Ruby Consol Bug

[Joe Carrick]

If you happen to have an item selected in Layout and then go to the Plan and select another object - when you then open the Ruby Console and type "owner.names" Ruby reports "nil.class".

Do we need a separate instance of "Ruby Console" for the Layout vs Plan? What about 2 Plans open at the same time?

If so, how would we do that?

[gteacher]

There is only one Ruby script engine which opens with the program, not with the plans and is common to all the plans. IOW all the plans are in the same namespace. This means that muli open plans can have name conflicts because the same Global space is used for all plans at the same time . Also, if you close a plan, Ruby and the previous global info stay active.

Finally, switching between plans, Ruby does get "confused" as to which is the active object (erratic). I believe this is "part????" of the problem with reference text boxes and why Scott seems to have more problems with this than others.

I have sent in a suggestion that each plan have its own namespace and that the loss of focus be looked into --- no response other than forwarded to development.

[Joe Carrick]

There is only one Ruby script engine which opens with the program, not with the plans and is common to all the plans. IOW all the plans are in the same namespace. This means that muli open plans can have name conflicts because the same Global space is used for all plans at the same time . Also, if you close a plan, Ruby and the previous global info stay active.

OK, This makes some sense. It might be important for the Plan and Layout to share Global space.

Finally, switching between plans, Ruby does get "confused" as to which is the active object (erratic). I believe this is "part????" of the problem with reference text boxes and why Scott seems to have more problems with this than others.

So we need to modify how Scott uses the program? I tend to have only one Plan open at a time. We can only have one Layout open and I like to have the Layout and the Plan open simultaneously.

[Sageland]

I have run into problems having more than one plan open and a layout. I use macros attached to boxes for square footage #'s that also are used in the layout. If I have more than one plan open, the layout does not know which plan to pull the sq ft from.

[Joe Carrick]

I have run into problems having more than one plan open and a layout. I use macros attached to boxes for square footage #'s that also are used in the layout. If I have more than one plan open, the layout does not know which plan to pull the sq ft from.

That makes sense to me. I would only open a blank plan with nothing in it as a second plan - primarily for the purpose of creating a new Symbol.

[Sageland]

That is how I have been doing it once I figured out what was going on.