[Plugin] AMS Library 3.7.1b (29 May 2021)

Anton_S

Hello everyone, AMS Library version 3.1.1 has been released. It is important to upgrade to a new version because it addresses a bug fix, which caused spike in performance, which lead to toolbar icons staying highlighted and eventually to a crash. Huge thanks to Pherim for reporting and verifying it. See first post for download links.

Pherim

Thanks again for fixing it!

junaramaro

i think it no longer has a support for xp...it shows some error ...sorry i forgot to post some pics...but it really does.i hope some xp users show the error..but i'll post it soon...or maybe its a bug...please dont stop the support for xp unlike microsoft...this is a really great plugin with lots of possibilities....

Anton_S

Opps I forgot to test it on Win XP. Ill check it out.

Anton_S

Hello, junaramaro, I made it compatible with Windows XP. Thanks for reporting.

junaramaro

Thank you so much sir... ...i'm updating now. i really love being in this community of loving and thoughtful persons...
thank you again master ...may the force be with you...

i really think you have to be a jedi to come up with this wonderful things...

perroloco2000

Hello
Everytime I try to hide menu bar with AMS Window Settings crash my SU 2016. I´m using AMS Window Settings 4.2.0 and AMS Library 3.1.4
Please help, is really useful optimize my screen when I work on the laptop
Thanks for your greats plugins

Anton_S

Can you downgrade to 3.1.3 and check if the crash still occurs? Here is the download link to 3.1.3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3qg8f4WrNdHci1DLTZEbVpqdzQ

perroloco2000

I had 3.1.3 before, actually I did upgrade to 3.1.4 trying to fix this
Thanks

lionk

Hi Anton_S, is there an observer to detect whether the trays in sketchup2016 is automatically shown or hidden, and its width and position?

Anton_S

Hello lionk,

There is no observer that triggers when dialogs/trays are shown or hidden. There is a way, however, to detect if SU2016 trays are visible.

Consider the following code snippet to get all visible trays:


# Obtain visible trays
visible_trays = []
AMS;;Sketchup.get_visible_dialogs.each { |handle|
  cname = AMS;;Window.get_class_name(handle)
  visible_trays << handle if cname =~ /Afx;ControlBar|Afx;MiniFrame/
}
visible_trays

As well as, the following snippet to get all visible trays along with their information, such as title, width, height, and whether its docked or floating:


# Get tray information.
# Afx;ControlBar resembles a docked tray
# Afx;MiniFrame resembles a floating tray
tray_data = {}
AMS;;Sketchup.get_visible_dialogs.each { |handle|
  cname = AMS;;Window.get_class_name(handle)
  next if cname !~ /Afx;ControlBar|Afx;MiniFrame/
  rect = AMS;;Window.get_rect(handle)
  tray_data[handle] = {
    ;caption => AMS;;Window.get_caption(handle),
    ;docked  => cname =~ /Afx;ControlBar/ ? true ; false, # docked or floating
    ;width   => rect[2] - rect[0],
    ;height  => rect[3] - rect[1]
  }
}
tray_data

Anton

lionk

Thank you!
I want to get the status of trays in auto-hide mode, and its size and position, so I can get the accurate width or height of the view. Because the trays will overlap part of the view.
trays auto-hide.gif

atek

i have downloaded the zip file containing a folder and .rb file. How to install the plugin

herojack

载入文件 C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_Lib/main.rb 时出错
Error: #<RuntimeError: can't modify frozen String>
D:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in require' D:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in require'
C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_Lib/main.rb:205:in <top (required)>' D:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require'
D:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_Lib.rb:47:in register_extension'
C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_Lib.rb:47:in <module:Lib>' C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_Lib.rb:27:in <top (required)>'

perroloco2000

hi again Anton
i have new portatil (with fresh windows 10 install)
i´m not able to install AMS library (not 3.2.0. not 3.1.3.). trying with the .rbz by preferencs or extracting .zip in plugins folder same result: crash SU2016 or get the same error as herojack posted
any help will be welcome in the way to use your nice plugins
thanks

Error al cargar archivo C:/Users/XXX/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_Lib/main.rb
Error: #<RuntimeError: can't modify frozen String>
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in require' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in require'
C:/Users/XXX/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_Lib/main.rb:205:in <top (required)>' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' C:/Users/XXX/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_Lib.rb:47:in register_extension'
C:/Users/XXX/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_Lib.rb:47:in <module:Lib>' C:/Users/XXX/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_Lib.rb:27:in <top (required)>'

ying2014

hello Anton_S：
I have a question，if I want to set a dialog，and the WedDialogs are on top one more time,but
sketchup is activated, in other words，like (dlg.show_modal + AMS::Sketchup.activate),what should I do？

Anton_S

@Atek to install the plugin, place ams_lib folder and the ams_lib.rb into the plugins folder.
The plugins folder is located in the following locations:

For SU8 and below the plugins folder is located in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google SketchUp [n]\
For SU2013 the plugins folder is located in
C:\Program Files (x86)\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013\
For SU2014+ the plugins folder is located in
C:\Users[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 20XY\SketchUp
I will post these instructions into the main post.

@Perojack, @Perroloco2000 I will look into the error. Thanks for reporting.

@Ying2014 If I understood you correctly you want to activate the dialog. For that there is an existing function, WebDialog.#bring_to_front. Can you elaborate a bit more if I didn't understand your question?

ying2014

@Anton_s,I want WebDialog to have been in the front until end of a program ,because I want to make the WebDialog as a mask，I can do something to model which I wan't people to see the process. WebDialog.#bring_to_front can't always in the front。

Anton_S

Here is the code Ying:

title = "My Dialog"
dlg = UI;;WebDialog.new(title)
dlg.show
hwnd = AMS;;Sketchup.find_window_by_caption(title)
AMS;;Window.set_pos(hwnd, -1, 0,0,0,0, 0x0023) # The -1 here does the trick

Though upgrade to 3.2.1 first as there was a small bug in that function.

@Perojack, @Perroloco2000 I think the error is fixed now. Try the new version.

ying2014

@Anton_S,thank you very much!It is helpful.