Button Meter

[Fuzzybat23]

So.. the page for Button meter states that All general meter options are valid except for w and h.

I tried making a skin with a button and the button only shows up if the PNG is in the same directory as the skins ini file. I tried putting it in another directory (Resources) and then did this:

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[Variables]
Icon_Path="#SKINSPATH#/Skinname/Resources"

[ButtonMeter]
Meter=Button
ButtonImage="Button.png"
Path=#Icon_Path#

And the button refuses to show up. If I move the png to the same directory and delete the Path line in the ButtonMeter and reload the skin, it suddenly works again. Anyone else run across this problem?

[DigitalSpectrum]

I would guess it's just something wrong with the path.

Is the Resources folder really called "Resources" or is it "@Resources"

You can call the @Resources folder directly by using

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ButtonImage=#@#\Button.png

Also maybe try backslashes (\) instead of forward slashes (/).

[smurfier]

Path is not a general meter option, it is an option only for the Image meter.

[Fuzzybat23]

Okay that makes sense, maybe they should make path an opion for button meters as well, then. would make sense being as how both meter types rely on a path to their respective images.

[Seahorse]

Dump them in folders of their own in @Resources?

ButtonImage=#@#Buttons\MyButton.png

ImageName=#@#Images\HappyFace.png

[smurfier]

Okay that makes sense, maybe they should make path an opion for button meters as well, then. would make sense being as how both meter types rely on a path to their respective images.

Path is an artifact of a bygone era, before [i]%N[/i] was allowed in the ImageName option.

[Fuzzybat23]

i like using path in image meters because it makes for cleaner code when I use styles if a lot if my image meters use a lot of the same info: x, y, w, h, imagealpha, grayscale, hidden, dynamicvariables and so on and so forth. what was the %N modifier, though?

[smurfier]

It allows for the usage of Measure values in the ImageName option.

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[SomeMeter]
Meter=Image
MeasureName=SomeMeasure
MeasureName2=SomeOtherMeasure
ImageName=%1-%2.png

[Fuzzybat23]

where now all you have to do is use:


imagename=[measure1]-[measure2].png, right?

[smurfier]

Using the method that I posted (which has been available for quite a while now) does not require the use of Dynamic Variables.