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    • D Offline
      driven
      last edited by

      @giro
      here's a slightly different version I use, with a bit of explanation...

            # 'IO.read' reads the open model file's first '50' bytes
            # which we 'unpack' from binary using 'm' however many times '*' until we get to the end
            # we 'pack' these with 'm' to give a human readable string
            # then we use ruby 'sub' to substitute using a Regular expression '/\D+/' any non Digits with a nothing ''
            # of the remaining string, it's the first 2 digit we want to check '[0..1]'
            ver = IO.read(Sketchup.active_model.path, 50).unpack('m*').pack('m').sub(/\D+/,'')[0..1]
            # to check, we ask if the first '[0]' is a '1', if it is we use both, if not we only use it 
            ver[0].to_i == 1 ? ver ; ver = ver[0]
            puts ver
      

      john

      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        I said it could be improved 😉

        TIG

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        • G Offline
          glro
          last edited by

          Thank you both of you

          my skills in ruby are very limited; using this code , i get in the ruby console:

          "56" for a model made with SU8
          "49" for a model made with SU13

          it's exactly what i was looking for
          i shall make a test and filter the skps to process according to the number i get

          thanks again

          @driven said:

          @giro
          here's a slightly different version I use, with a bit of explanation...

                # 'IO.read' reads the open model file's first '50' bytes
          >       # which we 'unpack' from binary using 'm' however many times '*' until we get to the end
          >       # we 'pack' these with 'm' to give a human readable string
          >       # then we use ruby 'sub' to substitute using a Regular expression '/\D+/' any non Digits with a nothing ''
          >       # of the remaining string, it's the first 2 digit we want to check '[0..1]'
          >       ver = IO.read(Sketchup.active_model.path, 50).unpack('m*').pack('m').sub(/\D+/,'')[0..1]
          >       # to check, we ask if the first '[0]' is a '1', if it is we use both, if not we only use it 
          >       ver[0].to_i == 1 ? ver ; ver = ver[0]
          >       puts ver
          

          john

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            My way should return "8" or "13" ?
            Not sure what's happening...

            TIG

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            • D Offline
              driven
              last edited by

              @sam, why would it return the octal char?

              mmm... so should mine return '8' or '13' in your case...
              but break it down and post the result...

              ver = IO.read(Sketchup.active_model.path, 50).unpack('m*').pack('m')
              

              that should return the first 50bytes...
              e.g. SketchUpModel151
              if not try 100 for the bytes, maybe windows sees it differently?
              john

              learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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              • sdmitchS Offline
                sdmitch
                last edited by

                56 is the octal character value for "8" and 49 for "1". It is a function of V8 Ruby vs V14.

                Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                • sdmitchS Offline
                  sdmitch
                  last edited by

                  @driven said:

                  @sam, why would it return the octal char?

                  mmm... so should mine return '8' or '13' in your case...
                  but break it down and post the result...

                  ver = IO.read(Sketchup.active_model.path, 50).unpack('m*').pack('m')
                  

                  that should return the first 50bytes...
                  e.g. SketchUpModel151
                  if not try 100 for the bytes, maybe windows sees it differently?
                  john

                  As I added to my previous post, it is the difference between Ruby 1.8 and 2.0. If you run Sketchup8 and enter your code you will get 56 returned. If you change the last line to Puts ver.chr, you will get 8.

                  glro is running V8, so TIG's code should be

                  vv=File.open(skp_path, 'rb'){|f| f.read }.unpack('m*').pack('m').gsub(/SketchUpModel/,'').to_i.to_s;if vv=~/^1/;v=vv[0].chr+v[1].chr;else;v=vv[0].chr;end
                  

                  and yours

                        # 'IO.read' reads the open model file's first '50' bytes
                        # which we 'unpack' from binary using 'm' however many times '*' until we get to the end
                        # we 'pack' these with 'm' to give a human readable string
                        # then we use ruby 'sub' to substitute using a Regular expression '/\D+/' any non Digits with a nothing ''
                        # of the remaining string, it's the first 2 digit we want to check '[0..1]'
                        ver = IO.read(Sketchup.active_model.path, 50).unpack('m*').pack('m').sub(/\D+/,'')[0..1]
                        # to check, we ask if the first '[0]' is a '1', if it is we use both, if not we only use it 
                        ver[0].to_i == 1 ? ver ; ver = ver[0].chr
                        puts ver
                  

