Problem in using Sketchup.open_file method

Developers Ruby API
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I want to open a skp file with Ruby Sketchup.open_file method. But the opened file is not the same as the file directly opened from SU software. I don’t know why this happened.

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Well of course it should be !
In the opened SKP open the Ruby Console and type:

p Sketchup.active_model.path;puts

It should return the full path to the opened file…

Compare it to the [full-]path you are using with the Sketchup.open_file method…
Because you haven’t given us an example of your code, we can’t comment much further…

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result = Sketchup.open_file(“C:\aa.skp”)
p Sketchup.active_model.path

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Can you share a sample file so we can test whether we get the same issue and maybe find the cause?

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can you explain the second ‘method’ you are using…

john

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You haven’t given the results of the Ruby Console tests in the two models opened in different ways…
Type [or copy] it into the Ruby Console after each of the SKPs opens.

p Sketchup.active_model.path;puts

Having the SKP at the base the C: drive is ill advised anyway - permissions are likely to be unexpected.
Also remember that in the string you enter for the path you always need to ‘escape’ the \ OR use a /, OR change “…” for ‘…’

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Please read and post code correctly in forums …

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Ok ,I have modified the text with the suggestion.

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Thanks, I found that the phenomenon was happened because of loading an extension when starting SU .The extension has loaded an unexpected SKP file .

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You put too much into the code block.
(There are only 2 lines of code, but you put the whole post mesage into the code block.)