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this is a minor problem actually, but my theme would look better if anyone could solve this. i have my vwm in a box and it is loaded if the user wants it. i have animated the appearing and dissapearing sequences like this:

*Script bang !Toggle_VWM
*Script gotoif ("%{Initialized}" = "false") Show_VWM
*Script gotoif ("%{VWMVisible}" = "true") Hide_VWM

*Script label Show_VWM
*Script exec !ReloadModule "$ModulesDir$RabidVWM.dll"
*Script exec !LsBoxCreate $ConfigDir$vwm.box
; *Script exec !pause 1000
*Script exec !ifEval ("%{Initialized}" = "true") {!LsBoxMoveBox VWM 49 -24 10 20} else {!LsBoxMoveBox VWM 49 -24}
*Script exec !varSet VWMVisible "true"
*Script goto Save_VWM

*Script label Hide_VWM
*Script exec !LsBoxMoveBox VWM 49 -0 10 20
*Script exec !LsBoxDestroy VWM
*Script exec !UnloadModule "$ModulesDir$RabidVWM.dll"
*Script exec !varSet VWMVisible "false"

*Script label Save_VWM
*Script exec !varSave VWMVisible
*Script ~bang

only one little problem: the vwm appears in the box after the box has moved to its correct position. during the movement the box is empty. i guess this is caused by vwm not loading by the time the animation starts. i could repair it by defining a pause between the loading and the animation, but the loading time depends on the user's system so here's my question: can the script be told when rabidvwm has finished loading?

There's something like VWMOnInit !bang...
...But why on earth do you unload it each time you want to hide it. I guess you won't save system ressources this way

it's for people, who don't want to use vwm. if they don't need it, why should it be loaded and consuming resources?
anyway, thnx for the tip :)

RabidVWM bring you so usefull commands like OnNewWindow !bang, OnTitleChange !bang, etc... and VERY usefull vars like ^@ct^, ^@wt^...

Of course, it's just my opinion; but there's so many funny things to do with RabidVWM, even if you use a 1x1 VWM and you hide it...

amen to that ;)
rabidcow has created a really amazing piece of code.

i tried out VWMOnInit, but it doesn't do anything. maybe because i load it with !ReloadModule not LoadModule and it's in a box.