UI::WebDialog => set_html => large HTML pages

[niccah]

@thomthom said:

It's not really clear to me what the "problem" is. Can you specify?

Oh sorry... okay, let me explain the "problem" a little bit more in detail...

I have a plugin for Sketchup and I need a formular, where I can set a lot of options. So, I'm using a WebDialog and the content is written in a string.

• advantage: I can insert some ruby variables (for example: "<input type="text" value="" + rubyVariable + """
• disadvantage: The Webdialog gets larger and larger, so the string gets larger and larger => the code gets unclear.

Now, my question is: can I write all the html code in an external file? So, normal text file, I can import with "File.open...". But then, I can't use some ruby variables in the html code.

So, for me (a more or less Ruby newby), it is not clear what's the best way to handle large WebDialogs.

@thomthom said:

By the way: set_html doesn't work under OSX after an Safari update.

Oh, that's an important hint... how I can handle this problem? Thanks a lot, ThomThom for your help!

[thomthom]

@niccah said:

Now, my question is: can I write all the html code in an external file? So, normal text file, I can import with "File.open...". But then, I can't use some ruby variables in the html code.

Don't understand what you mean by not being able to use ruby variables...
If you compile a string with HTML and injected ruby variables, and use #set_html it's the same as if you wrote the same HTML to a file and used #set_file. I'm still not quite "getting it".

@niccah said:

Oh, that's an important hint... how I can handle this problem? Thanks a lot, ThomThom for your help!

Write out a temp file with the compiled HTML, then use #set_file.

[thomthom]

If you're new to WebDialogs in SketchUp you want to have a look at this thread: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=23445#p198883

[niccah]

@thomthom said:

If you're new to WebDialogs in SketchUp you want to have a look at this thread: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=23445#p198883

Oh, that was the perfect hint. You are right, I'm realy new to WebDialogs. So I read a lot the last few days and now, I know, my question was stupid

However, thanks for your endurance!

[thomthom]

No worries. Just keep asking.

Btw, what are you creating?

[niccah]

@thomthom said:

Btw, what are you creating?

Oh, I started a big big project...

On the one hand I love to play with my milling machine, on the other hand, I'm very interested to learn to write some Sketchup plugins.

So my project:

You can select some faces of your model, enter some dimensions of your milling tool and you get the right GCode. Now, I'm coding the userinterface of this plugin.

I hope, I can publish first beta versions in the next fex month...

[thomthom]

hm... I wonder is there was someone else also working on generating GCodes....

[Chris Fullmer]

gcode site:sketchucation.com/forums/

There have been people talking about it in the past. I did not read any of those threads to see if anyone has some good code or a plugin for it. But there might be something there.

[thomthom]

I think Noel was doing something. I've given him a nudge.

[niccah]

Thanks guys for the hints! I got a message from Noel!