How to add shortcut for program or Hyper-link

[Marda]

Hi!
I recently this day started using Rainmeter, and I love it! All that is missing though is a way to access a game through the desktop and the same thing but with a hyperlink. Please help, would mean a lot! :)

EDIT: Forgot to add that I'm using the Omnimos or something, if that matters ^^.

[Brian]

Check out !Execute.

You could use a something like: LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["C:/Games/Game.exe"] in an image meter.
Just change the path to your game path.

-Brian

[guywhoisdumb]

Could someone please exactly how to implement this. I don't understand how to use the !bangs. If i want to make it so I could click an icon in the skin to open Firefox, what exactly should i do? I'd really like to know cause I have not been able to find the method required anywhere else.

[Mordasius]

I think you should start by reading Rainmeter101-EditingSkins and then the Rainmeter101-SkinTutorials to get a feel for how Rainmeter skins work. You'll soon see that a basic meter for launching Firefox can be as simple as this:

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[MeterToRunFirefox]
Meter=Image
ImageName=Firefox.png
LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox 9.0\Firefox.exe"]

You will of course need to supply the Firefox.png file and replace "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox 9.0\Firefox.exe" with the correct path to your version of Firefox.

[scottiescotsman]

I know you said in an image meter but what if I just have text and no png like

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[meterLabelSG]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=LeftStyle
FontColor=255,255,255
FontSize=#ts1#
X=#tx#
Y=(581 + #OffSet#)
Text="Speed Grade"
DynamicVariables=1

just wanted like a hyperlink effect with a !bang for leftmouseUp ..

hope you can help

[mak_kawa]

Not sure what you exactly want...but maybe this is the solution?

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[meterLabelSG]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=LeftStyle
FontColor=255,255,255
FontSize=#ts1#
X=#tx#
Y=(581 + #OffSet#)
Text="Speed Grade"
DynamicVariables=1
InlineSetting=
InlinePattern=.*
MouseOverAction=[!SetOption meterLabelSG InlineSetting Underline][!Update][!Redraw]
MouseLeaveAction=[!SetOption meterLabelSG InlineSetting ""][!Update][!Redraw]
LeftMouseUpAction=["http://(somewhere)"]

[scottiescotsman]

Thanks for the heads up
Tried the option bangs but underline didn't work but the mouseupAction did

Thanks
Steven

[jsmorley]

Thanks for the heads up
Tried the option bangs but underline didn't work but the mouseupAction did

Thanks
Steven

...
InlineSetting=None
InlinePattern=.*
MouseOverAction=[!SetOption meterLabelSG InlineSetting "Underline"][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
MouseLeaveAction=[!SetOption meterLabelSG InlineSetting "None"][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
LeftMouseUpAction=["http://(somewhere)"]

Should work, assuming you are using at least Rainmeter 3.3.2

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Note, it's a bad idea to use "" when using !SetOption to set an InlineSetting to "nothing". That doesn't set it to nothing, but actually entirely removes the option. That can cause some head scratching if you later add other InlineSettingN options to the same meter and they don't work, since there can't be "missing" numbers of InlineSettingN options. Use InlineSettingN=None instead, or set InlinePatternN=^$.

Also, as an aside, using !Update along with !Redraw makes no sense. There is a redraw already at the end of each update cycle, there is no point in doing it twice. You will find you won't use !Update (force a complete skin update) very often at all.use !UpdateMeasure, !UpdateMeter and !Redraw as needed to force immediate update of desired skin components. !Update is very brute-force, and in many if not most cases, you will find it more efficient to target the "update right now" commands at specific measures or meters, measure or meter groups, or even just all using !UpdateMeasure "*" or !UpdateMeter "*". !Redraw should always (and only) follow any !UpdateMeter or !UpdateMeterGroup. It is useless at best anywhere else.

[balala]

!Redraw should always (and only) follow any !UpdateMeter or !UpdateMeterGroup. It is useless at best anywhere else.

A question about this: beside using !Redraw along with !UpdateMeter or !UpdateMeterGroup, isn't a good practice to also use it with !ShowMeter / !HideMeter / !ToggleMeter? For example something like: LeftMouseUpAction=[!ShowMeter "AnyMeter"][!Redraw]. It is desirable, or neither in this case the !Redraw make no sense?
Thanks.

[mak_kawa]

Hi jsmorley.

I have missed "None" option in the document about IinlineSetting of RM4.0beta. InlineSetting="" is my resort, but really bad idea as you said. Sorry.