[Plugin] Simple Plugin Installer

Jim

Idea... ...using HTML5, a webdialog can act as a drop pad for files. Just dump a selection of files, rbz, zip or plain rb files and install in bulk!!

Yep, but it would make a better stand-alone "Drop Pad" plugin that can dispatch various file types to user-configurable plugins.

thomthom

@jim said:

@thomthom said:

Idea... ...using HTML5, a webdialog can act as a drop pad for files. Just dump a selection of files, rbz, zip or plain rb files and install in bulk!!

Yep, but it would make a better stand-alone "Drop Pad" plugin that can dispatch various file types to user-configurable plugins.

You mean being able to configure what plugin to handle what fileformat?

Jim

Yeah, but the downside is that the plugins that handle the file types would likely all need modified to handle the Drop Pad dispatcher.

thomthom

Well, it won't be doable until IE10 is released anyway...

thomthom

@jim said:

Yeah, but the downside is that the plugins that handle the file types would likely all need modified to handle the Drop Pad dispatcher.

hm... you meant for the pad to dispatch to existing plugins...?

john2

any plans to further advance this into a full fledged plugin manager that allows u to uninstall plugins too?

thomthom

@john2 said:

any plans to further advance this into a full fledged plugin manager that allows u to uninstall plugins too?

Nope! It's too big of a project - I have too many other projects on my hand. But Dana is working such a manager.

john2

@thomthom said:

@john2 said:

any plans to further advance this into a full fledged plugin manager that allows u to uninstall plugins too?

Nope! It's too big of a project - I have too many other projects on my hand. But Dana is working such a manager.

where's that plugin any idea

thomthom

It is under development - along side with a plugin repository.

irwanwr

@unknownuser said:

Requirements
SketchUp 8M2 or newer - ( Other versions untested )

oops...

john2

@thomthom said:

It is under development - along side with a plugin repository.

no beta version ..link 4 download??

Dave R

Just relax. It'll be available when it is available.

thomthom

@john2 said:

@thomthom said:

It is under development - along side with a plugin repository.

no beta version ..link 4 download??

Keep an eye on this site: http://www.extendsketchup.com/

As Dave said - it's done when it's done. He's working on it along side his full time job - like I do. Making it very hard to promise a deadline. (It's hard even if it is your full time job any way... )

thomthom

Hmm.... IE10 might not come until Windows8 is out... I hope it comes earlier - as I think Windows 8 comes late this year.

guanjin

@thomthom said:

Hmm.... IE10 might not come until Windows8 is out... I hope it comes earlier - as I think Windows 8 comes late this year.

Really good, but can not load the RB file, tried many, will not work!

Dave R

@guanjin said:

Really good, but can not load the RB file, tried many, will not work!

That's mostly useless if you're asking for help. You have given nothing for anyone to help you with. Go back to the first post and make sure you've installed the plugin so it shows as described under "Footprint"

@unknownuser said:

Footprint

<Sketchup>/Plugins/

+-

tt_simple_installer.rb

If you don't get it to work, post a screen shot of your Plugins directory or give something useful so you can be helped.

thomthom

@guanjin said:

@thomthom said:

Hmm.... IE10 might not come until Windows8 is out... I hope it comes earlier - as I think Windows 8 comes late this year.

Really good, but can not load the RB file, tried many, will not work!

As Dave said, you need to be more spesific. How did you try to "load" the plugin? And what "doesn't work"? Unexpected behaviour? Errors? Menu items not found?

guanjin

@thomthom said:

@guanjin said:

@thomthom said:

Hmm.... IE10 might not come until Windows8 is out... I hope it comes earlier - as I think Windows 8 comes late this year.

Really good, but can not load the RB file, tried many, will not work!

As Dave said, you need to be more spesific. How did you try to "load" the plugin? And what "doesn't work"? Unexpected behaviour? Errors? Menu items not found?

RB can not import files??Thank you!

TIG

Guanjin
Read what it says about non-ASCII characters in file-paths...
Ruby's 'File' tools [in Sketchup's v1.8~] can't accept UTF-8 characters... like in your Chinese!

guanjin

@tig said:

Guanjin
Read what it says about non-ASCII characters in file-paths...
Ruby's 'File' tools [in Sketchup's v1.8~] can't accept UTF-8 characters... like in your Chinese!

Most use UTF - 8 characters! !
TIG welcomes you to China, I will entertain you