Cut-Off Strings -- Dynamic Resizing?

[emotiondetector]

Simple question, probably not-so-simple solution.

Is it possible to have text resized based on the dimensions of a skin? For instance I have a music player that displays the artist and song. However I have many titles that get cut off no matter how large I make the skin. So I'm thinking that my OCD would be at bay if the text that would get cut off could somehow shrink (or enlarge I suppose) to fill the space?

[Mordasius]

Any help you guys could offer would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Try adding a background by inserting an image meter before the string meters. Something like this:

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; =======================================
; INFORMATION

[Background]
Meter=IMAGE
W=700
H=700
SolidColor=00000088

[Track]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=mPlayer
W=500
X=500
Y=50
FontFace=PlazaDReg
etc.  etc. 

Once you've got it looking how you want it, you can set SolidColor=00000001 so you don't see the background anymore.

UPDATE....Duh! Where have you moved the goal posts to emotiondetector ?

[poiru]

Simple question, probably not-so-simple solution.

It's pretty simple Just add DynamicWindowSize=1 under [Rainmeter].

[Mordasius]

It's pretty simple Just add DynamicWindowSize=1 under [Rainmeter].

Oddly enough, DynamicWindowSize=1 was in the code originaly posted by emotiondetector but it didn't seem to solve the problem:

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[Rainmeter]
Author=poiru
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[Metadata]
Name=Soita
Description=Displays track information from various media players.
Version=1.0.0
License=Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0

[Variables]
; For a list of valid Player= values, check: http://rainmeter.net/RainCMS/?q=NowPlaying_beta#playerlist
Player=WMP

; NOTE!
; If you're using foobar2000, you must download the foo_rainmeter.dll plugin for foobar2000
; from http://rainmeter.net/RainCMS/?q=NowPlaying_beta (under 'Supported players').

; ================================================
; MEASURES

[mPlayer]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=#Player#
PlayerType=TITLE
PlayerPath=
DisableLeadingZero=0
Substitute="":"N\A"
; Return value is 1 on error
IfEqualValue=1
IfEqualAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeter ErrorMessage][!RainmeterRedraw]

[mArtist]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[mPlayer]
PlayerType=ARTIST
Substitute="":"N\A"

[mAlbum]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying.dll
PlayerName=[mPlayer]
PlayerType=ALBUM
Substitute="":"N\A"

; =======================================
; INFORMATION

[Track]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=mPlayer
W=500
X=500
Y=50
FontFace=PlazaDReg
FontColor=FFFFFFFF
AntiAlias=1
FontSize=60
Angle=-0.75
StringAlign=RIGHT

[Artist]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=mArtist
X=r
Y=100r
FontFace=PlazaDReg
FontColor=FFFFFFFF
AntiAlias=1
FontSize=60
Angle=-0.75
StringAlign=RIGHT

[Album]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=mAlbum
X=r
Y=100r
FontFace=PlazaDReg
FontColor=FFFFFFFF
AntiAlias=1
FontSize=60
Angle=-0.75
StringAlign=RIGHT

Throwing in a background was the best way I could come up with to show the full text without it being cut off.

[smurfier]

The issue is that when you use angle on a string meter, the actual angled text does not force the window to grow. The window grows as if the text is not angled. You then need to force the window to change it's size by the use of another meter.

[Mordasius]

The issue is that when you use angle on a string meter, the actual angled text does not force the window to grow. The window grows as if the text is not angled. You then need to force the window to change it's size by the use of another meter.

Thanks for that smurfier, is there any way this could be incorporated in the http://rainmeter.net/cms/Meters-String section of the Rainmeter Manual?