Load Error installing Plugins from Store into 2014

[TIG]

Can you try the PluginStore again...
I'm wondering if the C:\Users\Eric's Graphics\...
Single ' quote is causing an issue with the Ruby/javascript that is used in the dialog when setting up the installation folder for the Plugins ?

Although I thought that contingency was previously trapped for ?
Accented user-names caused issues pre-v2014, but I've never seen a ' in a user-name before

After you retry installing something from the PluginStore.
Please restart SketchUp and see it it has installed as expected...
If you report that the PluginStore's AutoInstall etc is still not working then I'll have to investigate further...

PS:
Having done further tests on mocked Plugins folder paths including a '... I confirm I do get partial installation errors - it installs OK, but then fails to load [error message] until a restart!
Investigating further...

PPS:
I have found that glitch [typo!] and in a-soon-to-be-released update to the PluginStore your custom-plugins folder-paths containing ' will now properly install and load without error and no need to restart to effect the installation...

%(#FF0040)[I have also discovered a weirdness with SketchUp v2014 generally...
My alternative "TIG's" user-name with a ' seems to prevent SketchUp loading any of its RB files from that user's Plugins folder. I can manually load them by using the whole file path and escaping the TIG's if the enclosing quotes are '... Then the PluginStore will work... I have reported this to the powers-that-be at Trimble...]

*Please try typing this in the Ruby Console + <enter>:

$:

I think you'll find that SketchUp has failed to insert your ../Eric's.../Plugins folder into the list.
Presumably because of the ' in the user-name is tripping it up.
This means that although:

Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins')

returns the proper folder-path, when Sketchup tries to ' load' the individual RB files in that folder it will fail, because it uses just the name.rb and NOT the full file-path to it, and since the $: doesn't include the folder-path part it just fails to load everything - Doh!*

[xiombarg]

@tig said:

%(#FF0040)[I have also discovered a weirdness with SketchUp v2014 generally...
My alternative "TIG's" user-name with a ' seems to prevent SketchUp loading any of its RB files from that user's Plugins folder. I can manually load them by using the whole file path and escaping the TIG's if the enclosing quotes are '... Then the PluginStore will work... I have reported this to the powers-that-be at Trimble...]

*Please try typing this in the Ruby Console + <enter>:

$:

I think you'll find that SketchUp has failed to insert your ../Eric's.../Plugins folder into the list.
Presumably because of the ' in the user-name is tripping it up.
This means that although:

Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins')

returns the proper folder-path, when Sketchup tries to ' load' the individual RB files in that folder it will fail, because it uses just the name.rb and NOT the full file-path to it, and since the $: doesn't include the folder-path part it just fails to load everything - Doh!*

This certainly makes sense as that is exactly the scenario that was happening.
But shouldn't my last SU installation and warehouse downloads not work correctly again? Or was this problem something caused by the Plugin Store file(s)?
Currently it seems to be working fine, but I haven't tried any downloads from the PluginStore as of yet.

[TIG]

As far as I know it's nothing to do with the PluginStore.
SketchUp seems to choke of your apostrophe ' ?
I can get it to do it on my mock user too - TIG's
I have a thread in separate SketchUp forum discussing this.
Some MAC users report similar but slightly different ' issues...
I need more PC feedback...
We are making progress slowly...

[xiombarg]

It has been a few days since I contacted SU about the problem, so it's possible that they made some adjustment within that time, but for whatever reason it was still necessary for me to get rid of those extraneous files (or to just reboot before re-installing) because whenever I tried to remove and reinstall the program it would still have the same issues.

[ken]

Thanks to all.

Just wondering, if it would be possible to put in the Store, a small icon, that indicated the plugin is 2014 ready?

Will attack this problem next week.

Thanks to all.

Ken

[TIG]

Trimble have just confirmed to me by PM that it is an issue that was discovered in the last few days, and that will be fixed in the next MR of v2014.
If you have a single-quote ' in your Windows user-name it can [will?] screw up the plugins loading from your personal Plugins folder.

[tt_su]

It will. Apologies to all the Irish out there.

[db11]

@dave r said:

For example the Parametric Grid plugin is now called Grid Tool and was updated on the 10th of January.

Dave (or other SU guru) --

I had the same load errors with Parametric Grid, so searched the forum and found this thread, then went to the Extension Warehouse and dowloaded the updated Grid Tool.

Before installing it, I have deleted the old plugin. My question is whether the Parametric.rb helper script is used by any other extensions, or whether I can delete that too?

Thanks,

Doug

[Dave R]

Doug, I expect you can delete it but I would test it first. Rename it from ".rb" to ".rb!" The change in extension will prevent it from loading. Then start SketchUp and see if you get any error messages in the ruby Console. If you have a plugin loading that requires and it isn't found, there should be an error.

[db11]

Thanks for the quick reply Dave.

I'll test it as you suggest before deleting it.