Test skin:
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[Rainmeter]
Update=#Update#
BackgroundMode=2
SolidColor=0, 0, 255,100
[StyleItem]
X=0R
W=500
FontColor=255, 255, 255,255
FontFace=Arial
FontSize=12
StringEffect=Shadow
StringStyle=Bold
StringAlign=Left
AntiAlias=1
ClipString=1
Text="[\9654] %1"
[Variables]
Update=25
OriginalX=#SCREENAREAWIDTH#
TotalMove=2500
Y1=0
[MeasureRSS]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
URL="https://news.google.com/rss"
RegExp="(?siU).*<item.*>.*<title>(.*)</title>.*<title>(.*)</title>.*<title>(.*)</title>.*<title>(.*)</title>.*<title>(.*)</title>.*"
UpdateRate=20000
StringIndex=1
Debug=0
[MeasureMove]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Counter%#TotalMove#
AverageSize=1
[NewPosition]
Measure=Calc
Formula=#OriginalX#-MeasureMove
[MeasureRSSItem1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
URL=[MeasureRSS]
StringIndex=1
[MeasureRSSItem2]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
URL=[MeasureRSS]
StringIndex=2
[MeasureRSSItem3]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
URL=[MeasureRSS]
StringIndex=3
[MeasureRSSItem4]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
URL=[MeasureRSS]
StringIndex=4
[MeasureRSSItem5]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
URL=[MeasureRSS]
StringIndex=5
[MeterRSSItem1]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureRSSItem1
MeterStyle=StyleItem
X=[NewPosition]
DynamicVariables=1
[MeterRSSItem2]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureRSSItem2
MeterStyle=StyleItem
[MeterRSSItem3]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureRSSItem3
MeterStyle=StyleItem
[MeterRSSItem4]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureRSSItem4
MeterStyle=StyleItem
[MeterRSSItem5]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureRSSItem5
MeterStyle=StyleItem
[MeterRSSItem12]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureRSSItem1
X=([MeterRSSItem1:X]-#TotalMove#)
MeterStyle=StyleItem
DynamicVariables=1
[MeterRSSItem22]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureRSSItem2
MeterStyle=StyleItem
[MeterRSSItem32]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureRSSItem3
MeterStyle=StyleItem
[MeterRSSItem42]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureRSSItem4
MeterStyle=StyleItem
[MeterRSSItem52]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureRSSItem5
MeterStyle=StyleItem
Warning signs: Continuously increasing values of Commited Memory, visible in the Memory section of the Performance tab from Task Manager: Workaround: add all the sliding meters to a Container meter.
Since in my skins I always use containers for the animations, I obviously didn't noticed this before. When working with the skin in that post (which didn't use containers), the issue became easily noticeable. I couldn't get a confirmation of the problem from someone else yet, but I believe the values of the memory info in Task Manager can be taken as clear indication that something is not right.