Using pipes on windows does not work on 64-bit Sketchup, works on 32-bit SketchUp

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A small other test showing that stdout have an other behavior on SketchUp for window:

SketchUp 2016 mac version:
%{ifconfig}

794×853 199 KB

SketchUp 2016 windows version:
%{ipconfig}

810×490 23.1 KB

Ruby for windows:
%{ipconfig}

The ipconfig is just a test, we don’t need this result. We need the stdout send from an external application.

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However %x strings work fine for me, Win7 64-bit, SketchUp 2016 Pro 64-bit.

The Kernel backquote method was bugged early in SketchUp with Ruby 2.0, I think either v2014 or v2015 initial release. But I thought it was fixed in a later maintenance release. (%x strings use the Kernel backquote method.)

See my post: [code] Backquote method patch as Mixin module

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Works fine for me (with the Ruby Console open,) on the latest versions of both SU2015 and SU2016 (both 64-bit.)

The exit code for staus is 0, and the stdout var contains the complete listing of my ENV["HOME"] folder.

However the listing is not sorted. EDIT: I take this back. It IS sorted in REVERSE order.

And I see the two command shell windows popping up when the script runs.

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Dan,

The output itself is not important we are just looking to get output back to ruby. I tested this code on 3 different computer and none gives any feedback.

computer 1 (VMWare)
SketchUp Pro 2014 32bit
SketchUp Pro 2015 64bit
SketchUp Pro 2016 32bit

computer 2 Windows 10
SketchUp Pro 2014 32bit
SketchUp Pro 2015 64bit
SketchUp Make 2016 64bit

computer 3 Windows 7
SketchUp Pro 2016 32 bit (clean install)

What is different on your system that this seams to work on your system and not at any of my systems?

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Besides that I’m running 64-bit on Win7 for v14,15 and 16, …

I cannot know unless you run ThomThom’s diagnostics tool:

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Dan,

This are two diagnostic files from two SU versions where we don’t get any data back on the stdout.
Thanks for your help!

SketchUp-Diagnostic win10 SU2016Make64bit.txt (19.8 KB)
SketchUp-Diagnostic win7(vmware)SU2016Pro32bit.txt (23.3 KB)

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I see something weird with Ruby installs…

Your Win10 64-bit machine has a path to C:\Ruby200\bin which might normally be a 32-bit Ruby install. That is OK on a 64-bit machine running either 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. (I actually have both installed as well as both the 32-bit and 64-bit DevKits, but only one is “active” at a time.)

However, on your Win7 32-bit machine, it has a path to C:\Ruby200-x64\bin which normally would be a 64-bit Ruby install.

I also notice that your user name has a space in it. Any Unicode characters ?

You start SketchUp from the shortcut correct ? And it is set to “Run as administrator” ?
IE, My report has:
__COMPAT_LAYER : RunAsAdmin
just below the output for the %windir% environment variable. Neither of your reports do.

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Another issue. Your Windows 10 machine is not running the latest v16.
You should update it to 16M1.

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I am not running this tracing:

windows_tracing_flags         : 3
windows_tracing_logfile       : C:\BVTBin\Tests\installpackage\csilogfile.log

I am not running these extensions:

Ruby Code Editor               (3.2) LOADED
Skalp                          (1.5.0031_beta) LOADED

I am running these extension in common with you:

Ruby Console+                  (2.1.7) 
Advanced Camera Tools          (1.3.0) LOADED
SketchUp Diagnostics Tools     (1.2.0) LOADED
Dynamic Components             (1.4.0) LOADED
Sandbox Tools                  (2.3.0) LOADED
Trimble Connect                (1.1.1) LOADED
Photo Textures                 (1.1.2) LOADED

I am not loading these Standard Ruby Library files:

e2mmap.rb
open-uri.rb
Date.rb
Matrix.rb
SecureRandom.rb
rubygems/path_support.rb
win32/registry.rb