Combining a plgn that uses a class for the def w/other plgns

Eric_Erb

I was queuing up a list of scripts to run sequentially as a ruby plug in. Easy enough...

require "plugin_name.rb" and then the def from that plugin I want to run.

I added three plugins and the script runs great. The problem came when I started to add the fourth. There are two problems with it...

the plugin runs on a button click in the Sketchup UI and the plugin is actually in another folder within the plugin folder
instead of a regular def it introduces a class... "SwivelButton" and from then on calls on that class + what I guess is a variable or extension as the def. i.e. def SwivelButton::init(); def SwivelButton::getIndexFilePath() ; etc.

So, I don't know what do exactly. I thought calling on the first one SwivelButton::init() would be the way to go but as it doesn't start with a lowercase letter it didn't work at all. I tried doing a find and replace to exchange the "S" with an "s" but that ended horribly. Any suggestions? This is google's web exporter plugin by the way.

RunnerPack

Whenever you want to know how to activate a certain plugin programmatically, look for the place where it adds a tool-bar button or menu item. Here is the code in this particular plugin that does that (it starts on line 56 in my <Plugins dir>/swivelButtonPlugin/swivelButton.rb):
` cmd = UI::Command.new(@@title) {handleToolbarButtonPress()}
cmd.small_icon = tempImgDirectory + "/swivelButtontb.png"
cmd.large_icon = tempImgDirectory + "/swivelButtontb.png"
cmd.status_bar_text = cmd.tooltip = "Create a set of images orbiting a model"
cmd.menu_text = @@title
swivelToolbar = UI::Toolbar.new(@@title)
swivelToolbar.add_item(cmd)
swivelToolbar.show

UI::menu('Tools').add_item(cmd);`

As you can see, the menu and tool-bar button both refer to a UI::Command object whose command is "handleToolbarButtonPress()". By calling this method in your code, it will have the same effect as someone manually choosing the button or menu item.

Remember: Follow the mon... menu!

Eric_Erb

Thank you. You know in hind sight that makes perfect sense. I guess the whole class in the def thing just though me. I am definitely not a programmer so when I see something I'm not used to seeing it throws me off. Thanks again