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yet another question with nonstep. :)

i've almost got it looking how i want. but what i'm looking to do is add rainmeter in place of the Virtual Desktops (bottom right of the screen). haven't a clue yet on how to do this. the "manual" seems rather cryptic for rainmeter to me.

here's the code i pulled from Stojko, which has the look of rainmeter that i'm looking for.

help?

[Rainmeter]
Background="$LSImageFolder$rainmeter.bg.bmp"
BackgroundMode=0

[MeasureCPU]
Measure=CPU

[MeasureRAM]
Measure=PhysicalMemory

[MeasureNetUp]
Measure=NetOut

[MeasureNetDown]
Measure=NetIn

[MeterCPU]
Meter=HISTOGRAM
MeasureName=MeasureCPU
X=0
Y=0
W=128
H=25
PrimaryImage="$LSImageFolder$rainmeter.cpu.bmp"
RightMouseDownAction="!Execute [%SystemRoot%\system32\eventvwr.msc /s]"
LeftMouseDownAction="!Execute [taskmgr.exe]"

[MeterRAM]
Meter=HISTOGRAM
MeasureName=MeasureRAM
X=0
Y=29
W=128
H=25
PrimaryImage="$LSImageFolder$rainmeter.ram.bmp"
RightMouseDownAction="!Execute [%SystemRoot%\system32\eventvwr.msc /s]"
LeftMouseDownAction="!Execute [taskmgr.exe]"

[MeterNetUp]
Meter=HISTOGRAM
MeasureName=MeasureNetUp
X=132
Y=0
W=128
H=25
NetInSpeed=4000
PrimaryImage="$LSImageFolder$rainmeter.net.up.bmp"
RightMouseDownAction="!Execute [%SystemRoot%\system32\eventvwr.msc /s]"
LeftMouseDownAction="!Execute [taskmgr.exe]"

[MeterNetDown]
Meter=HISTOGRAM
MeasureName=MeasureNetDown
X=132
Y=29
W=128
H=25
NetOutSpeed=4000
PrimaryImage="$LSImageFolder$rainmeter.net.down.bmp"
RightMouseDownAction="!Execute [%SystemRoot%\system32\eventvwr.msc /s]"
LeftMouseDownAction="!Execute [taskmgr.exe]"

disable the VWM, then modify the rainmeter X,Y coordinates and get everything lined up correctly. it's pretty simple.

alright.. i initially got rainmeter to load in it's default manner, and now i've got the bgimage set where i want it. but when i reload, nothing runs. at some point, i got a message "box size is set to zero".

here's some of the stripped down info:

RainMeterIniFile "$ConfigDir$rainmeter.ini"
RainMeterSkinPath "$ConfigDir$"
RainMeterCurrentConfig rainmeter
RainMeterCurrentConfigIni "$ConfigDir$rainmeter\defs.ini"

rainmeter.ini

[Rainmeter]
CurrentConfig=Rainmeter
CurrentConfigIni=defs.ini
WindowX=-238
WindowY=-23
AlwaysOnTop=1
Draggable=0
Update=200
[Statistics]
Since=Thu Jan 22 17:14:20 2004

defs.ini

same as above, with the x y coords starting at -238/-23 and moving down to -158/-23 in increments of 40.

X=-238
Y=-23
W=30
H=21
PrimaryColor=140,150,156
SecondaryColor=173,190,206

X=-208
Y=-23

X=-188
Y=-23

X=-158
Y=-23

i pasted just to show what i've changed. i commented out the PrimaryImage and added to colors.

what am i doing wrong?

man i'm a twit. rtfm, eh?

for those that didn't know... the x/y co'ords in your ini file correspond to the xy positions of the meter within the size of the window you defined.

*feels like a dolt*