[Plugin Library] LibFredo6 - v14.7a - 09 Nov 24

Dave R

Happy that fixed it. FWIW, you should be logged into Windows as your normal user but when you install programs, right click on the installer and choose Run as administrator. That is actually different from being the system admin anyway. If you don't use the Run as administrator option, Windows security features prevent some needed program stuff from being installed correctly and this results in various strange behaviors. Some of those behaviors don't become obvious right away.

TIG

As DaveR says [beat me to the post!]
SketchUp should always be installed on PC thus:

For a new installation...
Log into Windows as your normal user-account [whether or not this has admin=powers is irrelevant]/
Find the installer's exe file - usually in your Downloads folder...
Select that installer's exe file.
Right-click > Context-menu > "Run as administrator"
When prompted choose to "Install"...
Permissions etc are set up properly.

If it's already installed...
Close SketchUp.
Run as above
When prompted choose "Repair"...
Permissions etc are set up properly.

Never 'Run' an installer's exe file by double-clicking it - even if that user has admin powers it is not the same.
Running SketchUp as 'the admin' [i.e. NOT a normal user (who might also have some admin-powers)] will result in SketchUp behaving oddly - e.g. drag-n-drop will not work because SketchUp is operating at an elevated permissions level compared to Windows-Explorer...

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v10.7a - 12 Jun 20

LibFredo6 10.7a is a maintenance release, with bug fixing, adjustments for Mac (dialogs) and better support of imperail units in VCB

Requirements: SU2017 and above

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

Fredo

vmddelrosario

Tried installing libfredo6 v10.7a to no avail.. extension manager says the plugin is unsigned and sketchup keeps saying C:\Users"user_name"\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2017\SketchUp\Plugins\Fredo6_!LibFredo6 is missing after I restart the software and even when the said directory actually exists.

William_Wang

@fredo6 said:

I actually forgot about the feature '/', and its dual '*'.

I found the problem, and it will go into LibFredo6 v10.4c.

Thanks for signaling.

Fredo

Intall LibFredo6 v10.7a but plugins not running

fredo6

@vmddelrosario said:

Tried installing libfredo6 v10.7a to no avail.. extension manager says the plugin is unsigned and sketchup keeps saying C:\Users"user_name"\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2017\SketchUp\Plugins\Fredo6_!LibFredo6 is missing after I restart the software and even when the said directory actually exists.

Is it the first time you install LibFredo6?

If so, this may be related to the installation of Sketchup, which you must do with "Run as Administrator".

fredo6

@william_wang said:

Intall LibFredo6 v10.7a but plugins not running

Do you have a menu entry Window > LibFredo6 settings...?

Gus R

Not a critical issue but is there any way to tweak the font sizes for the interface windows? Seems like I was able to do that using standard Windows zoom keyboard commands. Here's some examples. Hard to read.

fredo6

@GusR

Strange. It seems you don't have some fonts installed and default to Arial Narrow Black.

Did this happen with v10.7a only ?

What do you get for dialog boxes used by other plugins than mine?

Gus R

@fredo6 said:

@GusR

Strange. It seems you don't have some fonts installed and default to Arial Narrow Black.

Did this happen with v10.7a only ?

What do you get for dialog boxes used by other plugins than mine?

I have Arial Narrow. It's Windows 7 Pro if that matters. Was fine before v10.7a.

Other dialog boxes are fine.

fredo6

Best would be Tahoma or Helvetica.

With Windows 7, there may be many problems. This one is related to the change I made for some dialog boxes (like Check Plugins for Update) to rely on the recent API (HtmlDialog), because the old one (WebDialog) is being deprecated.

So, there is little I can do with this.

Fredo

Oxer

Hi Fredo,
I installed LibFredo 10.7a on SU2017 & macOS 10.13.6 and when I try to 'Check Fredo6 Plugins for Update', SketchUp crash.
The rest of functions work fine and the Tools too.

fredo6

@oxer said:

Hi Fredo,
I installed LibFredo 10.7a on SU2017 & macOS 10.13.6 and when I try to 'Check Fredo6 Plugins for Update', SketchUp crash.
The rest of functions work fine and the Tools too.

