talk about customization! +

I got sucked into the rainmeter dimension and started tinkering with all of the skins and various features...

it turns out the latest final release has the feature to wrap up your own/suite/theme/skin into a nice and tidy file so that you can share for others to install.

after getting caught up learning the 101's like measures, bangs, and syntax, I decided to make a few original skins for my machines. I'm currently working on a Tron and a Resident evil skin ^,^ and promise to share once done in time

Check out what I've learned so far


^ I created a diver to monitor hard drive space and
you can click on it to access the hard drive +
the disk also reflects space used
here's the code for the .ini file

Spoiler:

Code:

[Rainmeter]

;www.gameface101.com ================================

Author=Gameface101

;update every second ================================

Update=1000

;set variables ===================

[Variables]
FontFace=Robotica
FontSize1=10
FontSize2=18
FontColor1=255, 255, 255
FontColor2=161,186,220,255
LineColor1=49, 253, 198, 200
LineColor2=49, 253, 198, 80
LineColor3=49, 253, 198, 200
Drive1=C:

;set backing ========================================

[Bar]

Meter=IMAGE
W=240
H=100
SolidColor=00000099
LeftMouseUpAction=["#Drive1#"]

;set measures =============================================

[MeasureTotalDrive1]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=#Drive1#
Total=1
UpdateDivider=2

[MeasureFreeDrive1]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=#Drive1#
UpdateDivider=2

[MeasureUsedDrive1]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=#Drive1#
InvertMeasure=1
UpdateDivider=2

[MeasureLabelDrive1]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=#Drive1#
Label=1

; DRIVE LETTER ============================================

[MeterTotalDrive1Text]
Meter=STRING
X=25
Y=25
FontFace=#FontFace#
FontColor=#FontColor1#
FontSize=#FontSize2#
StringStyle=NORMAL
StringAlign=LEFT
AntiAlias=0
Text="#Drive1# "
AutoScale=1
ToolTipText="Test Drive"


; BUTTON ==================================================

[MeterLauncher]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=..\resources\stop.png
x=2
y=5
Antialias=1
ButtonCommand=!Execute ["#LLP#"]
LeftMouseDoubleClickAction=!Execute [#Link-1#]
ToolTipText="Access Drive"


; ROUND METER =============================================

[MeterDrive1TotalRound]
Meter=ROUNDLINE
MeasureName=MeasureTotalDrive1
X=10
Y=10
W=62
H=60
StartAngle=4.71238898
RotationAngle=6.28318531
LineLength=34
LineStart=15
LineColor=#LineColor2#
Solid=1
AntiAlias=1
Percentual=1

; ROUND METER FILL ========================================

[MeterDrive1UsedRound]
Meter=ROUNDLINE
MeasureName=MeasureUsedDrive1
X=10
Y=10
W=62
H=60
StartAngle=4.71238898
RotationAngle=6.28318531
LineLength=30
LineStart=15
LineColor=#LineColor3#
Solid=1
AntiAlias=1
Percentual=1

; TOTAL SIZE ==============================================

[MeterTotalDrive1]
MeasureName=MeasureTotalDrive1
Meter=STRING
X=70
Y=10
FontFace=#FontFace#
FontColor=#FontColor1#
FontSize=#FontSize1#
StringStyle=NORMAL
StringAlign=left
AntiAlias=0
Text=" %1B"
AutoScale=1

; FREE SPACE ==============================================

[MeterFreeDrive1Text]
MeasureName=MeasureFreeDrive1
Meter=STRING
X=78
Y=34
FontFace=#FontFace#
FontColor=#FontColor1#
FontSize=#FontSize1#
StringStyle=NORMAL
StringAlign=LEFT
AntiAlias=0
Text="%1B"
Postfix=" FREE"
AutoScale=1

; USED ====================================================

[MeterFreeDrive1Text%]
MeasureName=MeasureFreeDrive1
Meter=STRING
X=72
Y=58
FontFace=#FontFace#
FontColor=#FontColor1#
FontSize=#FontSize1#
StringAlign=left
AntiAlias=0
DynamicVariables=1
Text="%1%"
Postfix=" USED"
Percentual=1
AutoScale=1

; DRIVE NAME ==============================================

[MeterLabelDrive1]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=MeasureLabelDrive1
X=8
Y=82
FontFace=#FontFace#
FontColor=#FontColor1#
FontSize=#FontSize1#
AntiAlias=0
StringAlign=left
Text="%1"
ToolTipText="Drive Label"

this is just the start for the tron-like skin that I'm going to make Game_Grid,
and the very beginning for the hard drive monitor, it's kind of cool to just make what you're looking for then to search and never find it.