Plugin: Chameleon

[Axinoe]

Is there any way to stop Chameleon (Desktop wallpaper) from trying to read a file that no longer exists?

[y0himba]

I am trying to use this in conjunction with Modern Gadgets. DynamicVariables=1 is in each meter in each gadget, yet font color is not changing with my desktop wallpaper. The instructions were confusing to me, as I am an old fart. What am I missing? What do I need to set or edit? Thanks for any help from anyone.

[eclectic-tech]

I am trying to use this in conjunction with Modern Gadgets. DynamicVariables=1 is in each meter in each gadget, yet font color is not changing with my desktop wallpaper. The instructions were confusing to me, as I am an old fart. What am I missing? What do I need to set or edit? Thanks for any help from anyone.

Let me do a bit of testing to see if this can work in Modern Gadgets (raiguard developed a very robust system that may not respond kindly to integrating Chameleon colors)... stay tuned!

Edit:Chameleon can return four colors: Foreground1, Foreground2, Background1, and Background2 which correspond to the main four colors in Modern Gadgets: colorMain, colorDim, colorBg, and colorSubBg.

These measures will replace the default colors and set the style to the four colors returned by Chameleon when you change your desktop wallpaper.

I would recommend making a copy of "#@#StyleSheet.inc" file before making these additions.

Add these measures to the bottom of "#@#StyleSheet.inc".

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[ChameleonDesktop]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Type=Desktop

[DesktopFG1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Parent=ChameleonDesktop
Color=Foreground1
Format=Dec

[DesktopFG2]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Parent=ChameleonDesktop
Color=Foreground2
Format=Dec

[DesktopBG1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Parent=ChameleonDesktop
Color=Background1
Format=Dec

[DesktopBG2]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Parent=ChameleonDesktop
Color=Background2
Format=Dec
OnChangeAction=[!WriteKeyValue Variables dcolorMain [DesktopFG1] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.ini"][!WriteKeyValue Variables dcolorBg [DesktopBG1] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.ini"][!WriteKeyValue Variables dcolorDim [DesktopFG2] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.ini"][!WriteKeyValue Variables dcolorSubBg [DesktopBG2] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.ini"][!WriteKeyValue Variables colorMain [DesktopFG1] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.inc"][!WriteKeyValue Variables colorBg [DesktopBG1] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.inc"][!WriteKeyValue Variables colorDim [DesktopFG2] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.inc"][!WriteKeyValue Variables colorSubBg [DesktopBG2] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.inc"][!RefreshGroup ModernGadgets]

Save the file and refresh all.

Now when you change your wallpaper, the colors will automaticaly change in Modern Gadgets. It can take several seconds for Modern Gadgets to refresh all skins... you can still set colors using the settings skin, but they will be overwritten when you change your wallpaper.

[y0himba]

Thank you for the reply. Am I adding this to the StyleSheet.inc in the Modern Gadgets @Resource folder? If so, then there was no change.

[eclectic-tech]

Thank you for the reply. Am I adding this to the StyleSheet.inc in the Modern Gadgets @Resource folder? If so, then there was no change.

Arghhh! I was using a previous version of Modern Gadgets which used RainRGB to set colors (sorry about that).

I downloaded the latest (Final?) version 1.6.0, and will need to look deeper into the lua scripts to see what action is needed to apply the Chameleon colors (if possible). Raiguard created a great ColorPicker skin for this suite, so the code I supplied works for the older version, but not the latest.

You may want to ask raiguard directly on the Modern Gadget thread since he is much more familiar with how the skin is setting colors. I will look into possibility of doing this, but it may take me more time than just asking the author.

[y0himba]

He will be gone for two years unfortunately. He is doing mission work with his religion. I do appreciate the help!

[ikarus1969]

He will be gone for two years unfortunately. He is doing mission work with his religion. I do appreciate the help!

Let me know if you encounter any bugs, I'll only be able to fix them for three weeks before I leave!

[eclectic-tech]

He will be gone for two years unfortunately. He is doing mission work with his religion. I do appreciate the help!

He's not gone yet!

This may give him something to work on before he leaves in a few weeks...

So far, I only been able to crashed Rainmeter and break Modern Gadgets while trying different methods...
But I will persist even if it is just for my own curiosity.

[y0himba]

Crashing things is fun! I posted asking him if he had any ideas on getting it to work.

[raiguard]

I went ahead and messed with this, and eclectic-tech's existing code actually does work, you just need to change your background for it to take effect. I made a few additions to change the accent and border colors as well:

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; ==================================================

[ChameleonDesktop]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Type=Desktop

[DesktopLight2]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Parent=ChameleonDesktop
Color=Light2
Format=Dec

[DesktopAverage]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Parent=ChameleonDesktop
Color=Average
Format=Dec

[DesktopFG1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Parent=ChameleonDesktop
Color=Foreground1
Format=Dec

[DesktopFG2]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Parent=ChameleonDesktop
Color=Foreground2
Format=Dec

[DesktopBG1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Parent=ChameleonDesktop
Color=Background1
Format=Dec

[DesktopBG2]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Chameleon
Parent=ChameleonDesktop
Color=Background2
Format=Dec
OnChangeAction=[!WriteKeyValue Variables colorAccent [DesktopFG2] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.inc"][!WriteKeyValue Variables colorBorder [DesktopBG2] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.inc"][!WriteKeyValue Variables colorMain [DesktopFG1] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.inc"][!WriteKeyValue Variables colorBg [DesktopBG1] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.inc"][!WriteKeyValue Variables colorDim [DesktopLight2] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.inc"][!WriteKeyValue Variables colorSubBg [DesktopAverage] "#@#Settings\GlobalSettings.inc"][!RefreshGroup ModernGadgets]
DynamicVariables=1

I would also recommend not putting this in the StyleSheet, but at the bottom of the [Variables] section of one of the skins you're using. This will prevent the skins all being refreshed multiple times.

I got pretty passable results with the above code:





Whenever I release a patch, just drop that code into whatever gadget you want again, change your background, and it should work!