SKINSPATH availability command line

[DeoMortis]

Hi. I want to modify and refresh a skin using a command line. I tried to follow docs but I got stuck.

What i've found working is

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"C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe" [!WriteKeyValue Variables PaletteColor1 255,255,0 "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\Fountain of Colors\@Resources\Variables.inc"][!Refresh "Fountain Of Colors"]

That forces me to know the username. I tried to mingle with #SKINSPATH# however I cannot make it work

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"C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe" [!WriteKeyValue Variables PaletteColor1 255,255,0 "#SKINSPATH#Fountain of Colors\@Resources\Variables.inc"][!Refresh "Fountain Of Colors"]

To no avail. In logs i get:

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ERRO (19:30:50.650) : !WriteKeyValue: Illegal path: #SKINSPATH#Fountain of Colors\@Resources\Variables.inc

Help much appreciated.

[balala]

I want to modify and refresh a skin using a command line. I tried to follow docs but I got stuck.

What i've found working is

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"C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe" [!WriteKeyValue Variables PaletteColor1 255,255,0 "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\Fountain of Colors\@Resources\Variables.inc"][!Refresh "Fountain Of Colors"]

That forces me to know the username.

What exactly do you mean by "forces me to know the username"? Because I tried this command and it did perfectly work for me. I got both, written the PaletteColor1 variable and refreshing the skin.

I tried to mingle with #SKINSPATH# however I cannot make it work

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"C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe" [!WriteKeyValue Variables PaletteColor1 255,255,0 "#SKINSPATH#Fountain of Colors\@Resources\Variables.inc"][!Refresh "Fountain Of Colors"]

To no avail. In logs i get:

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ERRO (19:30:50.650) : !WriteKeyValue: Illegal path: #SKINSPATH#Fountain of Colors\@Resources\Variables.inc

This is normal, because you can use the built-in Rainmeter variables (like #SKINSPATH#) only on Rainmeter environment. You can't use them in a command line environment.

[DeoMortis]

If i wanted to use it by any other user on my machine or release to the wide audience. I guess generally I could use %USERPROFILE%
but what if somebody had the skins in another location? Outside %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins can that happen? How would I know it then?

That's why I wanted to use anything that rainmeter gives me. It should certainly know where is the skin he refreshes. Right? Since [!Refresh "Fountain Of Colors"] works without providing any path.

[balala]

Since [!Refresh "Fountain Of Colors"] works without providing any path.

Yes, because what are you refreshing (in this case Fountain Of Colors) is a config. You don't have to give the whole path of a config, only its name. Rainmeter knows what you meant.

If i wanted to use it by any other user on my machine or release to the wide audience. I guess generally I could use %USERPROFILE%
but what if somebody had the skins in another location? Outside %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins can that happen? How would I know it then?

Unfortunately I'm using alone my computer, so have no more users. Accordingly I can't say what's going on when there are more. So someone else will be needed here to assist you.
Sorry, but me personally can't help you more here.

[CyberTheWorm]

If i wanted to use it by any other user on my machine or release to the wide audience. I guess generally I could use %USERPROFILE%
but what if somebody had the skins in another location? Outside %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins can that happen? How would I know it then?

This also assumes that a user has the skins on the C drive. Personally I have them on My D drive as I have a portable version as well as the installed version so I can test the beta version and I want them to both see the same skin files. I don't think you can find out as every user could be different.