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    everywinter
    last edited by 18 Aug 2010, 15:02

    Hi! Im a new user to ruby and i have just downloaded the file from your post but i cant seem to activate anything. I have the 'ruby console' under sketchup 'windows' but nothing's in there... Can you teach me what should i do? How should i start?

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      Jim
      last edited by 18 Aug 2010, 15:28

      Hi Geraldine,

      The Ruby Console you mention in the Windows menu is SketchUp's built-in Ruby Console.

      This plugin creates a Ruby Toolbar in the View >> Toolbars menu. The toolbar provides some shortcuts for using the Ruby Console and only runs on Windows machines.

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      So to install it, you download the .zip file, and extract it. Then copy the files to your Plugins folder as follows:

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      Then start Sketchup, and open the Toolbar from the Views >> Toolbars menu.

      To find your Plugins folder, copy and paste this line to the Ruby Console, then press ENTER.

      Sketchup.find_support_file("plugins")

      Hi

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        thomthom
        last edited by 5 Jan 2011, 09:51

        Jim - A wee bug I found.

        The Show/Hide Ruby Console toolbar:
        If you have the toolbar floating, it'll be floating in a toolbar named "Ruby Console" - which means the Show/Hide method also closes the toolbar.

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          Jim
          last edited by 5 Jan 2011, 15:01

          Ok, thanks Thomthom. I guess the Win32 functions were finding the toolbar instead of the actual Ruby Console?

          Anyway, made that changes, and a few other minor ones:

          Ruby Toolbar

          Hi

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            Didier Bur
            last edited by 5 Jan 2011, 15:09

            Thanks Jim, and happy new year.

            DB

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              Jim
              last edited by 5 Jan 2011, 15:14

              Thank you, and a happy new year to you.

              I am not sure if I should continue to include Win32API.so file with this plugin? Win32API.so is obsolete and we hope to be moving to something better in the near future.

              Hi

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                Dan Rathbun
                last edited by 5 Jan 2011, 21:30

                @everywinter said:

                Hi! Im a new user to ruby and ... Can you teach me what should i do? How should i start?

                Go to this post... Ruby Newbie's Guide to Getting Started

                I'm not here much anymore.

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                  Jim
                  last edited by 12 Jan 2011, 14:34

                  Hello, I made a minor improvement:

                  • Remembers most recently used folder and last loaded file between sessions.

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                  Plugin: Ruby Toolbar

                  This Windows-only plugin creates a Toolbar for controlling the Ruby Console It can open and close the Ruby console, clear the console, loa...

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                  (sketchuptips.blogspot.com)

                  Hi

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                    thomthom
                    last edited by 12 Jan 2011, 14:52

                    πŸ‘

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      ksor
                      last edited by 11 Feb 2012, 20:42

                      Why do I get this load error when I try the "Ruby Toolbar"

                      Error Loading File C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/rubytoolbar/rubytoolbar.rb
                      no such file to load -- Win32APIError Loading File rubytoolbar.rb
                      no such file to load -- Win32API

                      I have attached my PlugIns and rubytoolbar folders


                      Plugins folder


                      rubytoolbar folder

                      Best regards
                      KSor, Denmark
                      Skype: keldsor

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                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by 11 Feb 2012, 23:43

                        Because you also need Win32API.so in the Plugins folder to run a few tools like this on a PC.
                        It does say on the download page:
                        @unknownuser said:

                        Requirements
                        Sketchup
                        Windows
                        Win32API.so (if not already installed)
                        So get it here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=42732&p=383201&hilit=win32ole#p383201
                        Make sure you get the version to suit your SUp version.
                        There are some useful docs too... IF you want to dabble with the dark-arts of these .so files... BUT please learn the basics first...
                        While you are at it, also get Win32OLE.so - as I suspect you'll need it later when you get more adventurous... πŸ˜‰

                        TIG

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                          Dan Rathbun
                          last edited by 12 Feb 2012, 13:22

                          @tig said:

                          Because you also need Win32API.so in the Plugins folder ...
                          While you are at it, also get Win32OLE.so

                          Both files are included in the "so" zips, I posted.

                          (However, those are the only source object files from the Ruby distro, that are included.)

                          I'm not here much anymore.

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                            ksor
                            last edited by 12 Feb 2012, 13:49

                            I got it now 😳 !

                            • and the toolbar works really fine - nice tool !

                            Best regards
                            KSor, Denmark
                            Skype: keldsor

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