[SOLVED] Timing Help

[ScoobSTi]

Could I get my skin to deactivate itself and activate another skin when 5 seconds have passed since this first skin has been activated?

Sounds really complicated, so maybe LUA is the way to go?

[Samalama]

Assuming an Update rate of 1000, this should work.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000

[cCounter]
Measure=Calc
Formula=cCounter+1
IfEqualValue=5
IfEqualAction=[!ActivateConfig "illustro\skin2"][!DeactivateConfig "illustro\Skin1"]

[ScoobSTi]

Nice! It works perfectly.

Also, is there a way for the newly activated skin to have the same X and Y coordinates as the original skin when it loads?

[Samalama]

Nice! It works perfectly. :)

Also, is there a way for the newly activated skin to have the same X and Y coordinates as the original skin when it loads?

If the skin is always going to be in the same location, then you can just modify the Rainmeter.ini file to include matching X and Y coordinates for the affected skins. For example:

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[illustro\Skin1]
Active=1
WindowX=100
WindowY=200

[illustro\Skin2]
Active=1
WindowX=100
WindowY=200

[ScoobSTi]

Ah, I see. Thank you!

[Samalama]

If the skins location is going to change you could use the !Move bang along with a couple built-in variables.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000

[cCounter]
Measure=Calc
Formula=cCounter+1
IfEqualValue=5
IfEqualAction=[!ActivateConfig "illustro\Skin2"][!Move "illustro\Skin2" "#CURRENTCONFIGX#" "#CURRENTCONFIGY#"][!DeactivateConfig "illustro\Skin1"]
DynamicVariables=1