Thread for help with the Shape meter

[ikarus1969]

I just noticed the & character, why have you added that? Is it necessary to work correctly? After evaluation Hidden=([&m2Total:]=0 ? 1 : 0) why the &?

The & is necessary for the nested syntax;
The & is used for using measures with the nested syntax, eg. [&Measure_Test], the # is used for variables with the nested syntax, eg. [#variable2use].

you can use [&Measure_Test] as a "standalone" too as an alternative to [Measure_Test]; the same for variables.

see for example in the docu https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/variables/ (at the beginning)

citation from the docu: "...values are always dynamically resolved when they are used..."

[sl23]

Thanks, I'll take a look

[sl23]

SOLVED

[Yincognito]

Thankfully, ikarus1969 helped you out to solve this while I was busy with something else, but just to clarify...

Apart from the Epsilon, what's that?

It's just a very small value added to a potentially 0 divisor, to prevent the "Division by 0" errors in the log.

One last thing, though related to bar meters, why is it this works for the String meters but not the Bar meters?
String: X=([m#CurrentSection#Total:]=0 ? 0 : #BarW#+2)r Works.
Bar: X=([m#CurrentSection#Total:]=0 ? 0 : #BarW#+2)r Fails, moves all bars to X=0.
Bar: X=([m#CurrentSection#:]=0 ? 0 : #BarW#+2)r Fails, needs a skin refresh.
Section names are correct btw.

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Apart from using Lua (mentioned just for reference), there's no way of "extracting an index" from a section name in order to use it further. So, if you have an [1] section and a [1Used] section, you'll only be able to get the "1" from the first section, via #CURRENTSECTION#, because the second contains more than the "1" since section names must be unique in a skin. However, you don't need to do that at all: if this positioning works for one meter, just position the other meters in that drive's group relatively to that one which works, via r and R.

[sl23]

Thanks for the input
I ended up using Bar meters in the end. I found it much easier to do what I wanted. But I am learning a little about Formulas too and how/where to use them, which is good.

I'm just finishing a two year old project. Another Taskbar suite of skins that, funnily enough, sit on the Taskbar!

[Yincognito]

Another Taskbar suite of skins that, funnily enough, sit on the Taskbar!

Maybe you'll find a place to lay down on the taskbar too, obviously as a bar and not as a shape (nor at a bar, for that matter)...

[sl23]

Ah, yeah, a lay down sounds good to an insomniac!