If Toolbar is true make it false

Dan Rathbun

I just found the following in the Google SketchUp Ruby API
status = UI.set_toolbar_visible("Camera", true)
could I maybe change this to make what I want work?

You asked this same question back in August.
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=21156
I Answered it (in the last post of that topic):
ANSWER: Hide Toolbars On Load

simonstaton

that dosnt seem to work :s

Dan Rathbun

@simonstaton said:

Sketchup.send_action(21992)

By the way.. the numeric arguments to .send_action are ONLY PC, you need to use the string args to be cross-platform (if that matters.)

Dan Rathbun

@simonstaton said:

that dosnt seem to work :s

Close Sketchup, restart, open the 'GettingStarted' toolbar from the View > Toolbars menu. Then open the Ruby Console and try it again (paste it into the command box just as I had posted.)

Then tell us the result. (You may have corrupted something.)

simonstaton

that should be fine as its only going to be run on pcs, damn macs

as the 'status = UI.set_toolbar_visible("GettingStarted", false)' dosnt work and the send action can open and close the toolbar, is there no way to pickup if GettingStarted is showing and if it is have it send action to toggle it off?

Simon

simonstaton

@dan rathbun said:

@simonstaton said:

that dosnt seem to work :s

Close Sketchup, restart, open the 'GettingStarted' toolbar from the View > Toolbars menu. Then open the Ruby Console and try it again (paste it into the command box just as I had posted.)

Then tell us the result. (You may have corrupted something.)

no still nothing how about my above method?

Dan Rathbun

@simonstaton said:

no still nothing

Check any code that is loading from the plugins folder, you must be corrupting something, because it DOES work.

You can try resetting the Sketchup UI to factory defaults.
Window menu > Preferences item
Preferences dialog > Workspace page > Reset Workspace button

thomthom

UI.set_toolbar_visible('GettingStarted', true) unless UI.toolbar_visible?('GettingStarted')

Dan Rathbun

@simonstaton said:

how about my above method?

yes sure


status = if UI.toolbar_visible?('GettingStarted')
  Sketchup.send_action(21992)
end

which is the eqiuvalent of:
status = UI.set_toolbar_visible("GettingStarted", false)

thomthom

Oh - you tried that and it didn't work. Odd. See if Dan suggestion of resetting the workspace works. Becaus eI tested that snippet and it works.

simonstaton

no still nothing changes when I use that code either in the ruby console or in the .rb files and after doing what you said I am however using sketchup 6 if that could stop this from working?

simonstaton

I just tested this out in sketchup 7 and it does work fine so it must just be sketchup 6

Dan Rathbun

@simonstaton said:

I am however using sketchup 6 if that could stop this from working?

Don't know never used v6

Why can't you upgrade to v7.1MR2 ?

simonstaton

some of the features I am using on my toolbar dont want to work in sketchup 7 such as my checkout system,

is it ok if I try detecting the toolbar being open? any chance you know any code that I could use to see if it is visible then using an if statement have it send the action.

thomthom

@simonstaton said:

some of the features I am using on my toolbar dont want to work in sketchup 7 such as my checkout system,

What doesn't work and why?

@simonstaton said:

is it ok if I try detecting the toolbar being open? any chance you know any code that I could use to see if it is visible then using an if statement have it send the action.

I mentioned that here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=29216&start=0#p254562
UI.toolbar_visible?('GettingStarted')

simonstaton

hmm that method didnt work either it must be somthing to do with my .rb code. any chance either of you could quick put the following in a .rb file in your plugins and see if closes the toolbar when sketchup loads:

status = if UI.toolbar_visible?('GettingStarted')
Sketchup.send_action(21992)
end

if it does then it must be somthing to do with my sketchup

Thanks,
Simon

simonstaton

ok through the ruby code I recieve the following method after ive just installed sketchup 7 and tryed it in there:

(eval):894: syntax error
status = if UI.toolbar_visible?('GettingStarted') Sketchup.send_action(21992) end
^>
(eval):894
status = if UI.toolbar_visible?('GettingStarted') Sketchup.send_action(21992) end
Error: #<SyntaxError: (eval):894: compile error
(eval):894: syntax error
status = if UI.toolbar_visible?('GettingStarted') Sketchup.send_action(21992) end
^
(eval):894: syntax error
status = if UI.toolbar_visible?('GettingStarted') Sketchup.send_action(21992) end
^>
(eval):894

Dan Rathbun

Simon use the code ... /code blocks, so it looks like this:


status = if UI.toolbar_visible?('GettingStarted')
  Sketchup.send_action(21992)
end

The Code button on the post edit toolbar will insert them for you.

simonstaton

ok will do thanks dan, sorry just new to forums, well not new joined 2 years ago but not used to it.

Dan Rathbun

need to be 3 lines, not all on 1 line, or else you must finish statements with a semi-colon ( ; ).