Changing the color of text dynamically for clock

[LeftSide]

So basically if I wanted the text displaying the time change it's color every second, how should I go about it?

[jsmorley]

There are tons of ways, here is one:

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000

[MeasureRed]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Random
UpdateRandom=1
LowBound=0
HighBound=255

[MeasureGreen]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Random
UpdateRandom=1
LowBound=0
HighBound=255

[MeasureBlue]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Random
UpdateRandom=1
LowBound=0
HighBound=255

[MeasureHourMinute]
Measure=Time
Format=%#I:%M

[MeasureSecond]
Measure=Time
Format=%S

[MeterHourMinute]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureHourMinute
FontFace=Arial
FontSize=70
FontColor=255,255,255,255
StringStyle=Bold
Antialias=1
Text=%1:

[MeterSecond]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureSecond
X=-27R
FontFace=Arial
FontSize=70
FontColor=[MeasureRed],[MeasureGreen],[MeasureBlue],255
StringStyle=Bold
Antialias=1
DynamicVariables=1

[LeftSide]

This works perfectly. Thanks!

[LeftSide]

Follow-up ..

Does `UpdateRandom` take variables/meters? I tried but it doesn't work.

[jsmorley]

Follow-up ..

Does `UpdateRandom` take variables/meters? I tried but it doesn't work.

UpdateRandom is just a true (1) or false (0) option for a Calc measure using the Random function. It simply tells the measure to get a "new" random number on each update of the skin.
Otherwise the default behavior is to get a single random number that would not change unless the skin is refreshed.

[LeftSide]

Oh jeez damnit I meant `LowBound` and `HighBound`. Excuse my brain fart.

[jsmorley]

Oh jeez damnit I meant `LowBound` and `HighBound`. Excuse my brain fart.

You can use a variable defined in the [Variables] section as #VarName#. You can also use the number value of a measure with [MeasureName:], as long as you also put DynamicVariables=1 on the measure where you are setting LowBound / HighBound.

Note, I used [MeasureName:] since you want the number value of the measure and not a string value. If the measure you are using only returns a number (or the number and string values are the same numerical value) then you can just use [MeasureName].

[LeftSide]

Then I must be doing it wrong...

Here I have put `LowBound=[Color_Time_mS]` but as you see `[MeasureGreen]` is disobeying (its value `114` is less than lowerbound 128.77725). I think it's taking any value from 0-255 regardless of what I put in LowerBound except for a number.

[jsmorley]

Without DynamicVariables=1 on [MeasureGreen] (for instance), it will only use the very first value that the calc measure returns, and is never updated.

[LeftSide]

Thanks so much! I did read the part about setting DynamicVariables but kept on thinking it's only required in [Meter]s. Another brain fart x_x. Thanks again