In this moment would be a good idea to create the folder (we'll need it later, probably). ini file will be created, just have to rename this one, too. In the Create new skin window, click Add folder, and rename the newly created folder as you'd like (let's say Player). Beside the way I described to create a skin, there is an easier one: open Rainmeter Manage window (double click the Rainmeter icon in the notification area) and click the 'Create new skin' button (near the 'Active skins' button, in the Skins tab). basically, i''d like to see, which song is currently playing, plus maybe the cover art, time elapsed, plus time left in the song. I'll report back, if i could manage things. I have no idea where to create that stuff. Just keep on working and after a while you'll be able to write very good skins.Īnbr07 wrote:Ok, thanks, i will have to sleep over it. This is why I said to download an existing skin and study its code.īut as I said, starting from the link I posted above ( ), with a bit of patience and perseverance, you can figure out a lot of things. I think there are no general advices on how to start writing the needed sections. What these measures / meters have to contain, depend on what you want to use the skin for. A section usually is inevitable and beside it you have to create measures and AT LEAST one meter (a skin without meters, can't be loaded). Inside of this file, you have to write some sections.

Create a folder in the above Skins folder. Usually its place is described here (at least if you installed Rainmeter with default settings). How do i create a measure? Do i have to open notepad, change the extension, and where to put this stuff? I think i will stick to stick to clicking foobar to get it to the front.įirst you have to create a config and inside of it, a skin. There are very good descriptions about using it.Īnbr07 wrote:Thanks for the tipp, but that sucks. Also for basic thing about using Rainmeter, you can start here. If you did download and install a such skin and have concrete questions, please feel free to come back with them. There are a lot of such skins, either here on the forum in the Share Your Creations, either on DeviantArt. It's not so hard as it seems at a first look. I think for a beginner the simplest way to figure out what's happening would be to download and install a skin using such kind of measures then study the existing code. In the PlayerName option of the parent measure (the parent measure in this case is the measure - this is know because the other measure is related to this one, through the PlayerName= option) add the needed player name, according to the following list: Players.

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