Is it possible to update a plugin through YAK without the need to restart rhino? thanks, Keith

Hi Keith, it isn’t possible to update a plug-in without restarting Rhino, but it should be possible to install new plug-ins straight away. I’ve logged this as RH-58425 .

Thanks Will, also how can i change the version number that shows in the plugin manager to match the YAK version number - see image attached [version]

The version number you’re seeing in the Plug-in Manager is taken from the AssemblyVersionAttribute in Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs. I think you’ll find something like… [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")] The compiler replaces the * with “build” and “revision” parts based on the date and time. To k…

Thanks Will, I am using Monkey to compile my rhp file and there is no access to an assembly version. K

Ah, I see! Have you tried the latest version of the script compiler? It allows you to specify a version number when compiling the .rhp. It also now ships with Rhino WIP .

Thanks Will, i will download and give it a try :slight_smile:

Just a heads up - the author and description created in the new compiler are not picked up by yak. Regards,

Are you using the .yak package created by the script compiler? Or are you running yak spec on the .rhp that it produces?

yak spec Also, not sure what to do with the .yak package created by the script compiler?

Thanks for confirming. I asked because the package created by the compiler has the authors and description fields filled in, but it gets this directly from the script compiler project, not via yak spec. The automatic generation of the .yak file was done to make it easier for users of the script com…

YAK - install plugin requires re-start of Rhino

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brian (Brian Gillespie) May 26, 2020, 11:48pm 13

RH-58486 is fixed in the latest WIP

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