Wx::DateTime:Class

[Al Hart]

I have a client who is getting this error:

undefined method `now' for Wx::DateTime:Class

for the statement DateTime.now

When I type in an illegal function for DateTime (e.g. DateTime.xxx ) I get this error

Error: #<NoMethodError: (eval):196: undefined method `xxx' for DateTime:Class>

With no mention of WX. I suspect the client may have another ruby script which is defining its own DateTime class.

I see that the Wx::DateTime class does exist for ruby.

Is anyone using it?

Has anyone heard of it?

Can anyone think of how I can force my .rb files to use the DateTime defined in SketchUp's date.rb?

Google SketchUp 6\Tools\date.rb(1092):class DateTime < Date

[todd burch]

SketchUp doesn't have a date.rb. Where did that come from?

[Al Hart]

@unknownuser said:

SketchUp doesn't have a date.rb. Where did that come from?

AHA - that's part of the mystery. We are installing date.rb from ruby 1.8.5 ourselves.
(We install several base ruby things such as Win32API.so and date)

Still - I would like to know which plugins are installing the Fx::DateTime.

[todd burch]

I would encourage you to NOT use the /Tools folder. Using the /Tools folder will cause grief and heartache when your users go to upgrade from SUV6 to a subsequent version. I promise.

Let Google have the /Tools folder and we can all play nicely in the /Plugins folder. Perhaps you could implement an /RP folder with all your stuff under /Plugins, to isolate potentially common names like 'date.rb' from conflicting with others.

For your user's issue, I would suggest getting a list of all the loaded scripts and their classes and methods. Sounds like an obvious case of a method being overridden.

I suspect if you create yourself a module and make your date.rb a mixin in it, you'll be fine.

[Al Hart]

Thanks Todd,

I'm also trying to get the user to type in:

::DateTime.now to see if that causes it to use DateTime rather than Fx::DateTime

I'll try putting date.rb somewhere else and see if I can get it to work.

[todd burch]

Just moving the file (date.rb) somewhere else won't fix anything.

[Al Hart]

@unknownuser said:

Just moving the file (date.rb) somewhere else won't fix anything.

No, It will only help next time when I find it in Tools and think it is part of SketchUp rather than a file installed by Render Plus.

[herodes]

WX probably refers to the WxWidgets namespace. A GUI Toolkit like FoxGUI.
I can't really see anything. What type of computer is the client running on?