Welcome Message application?

[djentlemanl]

hi
im fairly new to rainmeter, i have a few basic skins and stuff - like time and date, hard drive space etc.
im looking for a welcome message skin (or application if rainmeter doesnt have one) that would briefly show a welcome message every time i logged into my user account. it has to be when i log in though, so i can see my desktop, i can see all my rainmeter skins and then a message comes up in the middle. preferably elegantly, rather than just a crude window appearing.
anyone able to help me? itl be greatly appreciated

[poiru]

You could make a skin that hides after a specified period. For example, adding the following to your skin will make it hide after 4 seconds.

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[mHide]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Counter % 5
IfEqualValue=4
IfEqualAction=!Execute [!RainmeterHideFade][!RainmeterDisableMeasure mHide]

(The digit in Formula= should be one more than the digit in IfEqualValue=)

[djentlemanl]

That sounds like a good bit of advice, ill be sure to do that but what about the actual message skin? where could i find that?

[poiru]

That sounds like a good bit of advice, ill be sure to do that but what about the actual message skin? where could i find that?

What message? If just some text, simply create a STRING meter with whatever you want to display.

[Seahorse]

Might be possible to use uptime Measure to show your message, assuming your boot times are about the same?

[djentlemanl]

What message? If just some text, simply create a STRING meter with whatever you want to display.

so how do i create a STRING meter?

[poiru]

so how do i create a STRING meter?

http://rainmeter.net/cms/Rainmeter101-SkinTutorials

[Seahorse]

Create a text file and rename it to HelloMessage.ini (or whatever you want to call it). Save it in Documents\Rainmeter\Skins You can save it in a subfolder of skins with a relevant name too.

The simplest version that can pop text on screen is this:

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1


[MeterText]
Meter=STRING
X=0
Y=10R
W=200
H=44
ClipString=1
FontColor=255,255,255,255
FontFace=Trebuchet MS
StringStyle=Bold
FontSize=14
Text=Hello Dave!

That said, you could remove H=, W= FontColor, FontFace, FontStringStyle & Fontsize if you didn't want to use them, they could also be replaced with variables.

What you do need is a method of displaying this at the time you require and then the removal after x amount of time.

Fiddle with this for a bit to get your heard around it and expand from there.