R8 Toolbars: Relation between .rhc and .rui files?

Rhino Developer
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Hi, I wanted to re-create my toolbar in Rhino 8. So I used under _options - Toolbars the “File - New” menu and created a new toolbar. Afterwards I saved it as .rui file. But when I drag it into Rhino it does not show the Icons, only texts:

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I also noticed, that the .rui file is much smaller than in Rhino 7. So I exported the created toolbar to a .rhc container file. This is bigger, so it contains also the icons. I can also drag it to Rhino and the toolbar is now shown correctly:

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But how can I deploy it with my Plugin installation? In the past the recommendation was something like described here: Rhino - Creating and Deploying Plugin Toolbars

But if I have to load the .rhc - how can I do it programmatically?

Up to Rhino 7 I used in C++ SDK the CRhinoUiFile functions somehow like this:

cToolbar = cAppDataPath + L"Cyberstrak.rui";
UFileID = CRhinoUiFile::FileOpen(cToolbar);
if (UFileID != ON_nil_uuid)
{
iCount = CRhinoUiFile::ToolBarCount(UFileID);
UUID TB_ID = CRhinoUiFile::ToolBarID(UFileID, 0);
ON_wString cName = CRhinoUiFile::ToolBarName(UFileID, TB_ID);

But it looks as if they do not work for .rhc files. What can I do to deploy my toolbar with my Plugin installation that it pops up?

So far I used Rhino 7 toolbars in Rhino 8. But I wanted to take advantage of some R8 features like using different images for dar/light mode.

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Hello @Peter_Salzman,

In Rhino 8, toolbars are not saved wholesale like in 7, they get diffed and mixed in with window layouts, which makes saving, exporting or sharing difficult.

Unfortunately, this is not currently possible. Containers can be programatically shown using RhinoApp.RunScript(-containers show <name>) but cannot be distributed with plugins in any meaningful way.

Unfortunately I believe the most reliable solution is to use your trusty rhino 7 .rui and manually edit it to add the icons.

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OK, I did it that way and it works. Thanks for the answer.

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Hi, unfortunately I need to re-open the same topic again!

I have now .svg Icons available, partly also in different colors for Rhino’s light and dark UI mode. How can I use it for my Plugin Toolbar?

I edited everything in Rhino but want to save it to add it to my R8 Plugin installer. How can I do it?

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I’m hoping to have a better answer for you soon but I don’t have any good answers right now for R8.

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Thanks! For now I figured out the following:

If I save me R8 edited toolbar using command _exportRUIFile I can add it to my installation and it seems to look OK.

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Great!