WebDialog / HtmlDialog Tutorial using sketchup-bridge

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It would be easier to use the JSON module for that.

require 'json'

arr = ["h","b","c"]
json = ::JSON.dump(arr)
dialog.execute_script("send(#{json})")

The great part of this is that on the javascript side the parameter comes in as an object, or array in this case.

Also, regarding calling a javascript function from ruby, assing it to the window object:

window.fromSketchUp = (argument) => {
  alert(argument.name);
}

and in ruby:

require 'json'

arg = {
 name: "some name",
 id: 1
}

json = ::JSON.dump(arg)
dialog.execute_script("window.fromSketchUp(#{json})")

I think this solves: