Spotify and WindowMessage

[Ventrix]

Hiya,

Basically I've got a config that displays the artist/track currently playing in spotify. I'm using substitute to give "Not playing anything" when spotify is open and not playing anything, and "Not open" when spotify isn't open.

The problem is that when spotify is closed, "Not playing anything" or "Not open" dosen't appear. It just hangs on whatever artist/track info happened too be there before spotify was closed, or "Not playing anything" if nothing was playing when spotify was closed.

A solution for the problem that works is using the following

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IfEqualValue="Not playing anything"
IfEqualAction=!RainmeterRefresh

But I'm wondering if there is another way too fix this as it's not really appropriate and a bit heavy..

Here's my config;

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[Rainmeter]
Author=Ventrixium
Update=1000

[Variables]
FontColor=255,255,255
FontFace=Georgia
FontSize=8
StringAlign=Left
StringStyle=Normal
AntiAlias=1

; MEASURES

[Track]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WindowMessagePlugin.dll
WindowClass=SpotifyMainWindow
Substitute="0":"Not open","–":"•","Spotify -":"","Spotify":"Not playing anything"
;IfEqualValue="Not playing anything"
;IfEqualAction=!RainmeterRefresh

; METERS

[~Track]
Meter=String
MeasureName=Track
X=[Center]
Y=10
W=#SCREENAREAWIDTH#
H=35
DynamicVariables=1
FontColor=#FontColor#
FontFace=#FontFace#
FontSize=15
StringAlign=Center
StringStyle=#StringStyle#
AntiAlias=1

[Center]
Measure=Calc
Formula=#SCREENAREAWIDTH#/2

[dragonmage]

Use the About dialog to see if any value is returned when Spotify is not opened, If there is one substitute it with "value":""

[Ventrix]

Use the About dialog to see if any value is returned when Spotify is not opened, If there is one substitute it with "value":""

Of course, "0" should be the returned value when spotify is not open. However the value is not "0", but "Spotify" or "Spotify - Artist - Track".

And I do already substitute "0" with "Not open".

Maybe it's just the way spotify closes..

[Ventrix]

Bump, didn't want too make a new thread.

I've got a 'solution' too the problem now. But it's not perfect.

I would like too know though if there is any way to refresh a measure using IfEqualAction=!RainmeterRefresh say.. every 10 seconds or so.

I've got

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IfEqualValue="0"
IfEqualAction=!RainmeterRefresh

But that makes the measure refresh waaaay more than once per 10 secs. Any ideas?

[jsmorley]

Bump, didn't want too make a new thread.

I've got a 'solution' too the problem now. But it's not perfect.

I would like too know though if there is any way to refresh a measure using IfEqualAction=!RainmeterRefresh say.. every 10 seconds or so.

I've got

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IfEqualValue="0"
IfEqualAction=!RainmeterRefresh

But that makes the measure refresh waaaay more than once per 10 secs. Any ideas?

http://rainmeter.net/cms/Tips-CountersGuide

Use this calc statement with Counter idea with the !RainmeterRefresh.