This is a little helper app you can put in your skin folder (or anywhere really) which allows you do download images retrieved by WebParser.dll without some of the limitations of "Download=1". I have included a sample skin .ini file to demonstrate its use.
Here is the Image.ini file so you can check the documentation and use before you download it and give it a try:
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;===========================================================================
; Rainmeter configuration file
; Updated June 26, 2009
;
; This sample skin demonstrates the use of
; GetWebImage.exe by Jeffrey Morley
;
; The format for GetWebImage.exe is:
; "FullPath\GetWebImage.exe" "http://URL/ImageToGet" "NameToSaveAs.ext"
;
; "URL" is the full URL and path to the image: "http://pics.com/images/"
;
; Using this program has the following advantages over "Download=1" on
; a WebParser "Measure"
;
; 1) The image is stored wherever you specify, not as a "temporary"
; file, so it can be used repeatedly in a skin on multiple meters.
; 2) If you have a website or RSS feed (like News.Google) which
; displays different images, with a different location but the same
; image name, this will allow you to download those multiple images
; without the same name causing the second image to overwrite the first.
; 3) The image you download is stored where you specify, and can be
; used for other purposes, rather than being deleted as is the
; case with WebParser's "Download=1".
;
; Using this program has ONE disadvantage however, and this should
; be considered when deciding to use this or just "Download=1".
;
; 1) The "FinishAction" command in Rainmeter ONLY fires on a WebParser
; measure which has a "RegExp=" statement. So if you need to
; download multiple images in one skin, you will have to "go back"
; to the website to retrieve each image. You cannot use this
; program with a WebParser measure which "references" another
; WebParser measure and just uses "StringIndex=x" to get the result.
; I have an example of what WON'T work at the bottom of this skin.
;===========================================================================
;[BEGIN CONFIG FILE]========================================================
[Variables]
RootURL="http://forum.rainmeter.net/"
GetWebImageExe="C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Skins\GetImage\GetWebImage.exe"
[MeasureDL]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
UpdateRate=1800
Url=#RootURL#
RegExp="(?siU)id="logo"><img src="(.*)"/>.*"
StringIndex=1
FinishAction=!execute ["#GetWebImage#" "#RootURL#[MeasureDL]" "DownloadedImage.png"]
;
; NOTE - If the HTML dispays the image with the full URL/image.png instead of
; a "relative" path like this example, you can return the whole thing in
; StringIndex 1, and just leave off the #RootURL# in the command as it will
; already be in the result returned in StringIndex 1.
;
[MeterImage]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName="DownloadedImage.png"
X=0
Y=0
;[END CONFIG FILE]===================================================================
;[WHAT WE JUST DID]==================================================================
;
; The full URL, path and name of the image we wanted to retrieve is:
;
; http://forum.rainmeter.net/styles/saphic/imageset/site_logo.png
;
; So the #RootUrL" is "http://forum.rainmeter.net/"
;
; And it is found in the source HTML as:
;
; <a href="./index.php" title="Board index" id="logo"><img src="./styles/saphic/imageset/site_logo.png"/></a>
;
; So we used our RegExp to retrieve ./styles/saphic/imageset/site_logo.png
;
; If you put the #RootURL# together with the information retrieved into StringIndex 1, you have:
;
; http://forum.rainmeter.net/./styles/saphic/imageset/site_logo.png
;
; This is passed to GetWebImage.exe with "#RootURL#[MeasureDL]" in the "FinishAction" statement
;
; GetWebImage.exe downloads the image, and stores it as "DownloadedImage.png". It will be
; stored in the current directory in this example, but you can specify a full path if desired.
;[WHAT WON'T WORK]==============================================================================
;
; [MeasureDL]
; Measure=Plugin
; Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
; UpdateRate=1800
; Url=#RootURL#
; RegExp="(?siU)id="Image1"><img src="(.*)"/>.*id="Image2"><img src="(.*)"/>"
;
; [MeasureImage1]
; Measure=Plugin
; Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
; UpdateRate=1800
; Url=[MeasureDL]
; StringIndex=1
; FinishAction=!execute ["#GetWebImage#" "#RootURL#[MeasureImage1]" "DownloadedImage1.png"]
;
; [MeasureImage2]
; Measure=Plugin
; Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
; UpdateRate=1800
; Url=[MeasureDL]
; StringIndex=2
; FinishAction=!execute ["#GetWebImage#" "#RootURL#[MeasureImage2]" "DownloadedImage2.png"]
;
; Unfortunately Rainmeteter will NOT fire the "FinishAction" commands on a measure without
; a "RegExp=" statement so you would need two separate measures which go to the web site
; and get one image each in StringIndex=1. There may be a way around this with having
; the measures "MeasureImage1" and "MeasureImage2" use a RegExp= statement to "search"
; the results of StringIndex "0" of "MeasureDL" instead of using StringIndex=1, StringIndex=2.
; Feel free to give that a try and let me know if it works!
;
Here is the full AutoIt3 source code for GetWebImage.exe
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#include <array.au3>
If $CmdLine[0] = 0 Then
Exit
EndIf
InetGet($CmdLine[1],$CmdLIne[2],1)
Exit
