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    • picky1958P Offline
      picky1958
      last edited by

      Hi TIG! I know some people are getting the tool working "out-of the-box"... and this drives me crazy! πŸ˜‰ I mean, until now I never had any problem with anything installed on my PC, but this time I really can't find out what I am doing wrong. So... my PC runs Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64 Bit. I got Java set to open .jar files. I am not sure about the read/write stuff. I tryed to change the settings of the folder but once I wanted to save them, it didn't do it. So I retried again and again, but every time it didn't save the changes. That's where I started SU as admin and it did create at least the from/to.ini files, which it didn't before. After that nothing else happened. No warning, no message, nothing.
      Thanks for your help! Cheers from Germany.
      Ralf

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        It looks like a permissions issue: especially since you get different results as yourself and as an Admin.
        Being an Admin is not sufficient to allow you to have full access to things within a folder if its permissions are inherently limited.
        Log in as an Admin.
        You'll have to translate the following 'titles' into German if your locale is not 'EN'...
        Highlight the Plugins folder's icon and use the right-click context-menu > Properties > Security > Edit set permissions to that folder to FULL for everyone, including yourself!
        Apply and OK to save.
        Check that the permissions have filtered down and that FULL also applies to the Plugins folder's contents - both files and subfolders, and their contents etc.
        Retry using the tool.

        Tip: you might from time to time want to add files/subfolders into other Sketchup folders... I recommend you also fix the permissions of the Components, Materials and Styles folders...

        TIG

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        • picky1958P Offline
          picky1958
          last edited by

          Ok, now I really tryed every single combination and I'm still not able to make it work. I guess I am giving up on this one 😞 Is there any other tool I can use just to trace around the transparent part of a png without having to do it manually? Probably not, ha? Thanks for your help.
          Ralf

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          • L Offline
            leminilab
            last edited by

            Adding a Windows Admin account with a password (don't know if it has something to do with it...) did the trick for me.

            • "Live every day as if it were your last and then some day you'll be right."
            • "ThomThom rules!!!"
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            • picky1958P Offline
              picky1958
              last edited by

              Hi leminilab, that's worth a try! Did you run SU from that account then?

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              • L Offline
                leminilab
                last edited by

                @picky1958 said:

                Hi leminilab, that's worth a try! Did you run SU from that account then?

                Yes. I think I re-installed SU and Image Trimmer on this account and it worked.

                Sorry for not being more positive about this but I had to format my pc and I haven't needed image trimmer since...

                • "Live every day as if it were your last and then some day you'll be right."
                • "ThomThom rules!!!"
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                • picky1958P Offline
                  picky1958
                  last edited by

                  @leminilab said:

                  @picky1958 said:

                  Hi leminilab, that's worth a try! Did you run SU from that account then?

                  Yes. I think I re-installed SU and Image Trimmer on this account and it worked.

                  Sorry for not being more positive about this but I had to format my pc and I haven't needed image trimmer since...

                  I tryed it... not working either. 😞 Thanks anyways. Ralf

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                    leminilab
                    last edited by

                    Have you got Java installed?

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                    • picky1958P Offline
                      picky1958
                      last edited by

                      @leminilab said:

                      Have you got Java installed?

                      Yes, I do.

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                      • L Offline
                        leminilab
                        last edited by

                        Well Admin acount and Java were the two culprits for me. I'm out of ides... Sorry...

                        • "Live every day as if it were your last and then some day you'll be right."
                        • "ThomThom rules!!!"
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                        • eLaCiDE Offline
                          eLaCiD
                          last edited by

                          Sorry on this old question but I try to find solution w/o success.
                          I read all of posts here but on the end need help.
                          ImageTrimmer don't work

                          Let's go πŸ˜„

                          Windows XP pro
                          IE 8
                          SU 8

                          Folder is C:/Temp
                          Image is Test.png

                          Plugin folder
                          PluginsFolder.png

                          SKMtools folder
                          SKMtoolsFolder.png

                          When I start ImageTrimmer from SU (Tools-ImageTrimer) status line show it works.
                          After a while process is finished but nothing heppened.
                          In folder C:/Temp/TrimmedImages (after this there is only Test.png w/o other two files.
                          Path in files "from.ini" and "to.ini" is ok.

