Display whether connected to the internet or not

[CHCMATT]

Hi,

I have a custom plugin skin for rainmeter that I've made with help from the tips and tricks section of the website but I want to make an If statement that uses the INTERNET_CONNECTIVITY preinstalled *thing* but I can't figure out how to make it display "Connected" if the INTERNET_CONNECTIVITY returns 1 and "Not Connected" if the INTERNET_CONNECTIVITY returns -1. Right now it works when I'm connected to the internet it displays "1" and when I'm not it displays -1. http://prntscr.com/5kbp54 This is a screenshow of it, and this is the code used: http://pastebin.com/dQBTDJjz Any advise on using If statements?

[jsmorley]

You could do something like this:

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[Rainmeter]
Update=10000
AccurateText=1
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureLAN]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=SysInfo
SysInfoType=LAN_CONNECTIVITY

[MeasureWAN]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=SysInfo
SysInfoType=INTERNET_CONNECTIVITY
IfCondition=(MeasureLAN < 0)
IfTrueAction=[!SetOption MeterNetworkState Text "No Network"]
IfCondition2=(MeasureLAN > 0) && (MeasureWAN < 0)
IfTrueAction2=[!SetOption MeterNetworkState Text "No Internet"]
ifCondition3=(MeasureWAN > 0) 
IfTrueAction3=[!SetOption MeterNetworkState Text "Connection OK"]

[MeterNetworkState]
Meter=String
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
AntiAlias=1
Text=Checking...

There are a couple of options for "if" testing of numbers.

http://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/measures/general-options/ifactions

http://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/measures/general-options/ifconditions

And based on the result, using http://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/bangs#SetOption is often a good way to "react". Change some text, or the color of a font, or change an image to a skull and crossbones...

[CHCMATT]

Ok, now how do you display the "MeterNetworkState" *thing* that you used with !SetOption? Also, is there a way to color it like say, green when it's "connected" and set it red when it's "disconnected"?

Thanks for your help,
Matt

[jsmorley]

MeterNetworkState is just a String meter that is at the bottom of the code. That is what the skin will display. We can use !SetOption to change various options of that String meter.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=10000
AccurateText=1
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureLAN]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=SysInfo
SysInfoType=LAN_CONNECTIVITY

[MeasureWAN]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=SysInfo
SysInfoType=INTERNET_CONNECTIVITY
IfCondition=(MeasureLAN < 0)
IfTrueAction=[!SetOption MeterNetworkState Text "No Network"][!SetOption MeterNetworkState FontColor 255,0,0,255]
IfCondition2=(MeasureLAN > 0) && (MeasureWAN < 0)
IfTrueAction2=[!SetOption MeterNetworkState Text "No Internet"][!SetOption MeterNetworkState FontColor 255,0,0,255]
ifCondition3=(MeasureWAN > 0) 
IfTrueAction3=[!SetOption MeterNetworkState Text "Connection OK"][!SetOption MeterNetworkState FontColor 0,255,0,255]

[MeterNetworkState]
Meter=String
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
AntiAlias=1
Text=Checking...