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Reply to meter scripting question ? in Widget Ideas WinCustomize Forums

found a great tutorial from romanda https://www.wincustomize.com/article/149299 thanks again both

Reply to meter scripting question ? in Widget Ideas WinCustomize Forums

rnd, you are the freakin man ! i'm gonna check it out & see if i can see what's up w/that. I might be able to use it like bdbf suggested. especially if the script isn't too crazy. i'll letcha know... thx again.

Reply to meter scripting question ? in Widget Ideas WinCustomize Forums

SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. I'LL DROP SVIZ & ROMANDA A LINE. SORRY BIGDOGFEET. I'M A TOTAL IDIOT WITH SCRIPTING ETC. THANX BOTH. MITAFAX.

meter scripting question ? in Widget Ideas WinCustomize Forums

can anyone come up with a script that takes c: drive usage and if c drive is 14 percent used then show 14.png if c drive is 50 percent used then show 50.png etc. i know how to do the graphics end and have done the bars to death but i'd like to play around with some analog or pie chart meters. i think a meter script like this would open up alot of skinning possibilities. of course i guess loading 100 pngs would be a hog for mem or a pain as far as being a sloppy way to do this. i know how

Reply to PLEASE HELP WITH ANIMATION DESKTOPX... in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

IT WORKS !!! Thank you guys. I'm ironing out the bugs right now ! THanx again.

Reply to PLEASE HELP WITH ANIMATION DESKTOPX... in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

Thank you both very much !!! i'm thinking that vb script sViz listed is exactly the thing ! i'll letcha know. THANKS.

PLEASE HELP WITH ANIMATION DESKTOPX... in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

I can't find this anywhere in the forums... I want to create a folder using anim/png that with a click will extend then stay extended until a page from the folder is clicked on ( my computer, another app. etc ) then allow the folder to collapse. (png strip backwards) I have tried making invisible rectangles over each page but as soon as i mouse over the rect the anim closes before it can be clicked on. The timer script i saw doesn't work even if the objects are reasonably close together. Some

Newbie - Moving Hotspots Please Help. in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

i am working on an anim with a folder. when clicked on it spreads out sheets of paper ( my computer, tunes, etc.) when mouse away all papers retreat into folder. I am hoping this menu can be done with hotspots and i am an idiot with scripting. Here's my example. http://mitafax.deviantart.com/art/DesktopX-animation-4-menu-122706503 Thanks in advance.

Reply to Can anyone help with a shortcut path ? PLEASE!!! in DesktopX Stardock Forums

Here is actually what i am trying to do. https://www.wincustomize.com/download.aspx?skinid=4199&libid=3 Only since I can't seem to set the hotspots or hidden object controllers on the left page i have been forced to make something like this an autorun, then replace the four or five links on the left page with "click this book to continue" then replace the animated shortcut with a "menu.exe" which is basically a front end jpg with an edge map and the links on the new jpg menu. I

Can anyone help with a shortcut path ? PLEASE!!! in DesktopX Stardock Forums

Basically I am trying to set up my "shortcut" object to point to the d: drive or g:drive or whatever the cd rom drive is so it can find the menu.exe program. basically the autorun is a shortcut with a little splash screen type book opening and closing then when the user clicks it, it should run "menu.exe" the main thing i am trying in the location dialog box is " \menu.exe" where menu.exe is in the same root folder as the autorun.exe burned on the same disk. It seems like it should be a common t

Reply to Relative path ??? in DesktopX Stardock Forums

Basically I am trying to set up my "shortcut" object to point to the d: drive or g:drive or whatever the cd rom drive is so it can find the menu.exe program. basically the autorun is a shortcut with a little splash screen type book opening and closing then when the user clicks it, it should run "menu.exe" the main thing i am trying in the location dialog box is " \menu.exe" where menu.exe is in the same root folder as the autorun.exe burned on the same disk. It seems like it should be a common

Relative path ??? in DesktopX Stardock Forums

Can anyone help me with a relative path from a shortcut object I will be burning on a cd menu to start another program ? I'm trying along the lines of : /menu.exe Ideally my autorun would give the user the chance to exit or continue and the continue button to load the menu prg. comes back with "cannot find 'blah,blah/menu.exe' blah,blah = the million things i've tried %dir% etc. Thanks mitafax

Reply to Excel cell data as plain desktop text ? in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

I did get a heck of a good hit on this script. Set cnn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") cnn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _ "Data Source=" & "[path to spreadsheet file]" & _ "Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=NO;IMEX=1""" Set rst =

Reply to Excel cell data as plain desktop text ? in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

I did check on dogpile and a few others with "vb+script+excel+cell" in the search engine and got some like that. I actually had trouble with even the diff between a " ' " and a "rem" (to show as a remark. which shows how bad off I am learning this script stuff but looking at the one you link looks not to be too long. I'll letcha know Thanks again !

Excel cell data as plain desktop text ? in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Is there a way to script an object that will read say cells a1-a3 in an excel .xls and have them written in plain text on the desk top without actually opening excel ? I'm looking for a way to create 26 objects one for a-z and line them up along a vert bar so i can quickly look up a contact name and phone number for all contacts with the last name "A something" then a second for "B something" without opening the Alist.xls or Blist.xls (i.e. 26 diff spreadsheets) I'm pretty d

Reply to Stupid Newbee Question in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

oops. I'm using desktop x builder 3.o and the fading drive meter (not sure who wrote the script but it rocks !) anyhow I'm just wondering if this is a static thing that desktop is reading either from xp or from the drive at the last time of access a certain amount was avail last time the drive was used or if this is a realtime dynamic thing where since it displays lets say the amount of space left on the c: drive every 15 sec. it is sending some kind of request to the

Stupid Newbee Question in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Uh, How does the prog check space dynamically/realtime ? Is it keeping my drive spinning while my 'puter is on at nite, if i leave a drive spc indicator or whatever on my desktop ? I guess I'm too retentive about my drive being over used. thanks for you help. I have to go wash my hands for the 28th time today.