Menue definition - small problem

[artmusicstudio]

hi,
with my code i have the following problem:
every time i restart the ruby in the ruby console per

load '01.rb'

the menue entry in the plugins-menue is duplicated (so after 5 calls 5 times the menue, the first one at the top, all the others then call by call at the botton of the plugins menue...))

where is the problem?

Sketchup.send_action "showRubyPanel;"

submenu = UI.menu("Plugins").add_submenu("01-zf-ruby")
submenu.add_item("1 ruby"){
meth_1
meth_2
}

submenu.add_separator
submenu.add_item("2 save last model"){
meth_3
meth_4
}

submenu.add_separator
submenu.add_item("3 load saved model"){
meth_5
meth_6
}

submenu.add_separator
submenu.add_separator
submenu.add_item("4 support"){
UI.messagebox "support" # w.i.p.
}

thanx for checking and helping.
stan

[Dan Rathbun]

@artmusicstudio said:

... every time i restart the ruby ... the menue entry in the plugins-menue is duplicated ... where is the problem?

Use a block of code that runs only ONCE per session:

  Sketchup.send_action "showRubyPanel;"
  
  ### load SketchUp global methods so we can
  #    use file_loaded?() and file_loaded()
  #
  require("sketchup.rb")

  THISFILE = File.basename(__FILE__)
  
  #{# RUN ONCE PER SESSION
  #
  unless file_loaded?(THISFILE)

    submenu = UI.menu("Plugins").add_submenu("01-zf-ruby")
    submenu.add_item("1 ruby"){
      meth_1
      meth_2
    }

    submenu.add_separator
    submenu.add_item("2 save last model"){
      meth_3
      meth_4
    }

    submenu.add_separator
    submenu.add_item("3 load saved model"){
      meth_5
      meth_6
    }

    submenu.add_separator
    submenu.add_separator
    submenu.add_item("4 support"){
      UI.messagebox "support" # w.i.p.
    }
    
    # mark THISFILE as loaded;
    file_loaded(THISFILE)
    
  end #}# RUN ONCE PER SESSION

[artmusicstudio]

hi dan,
super, thanx, i understood and it works now,
besides a small message in the console:

---

load '01.rb'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/01.rb:66: warning: already initialized constant THISFILE
true

---

i start the ruby directly, not in a module (when i put it in the module, it does not work, probably because of all the entities definitions etc. / still workin' on it)

regards stan