Weather wallpaper changer

[WhiteBaron]

Hi, I've been asked to come up with a skin that shows some weather information and also sets the current wallpaper based on the weather conditions. I've run into two problems;

1. I can't think of how to have the wallpaper set automatically when the weather conditions change or the skin updates.

2. For now I have been trying to set it just by using mouse actions, but I am getting an error (see picture).

First I need to solve the second problem; actually setting the wallpaper. For now I am just trying to have the current weather condition icon set itself as the wallpaper when clicked, but again I am getting an error. I'm not sure if the way I have coded it is possible, so here are the relevant sections:

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[Rainmeter]
Weatherwall created by WhiteBaron
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
DynamicVariables=1

........

[MeasureIcon]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
Url=[MeasureWeather]
StringIndex=20

............

[MeterIcon]
Meter=Image
MeasureName=MeasureIcon
X=10
Y=10
Path=#CurrentPath#Icons
AntiAlias=1
LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["#CurrentPath#Set.exe" "#CurrentPath#\Icons\[MeasureIcon].png"]

For now I am using the executable from here and the icons from here.

[crish29]

change format pictures png file

[WhiteBaron]

I thought I had tried that but on second attempt I realised I didn't change the .png to .jpg in the path name, so that's the second problem solved, cheers. Lastly I need to have it set automatically, what actions do I have to use here?

[crish29]

[MeasureWeatherTemp]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
Url=[MeasureWeatherRSS]
StringIndex=11
IfBelowValue=39
IfBelowAction=!Execute [!RainmeterHideMeter Fire][!RainmeterShowMeter Ice][!RainmeterRedraw]
IfAboveValue=39
IfAboveAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeter Fire][!RainmeterHideMeter Ice][!RainmeterRedraw]

[Fire]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=#CURRENTPATH#\bgs\Fire.jpg
X=5
Y=5
w=#height#
h=#height#

[Ice]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=#CURRENTPATH#\bgs\Ice.jpg
X=5
Y=5
w=#height#
h=#height#

[WhiteBaron]

Thanks crish29, but that's not exactly what I'm after. I don't want to have an image meter covering the desktop, I'm using an executable that changes the wallpaper itself. What I need is an action that will execute each time the icon changes or the skin is updated.

[crish29]

create a folder with your icons png file or jpg. on this example is jpg and folder name "MyIcons" 1 2 3 4 5 .....

[MeasureWeatherIconMod]
Measure=CALC
Formula=8800000 + (MeasureWeatherIcon*1000) + 99
Substitute="88":"MyIcons\","099":".jpg"

[Icon]
MeasureName=MeasureWeatherIconMod
Meter=IMAGE
X=5
Y=5
w=#height#
h=#height#

[WhiteBaron]

Thanks again but I don't think we're on the same page here. I'm looking for a way execute an action each time the skin updates, so for example:

LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["#CurrentPath#Set.exe" "#CurrentPath#Wallpapers\[MeasureIcon].jpg"]

This executes when I click, I want to execute it on each update.

[WhiteBaron]

Here's something else I've also tried that doesn't seem to work:

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[MeasureIcon]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
Url=[MeasureWeather]
StringIndex=20

[MeasureWall]
Measure=Calc
Formula=1
IfEqualValue=1
IfEqualAction=!Execute ["#CurrentPath#Set.exe" "#CurrentPath#Wallpapers\[MeasureIcon].jpg"]

[jsmorley]

You can use FinishAction= on the WebParser measure that gets the temperature. That way the action will be executed every time the WebParser measure is run. You certainly don't want to run it on every Update of the skin, as that is going to really work your computer hard for no reason.

[WhiteBaron]

Is this what you mean:

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[MeasureTemp]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
Url=[MeasureWeather]
StringIndex=17
FinishAction=!Execute ["#CurrentPath#Set.exe" "#CurrentPath#Wallpapers\[MeasureIcon].jpg"]

I'm not getting any results unfortunately.