Auto loading toolbars

[jojo9]

Hi to all,
i think we all love sketchup, with its great plugins. I would write rubies too, if i could, like i do for applescript.
I see a problem in how SU loads toolbar plugins: some show up at startup, some others not. So my first thought was to add some code snippeds to this rubies, to change things.
i tried with something like that: (but without result)

tb = UI.toolbar("Name Toolbar") if tb.get_last_state == TB_VISIBLE UI.start_timer(0.1, false) { tb.restore } elsif tb.get_last_state == TB_NEVER_SHOWN tb.show end

another question arises in which context (e.g handler) or place (beginning or end) i've do embed such a code, if the code does what i like to think it does.
please help me generously, because I don't know much about ruby scripting. Thanks!

SketchUp version: 8
Operating system: mac 10.6

[kyyu]

Look at the plugin "Toggle Units": http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=11745
Their version is:

	state = tb.get_last_state
	if(state == TB_NEVER_SHOWN)
		tb.show 
	elsif (state == TB_VISIBLE)
		tb.restore
	end

But I am not really sure of the use of "restore"? The API saids "used to reposition the toolbar to its previous location". But I tried testing it (moving it and restarting SU, etc..), and don't really see what it is doing. Can anyone explain?

[jojo9]

hi kyyu,
thanks for your reply. I'll try it.

it works!

[jojo9]

@kyyu said:

Look at the plugin "Toggle Units": http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=11745
Their version is:

	state = tb.get_last_state
> 	if(state == TB_NEVER_SHOWN)
> 		tb.show 
> 	elsif (state == TB_VISIBLE)
> 		tb.restore
> 	end

But I am not really sure of the use of "restore"? The API saids "used to reposition the toolbar to its previous location". But I tried testing it (moving it and restarting SU, etc..), and don't really see what it is doing. Can anyone explain?

Hehe,
sorry but i'm not yet a ruby scripter. Thanks very much for the tip, it helped!