simple volume meter

[OH SNAP998]

hey i want to create a simple volume meter that i can click to change the volume of my computer. ideally i would want just a bar meter, not images i have to make(though i could do it). i have a skin that does this already, however, i dont understand it. do you have to have a plugin? ive never used rainmeter plugins, though. thanks

[Blue]

well i took a fast look at a plugin (Win7AudioPlugin) that already dose that and its fairly easy to do it...
a simple bar... well idk if its possible but this plugin has small images which are actually transparent pixels and when clicked on them an other bar actually scrolls in..
and its just a matter of copy pasting some code u could make it in a few minutes
it looks something like this

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[Volume0]
Meter=IMAGE
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
X=39
Y=364
W=15
H=16
LeftMouseUpAction= !Execute [!PluginBang "MeasureWin7Audio SetVolume 0"]

[Volume5]
Meter=IMAGE
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
X=r
Y=-16r
W=15
H=16
LeftMouseUpAction= !Execute [!PluginBang "MeasureWin7Audio SetVolume 5"]

and so on for volume 10,15,20,.....,100
of course this one was made to have a difference of 5% if u made a 1000 pixel long bar u could have every 10 pixel to make 1% of volume

hope that helped

[OH SNAP998]

thanks, i will try that. also is there a way to show the current volume on a bar(VU meter)?

EDIT: wait, this code doesnt really make sense, why is the color 0,0,0,1? arent you supposed to see the skin?

[lysy1993lbn]

He tried to explain how to make bar clickable.. The code with "transparent images" is supposed to be above actual bar.

Anyway, i think that change volume with mouse scroll would be more handy and much easier to make..

You can take a look at my simple volume skin to see how it can be done with scroll actions

Download

[ScoobSTi]

How did you get the volume number? I'm just poking around the code and I don't see it.

[OH SNAP998]

He tried to explain how to make bar clickable.. The code with "transparent images" is supposed to be above actual bar.

Anyway, i think that change volume with mouse scroll would be more handy and much easier to make..

You can take a look at my simple volume skin to see how it can be done with scroll actions

Download

Sorry Norton Blocked this Site as Malicious can you please post the code as im not about to ignore that warning!

[lysy1993lbn]

Weird.. I'm pretty sure that this hosting is safe..
Any way, here you go, on MyCloud: http://cl.ly/0B3w460T032K

Or as code

Folder Structure:
MetroVol
MetroVol\@Resources

Files cintent:
MetroVol\Vertical.ini

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[Rainmeter]
ContextTitle="Edit Variables"
ContextAction=[notepad "#@#VAR.ini"]

[mAudio]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Win7AudioPlugin

[mAudioString]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(mAudio+1-1)

[Variables]
@Include=#@#\VAR.ini

[BGR]
Meter=Image
SolidColor=#bgcolor#
W=32
H=205
MouseScrollUpAction=!CommandMeasure "mAudio" "ChangeVolume #step#"
MouseScrollDownAction=!CommandMeasure "mAudio" "ChangeVolume -#step#"

[BARBG]
Meter=Image
SolidColor=100,100,100
W=8
H=165
Y=12
X=12

[BAR]
Meter=Bar
MeasureName=mAudio
BarColor=#maincolor#
W=8
H=165
Y=r
X=r
BarOrientation=Vertical

[VOL]
Meter=String
MeasureName=mAudioString
FontColor=#maincolor#
FontFace=Segoe WP Semibold
FontSize=11
Antialias=1
StringAlign=Center
X=16
Y=181

MetroVol\Horizontal.ini

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[Rainmeter]
ContextTitle="Edit Variables"
ContextAction=[notepad "#@#VAR.ini"]

[mAudio]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Win7AudioPlugin

[mAudioString]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(mAudio+1-1)

[Variables]
@Include=#@#\VAR.ini

[BGR]
Meter=Image
SolidColor=#bgcolor#
W=225
H=32
MouseScrollUpAction=!CommandMeasure "mAudio" "ChangeVolume #step#"
MouseScrollDownAction=!CommandMeasure "mAudio" "ChangeVolume -#step#"

[BARBG]
Meter=Image
SolidColor=100,100,100
W=175
H=8
Y=12
X=12

[BAR]
Meter=Bar
MeasureName=mAudio
BarColor=#maincolor#
W=175
H=8
Y=r
X=r
BarOrientation=Horizontal

[VOL]
Meter=String
MeasureName=mAudioString
FontColor=#maincolor#
FontFace=Segoe WP Semibold
FontSize=11
Antialias=1
StringAlign=Center
X=205
Y=6

MetroVol\@Resources\VAR.ini

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[Variables]
;Color of background
bgcolor=37, 37, 37
;Color of Bar and font
maincolor=38, 115, 236
;Number of volume change steps on scrolling
step=5