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sblair1996
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help!

Post by sblair1996 »

I am not that good at coding, however i would like to implement these, can someone tell me how?

1) How do you implement the virtuawin into rainmeter? I don't know where to put it.

2) The manual also mentioned windows sending messages - would it be possible for a icon to change or something when I receive a message from wlm? thankyou!
dragonmage
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Post by dragonmage »

1) http://rainmeter.net/cms/Plugins-VirtualDesktops_beta is the plugin used to create skins for managing virtual desktops through Dexpot or VirtuaWin. If you are looking for a skin that is already made rather than creating your own I would suggest searching for a Rainmeter Dexpot skin and changing it to work for VirtuaWin as I don't recall hearing of anyone creating a skin specifically for VirtuaWin yet.

2) WindowMessages is a system for programs to request info or send commands to another program. What you can do with Rainmeter and WLM depends completely on WLM's implementation of WindowMessages. You would have to find out what WindowMessages WLM is designed to accept (if any).
sblair1996
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Re: help!

Post by sblair1996 »

Thankyou
sblair1996
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Re: help!

Post by sblair1996 »

Sorry for the stupid question - but how exactly do I use the plugins? thankyou! (the dexpot one)
dragonmage
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Re: help!

Post by dragonmage »

You should begin at the beginning. http://rainmeter.net/cms/Rainmeter101
sblair1996
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Re: help!

Post by sblair1996 »

Sorry, I've realised where i went wrong - I had forgotten to install raindexer! thankyou for your help