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Display Meters On Separate Lines

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Licoricemint
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Joined: June 6th, 2016, 1:16 am

Display Meters On Separate Lines

Post by Licoricemint »

Hi,

I am new at this. I have a simple question. I would like my desktop to display time and date, that's it. However, they both display on the same line, so it looks like this:

8:24 PM 6/5/2016

I would like it to look like this instead:
8:24 PM
6/5/2016

Here is the code I'm using. If anyone can point out a simple solution that would be great:

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
BackgroundMode=1

[Measure12HrTime]
Measure=Time
Format=%#I:%M %p

[MeasureDate]
Measure=Time
Format=%#m/%#d/%Y

[MeterText]
Meter=String
MeasureName=Measure12HrTime
MeasureName2=MeasureDate
AntiAlias=1
FontColor=255,255,255
FontFace=Segoe UI
FontSize=48
Text="%1 %2"
Best Regards,
Licoricemint
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jsmorley
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Joined: April 19th, 2009, 11:02 pm
Location: Fort Hunt, Virginia, USA

Re: Display Meters On Separate Lines

Post by jsmorley »

Code: Select all

[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
BackgroundMode=1

[Measure12HrTime]
Measure=Time
Format=%#I:%M %p

[MeasureDate]
Measure=Time
Format=%#m/%#d/%Y

[MeterText]
Meter=String
MeasureName=Measure12HrTime
MeasureName2=MeasureDate
AntiAlias=1
FontColor=255,255,255
FontFace=Segoe UI
FontSize=48
Text="%1#CRLF#%2"
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/variables/built-in-variables/#MiscVariables

Or you could put them on two meters:

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
BackgroundMode=1

[Measure12HrTime]
Measure=Time
Format=%#I:%M %p

[MeasureDate]
Measure=Time
Format=%#m/%#d/%Y

[MeterTime]
Meter=String
MeasureName=Measure12HrTime
AntiAlias=1
FontColor=255,255,255
FontFace=Segoe UI
FontSize=48
Text="%1

[MeterDate]
Meter=String
Y=5R
MeasureName=MeasureDate
AntiAlias=1
FontColor=255,255,255
FontFace=Segoe UI
FontSize=48
Text="%1
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/meters/general-options/#XY
Licoricemint
Posts: 10
Joined: June 6th, 2016, 1:16 am

Re: Display Meters On Separate Lines

Post by Licoricemint »

OMG! Thank you so much!
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jsmorley
Developer
Posts: 22783
Joined: April 19th, 2009, 11:02 pm
Location: Fort Hunt, Virginia, USA

Re: Display Meters On Separate Lines

Post by jsmorley »

Sure thing.