ActiveDock

[jsmorley]

[ Direct Link ]

http://jsmorley.deviantart.com/art/ActiveDock-276247656

[XANCI]

figure out a way to use lua to get exe's name

in skin:

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[Variables]
Path="C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
Exe=

[ms]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile="#CURRENTPATH#Process.lua"

[mp]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\Process.dll
ProcessName=#Exe#.exe

in Lua:

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function Update()
  sPath=tostring(SKIN:GetVariable("Path"))
  sExe=tostring(SKIN:GetVariable("Exe"))
  sEP=string.match(sPath,"(.*)\.exe")
  if type(sEP)=="nil" then
    sEN=""
  else
    sEN=string.gsub(sEP,".*%\\","")
  end
  if sExe~=sEN then
    SKIN:Bang("!WriteKeyValue Variables Exe \""..sEN.."\"")
    SKIN:Bang("!Refresh")
  end
end

[jsmorley]

Nice work...

[santa_ryan]

If you want a real example (though crudely done) of what XANXI said, my Total Control! suite has a dock that does this x12.

[XANCI]

made a little modification incase some programs use a launcher exe, which different from the actual process
use "ExeOverride=" to set actual process, leave blank if you don't need to override

in skin:

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[Variables]
Path="C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
Exe=
ExeOverride=

[ms]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile="#CURRENTPATH#Process.lua"

[mp]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\Process.dll
ProcessName=#Exe#.exe

in Lua:

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function Update()
  sPath=tostring(SKIN:GetVariable("Path"))
  sExe=tostring(SKIN:GetVariable("Exe"))
  sEO=tostring(SKIN:GetVariable("ExeOverride"))
  if sEO=="" then
    sEP=string.match(sPath,"(.*)\.exe")
    if type(sEP)=="nil" then
      sEN=""
    else
      sEN=string.gsub(sEP,".*%\\","")
    end
  else
    sEN=sEO
  end
  if sExe~=sEN then
    SKIN:Bang("!WriteKeyValue Variables Exe \""..sEN.."\"")
    SKIN:Bang("!Refresh")
  end
end

[jsmorley]

Link in first post changed to a new version that works with the new Release Candidate version of Rainmeter 2.2.