I’d like to distribute an HTML help file with an extension using UI.openURL If I store the HTML in the …\plugins\myextension sub directory, how do I format the relative path in UI.openURL to work on any windows or Mac system?

help = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'html', 'help.html') UI.openURL(help) or similar… john

To be cross-platform compatible [MAC & PC] try something like : help = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'myextensions', 'help.html') UI.openURL("file:///#{help}") Assuming the calling file in _FILE_ needs to look into a nested subfolder… Otherwise omit the ‘myextensions’,

@tig do we need UI.openURL('file://' + help) as well? john

[quote=“TIG, post:3, topic:6360”] UI.openURL(“file:///#{help}”) [/quote] UI.openURL("file:///#{help}") should work on PC & MAC…

I put test.html in …plugins/test subfolder. (windows) help = File.join(File.dirname(FILE), ‘test’, ‘help.html’) returned ./test/help.html Then UI.openURL(“file:///#{help}”) returned false. Then I tried: help = File.join(File.dirname(FILE), ‘help.html’) which returned ./help.html But UI.o…

your ‘calling’ script needs to be in the same folder… make a launch_help.rb with `` help = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'help.html') UI.openURL("file:///#{help}") put it beside the help.html to load from ‘Ruby Console’ use load(" <<ADD YOUR FUL PATH>>") you can do that by just dragging it…

My calling script is in the same folder. It’s called by a toolbar click. this is it: module Sketchup::MYmodule def self.help UI.messagebox “Help” help = File.join(File.dirname(FILE), ‘help.html’) UI.openURL(“file:///#{help}”) end end When I click on the tool I get the messagebox but no hel…

[quote=“barry_milliken_droid, post:8, topic:6360”] help = File.join(File.dirname(FILE), ‘help.html’) [/quote] It’s actually: help = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'help.html') “__FILE__” not “FILE” Once you have a true path to the file it will open with: UI.openURL("file:///#{help}") To te…

PS: Please STOP using the SketchUp module. :disappointed: Just use your own !

[image] barry_milliken_droid: UI.messagebox “Help” help = File.join(File.dirname(FILE), ‘help.html’) swap the order and see what ruby sees help = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'help.html') UI.messagebox(help) btw: to format code so we see __FILE__ and not FILE use backticks e.g. `__FI…

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