Clock colour change ever so often...

[theory]

I use the 10-Foot HUD Clock and was wondering how i can make it so it changes colour at certain times, the reason is i want to be more productive with my time on the computer, so i work for a while then browser for little bit every so often.

Perhaps there is something like this already as im sure i saw the idea somewhere before, also are there any other productivity tools for rainmeter?

[DumbDude1994]

Hopefully you can read this if you want to change the color or something like that. If not I can help you. It is set to change from a semi-transparent white to pink when the time is over 3:00 PM

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[Rainmeter]
10-Foot HUD (White) - Created by Stephen R Gibson.

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[Metadata]
Name=
Config=
Description=
Instructions=
Version=
Tags=
License=
Variant=
Preview=

;End of added Metadata

[MeasureTime]
Measure=Time
Format=%#I:%M %p

[MeasureDate]
Measure=Time
Format=%d

[MeasureMonth]
Measure=Time
Format=%B
Substitute="January":"JANUARY","February":"FEBRUARY","March":"MARCH","April":"APRIL","May":"MAY","June":"JUNE","July":"JULY","August":"AUGUST","September":"SEPTEMBER","October":"OCTOBER","November":"NOVEMBER","December":"DECEMBER"

[MeasureDay]
Measure=Time
Format=%A
Substitute="Monday":"MONDAY","Tuesday":"TUESDAY","Wednesday":"WEDNESDAY","Thursday":"THURSDAY","Friday":"FRIDAY","Saturday":"SATURDAY","Sunday":"SUNDAY"

-------------------------------------METERS--------------------------------------------

[MeterTime]
MeasureName=MeasureTime
IfAboveAction=MeterTime2
IfAboveValue=3:00 PM
Meter=STRING
X=0
Y=13
FontColor=255, 255, 255, 200
FontSize=78
FontFace=rockwell
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=Bold
AntiAlias=1

[MeterTime2]
MeasureName=MeasureTime
Meter=STRING
X=0
Y=13
FontColor=255, 0, 255, 200
FontSize=78
FontFace=rockwell
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=Bold
AntiAlias=1

[MeterDate]
MeasureName=MeasureDate
Meter=STRING
X=5
Y=100
FontColor=255, 255, 255, 200
FontSize=56
FontFace=rockwell
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=Bold
AntiAlias=1

[MeterMonth]
MeasureName=MeasureMonth
Meter=STRING
X=100
Y=104
FontColor=255, 255, 255, 200
FontSize=32
FontFace=rockwell
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=Bold
AntiAlias=1

[MeterDay]
MeasureName=MeasureDay
Meter=STRING
X=103
Y=147
FontColor=255, 255, 255, 200
FontSize=20
FontFace=rockwell
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=Bold
AntiAlias=1

[smurfier]

The ifaboveaction parts can only be used in a measure, not a meter. For example:

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[Variables]
Color=255,255,255,255

[msTime]
Measure=Time
Format=%#I
IfAboveValue=14
IfAboveAction=!RainmeterSetVariable Color 255,0,0,255
IfBelowValue=15
IfBelowAction=!RainmeterSetVariable Color 255,255,255,255

This would change the color to red if it's 3pm or later, and change it back to black if it's earlier than 3pm.

[DumbDude1994]

That code wouldn't work with the skin that theory wanted to use (10-Foot HUD).

[smurfier]

It's an example of how to do things correctly. In order to apply it to any specific skin, you would need to specify a color variable and then name it in every meter that you wish the color to change in. You can have a maximum of three colors in the change per measure being as there is IfAbove, IfBelow, and IfEqual.

[JpsCrazy]

If you're creative with Calcs and Conditions, I'm pretty sure you can get any number of colors, but the more you have the more complicated it'd be.

[smurfier]

Like I said...per measure. You can have a second measure with another set of three actions.

There is however another not so nice method. Three, or four, Measures that added up equal one color code.

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[msTime]
Measure=Time
Format=%#I

[msTime2]
Measure=Time
Format=%#H:%M

[msColor1]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(msTime > 15) || (msTime = 15) ? 255 : 255

[msColor2]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(msTime > 15) || (msTime = 15) ? 0 : 255

[msColor3]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(msTime > 15) || (msTime = 15) ? 0 : 255

[mtString]
Meter=String
MeasureName=msTime2
FontColor=[Color1],[Color2],[Color3],255
DynamicVariables=1

In this example, if the time is 3pm or later, the text is red, else it is black.
Note: You can have a maximum of nine nested conditional statements thus limiting this method to 9 colors.

[Skiant]

Hey guys,

First post in here. I was looking some way to get colors on a temperature display using Speedfan plugin, and I arrived on this very interesting topic.

I tried to use the ifAbove / ifBelow to put temperatures in red if they go over a specific value, but it doesn't seem to work. I'm sure I've messed up something really stupid, but I can't point what, so if any of you see what's wrong, feel free to correct.

The measure :

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[MeasureSpeedTemp1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\SpeedFanPlugin.dll
SpeedFanType=TEMPERATURE
SpeedFanNumber=1
ifAboveValue=50
ifAboveAction=!RainmeterSetVariable Temp1Color 255,0,0,200
ifBelowValue=49
IfBelowAction=!RainmeterSetVariable Temp1Color 255,255,255,130

And the display :

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[MeterText_CORE1]
Meter=STRING
X=95
Y=130
MeasureName=MeasureSpeedTemp1
Text="%1 °C"
FontColor=#Temp1Color#
FontSize=#FontHeight#
StringAlign=Right
NumofDecimals=0
FontFace=#FontName#
AntiAlias=1

[smurfier]

Try this:

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[MeasureSpeedTemp1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\SpeedFanPlugin.dll
SpeedFanType=TEMPERATURE
SpeedFanNumber=1

[MeasureColor]
Measure=Calc
Formula=MeasureSpeedTemp1>=50 ? 1 : -1
ifAboveValue=0
ifAboveAction=!RainmeterSetVariable Temp1Color 255,0,0,200
ifBelowValue=0
IfBelowAction=!RainmeterSetVariable Temp1Color 255,255,255,130

[MeterText_CORE1]
Meter=STRING
X=95
Y=130
MeasureName=MeasureSpeedTemp1
Text="%1 °C"
FontColor=#Temp1Color#
FontSize=#FontHeight#
StringAlign=Right
NumofDecimals=0
FontFace=#FontName#
AntiAlias=1
DynamicVariables=1

Using the second measure allows for the greater than or equal to functionality. Also, whenever you set a variable with the !RainmeterSetVariable bang, you need to set DynamicVariables=1 everywhere that variable is used.

[Skiant]

Works like a charm. Thanks a lot !