bug reports and requests for improvment and new features...?

Please let us know if you have any comments about improvment of the TTToolbox TTTools.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Lobel on April 26, 2013 at 9:21am

Some great tools here - thank you for sharing them.

I found that when copying and pasting (CTRL+C & CTRL+V) TT Sweep components the pasted component defaults back to the largest W Shape (currently W14x90) regardless of what section type and size had been defined in the copied component. It would be a great time saver if the pasted component retained the settings of the copied component.

Permalink Reply by Josh Lobel on April 27, 2013 at 11:50am

I am getting the following error message when trying to use the "Write to Excel" component:

Error: Solution Exception: Could not load file or assembly 'TTOffice, Version 1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Any suggestions? Other TT Toolbox components work, and I checked the .gha file to make sure it was not being blocked by Windows. I get the error message when i plug in the information to the "data" input.

I'm attaching a screenshot of an isolated portion of the definition showing the error in case it does not replicate with the attached file on your end.

Attachments:

WriteExcel_Error.jpg, 181 KB
WriteExcel_Error.gh, 5 KB

Permalink Reply by Jonatan Schumacher on April 29, 2013 at 7:25am

Is the TTOffice.dll file in the same folder as the TTToolbox.gha file?

Permalink Reply by Josh Lobel on April 29, 2013 at 8:46am

Yes, in the components folder.

Permalink Reply by Ben Howes on April 29, 2013 at 1:23pm

Josh,

Can you tell us more about your system? What versions of Windows, Rhino, Grasshopper, and Excel are you running?

We have tested the Excel components on Windows 7, Rhino 5, GH 0.9.0014, and Excel 2010.

Permalink Reply by Marinadc on September 10, 2013 at 9:23pm

Hi,

I have the same problem

I am using Windows 7, Excel 2010, Rhino 5, GH 0.9.0014. Both files are unblocked and in the same folder.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Ben Howes on September 12, 2013 at 8:22am

Hi there,

This certainly looks like the same issue. You might try toggling the 'Memory load *.GHA assemblies using COFF byte arrays' - this toggle can be found by running the command 'GrasshopperDeveloperSettings'. Try restarting rhino, switching that setting, launching GH and trying again. No guarantees, but I've seen that work before. Once our tools run once it shouldn't matter what the state of that toggle is. Again - no clue why this would matter, but I've seen this trick work.

If that doesn't work, I would try all of the usual things - verify .gha and .dll are unblocked and in your grasshopper libraries folder, restart rhino and GH, try restarting your machine, download again and repeat.

Keep us posted!

Permalink Reply by Ben Howes on April 29, 2013 at 1:26pm

One more thought - have you unblocked the TToffice.dll file along with the .gha?

Permalink Reply by Josh Lobel on April 30, 2013 at 6:01am

Thanks Ben - it was the .dll that needed to be unblocked, now the WriteExcel component is working correctly.

FYI, I am running a system similar to those you tested on - Win 7, Rhino 5, GH 0.9.0014, Excel 2010.

Permalink Reply by Ben Howes on May 1, 2013 at 7:35am

Cheers Josh - I'm glad we sorted that out.

Permalink Reply by cait on June 25, 2013 at 9:24pm

I am having a similar problem, so I wanted to ask what was blocking the .dll file? I assume that is causing my issue but i don't know where to look for the blocker.

cheers

cait

Permalink Reply by Josh Lobel on June 26, 2013 at 5:37am

cait,

you can unblock the .dll by rt-clicking on it and selecting "properties". on the "general" tab there should be a button toward the bottom right which says "unblock".

for a better description: http://wiki.mcneel.com/rhino/unblockplugin