If Toolbar is true make it false

[thomthom]

Maybe the toolbars aren't accessible when the .rb loads... ?
Timed delay?

[simonstaton]

I think you are right! if its working from the ruby console and its working on the toolbar and its not working on load it must be because the toolbar is false until it has loaded.

anyway to add a delay onto the .rb file and have it only run once sketchup is fully loaded?

[thomthom]

UI.start_timer
http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/ui.html#start_timer

Note that you can only use whole seconds with the timer.

[simonstaton]

excellent, works like a dream thanks dude. I can now finally say SOLVED

now I know this isnt related to my initial question however you guys know your stuff and I dont want to go making yet another topic. is there anyway to set a variable in ruby like you can in javascript.

in my toolbar I have two tools that rely on each other, a compress tool and a checkout tool before you checkout you need to compress.

is there anyway that only my tools even I can have it so that when you click compress it sets a variable like:
compress = true

and my default have compress = false then on my checkout tool have:

if (compress = true){
event
}
else {
alert
}

[TIG]

Use
if compress {...
or
if compress == true {...
to test if compress IS true
BUT NOT
if compress = true {...
Which will set compress to true and therefore always return true ?
= sets a variable to a value
== compares two values

[thomthom]

Assuming you have wrapped your code in a module, use an instance variable: @compressed.

http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Understanding_Ruby_Variables
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming/Syntax/Variables_and_Constants

[simonstaton]

I seem to be getting errors am I doing this right:

@compress = "no"

# EXPLODE TOOL
     model=Sketchup.active_model
     cmd = UI;;Command.new("Explode"){
 result = UI.messagebox "This will Compress your Climbing Frame meaning you cannot edit past this point!\n\n Would you like to continue?\n\nNote; Only Do This Once Per Model", MB_YESNO
 if result == 6 # Yes
   model.entities.to_a.each{|e|e.explode if e.class==Sketchup;;Group or e.class==Sketchup;;ComponentInstance}
   Morisdov.att_get
   @compress = "yes"
 end
     }
     cmd.small_icon = "finished.png"
     cmd.large_icon = "finished.png"
     cmd.tooltip = "Compress | Compress your Climbing Frame"
     cmd.status_bar_text = "Compressing your Climbing Frame"
     cmd.menu_text = "Compress"
     toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd
     toolbar.show

# VIEW CART
     model=Sketchup.active_model
     cmd = UI;;Command.new("Explode"){
	 if compress == "yes" {Morisdov.att_get}
	 if compress == "no" {UI.messagebox("Before Viewing Your Cart Make Sure You Have Compressed Your Climbing Frame\n\nNote; You Only Need to Compress Once")}
     }
     cmd.small_icon = "check.png"
     cmd.large_icon = "check.png"
     cmd.tooltip = "View Cart | View a List of Items Used"
     cmd.status_bar_text = "Loading Cart"
     cmd.menu_text = "View Cart"
     toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd
     toolbar.show

Thanks for the help by the way guys, much appreciated

[TIG]

At some point you refer to compress when it should always be @compress

[thomthom]

And you are better of using true and false instead of strings "yes", "no" - strings are very slow. and "yes" and "no" both evaluates to true.

If you get errors then please post them. They help pinpoint specifically what is going on. "some error" is to vague to make any good guess.

[simonstaton]

I still seem to be getting this error:

C;/Users/Simon/Documents/Action Design Your Own v2/Action 3D 3/Plugins/Utilities/Toolbar.rb;309; syntax error
	 if @compress == "yes" {Morisdov.att_get}
	                        ^
C;/Users/Simon/Documents/Action Design Your Own v2/Action 3D 3/Plugins/Utilities/Toolbar.rb;310; syntax error
	 if @compress == "no" {UI.messagebox("Before Viewing Your Cart Make Sure You Have Compressed Your Climbing Frame\n\nNote; You Only Need to Compress Once")}
	                       ^
C;/Users/Simon/Documents/Action Design Your Own v2/Action 3D 3/Plugins/Utilities/Toolbar.rb;310; syntax errorError Loading File LoadToolbar.rb
C;/Users/Simon/Documents/Action Design Your Own v2/Action 3D 3/Plugins/Utilities/Toolbar.rb;309; syntax error
	 if @compress == "yes" {Morisdov.att_get}
	                        ^
C;/Users/Simon/Documents/Action Design Your Own v2/Action 3D 3/Plugins/Utilities/Toolbar.rb;310; syntax error
	 if @compress == "no" {UI.messagebox("Before Viewing Your Cart Make Sure You Have Compressed Your Climbing Frame\n\nNote; You Only Need to Compress Once")}
	                       ^
C;/Users/Simon/Documents/Action Design Your Own v2/Action 3D 3/Plugins/Utilities/Toolbar.rb;310; syntax error

[thomthom]

You're thinking Jsvascript. Your If Else syntax is wrong.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming/Syntax/Control_Structures

[TIG]

Try
if test; action; end
OR
action if test

or

if test
   action
elsif another_test
   another_action
else ### anything else !
   yet_another_action
end

[simonstaton]

haha excellent guys, it works thanks the all the help!

[simonstaton]

@thomthom said:

UI.toolbar_names
http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/ui.html#toolbar_names

@unknownuser said:

The toolbar_names method is used to returns the name of all the available toolbars (this differs between PC and Mac).

> UI.toolbar_names ["Standard", "Principle", "Camera", "Drawing", "Edit", "Construction", "Walk", "DisplayMode", "StandardViews", "Section", "Google", "GettingStarted", "VCB"]

I dont suppose you know what the toolbar name would be for the large toolset do you?

Thanks,
Simon

[simonstaton]

I see, no worries hope they fix it soon. Thanks

[Dan Rathbun]

@simonstaton said:

I see, no worries hope they fix it soon. Thanks

Updated my previous post, to give send_action integers, and info on the DC ruby toolbar.

[Dan Rathbun]

@simonstaton said:

I dont suppose you know what the toolbar name would be for the large toolset do you?

It does NOT have a string identifer that works with UI.toolbar_names or UI.set_toolbar_visible, etc.

This is a bug in the API; we have asked that it be fixed.

Misspelled argument: 'Principle' for the Principal toolbar.

The missing arguments: %(#000000)[**identifier]%(#F0F0F0)[____]%(#000000)[tb_ID]%(#F0F0F0)[_]%(#000000)[send_action int "LargeToolSet"]%(#F0F0F0)[_]%(#000000)[(211)]%(#F0F0F0)[__]%(#000000)[23056 "Layers"]%(#F0F0F0)[_______]%(#000000)[(220)]%(#F0F0F0)[__]%(#000000)[21132 "Shadows"]%(#F0F0F0)[______]%(#000000)[(103)]%(#F0F0F0)[__]%(#000000)[10546**]

NOTE: %(#000000)[**"Dynamic Components"]%(#F0F0F0)[_]%(#000000)[(59648)]** is a ruby toolbar (not a native toolbar.)
You must use UI.toolbar('Dynamic Components') with the .visible?, .restore, .hide and .show methods.