Al Hart
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