Really? No dynamic variable to lua ?

[Afaflix]

is there any workaround so one can take a [measure], pass it on to a variable and then send that one to a lua script?

I can make it work with calls from lua ... it just feels .. inelegant.
Instead of one work progress getting called three times, I write three work-progresses which are called once.
Or .. call three near identical scripts.

[santa_ryan]

pass the name of the measure that you want called via key/value and PROPERTIES, and then use this variable to drive another variable in the lua script for grabbing that specific measure?

rainmeter .ini skin

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[MeasureLuaScript1]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile="#CURRENTPATH#LuaSample.lua"
TableName=Measure1Script
CalledMeasure=Measure1

[MeasureLuaScript2]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile="#CURRENTPATH#LuaSample.lua"
TableName=Measure2Script
CalledMeasure=Measure2

[MeasureLuaScript3]
Measure=Script
ScriptFile="#CURRENTPATH#LuaSample.lua"
TableName=Measure3Script
CalledMeasure=Measure3

.Lua Script

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PROPERTIES =
{
CalledMeasure = "";
}


function Initialize()
     CalledMeasure = SKIN:GetMeasure(""..PROPERTIES.CalledMeasure)
end

This will let you use a single instance of the script for multiple measures, without having to include all of the measures and an If, ElseIf statement.

Could this possibly work for what you want??

[poiru]

Might want to take a look at the PROPERTIES table, which allows you to pass values defined on the script measure (e.g. MyValue=Blaa) to Lua.