                  Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                  http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    As I said in my first posted code - it was only tested in Ruby2 [v2014/2015]...
                    As @sdmitch says you need to do it slightly differently in <=v2013 - the vv[0] is NOT the character as it would be with >=v2014, but the 'octal' code which needs translating with .chr...
                    For v8/2013 my version should then be:

                    vv=File.open(skp_path, 'rb'){|f| f.read }.unpack('m*').pack('m').gsub(/SketchUpModel/,'').to_i.to_s;if vv[0].chr=='1';v=vv[0].chr+vv[1].chr;else;v=vv[0].chr;end
                    

                    Then 'v' is the version as '8', '13', '14 or '15'.
                    For Sup versions >2013 [with Ruby2] you must omit all of the .chr codes...

                    TIG

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                    • G Offline
                      glro
                      last edited by

                      so it is much more complex than what i thought i understood..

                      programming ruby for sketchup is a never ending game

                      thank you all for the details

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                      • tt_suT Offline
                        tt_su
                        last edited by

                        unpack("m*").pack("m") gobbles up some characters. Here's an old snippet I used in the past to sniff out the version number: (Works for Ruby 1.8 and 2.0)

                        <span class="syntaxdefault"><br />module&nbsp;Example<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;def&nbsp;self</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">read_skp_version</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#&nbsp;Get&nbsp;the&nbsp;size&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;file&nbsp;ID&nbsp;block;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">id_size&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">IO</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">read</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">1</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">3</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">unpack</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">'C'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]&nbsp;*&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">2<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#&nbsp;=>&nbsp;28<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#&nbsp;Get&nbsp;the&nbsp;size&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;file&nbsp;version&nbsp;block;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">version_size&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">IO</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">read</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">1</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">4&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">+&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">id_size&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">+&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">3</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">unpack</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">'C'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]&nbsp;*&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">2<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#&nbsp;=>&nbsp;20<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#&nbsp;Get&nbsp;the&nbsp;version&nbsp;block&nbsp;data.&nbsp;This&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;UTF-16LE&nbsp;encoded.&nbsp;Since&nbsp;Ruby&nbsp;1.8<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#&nbsp;doesn't&nbsp;have&nbsp;the&nbsp;encoding&nbsp;methods&nbsp;we&nbsp;hack&nbsp;it&nbsp;by&nbsp;zapping&nbsp;out&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;zero&nbsp;bytes<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;data&nbsp;string&nbsp;which&nbsp;will&nbsp;give&nbsp;us&nbsp;a&nbsp;regular&nbsp;ASCII&nbsp;string.&nbsp;This&nbsp;works<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#&nbsp;because&nbsp;we&nbsp;know&nbsp;the&nbsp;version&nbsp;string&nbsp;is&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;ASCII&nbsp;range.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">version&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">IO</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">read</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">version_size</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">4&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">+&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">id_size&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">+&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">4</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">gsub</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"\x00"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxstring">""</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#&nbsp;=>&nbsp;{15.1.106}<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#&nbsp;Extract&nbsp;the&nbsp;version&nbsp;components.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">version</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">match</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(/\{(\</span><span class="syntaxdefault">d</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">+)\.(\</span><span class="syntaxdefault">d</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">+)\.(\</span><span class="syntaxdefault">d</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">+)\}/).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">captures</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">map&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{&nbsp;|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">x</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">x</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_i&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#&nbsp;=>&nbsp;[15,&nbsp;1,&nbsp;106]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">end<br /><br />end&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#&nbsp;module<br /><br />#&nbsp;Example&nbsp;usage;<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">major</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">minor</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">revision&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Example</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">read_skp_version</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">path</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"></span>
                        
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                        • Dan RathbunD Offline
                          Dan Rathbun
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                          If the file has not yet been saved or the file does not exist, need a bailout.

                          I'm not here much anymore.

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                          • sdmitchS Offline
                            sdmitch
                            last edited by

                            Is the a .chr inverse? 65.chr returns A but what if I want the ascii code for a given character?

                            Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                            http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                              Jim
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                              "A".ord

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                              (ruby-doc.org)

                              Hi

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                                sdmitch
                                last edited by

                                @jim said:

                                "A".ord

                                Link Preview Image
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                                Class : String - Ruby 2.0.0

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                                (ruby-doc.org)

                                Thanks for the info and especially the link.

                                Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                                http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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