@include and relative positioning

[JamesAC]

Not possible at the moment, but it is an interesting idea.

[dragonmage]

This technically could work so long as all the @Includes are listed one after another in the skin without meters in the skin between them. If you use the [Rainmeter] section to create your background then place all your meters in your @includes sequentially at the bottom of the ini you should be good. Put all these in the same folder and load it.


IncludeTest.ini

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[Rainmeter]
BackgroundMode=2
SolidColor=0,0,0,180
DynamicWindowSize=1

[Variables]
Inc1=INC.inc
Inc2=INC2.inc
Inc3=INC3.inc

@Include=#CURRENTPATH##Inc1#
@Include2=#CURRENTPATH##Inc2#
@Include3=#CURRENTPATH##Inc3#

INC1.inc

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[Image1]
Meter=IMAGE
SolidColor=255,255,255,200
X=5
Y=5
W=50
H=50

[String1]
Meter=String
SolidColor=255,255,255,255
FontColor=0,0,0,255
FontSize=12
Text=@Includes.
StringAlign=CENTER
X=30
Y=10R
W=50
H=20
ClipString=1

INC2.inc

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[Image2]
Meter=IMAGE
SolidColor=255,255,255,200
X=30r
Y=5
W=200
H=50

INC3.inc

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[Image3]
Meter=IMAGE
SolidColor=255,255,255,200
X=5R
Y=5
W=50
H=50

Your dock should be possible.

[Jkon]

Currently,in the actual skin I'm working on,i do have the image meter with the strings in the inc files and as long as i keep any needed measure's in between strings,the chain of relative positioning can be kept.Unfortunately the dock is a bit more complex then the simple example from above with options to have the dock run vertically,so with multiple font sizes in some of the inc files,the y relative gets complicated.also each dock has a visible master button which can be placed in several positions on a dock,so the whole relative positioning thing becomes a bit of a nightmare.An picture would probably explain this a lot better.

[Jkon]

In the image above you can see multiple launch docks,each one is the same but modified using the settings config in the center of the screen,changing orientation,number of items on the dock etc.I'm trying to create a similar setup for the various tabs at the top and bottom right of the screeny,the idea being the user can set how many tabs they want on the dock and then choose which tabs they want and where they want them on the dock.Having a settings config write the variable for each tabs @include is no problem,my problem is telling the dock where to place the meters that are in each include,or atleast where the first meter(the tab) in each goes.

[crish29]

very nice skin.,

[jsmorley]

Nice job on the graphics. Very creative!

[dragonmage]

Yes, that is a bit more complex, but I think still possible if you convert all elements of your dock to individual .inc files. Then if you can intelligently determine which elements (@Includes) are currently written into the ini file and insert new elements into the correct position within the .ini. It may help you to know that @Includes do not require a numeric identifier. You only need @Include the rest before the = can be more descriptive.

@Include=#CURRENTPATH##Inc1#
@Include.Dock.Item.Left.2=#CURRENTPATH##Inc2#
@Include.Dock.Item.Left.3=#CURRENTPATH##Inc3#

[Jkon]

Cheers Js,but i cant take credit for it,i just recreated the image from the header at http://www.blendercookie.com/.actually,every building and hill is an individual skin,i'm trying to create a kinda interactive desktop,with many of the props functioning as a skin,the antenna on the tower show net in and out on mouse over,theres a tower crane like my avatar that album art work hangs from and moves back and forth,the clouds will change depending on the weather forcast and i'm trying to get the whole lot to darken as sunset approaches and the windows in the buildings to light up.it's all just for shitz and giggles cause it's an absolute memory hog.

[jsmorley]

Cheers Js,but i cant take credit for it,i just recreated the image from the header at http://www.blendercookie.com/.actually,every building and hill is an individual skin,i'm trying to create a kinda interactive desktop,with many of the props functioning as a skin,the antenna on the tower show net in and out on mouse over,theres a tower crane like my avatar that album art work hangs from and moves back and forth,the clouds will change depending on the weather forcast and i'm trying to get the whole lot to darken as sunset approaches and the windows in the buildings to light up.it's all just for shitz and giggles cause it's an absolute memory hog.

Sometimes it's fun just building it...

I did this as a CPU meter after all...

2-11-2011 2-01-31 PM.jpg

[Jkon]

Yes, that is a bit more complex, but I think still possible if you convert all elements of your dock to individual .inc files. Then if you can intelligently determine which elements (@Includes) are currently written into the ini file and insert new elements into the correct position within the .ini. It may help you to know that @Includes do not require a numeric identifier. You only need @Include the rest before the = can be more descriptive.

@Include=#CURRENTPATH##Inc1#
@Include.Dock.Item.Left.2=#CURRENTPATH##Inc2#
@Include.Dock.Item.Left.3=#CURRENTPATH##Inc3#

that may actually help me stay atleast a little bit sane

At the moment i have it like this:

In the dock file under variables

style=H
master=L

Inc01=clock
inc02=weather
Inc03=power (and so on up to inc08)

@include=#currentpath##style#_#master#
@include1=#currentpath##Inc01#.inc
@include2=#currentpath##Inc02#.inc (and so on)

"@include=#currentpath##style#_#master#" contains just x and y variables for a horizontal dock i.e

x01=0
y01=0

x02=200
y02=0

the first meter (the tab image) in each subsequent @include then reads the variable to position it,but this means i need 3 writekeyvalue bangs for enabling each available tab and 3 more for disabling it.It is easily done i suppose,i just thought there be a neater(less code method) of doing it as there is a phenomenal amount of writekeyvalue bangs involved in the docks settings.