Open Default E-mail Application

[eXAKR]

OK, I'm trying to make a mail widget here that will display the number of unread mails you have in your mail application, using the method found here. I plan to have the widget open the default mail application when you click on it. I want to know here if this is possible? Perhaps there is a registry value that it can read?

[eXAKR]

Derp... I think I just solved my own problem.



Now my only problem is how to read that into an argument for an Execute bang...

[JoBu]

If GhoseMatrix is right, and that's usually the case, then I'd try something like this:

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[MeasureUnreadMail]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\something@sympatico.ca
RegValue=MessageCount
UpdateDivider=300

[MeterUnreadMail]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=MeasureUnreadMail
X=20
Y=20
Update=1000
FontSize=15
FontColor=255,255,255,255
AntiAlias=1
Text="Unread Mail: %1"

Try something like that, hopefully it runs as advertised. Make sure you sub your RegKey="" value for the example here though.
I'm not sure about the !Execute that you want to use... how did you want to implement the mail count into the skin?

//JoBu

[eXAKR]

Basically it will be a simple widget with a mail icon that you can click to launch the application, with the unread mail count beside it. That's what I want it to do.

[JoBu]

Ah so... then add a few lines, like:

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[MeasureUnreadMail]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\something@sympatico.ca
RegValue=MessageCount
UpdateDivider=300

[MeterEmailIcon]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=
ImageName=AddYourPath\Images\Icons\Thunderbird.jpg
X=20
Y=20
H=34
W=34

[MeterUnreadMail]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=MeasureUnreadMail
X=5R
Y=r
Update=1000
FontSize=12
FontColor=255,255,255,255
AntiAlias=1
Text="Unread Mail: %1"
LeftMouseupAction=!Execute ["C:\path_to_app\app.exe"][!RainmeterRedraw]

Try something like that... change the file Height, Width and location info though.

Cheers,

//JoBu

[eXAKR]

Erm... nope. What I mean was using the Execute bang to execute the application defined in the registry value for "Application". I got a measure for that, but I can't find a way to parse it's value into an argument for the Execute bang.

[smurfier]

May we see what you have right now?

[eXAKR]

The code as of now:

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;Rainmeter configuration file

Author=eXAKR

;------------------------------------------------------

[Metadata]
Name=Mail - System
Config=Mail - System
Description=
Instructions=
Version=1.0
Tags=mail
License=
Variant=
Preview=


[Variables]
@include=#ROOTCONFIGPATH#@settings\Variables.inc

;------------------------------------------------------

[Rainmeter]
BackgroundMode=0
Update=1000


-------------------------------------------------------
[MeterBg]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=#ROOTCONFIGPATH#images/icon widget - dock left.png

[MeterBack]
Meter=STRING
X=58
Y=105
FontColor=86, 96, 96, 150
FontSize=8
StringAlign=CENTER
StringStyle=Normal
FontFace=Segoe UI
Text=
AntiAlias=1

[MeasureMail]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\#Email#
RegValue=MessageCount
UpdateDivider=300

[MeasureMailAppName]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\#Email#
RegValue=Application
UpdateDivider=300

[MeterMailIcon]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=#SKINSPATH#gaia10/images/e-mail.png
X=12
Y=15
W=30
H=30
LeftMouseDownAction= !Execute ["#AppName#"]
DynamicVaraibles=1

[MeterMail]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=MeasureMail
X=81
Y=15
;Text="-199°"
ClipString=1
W=70
H=27
FontFace=Segoe UI
FontColor=F6F6F6
StringStyle=BOLD
fontSize=17
StringAlign=CENTER
AntiAlias=1

[smurfier]

Assuming [MeasureMailAppName] returns the full path to the program, you can simply use this on a meter:
LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute [[MeasureMailAppName]]

Just don't forget to add DynamicVariables=1 to your meter.

[eXAKR]

That worked. Thanks!