Thank you for explaining and solving my Refresh image problem! I didn't realise those two couldn't work together. This DynamicVariables thing is befuddling me too! I just don't get where it's supposed to be used and where not. I find the manual is hard to understand sometimes. It's like it's missing certain things, like assumptions are often made that you know this or that. Mainly how to use a certain line of code. It's placement in a skins code.
Sorry I don't mean to sound harsh at all, just trying to explain.
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Hiding an image when a drive is disconnected
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Re: Hiding an image when a drive is disconnected
To make sure the package isn't corrupted by viruses or anything else.
If you modify anyway a skin installer, it won't work anymore. Take care of this. If you want to modify it, you have to modify the content of the config within your Skins folder, then have to create the installer once again.
Because there is no needed a such choice. Both the @Resources and the Addons (usually contained into the @Resoruces itself) folder are included into the package if it is created properly.
Believe me, nothing is left out.
To be honest, I doubt...
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Re: Hiding an image when a drive is disconnected
Ah right, fair enough! Safety first
But I didn't get these folders added, hence my need to edit them. Is this a skin issue? The icons and addon used to eject drives are all working as they should.
What do you doubt...?
But I didn't get these folders added, hence my need to edit them. Is this a skin issue? The icons and addon used to eject drives are all working as they should.
What do you doubt...?
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Re: Hiding an image when a drive is disconnected
I just noticed the bottom part of your post
I just noticed this! I thought you'd solved it. That's ok I'll look at other ways to use the info. Thanks anywaybalala wrote: ↑August 13th, 2019, 7:23 pm The problem this time is that the Image meter doesn't support the AutoScale option, which belongs to the String meter. Unfortunately to get the values scaled, you have to add some Calc measures for all of the measures used into the ToolTipText option.
Interested? It's not easy, but definitely can be done.
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Re: Hiding an image when a drive is disconnected
I see the reason why the skin didn't add those folders. I chose a folder and navigated to Skins/RM/Sidebar.
When I use the option to use skins contained in RM which I didn't want, then everything gets added.
Sometimes you only want or need to add one skin, and the option is there for this, so I think it would be good to also add the Resource folder and the Addons folder too.
What do you think?
When I use the option to use skins contained in RM which I didn't want, then everything gets added.
Sometimes you only want or need to add one skin, and the option is there for this, so I think it would be good to also add the Resource folder and the Addons folder too.
What do you think?
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Re: Hiding an image when a drive is disconnected
First here are some details: https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/variables/#DynamicVariables
Note that you have to set on the dynamic variables, whenever you want to work with variables which are changing dynamically while the skin is loaded (through !SetVariable bangs) or with section variables.
!SetOption doesn't require setting the dynamic variables on, because when this bang sets a new option to a meter or measure, it sets on the dynamic variables for one update cycle.
If you keep working with Rainmeter, after a while you'll get enough experience to know where to set them.
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Re: Hiding an image when a drive is disconnected
Here's my complete suite created using the Skin Packager.
For me it's all about function. I've had all the bling, bling stuff and it got boring. Minimalism is better as it isn't something that gets boring, it just is what it is.
For me it's all about function. I've had all the bling, bling stuff and it got boring. Minimalism is better as it isn't something that gets boring, it just is what it is.
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Re: Hiding an image when a drive is disconnected
Yeah I've read that about three times lol, Still doesn't make sense!balala wrote: ↑August 13th, 2019, 8:18 pm First here are some details: https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/variables/#DynamicVariables
Note that you have to set on the dynamic variables, whenever you want to work with variables which are changing dynamically while the skin is loaded (through !SetVariable bangs) or with section variables.
Sorry, I don't understand what that means. You mean it turns on DV for one cycle?it sets on the dynamic variables for one update cycle.
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Re: Hiding an image when a drive is disconnected
Where? When you create a skin installer, the only thing you have to choose from a dropdown menu, is the config within the Skins folder. there is no need to choose a folder, a file or whatever.
Where (again)? There is not possible to select a skin, a config must be selected. It's true the appropriate button is called Add skin, but it adds a config with all of its content, including the @Resources folder.
I still believe it's not needed. Everything contained into the loaded config is included, everything else isn't.
How are you creating the skin installers? The process is described in detail here: https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/distributing-skins/
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Re: Hiding an image when a drive is disconnected
Yes, but there is no need to worry about it. It is done automatically. For plain users important is that you don't have to set dynamic variables on when want to set something with a !SetOption bang, but have on the meters or measures where you want to use a variable set through a !SetVariable bang.