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      RickW
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      I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to traverse the Tools folder as well, but could provide the "opportunity" for duplicate menu items if there are same-named subfolders in both Plugins and Tools. I have the suspicion, though, that items in the Tools folder will have fixed menus.

      .rbs files can't be edited by OrganizerEdit to be made to work with Organizer, so it will be up to the authors to accommodate the possibility prior to encryption.

      RickW
      [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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        juju
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        Rick, I'll have to run the organizer script every time I change (add / remove some) the ruby scripts right? I would assume so, just need to be clear on it.

        If so, I just add the scripts to the plugins folder and run the script again, that shouldn't have a negative effect on the scripts already "organized" right?

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          RickW
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          If you run OrganizerEdit on your scripts, then organize them in subfolders (one level deep only), they will all load whenever you start SketchUp, with submenu items according to their locations. If you rearrange them, then restart SketchUp, they will automatically load with new submenu items, because the submenus are created dynamically at load-time based on the subfolder name.

          If a script/plugin comes Organizer-ready, there's nothing to do - it will load when you load Sketchup, however you decide to organize it.

          If it's not Organizer-ready, you'd have to run OrganizerEdit to make it Organizer-compatible. That wouldn't affect the other scripts.

          You could, I suppose (haven't tried it yet), run Organizer manually when you downloaded a new script to bring it into the menu. It shouldn't duplicate menu items for previously-loaded scripts.

          Did I answer your question?

          RickW
          [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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            juju
            last edited by

            Kind of, I suppose. Trial and error will tell...

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              RickW
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              There are two parts to Organizer. One part is OrganizerEdit, which will rewrite .rb files with a bit of code so that they can be placed in a subfolder and loaded to submenus corresponding to the subfolder. Once the file is edited, it can be moved to any subfolder and will load appropriately - you don't need to re-edit it to move it around.

              The second part is Organizer, which does three things: it reads the immediate subfolders of the Plugins folder, creates a submenu in the Plugins menu for each folder it finds (and that isn't in the "exclude" file), and creates a menu item in that submenu for each .rb file it finds in that subfolder. That's a bit over-simplified, but it gets the idea across.

              So, if you decide you want to move a .rb file from Plugins/Draw to Plugins/Modify, just move it. The next time you start SketchUp, that script will be in the Plugins>Modify menu without you having to do anything but move the file.

              RickW
              [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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                RickW
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                I've almost finished work on a tool to help make the best use of Organizer. It will traverse your plugins and determine which files need to be located directly in the "Plugins" folder (anything that is "required" by another plugin should be either in the "Plugins" folder or the "Tools" folder).

                This will solve about 99% of the problems some users have with Organizer (moving files that shouldn't be moved).

                This file will be included with the Organzier download.

                RickW
                [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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                  Burkhard
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                  I remember the hard times to do such things manualy 😉

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                    juju
                    last edited by

                    Rick, will revised version (-s) be available for free upgrade to existing script owners or not?

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                      RickW
                      last edited by

                      Generally, updates are free to previous customers. We haven't really had upgrades yet, but that will be up to the author. I expect upgrades would generally have a nominal upgrade fee.

                      The tool I mentioned above will be part of an update, so it will be free to existing Organizer license owners.

                      RickW
                      [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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                        juju
                        last edited by

                        Sweet, so I'll get an e-mail then notifying me just as I got an e-mail the other day asking for feedback.

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                          RickW
                          last edited by

                          I can do that. But the best way to stay informed is to "subscribe" - RSS and Atom feeds are available. 😄

                          There are several readers and subscription managers out there (reader.google.com, http://www.bloglines.com, others), and you can get updates and news about the latest scripts delivered directly.

                          I've been thinking about an automatic email notifier, but haven't implemented it yet...

                          RickW
                          [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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                            juju
                            last edited by

                            I've already got Smustard on my RSS feeds... 😉

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                              RickW
                              last edited by

                              Cool! Then you're all set 😄

                              RickW
                              [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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                                Haggai
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                                Hi Rick,
                                I got the organizer and install many of my scripts there in different folder, it seems that many of the file did not get change but i will still look thru all of them, i already saw some that are not but they are neither in the log file.
                                another thing that i am getting is this message and I don't know what to do with it,

                                "Error Loading File organizer.rb
                                undefined method `add_item' for nil:NilClass"

                                thank you for your help there.

                                [haggai]

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                                  Haggai
                                  last edited by

                                  Rick, another thing my "select at startup" is not funtioning anymore i downloade the last version but it still not selecting, does it go in another place than the plugins folder?

                                  [haggai]

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                                    RickW
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                                    Not all files will be edited - only those that have a menu item in the Plugins menu will be edited. They can still be put in subfolders, but will appear in their specified menu locations.

                                    SelectAtStartup (startup.rb) should be located in the Plugins folder, not in a subfolder.

                                    Make sure you don't have sketchup.rb, langhandler.rb, or oImage.rb in your Plugins folder.

                                    RickW
                                    [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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                                      Haggai
                                      last edited by

                                      @rickw said:

                                      SelectAtStartup (startup.rb) should be located in the Plugins folder, not in a subfolder.

                                      Make sure you don't have sketchup.rb, langhandler.rb, or oImage.rb in your Plugins folder.

                                      I don't have these files in my plugings folder, they are in the "tools" folder.

                                      @rickw said:

                                      Not all files will be edited - only those that have a menu item in the Plugins menu will be edited. They can still be put in subfolders, but will appear in their specified menu locations.

                                      Can I edit the other file manualy to have them be "organizer.rb friendly"?
                                      if yes what do I need to change?

                                      I still don't know what is the message
                                      "Error Loading File organizer.rb
                                      undefined method `add_item' for nil:NilClass"
                                      is there things I need to do, I read all the infos about how to install bout ten times, i think that i did it ok and it work for many of the rubys, I don't mind if they do not all get organized now but the message is in the way.

                                      thank you

                                      [haggai]

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                                        RickW
                                        last edited by

                                        Open the ruby console (Window>Ruby Console) and type
                                        load "organizer.rb"
                                        then press <enter>. If the error message displays, copy and paste it into a message - make sure to copy everything in the console.

                                        RickW
                                        [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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                                          Haggai
                                          last edited by

                                          OK thank you, i did as you said and locate the error message, it came from a french stair ruby i removed it and now i don't get the message anymore.

                                          this was the error line when a run ( load "organizer.rb" )
                                          Error: #<NoMethodError: C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/10 French/fr_stair_maker062.rb:210: undefined method `add_item' for nil:NilClass>

                                          haggai

                                          here is the ruby file that i removed what shall I do to it to function
                                          http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Ruby/fr_stair_maker062.rb

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                                            Haggai
                                            last edited by

                                            The file is missing information for creating menu items. I downloaded it from Didier's website, and it is non-functional in both the French (which you posted) and English (which I downloaded) versions.

                                            I fixed the file (attached below), and it should now work.

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