4.5.1.3538

[jsmorley]

4.5.1.3538 is now available in the first post of this thread.

- Fixed a mouse detection issue with ToolTip inside a Container meter.

SysInfo Measure:

- Fixed an inconsistency with how an empty string value is returned for SysInfoType=IP_ADDRESS.

- Added the following SysInfoType values:
ADAPTER_ALIAS
ADAPTER_GUID
ADAPTER_TRANSMIT_SPEED
ADAPTER_RECEIVE_SPEED

We are likely to "release" the 4.5.1 version today or tomorrow, and will start a new thread for 4.5.2.

[SilverAzide]

I tried all these new and revised SysInfo measures and everything appears to be working.

The only item I noticed is that SysInfoType=GATEWAY_ADDRESS_V6 is acting like the IP_ADDRESS issue, where it is returning "0" as the string value of the measure when there is no IPv6 gateway. Since this is new and has no backward compatibility concerns, I guess this behavior is OK unless you want consistency with the other similar options.

And lastly, and want to give a huge THANK YOU to the devs for these latest enhancements. I requested most of these recent enhancements waaaay back in 2015, and ended up writing my own plugin to be able to figure out the "Best" adapter (later added to Rainmeter 3.3) and also return all the juicy adapter info that is now built into SysInfo. Now all my plugin nonsense can be tossed out, which is a huge bonus (for me anyway, LOL). I got lots more suggestions for SysInfo, but perhaps I'll wait for 2027...

[SilverAzide]

Re:

ADAPTER_TRANSMIT_SPEED
ADAPTER_RECEIVE_SPEED

On these measures, I am getting the same values for every adapter. In addition, I have to use DynamicVariables on these measures even if I am not using "Best". For example:

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[Variables]
InterfaceEthernet="...your ethernet adapter..."
InterfaceWireless="...your wireless adapter..."

[MeasureEthernetInterfaceSpeed]
Measure=SysInfo
SysInfoType=ADAPTER_RECEIVE_SPEED
Name=#InterfaceEthernet#
DynamicVariables=1

[MeasureWirelessInterfaceSpeed]
Measure=SysInfo
SysInfoType=ADAPTER_RECEIVE_SPEED
Name=#InterfaceWireless#
DynamicVariables=1

If I plug and unplug my ethernet cable, both these measures always return the same result (i.e., my wireless adapter will show 1Gbps even though it can't do this like my ethernet one can). Removing DynamicVariables=1 will result in the measures returning unchanging values, even if the active network adapter changes.

[jsmorley]

Re:

On these measures, I am getting the same values for every adapter. In addition, I have to use DynamicVariables on these measures even if I am not using "Best". For example:

Code: Select all

[Variables]
InterfaceEthernet="...your ethernet adapter..."
InterfaceWireless="...your wireless adapter..."

[MeasureEthernetInterfaceSpeed]
Measure=SysInfo
SysInfoType=ADAPTER_RECEIVE_SPEED
Name=#InterfaceEthernet#
DynamicVariables=1

[MeasureWirelessInterfaceSpeed]
Measure=SysInfo
SysInfoType=ADAPTER_RECEIVE_SPEED
Name=#InterfaceWireless#
DynamicVariables=1

If I plug and unplug my ethernet cable, both these measures always return the same result (i.e., my wireless adapter will show 1Gbps even though it can't do this like my ethernet one can). Removing DynamicVariables=1 will result in the measures returning unchanging values, even if the active network adapter changes.

What is "Name"? I don't believe that is a SysInfo option.

[SilverAzide]

What is "Name"? I don't believe that is a SysInfo option.

OMG, my apologies; that is supposed to be "SysInfoData", not "Name". And of course it now works. (I'm converting my personal plugin measures to SysInfo and I made a typo.) Please feel free to delete these posts!

[jsmorley]

OMG, my apologies; that is supposed to be "SysInfoData", not "Name". And of course it now works. (I'm converting my personal plugin measures to SysInfo and I made a typo.) Please feel free to delete these posts!

We will leave them as a warning to the others... Like the heads on the spikes.

[Jeff]

Crashes on startup

Windows Event Viewer reports the following: Fault bucket 1831107368939949436, type 4
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: Rainmeter.exe
P2: 4.5.1.3540
P3: 613cfad5
P4: Rainmeter.dll
P5: 4.5.1.3540
P6: 613cfad3
P7: c0000005
P8: 000000000005f833
P9:
P10:

[Jeff]

Crashes on startup

Windows Event Viewer reports the following: Fault bucket 1831107368939949436, type 4
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: Rainmeter.exe
P2: 4.5.1.3540
P3: 613cfad5
P4: Rainmeter.dll
P5: 4.5.1.3540
P6: 613cfad3
P7: c0000005
P8: 000000000005f833
P9:
P10:

Should add a bit more diagnosis
Hardware is Ryzen7 2700 / 32GB DDR / Asus RTX 2070
The skins that were running before were ModernGadgets, after doing Safe Start is still crashes

[Brian]

What version of Windows are you using?

-Brian

[SilverAzide]

Should add a bit more diagnosis
Hardware is Ryzen7 2700 / 32GB DDR / Asus RTX 2070
The skins that were running before were ModernGadgets, after doing Safe Start is still crashes

Something seems to be glitched with the ModenGadgets Disks Meter. I get an instant crash when this skin is loaded. All others are working fine. My Gadgets Drives Meter skin is similar and it is working fine (4.5.1 changed nothing in this skin, but I can't say the same for ModernGadgets).