Cant get skin to change wallpaper depending on time.

[dolyfin]

I wanted to make a skin that uses !SetWallpaper to change wallpaper depending on the time. Somehow nothing works and I have no idea why. Images are located in the same folder as the .ini

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1

[Meter]
Meter=String

[MeasureHour]
Measure=Time
Format=%H
UpdateDivider=1
;SetDawn
IfCondition1=(MeasureHour = 07)
IfTrueAction1=[!SetWallpaper "Dawn.jpg"][!Redraw]
;SetDay
IfCondition2=(MeasureHour >= 08) && (MeasureHour < 17)
IfTrueAction2=[!SetWallpaper "Day.jpg" Fit][!Redraw]
;SetDusk
IfCondition3=(MeasureHour = 17)
IfTrueAction3=[!SetWallpaper "Dusk.jpg" Fit][!Redraw]
;SetNight
IfCondition4=(MeasureHour >= 18) && (MeasureHour <= 23) || (MeasureHour >= 00) && (MeasureHour < 07)
IfTrueAction4=[!SetWallpaper "Night.jpg" Fit][!Redraw]

[mak_kawa]

Hi dolyfin

Probably the reason is that you use invalid IfCondition expression. Modify "IfCondition1" and "IfTrueAction1" to "IfCondition" and "IfTrueAction"

Ps.: You should change Update=1 option to Update=1000 or some, because Update=1 means the measure is updated every 1 ms (0.001 second). This update specification is actually invalid. Rainmeter update cycle is 16 ms minimum.

[balala]

Probably the reason is that you use invalid IfCondition expression. Modify "IfCondition1" and "IfTrueAction1" to "IfCondition" and "IfTrueAction"

Not probably, but exactly. The first IfCondition and IfTrueAction (and accordingly the first IfFalseAction) options don't have number, only starting from the second ones. So, not IfCondition1 and IfTrueAction1, but IfCondition and IfTrueAction, then IfCondition2 and IfTrueAction2 and so on.

Ps.: You should change Update=1 option to Update=1000 or some, because Update=1 means the measure is updated every 1 ms (0.001 second). This update specification is actually invalid. Rainmeter update cycle is 16 ms minimum.

No, practically Update=1 means nothing, because it is invalid (second paragraph here). The Update value is expressed into milliseconds, not seconds.

[Mor3bane]

hi dolyfin

I liked your idea so I incorporated it into my skin.

The fall-through in this is a little more functional, just as an example...

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[MeasureHour]
Measure=Time
Format=%H
;SetDawn
IfCondition=(MeasureHour > 00) && (MeasureHour <= 06)
IfTrueAction=[!SetOption "NewFrameOne" "ImageTint" "250,112,0,255""][!Redraw]
;SetDay
IfCondition2=(MeasureHour >= 06) && (MeasureHour < 16)
IfTrueAction2=[!SetOption "NewFrameOne" "ImageTint" "242,212,165,255""][!Redraw]
;SetDusk
IfCondition3=(MeasureHour >= 16) && (MeasureHour < 18)
IfTrueAction3=[!SetOption "NewFrameOne" "ImageTint" "105,131,154,255""][!Redraw]
;SetNight
IfCondition4=(MeasureHour >= 18) && (MeasureHour <= 23)
IfTrueAction4=[!SetOption "NewFrameOne" "ImageTint" "45,45,90,255""][!Redraw]

[mak_kawa]

Hi balala
In my country, people modestly says "probably" instead of "exactly", always... (just joking)

[balala]

Just as an additional side-note, it depends as well on where and how the value of the [MeasureHour] measure is used, but if it is not used elsewhere, I'd propose to modify the Format of the [MeasureHour] measure and the IfConditions as it follows:

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[MeasureHour]
Measure=Time
Format=%#H
UpdateDivider=1
;SetDawn
IfCondition=(MeasureHour = 7)
IfTrueAction=[!SetWallpaper "Dawn.jpg"][!Redraw]
;SetDay
IfCondition2=(MeasureHour >= 8) && (MeasureHour < 17)
IfTrueAction2=[!SetWallpaper "Day.jpg" Fit][!Redraw]
;SetDusk
IfCondition3=(MeasureHour = 17)
IfTrueAction3=[!SetWallpaper "Dusk.jpg" Fit][!Redraw]
;SetNight
IfCondition4=(MeasureHour >= 18) && (MeasureHour <= 23) || (MeasureHour >= 0) && (MeasureHour < 7)
IfTrueAction4=[!SetWallpaper "Night.jpg" Fit][!Redraw]

With the Format=%#H option, the leading zero is not used, so there is no need to use it nor in the IfConditions. Much cleverer, in my opinion.
Note that if the value of the [MeasureHour] measure is needed somewhere else in the code as well, you should ignore this.