[Question]how to load a tool from an external .rb file

rvs1977

Hi All

Once I made a simple linedrawing tool, capable of drawing straigt lines.
Its saved in a file called mylinetool.rb in \Plugins\as_plugins\as_rubyeditor\snippets

The question is, how do I make a small rubyscript that loads and runs the tool from Alex Schreyers Ruby Code Editor?

Is it something like "load_file", "include" or "load(filename)"??

Can it be loaded from a URL? eg. http://www.google.com/mylinetool.rb

thanks in advance

-Rasmus

Dan Rathbun

If it is a plugin.. it is no longer a "snippet" ...

Move it into YOUR author sub-directory of the "Plugins" directory.

So.. example, say you use "Rasmus" as your author sub-directory:

require('Rasmus/mylinetool.rb')
This ensures the file is only loaded once.

To load it again, regardless of whether it has been previously loaded, (say during debugging,) use:
load('Rasmus/mylinetool.rb')

***** If you use double-quoted pathstrings, make sure you use slashes (/) and NOT backslashes (%(#BF0000)[]) !

Dan Rathbun

Your question is so basic, it marks you as a Ruby Newbie. So you need this advice:

Ruby Newbie's Guide to Getting Started

rvs1977

Thank you Dan. It worked

I have started to go through the Ruby Resource as you suggested. And I also found the answer for my own question in there.