Nesting #CurrentSection# along with a link

[k2m]

Like many, baby's first skin is a launcher. I can get it to work, but want to push it further by cleaning up as much extraneous code as possible.

My Variables section currently looks like this (with some placeholders).

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[Variables]
Option0Icon=#@#Icons\controller.png
Option0Link=C:\Program Files (x86)

Option1Icon=#@#Icons\bbt.png
Option1Link=D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\BattleBlock Theater\BattleBlockTheater.exe

Option2Icon=#@#Icons\borderlands3.png
Option2Link=C:\Program Files (x86)

Option3Icon=#@#Icons\broforce.png
Option3Link=D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Broforce\Broforce_beta.exe

Here's how the rest *used* to look.

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[Bar]
Meter=Bar
Hidden=1
Group=Shown
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
Padding=0,5,0,5
W=520
H=35
MouseLeaveAction=[!HideMeterGroup Shown]

[BarIcon]
Meter=Image
ImageName=#BarIcon#
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
Padding=0,0,5,0
W=35
H=35
PreserveAspectRatio=1
LeftMouseUpAction=["#BarLink#"]
MouseOverAction=[!ShowMeterGroup Shown]

[Option1]
Meter=Image
Hidden=1
Group=#Option1Group#
ImageName=#Option1Icon#
Padding=5,0,5,0
X=0R
W=35
H=35
PreserveAspectRatio=1
LeftMouseUpAction=["#Option1Link#"]

[Option2]
Meter=Image
MeterStyle=Option1
Group=[#OptionGroup[#Measure]]
ImageName=#Option2Icon#
LeftMouseUpAction=["#Option2Link#"]

Here's how I *want* it to look.

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[Bar]
Meter=Image
Hidden=1
Group=Icon
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
Padding=0,5,0,5
W=520
H=35
MouseLeaveAction=!HideMeterGroup Icon

[Option0]
Meter=Image
ImageName=[#[#CurrentSection]Icon]
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
Padding=0,0,5,0
W=35
H=35
PreserveAspectRatio=1
LeftMouseUpAction=["#[#CurrentSection]Link"]
MouseOverAction=!ShowMeterGroup Icon

[Option1]
Meter=Image
Hidden=1
Padding=5,0,5,0
X=0R
W=35
H=35
PreserveAspectRatio=1
Group=Icon
ImageName=[#[#CurrentSection]Icon]
LeftMouseUpAction=["#[#CurrentSection]Link"]

[Option2]
Meter=Image
MeterStyle=Option1

Or something like that. Various parts are at various iterations and can be cleaned, but I think the point is clear enough. The icons look great, the skin functions as it should, except for executing the links. I currently have 12 "Option" meters for various games; making any adjustment to one would require an adjustment to all the others, leaving much room for error. I'd rather not have to LeftMouseUpAction=["#OptionNLink#"] N number of times. So is there a way to get ["#[#CurrentSection]Link"] to work?

[mak_kawa]

What if you add DynamicVariables=1 to the concerned meter sections?

[k2m]

Adding DynamicVariables=1 didn't resolve the issue. Tbh, I'm not quite sure how DynamicVariables works anyway; the icon variables change from meter to meter just fine without setting it to 1. I figure the issue lies somewhere in quotation mark usage in the LeftMouseUpAction (but I feel like I've exhausted all iterations)

[mak_kawa]

Okay, following code does work fine for me.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
BackgroundMode=2
SolidColor=64,64,64,192

[Variables]
Option0Link=C:\Program Files (x86)
Option1Link=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

[Option0]
Meter=Image
SolidColor=128,128,128,192
Padding=0,0,5,0
X=5
Y=5
W=35
H=35
LeftMouseUpAction=["[#[#CURRENTSECTION]Link]"]

[Option1]
Meter=Image
SolidColor=128,128,128,192
Padding=5,0,5,0
X=5R
Y=5
W=35
H=35
PreserveAspectRatio=1
Group=Icon
LeftMouseUpAction=["[#[#CURRENTSECTION]Link]"]

[k2m]

At the gym on mobile, but looks like the quotes get their own brackets? I *knew* they were screwing me over somehow. Will check later and report back.

[mak_kawa]

["[#[#CURRENTSECTION]Link]"]

Outermost brackets of this mean "action enclosure". Within the enclosure, [#[#CURRENTSECTION]Link] is resolved as, for example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe. So, quotations are required to avoid bad role of spaces in path name, as you know.

Finally, result is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe", and it works.

[DanDaBear]

Yes, that works. The problem is, when you have something like:
["#CONFIGEDITOR#" "#@#\IncludeFiles\HorizontalVariables.inc"] It doesn't work.

I have the quotes on the app variables where needed so I can do things like:

Variable is: Launch0App=[#AppChoice[#ToggleMe]],

Added: LeftMouseDownAction=[!SetVariable ToggleMe (1-#ToggleMe#)], to Lanch0 meter to toggle, with:

AppChoice0=E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\wallpaper_engine\wallpaper64.exe -control pause
AppChoice1=E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\wallpaper_engine\wallpaper64.exe -control play

in the Variables section, so when the icon is pressed, it toggles between 1 and zero, selecting AppChoice0 or AppChoice1

It doesn't work with the ["[#[#CURRENTSECTION]Link]"] version but, with quotes on the App variables and placed between brackets "[]", [#[#CURRENTSECTION]Link] will work.

Both ways work. It just depends on how versatile you want it.

[k2m]

Gave the quotes their own brackets, didn't work. Fooled around with half a dozen different things, no dice. Copied your code into mine, it worked. TIL #CURRENTSECTION# is case sensitive. Camel caps doesn't work... But I still needed that extra pair of brackets, so now we're rolling. Thanks, mak!

Edit: That is, #CURRENTSECTION# is case sensitive when using the link. The icons still work as expected using #CurrentSection#. /shrug