Ok, so let me make a synthesis of what you'd like, so folks would know what you aim for:
- day and weekly timing only?
- possibility to postpone "end" events?
- sound included for "end" events?
- hide and show event skin or meter?
- flashing text for "end" events?
- text based reminder data source?
- around a dozen reminders max (existing or showing?) at any given time?
jadiazrod wrote: ↑February 20th, 2022, 6:11 pmmake "My Quotes" skin to pop up and show some Text quotes...
You have to be aware that the
Quote plugin on which MyQuotes is based grabs
random quotes from that file. While these might suit testing, you'll probably want to extract or show specific lines from the file.
jadiazrod wrote: ↑February 20th, 2022, 6:11 pmI'm pretty sure is a way to get the Text " Reminder " flashing instead of using images when the time is up...I have to dig on that..
Yes, there is, is as simple as having 2 colors and a 0 to 1 index for the current color, then toggling that index between 0 and 1 on update:
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[Variables]
Color0=255,0,0,255
Color1=0,0,0,255
ColorIndex=0
[Rainmeter]
Update=500
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1
BackgroundMode=2
SolidColor=47,47,47,255
---Meters---
[FlashingText]
Meter=String
FontFace=Consolas
SolidColor=[#Color[#ColorIndex]]
FontColor=255,255,255,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
FontSize=16
AntiAlias=1
Text="Some Text Here"
OnUpdateAction=[!SetVariable ColorIndex (1-#ColorIndex#)]
DynamicVariables=1
jadiazrod wrote: ↑February 20th, 2022, 6:11 pmThe Zapp timer is based in Seconds, so I may need to modify it to track days instead...
If you want the skin to "remember" things after you unloaded it or shut down the computer, you'd have to use
Time or
Uptime measures (the latter even computes days for you). The update rate is not that reliable when it comes to time, plus it will start over again each time you load the skin (unless you keep your computer on 24/7, that is).
jadiazrod wrote: ↑February 20th, 2022, 6:11 pmThe tricky part will be have the availability to have up to 10 different reminders accordingly to the timer for each one...
Exactly. Also, you must think what you'd like to happen if the "end" time is the same for more than one reminder. Do you want to show all those reminders, and if so, where should they be placed so as to not overlap one another? Do you want to show a list with the reminders sharing a common "end" time? Any other choice?