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[Help] Is there a way to get all Meters of a group?

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Yuuyu
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[Help] Is there a way to get all Meters of a group?

Post by Yuuyu »

Hello there, I've only just started using Lua to make skins and I'm wondering if there is a method to get each meter of group X and store it into a lua array.

For example:

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[Meter1]
Meter=String
Group=X

[Meter2]
Meter=String
Group=X

[Meter3]
Meter=String
Group=Y
Lua:

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function GetAllOfGroupX()
	GroupXArray = SKIN:GetGroup('X')	-- Note this SKIN method does not exists
	
	return GroupXArray
end

function GetAllOfGroupY()
	GroupYArray = SKIN:GetGroup('Y')	-- Note this SKIN method does not exists
	
	return GroupYArray
end
Output:

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GroupXArray = [Meter1, Meter2]
GroupYArray = [Meter3]
Or is there a way around this?

Thank you! :D
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jsmorley
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Location: Fort Hunt, Virginia, USA

Re: [Help] Is there a way to get all Meters of a group?

Post by jsmorley »

Not quite sure where you are going with this, but you can read "options" from a skin measure or meter in Lua:

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function Initialize()

	meterTable = {}

	for i = 1, 5 do
		meterTable[i] = SKIN:GetMeter('Meter'..i)
	end
	
end

function Update()

	groupTable = {}
	
	for i = 1, 5 do
		groupTable[i] = meterTable[i]:GetOption('Group', '')
		print('Meter '..i..' is in group '..groupTable[i])
	end

	return 0
		
end

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[Rainmeter]
Update=100
AccurateText=1
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureLua]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile=Test.lua
UpdateDivider=-1

[Meter1]
Meter=String
Group=X
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
Text=Meter1

[Meter2]
Meter=String
Group=X
Y=0R
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
Text=Meter2

[Meter3]
Meter=String
Group=Y
Y=0R
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
Text=Meter3

[Meter4]
Meter=String
Group=X
Y=0R
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
Text=Meter4

[Meter5]
Meter=String
Group=Y
Y=0R
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
Text=Meter4
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What you can't do is "return" an array as a value to the skin. The value of a table in Lua is simply a numeric "handle" to the table / array. You are going to have to have the script either build a single string value that you can return as the value of the script measure, or have it set individual variables, String options on String measures, or Text options on String meters in the skin.
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FreeRaider
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Re: [Help] Is there a way to get all Meters of a group?

Post by FreeRaider »

jsmorley, I have a question:

out of curiosity, in your lua script you use for i = 1, 5 do etc because in your code you call meters with [Meter1], [Meter2], etc , for simplicity.

In a general case, is it possible grab all meters (and to use its numerosity in a "for statement") even if they have literary names (for example: [MeterNow], [MeterTomorrow], [MeterBla], [MeterTemp], etc) ?


Thanks
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jsmorley
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Re: [Help] Is there a way to get all Meters of a group?

Post by jsmorley »

FreeRaider wrote:jsmorley, I have a question:

out of curiosity, in your lua script you use for i = 1, 5 do etc because in your code you call meters with [Meter1], [Meter2], etc , for simplicity.

In a general case, is it possible grab all meters (and to use its numerosity in a "for statement") even if they have literary names (for example: [MeterNow], [MeterTomorrow], [MeterBla], [MeterTemp], etc) ?


Thanks
Nothing built into our interface between Lua and Rainmeter. You would have write some kind of .ini file "parser" that read the entire file, detected the [Sections] and looked for lines starting with Meter= to determine that it's a meter. Then you could get the section names and create handles that you could use with GetOption.

Something like this might help:

https://docs.rainmeter.net/snippets/read-ini/

Be aware though, that Lua can't read external UTF=16 files, which skin .ini files often are. That will make this a limited solution, and not something with reliable general-purpose use. To be honest, probably more trouble than it's worth... It's really better to either use a numbering scheme like I did, or just hard-code the meter names into the Lua in the Initialize() function to get the meter handles you need.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1

[MeasureScript]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile=Test.lua
UpdateDivider=-1

[MeterLarry]
Meter=String
Group=X
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
Text=Larry

[MeterMoe]
Meter=String
Group=Y
Y=0R
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
Text=Moe

[MeterCurlyJoe]
Meter=String
Group=X
Y=0R
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
AntiAlias=1
Text=CurlyJoe

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function Initialize()

	meterArray = {}
	meterArray[1] = SKIN:GetMeter('MeterLarry')
	meterArray[2] = SKIN:GetMeter('MeterMoe')
	meterArray[3] = SKIN:GetMeter('MeterCurlyJoe')
	
end

function Update()

	meterNameArray = {}
	meterGroupArray = {}	
	
	for i = 1, 3 do
		meterNameArray[i] = meterArray[i]:GetName()
		meterGroupArray[i] = meterArray[i]:GetOption('Group')
		print('Meter '..meterNameArray[i]..' is in Group '..meterGroupArray[i])
	end

end
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