                          RC shows
                          RC1.png

                          If I try manualy with click on EdgeDetector.jar then in folder C:/Temp/TrimmedImages appears and other files - Test[Edges].dat and Test[Edges].png

                          I try from RC with this result
                          RC2.png

                          What now?

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            The error tells you is is not making the .dat file.
                            This is made on the .jar side so it suggests one of several things...
                            Do you have FULL security permissions to the Plugins folder and its subfolders and their contents?
                            Select icon right-click context menu > Properties > Security > Edit > FULL... [perhaps as an Admin?]
                            Because it reads/writes files from the SKMtools subfolder this must be fully accessible to 'ALL'...

                            Another possibility...
                            Do you have Java installed on your PC ?
                            If not install it, it's freely available on the http://www...

                            Next are JAR files set to 'open' [execute] with Java ?
                            A JAR file is a small executable that is run by Java to do a simple task - here it processes image data, not readily available cross-platform with SketchUp's version of Ruby alone...
                            A default Java installation should be set to execute JARs, BUT if you have installed certain deCompression [ZIP] applications they may have a list of file-associations which 'hijack' various file-types and then open them directly within that app, rather than their native application as required for JARs. JAR is often one of those file-types... to correct it open the deCompression [ZIP] app and then open its settings/options dialog - look for a file-associations tab... uncheck JAR, Save the changes and close...

                            ...and retry ImageTrimmer...

                            TIG

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                            • eLaCiDE Offline
                              eLaCiD
                              last edited by

                              Unfortunately there is not option Security 😞

                              Java is already instaled
                              Java.png

                              WinRar setings is
                              WinRaR.png

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                These Java Control Panel settings work for me - see the screen-shots attached...
                                Windows XP permissions work slightly differently from more recent Windows versions... BUT you can still make sure that you have unrestricted access-rights to the Plugins folder and its contents...
                                http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sag_seconceptsunobject.mspx?mfr=true
                                http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sag_seconceptsunobject.mspx?mfr=true


                                JSec.PNG


                                JCP.PNG

                                TIG

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                                • eLaCiDE Offline
                                  eLaCiD
                                  last edited by

                                  My Java Control Panel settings are same as yours.

                                  This made help abut how to put security tab πŸ˜„
                                  http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sag_seconceptsunobject.mspx?mfr=true

                                  Then with rigt_click

                                  Plugins>Properties>Security
                                  and in Plugins Folder
                                  SKMgtools>Properties>Security

                                  for all Group and user names all permission are marked - Allowe

                                  Then I triggered ImageTrimmer.
                                  Unfortunately 😞 situation ia same like before.

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    πŸ˜•
                                    Can you post the PNG you are trying to Trim...
                                    At least if I can ImageTrim it we know it ought to work...
                                    PM it if it's confidential...

                                    TIG

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                                    • eLaCiDE Offline
                                      eLaCiD
                                      last edited by

                                      @tig said:

                                      :?
                                      Can you post the PNG you are trying to Trim...
                                      At least if I can ImageTrim it we know it ought to work...
                                      PM it if it's confidential...

                                      I think is not conected with images because I tried a few different PNG among other and this (downloaded from here)with no result.

                                      HamsterWheel%2001.png

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Works fine for me, so please post all of your Java settings and double-check that JAR files are set to open [execute] with Java...
                                        The ZIP contains the input/skp/output...


                                        HamsterWheel%2001.zip


                                        HamsterWheel%2001Capture.PNG

                                        TIG

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                                        • eLaCiDE Offline
                                          eLaCiD
                                          last edited by

                                          Java settings :

                                          JavaSettings.png

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            The only difference I have is the last item Java Quick Starter is unchecked in my version, BUT I'd not expect that to be an issue...

                                            Can you run Sketchup as an Admin and see if it helps...

                                            TIG

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