Get the Click-Style via the Ruby API?

Chris Fullmer

Seems like it should be stored in the registry for Win and the equivalent for the "other" OS.

thomthom

Oh no - not another inaccessible property...

Jim

Have a look through the various options collections via the options manager. I don't really know, but it could be there.

It has Units options, and 3 others I can't recall.

thomthom

I did not find it - probably because they are model settings and this appear to be application setting.

Dan Rathbun

@thomthom said:

Get the Click-Style via the Ruby API? How?

Registry

key: HKCU\Software\Google\Sketchup7\Preferences

Preferences dialog > Drawing tab (page)

att: ClickStyle

Click-drag-release = 0* Auto Detect = 2* Click-move-click = 1
att: ContinueLineMode
(boolean) 0 | 1
att: DisplayCrosshairs
(boolean) 0 | 1

@thomthom said:

Oh no - not another inaccessible property...

Sorry.. yes they are all DWORD values.
As you know by now... read_default and write_default cannot read**|**write DWORD values.

p Sketchup.read_default('Preferences','ClickStyle','Read Error!')
>> "Read Error!"

The only GOOD thing is the values appear to be dynamic (ie, they are updated in the registry when the dialog is closed and NOT when Sketchup shuts down. However.. changing pages in the Preferences dialog does not update the registry value, only when the whole dialog is closed.)

thomthom

Best I can do then is just mimic the default setting "Auto-Detect". sigh Another item for the wish-list.

Dan Rathbun

@thomthom said:

Best I can do then is just mimic the default setting "Auto-Detect".

Does the above code snippet work on the Mac ??

If YES, then for Windows you have 3 options:

A shell command (or IO.popen,) calling reg.exe, with the key/attribute as args1. use the standard Ruby library Registry1. use a Win32 System call via Win32API.so

thomthom

@dan rathbun said:

Does the above code snippet work on the Mac ??

hm.. dunno. will have to test.

@dan rathbun said:

A shell command (or IO.popen,) calling reg.exe, with the key/attribute as args

This can be done via the SketchUp Ruby? I don't want to bundle another library just to read this setting.

Dan Rathbun

@thomthom said:

@dan rathbun said:

A shell command (or IO.popen,) calling reg.exe, with the key/attribute as args

This can be done via the SketchUp Ruby?


unless defined? Platform require 'Platform' # Platform.rb
if Platform.is_win?
  clickstylecmd ='REG QUERY HKCU\Software\Google\Sketchup7\Preferences /v ClickStyle'
  num=nil
  IO.popen(clickstylecmd) { |f| num=("%x" % f.readlines[4].split(' ').last).to_i }
elsif Platform.is_mac?
  num = Sketchup.read_default('Preferences','ClickStyle','Read Error!')
else
  # error unsupported platform
end
# detect ClickStyle setting
unless num=='Read Error!'
  if num==0
    # Click-drag-release
  elsif num==1
    # Click-move-click 
  elsif num==2
    # Auto Detect 
  else
    # error
  end
else
  # raise an exception
end
#

There is an annoyance.. a cmd window flashes on the screen but disappears.

thomthom

@dan rathbun said:

There is an annoyance.. a cmd window flashes on the screen but disappears.

Ah - and that can not be suppressed?

Dan Rathbun

@thomthom said:

@dan rathbun said:

There is an annoyance.. a cmd window flashes on the screen but disappears.

Ah - and that can not be suppressed?

I haven't yet found a way.
maybe with a PIF file we can make it run minimized ?

Dan Rathbun

And BTW shell commands are done with Kernel.` (backquote character)
see http://phrogz.net/ProgrammingRuby/ref_m_kernel.html#Kernel._bq

Dan Rathbun

@dan rathbun said:

And BTW shell commands are done with Kernel.` (backquote character)
see http://phrogz.net/ProgrammingRuby/ref_m_kernel.html#Kernel._bq

More Info: The shell execution also sets the $? variable with the command's exit status.

lionk

@dan rathbun said:

And BTW shell commands are done with Kernel.` (backquote character)
see http://phrogz.net/ProgrammingRuby/ref_m_kernel.html#Kernel._bq

still a cmd window...
ex:ipconfig /all