random quotes issue

[el-chucklebuck]

OK. I made this random quote skin. It refreshes every half hour, or when you click on it. However, after you click it a few times, it just comes up blank. What's going on?

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;=================================================
; Rainmeter configuration file
; Updated November 11, 2010
;=================================================

;[BEGIN CONFIG FILE]==============================

[Rainmeter]
Author=El-Chucklebuck
Update=180000

[Metadata]
Name=Random Quotes
Config=random-qoutes
Description=El-Chucklebuck Quotes
Version=1.0
Tags= Quote | Quotes 
License=Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0
Variant=0

[Variables]

[Measures]

[MeasureQuote]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins/QuotePlugin.dll
PathName=quotes.txt
Separator=*

[MeterQuote]
MeasureName=MeasureQuote
Meter=STRING
FontColor=255,255,255,255
FontFace="Trebuchet MS"
FontSize=16
StringEffect=SHADOW
StringAlign=Left
StringStyle=NORMAL
ClipString=1
X=0
Y=0
W=500
H=175
AntiAlias=1
LeftMouseDownAction=!RainmeterRefresh

[poiru]

What do you have in quotes.txt?

[el-chucklebuck]

yeah, like it says. lol

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this is*
just*
random*
nonsense*
until*
i finish*
the skin*

[poiru]

1) Remove Separator=*
2) Remove the asterisks (*) from quotes.txt

Done (the default behavior is to separate entries by new line).

Alternatively, you could keep your skin as it is, but move the asterisks in quotes.txt to the front (e.g. *this is instead of this is*)

[el-chucklebuck]

Removing the separator string did the trick. I was worried about the author info after the quote, but I'll just mess with the space between the quote and the author so it appends to the next line.

Thanks!