Global Options for Plugins

[BadStreff]

Hey guys, I'm writing a plugin for rainmeter wanted to know if there is a way to set-up global Options for plugins. I read in the documentation in the [Rainmeter] section is where you set this up, but this does not seem to be the case for plugins, which want each option defined explicitly in each measure. My current idea is have users who wish to use my plugin set up a one-time config file in the Plugins folder, but this seems a bit excessive if there is an easier way, thanks!

[poiru]

You can use RmGetSettingsFile() to obtain the path to #SETTINGSPATH#Rainmeter.data (i.e. %APPDATA%\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.data), which is generally where plugins store global data under a section named after the plugin (e.g. [YourPlugin.dll]).

[BadStreff]

Thanks! Is there a best practice as to how to get data in there, I would rather not tell users they are going to have to edit that by hand.

Would it be safe to have my plugin check if there are values in the file and if not pull and import ones from a general measure to there?

[poiru]

Thanks! Is there a best practice as to how to get data in there, I would rather not tell users they are going to have to edit that by hand.

That is really the only way unless you want to provide some sort of custom UI (e.g. a separate executable).

Would it be safe to have my plugin check if there are values in the file and if not pull and import ones from a general measure to there?

Sure (remember to only touch the [YourPlugin.dll] section).