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Open Windows?
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Open Windows?
I think it would be an awesome feature if Rainmeter could display open windows. Is this possible? Thanks!
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Re: Open Windows?
Likely possible, the data must exist on the system somehow. However, actually finding it and getting it going properly would be a different matter. Some of these more drastic changes would be better handled as add-ons, rather than expecting the dev-team to take care of it on their own. That's the great thing about this software - it's so customizable because it can be added to without the developer having to do it.
Might I suggest(Mods, I hope you don't mind) that it might be better to see if anyone's interested in working on such a feature in the Chalk Board?
Might I suggest(Mods, I hope you don't mind) that it might be better to see if anyone's interested in working on such a feature in the Chalk Board?
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Re: Open Windows?
I'm affraid that the data for the open windows might be hidden deep in under all the evil layers of unfree source code...
So actually getting the information might prove a problem unless we feel that copyright infringement is a-okay with rainmeter.
All I can tell is, I can't find the info you're requesting from all the times I've tried explore the depths of windows (XP)... It's quite shallow I must say...
So actually getting the information might prove a problem unless we feel that copyright infringement is a-okay with rainmeter.
All I can tell is, I can't find the info you're requesting from all the times I've tried explore the depths of windows (XP)... It's quite shallow I must say...
I don't think, therefore I'm not.
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Re: Open Windows?
Rainmeter does not have this capability built in. Getting open Window names is really not hard, but someone would have to write a reasonably complicated plugin to return this information to Rainmeter in a way it could use it. If you were looking to ask if a particular Window name existed and wanted to return 0 or 1 so you could display something in a meter like "Notepad is open", that would be trivial. To display a list would mean returning an array of names and use some form of StringIndex= like WebParser does.
Maybe someone wants to take on writing such a plugin in C++ but in the meantime the short answer to your original question is no.
Maybe someone wants to take on writing such a plugin in C++ but in the meantime the short answer to your original question is no.