Modifying quote reader with mouse click action

[Merlinone]

Ok heres the situation, I have a quote reader that extracts and displays quotes from a txt document every x amount of time, but sometimes I would like to be able to middle mouse click on it and have it bring up a new quote, is there any way to do this with my code?

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[Rainmeter]
Update=2000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureQuote]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\QuotePlugin.dll
PathName="C:\Documents and Settings\New\My Documents\List of quotes.txt"
Separator="//"
UpdateDivider=600

[MeterQuote]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureQuote
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
W=400
H=300
ClipString=1
AntiAlias=1

Also, I've looked at the rainmeter manual and it says sometimes it's useful to add SolidColor=0,0,0,1 to the meter to have a transparent background that means I don't have to be too precise with my clicks. Where would I put this into the code?

[jsmorley]

Ok heres the situation, I have a quote reader that extracts and displays quotes from a txt document every x amount of time, but sometimes I would like to be able to middle mouse click on it and have it bring up a new quote, is there any way to do this with my code?

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[Rainmeter]
Update=2000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureQuote]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\QuotePlugin.dll
PathName="C:\Documents and Settings\New\My Documents\List of quotes.txt"
Separator="//"
UpdateDivider=600

[MeterQuote]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureQuote
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
W=400
H=300
ClipString=1
AntiAlias=1

Also, I've looked at the rainmeter manual and it says sometimes it's useful to add SolidColor=0,0,0,1 to the meter to have a transparent background that means I don't have to be too precise with my clicks. Where would I put this into the code?

[MeterQuote]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureQuote
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
W=400
H=300
ClipString=1
AntiAlias=1
MiddleMouseUpAction=!RainmeterRefresh #CURRENTCONFIG#

[Merlinone]

I've done that but now it has a huge invisible area in which you have to click several times in different areas to get it to perform the mouse action

[smurfier]

Try using the !RainmeterUpdateMeasure bang on the measure in which you use the quote plugin.

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[MeterQuote]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureQuote
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
W=400
H=300
ClipString=1
AntiAlias=1
MiddleMouseUpAction=!RainmeterUpdateMeasure MeasureQuote

[jsmorley]

Actually, MiddleMouseUpAction=!RainmeterUpdateMeasure MeasureQuote is probably a nicer way to go with this, as you get better "randomizing" that way instead of refreshing.

However, it has nothing at all to do with the problem you are describing with mouse clicks. Can you post your entire skin in "code" tags again?


Edit: Actually it might have something to do with it. In looking at it, Quote Plugin is actually kinda broken. If you refresh it more than once using !RainmeterRefresh, it seems to just get stuck on one quote and has to either be fully refreshed using the context menu or wait for UpdateDivider to hit before you can get another one. So it seems like it is not responding, but it really was just returning the same quote over and over. Using MiddleMouseUpAction=!RainmeterUpdateMeasure MeasureQuote doesn't have this issue.

[Merlinone]

It's weird, I put the MiddleMouseUpAction=!RainmeterUpdateMeasure MeasureQuote into the code, and when I middle click I get an error message stating "Unknown !bang: !RainmeterUpdateMeasure"

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[Rainmeter]
Update=2000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureQuote]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\QuotePlugin.dll
PathName="C:\Documents and Settings\New\My Documents\List of quotes.txt"
Separator="//"
UpdateDivider=600

[MeterQuote]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureQuote
FontSize=11
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
W=400
H=300
ClipString=1
AntiAlias=1
MiddleMouseUpAction=!RainmeterUpdateMeasure MeasureQuote

[jsmorley]

What version of Rainmeter are you using?

[Merlinone]

1.3, I should really update shouldn't I?

[Merlinone]

Just upgraded, that fixed the problem, thanks guys