@include Breaks InputText Plugin

[Kaelri]

I just discovered this (or possibly rediscovered it). When an InputText plugin measure is inherited from an @include file, the measure fails to respond to !PluginBangs. No error is logged, and there is no difference in the About entry for the measure.

I don't observe any problem with other plugins - I tested RecycleManager and NowPlaying - so it appears to be specific to InputText, which is something of a relief.

[dragonmage]

I would almost bet this is one of those situations where a very specific use of quotation marks is required for it to work correctly.

[Jkon]

I've been unable to get that to work either.Tried playing with the quotes after reading this but got no where.All I can say is that it has never been possible since the plugin was added,as I did try it soon after.

[~Faradey~]

Have you tried this?

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!PluginBang "MeasureInput ExecuteBatch 1" "#CURRENTCONFIG#"

[Kaelri]

That's not the issue, unfortunately. I think what's happening is that the plugin is actually parsing the skin file independently, and unlike Rainmeter, it has no idea what @include means. If this is the case (and since I really know nothing about C#, this is purely speculative), we would need to either reproduce the @include architecture in the plugin, or change the PluginBang behavior so that it's giving the plugin all of the information it needs without making it parse anything else.

[poiru]

This is a limitation of the C# implementation. It parses the entire skin file to find the correct section (and then read all keys from it), which, in this case, obviously doesn't exist in the actual file. The C++ plugins, on the other hand, request each key individually through Rainmeter, which then maps the section correctly.

Never written anything with C# before, but I'll take a look. The plugin will likely blow up, but you got to start somewhere...

[Jkon]

I regret to inform everyone that today,we lost a good man in the line of duty.Poiru was caught in the blast radius of a back firing C# implementation.A minutes silence will be held at 1.15pm Gmt on this day and this day every year here after in memoriam.RIP comrade.

[poiru]

I regret to inform everyone that today,we lost a good man in the line of duty.Poiru was caught in the blast radius of a back firing C# implementation.A minutes silence will be held at 1.15pm Gmt on this day and this day every year here after in memoriam.RIP comrade.

[AlC]

Also I had a note skin with @include

[Rainmeter]
Name=El.Alc
Config=Notes.ini
Update=1000
OnRefreshAction=!Execute [!RainmeterHide El.Alc\Notes]

[Style]
@Include=#SKINSPATH#\El.Alc\Variables.inc

[Variables]
@Include=#SKINSPATH#\El.Alc\Variables.inc

[BackgroundNotes]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=#SKINSPATH#\El.Alc\TopNotes.png
AntiAlias=1


[mInput]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=InputText.dll
X=20
Y=300
H=128
W=990
FontColor=#NotesColor#
SolidColor=0,0,0,200
FontFace=#NotesFace#
FontSize=#NotesSize#
FocusDismiss=1
DefaultValue="CRLF#"
UpdateDivider=86400
Command1=!Execute [!RainmeterWriteKeyValue Variables Notes "$UserInput$" "#SKINSPATH#\El.Alc\Variables.inc"]
Command2=!RainmeterRefresh #CURRENTCONFIG#

[Notes]
Meter=String
X=20
Y=27
H=128
W=990
FontColor=#NotesColor#
FontFace=#NotesFace#
FontSize=#NotesSize#
AntiAlias=1
DynamicVariables=1
Text=#Notes#
ClipString=1
LeftMouseUpAction=!RainmeterPluginBang "mInput ExecuteBatch 1-2"

and in Variables.inc just have Notes=
worked fine for me

[smurfier]

The issue is when the InputText measure itself is in the included file.