Thanks for advising. Actually I get it on Catalina too. I will investigate.

I converted some of the LibFredo6 dialogs to HtmlDialog (instead of WebDialog), which is the 'new' framework for web dialogs since SU2017 (and recommended). There are plenty of problems and this could be one more.

Oxer

Ok, thanks for the info.

fredo6

I found the issue. Another discrepancy in HtmlDialog between Mac and Windows, and only for SU2017.

I'll release tomorrow morning

Thanks again for signaling.

Fredo

alecabcas

I have that problem.

Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<NameError: uninitialized constant LibFredo6_Loader::LibFredo6>
C:/Users/usuario/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:65:in process' C:/Users/usuario/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:72:in module:LibFredo6_Loader'
C:/Users/usuario/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:30:in `<top (required)>'

Several times I tried to reinstall sketchup as admin and tried to repair sketchup...

Could it be the problem? If is it, how can I fix it?

fredo6

@alecabcas

Strange issue. There is something wrong in the installation of LibFredo6 (probably not Sketchup).

Could you cleanup the LibFredo6 top file and subfolder and re-install a fresh copy, maybe LibFredo6 v10.8a, just released.

Fredo

alecabcas

Hi Fredo6,

Thanks for the reply.

After uninstall and repair Sketchup by the way, and restart the PC, I have installed the v10.8a (then I have closed sketchup) but I have the same problem...I installed the plugin with the ExtensionStore

Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<NameError: uninitialized constant LibFredo6>
C:/Users/usuario/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:65:in process' C:/Users/usuario/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:72:in module:LibFredo6_Loader'
C:/Users/usuario/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:30:in `<top (required)>'

So, could be the problem that I have the folder "users" with the name "usuarios" and the path would be broken? Just like I showed in the picture of the first comment? (attached again)

Folder_ name_USUARIOS.jpg

TIG

It might be that SketchUp v2020 has not been installed properly ?
Try doing a 'Repair' [see below], then reinstall the LibFredo again.
Restart SketchUp and see if that has helped...

To 'Repair' SketchUp do the following...
Whilst you are logged into Windows as your normal user-account [usuario] ensure that SketchUp & Layout are both closed.
Find the SketchUp installer's exe file - usually in your Downloads folder...
Select that file's icon, right-click > context-menu > "Run as administrator"
When prompted choose "Repair".
When it completes SketchUp should run with all of its permissions set properly.

Doing a 'Repair' should not affect any of your settings or customizations...

Reinstall the LibFredo too...

Installing from an exe in any other way will cause unpredictable permission problems - like you report.
So never double-click any installer's exe file to 'Run' it.
Even if your user-account has admin powers it is not the same thing.

There have been a few reports about things suddenly going wrong - they seem to relate to a recent Windows auto-update breaking users' permissions. I know that SketchUp are investigating as it seems to permanently break some Windows users' accounts !

Report back...

alecabcas

@tig said:

It might be that SketchUp v2020 has not been installed properly ?
Try doing a 'Repair' [see below], then reinstall the LibFredo again.
Restart SketchUp and see if that has helped...

To 'Repair' SketchUp do the following...
Whilst you are logged into Windows as your normal user-account [usuario] ensure that SketchUp & Layout are both closed.
Find the SketchUp installer's exe file - usually in your Downloads folder...
Select that file's icon, right-click > context-menu > "Run as administrator"
When prompted choose "Repair".
When it completes SketchUp should run with all of its permissions set properly.

Doing a 'Repair' should not affect any of your settings or customizations...

Reinstall the LibFredo too...

Installing from an exe in any other way will cause unpredictable permission problems - like you report.
So never double-click any installer's exe file to 'Run' it.
Even if your user-account has admin powers it is not the same thing.

There have been a few reports about things suddenly going wrong - they seem to relate to a recent Windows auto-update breaking users' permissions. I know that SketchUp are investigating as it seems to permanently break some Windows users' accounts !

Report back...

Thanks Tig!
I've already repair few times sketchup as admin, and also I have reinstall sketchup few times as admin, anyway just now I've repaired again skethup... Nothing new and sitll the same error. So I'm going to report it as you say. Ah I installed the plugin by both ways including the StoreExtension