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Can anyone make or has anyone seen an RSS feed that scrolls like the bottom headlines we see on the news nowadays? That would be cool.

I've also noticed that not all widgets will allow multiple instances to run Yeah, I think might be the root of the problem. I imported to Desktop Builder, personalized it a bit, made sure "allow multiple instances to run" was checked and then exported as widget. Works for me and now I can get several of them running at once. Although, s

Couldn't you put nothing in localstorage on script enter or wherever -- Object.localstorage("storage")= "" -- Does localstorage really affect memory usage?Hmm............anyone else want to elaborate on this?

Create a text object and insert this test script. Dim display, display2 Sub Object_OnScriptEnter Call SetWeekday object.SetTimer 1, 2000 End Sub '---Call 'SetWeekday' every 2 seconds--- Sub object_ontimer1 Call SetWeekday End Sub '---Check Weekday and set object text--- Sub SetWeekday display= (WeekdayName(Weekday(Date))) display2= (Weekday(date)) object.Text= display & " " & display2 End Sub 'display'

Need a little help here. I'm using an input box. I only want a numerical input. No letters. How do I make sure it only accepts numbers? Is this possible? Here's the script: Sub object_onscriptenter object.Text= object.PersistStorage("newtext") End Sub Sub Object_OnLbuttonup(x,y,dragged) Dim Input If Not dragged Then Input = InputBox("Enter seconds 1-5") If Input If Input > 0 Then object.PersistStorage("newtext")= Input Obje

Some good tutorials can also be found at WinCustomize > Articles > Tutorials > DesktopX. The link -- Here

Hello again, seldomseen. Some good news. A friend of mine has McAfee security on his computer so I am now able to test on there. I see the problem and it is indeed the code I posted earlier. McAfee treats any script that is trying to read the Registry as "suspicious", triggering a pop-up alert. Thing is, my widget reads the registry every second, thus, triggering a new pop-up EVERY second. Hence the flood of pop-ups. I am now modifying the clock script so that it reads the re

I'm not a McAfee user (or a comupter expert) so I don't know what's causing the problem. The only thing I can think of is a piece of code in each of the digital clocks that accesses the registry and finds the difference between the user's system time and GMT. I had to comb the net to find it here: <a href="http://classicasp.aspfaq.com/date-time-routines-manipulation/how-do-i-convert-local-time-to-u

Thanks for DLing the widget, seldomseen. I'm glad you got it to work. I have no idea what might have caused that glitch. I can't seem to replicate the vertical buttons problem. This is the script that sets the button positions in the Vertical mode or Horizontal mode. It's located in the "color" button object if anyone would like to check it out in DX Builder Mode. Sub pos Select Case desktopx.Object("gtback").state Case "Hmenu" object.top= 7

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'll get right on that vertical button problem. Not sure why it works for some and not for others. I do recall having trouble setting the object.top for the buttons they always seemed to be too high or too low. Great suggestions, too. I like the tabs idea for the about menu, and I'll try to work on the ability to pause the city listings. Thanks again! <

IT'S HERE!-- Link This is my latest widget. It is called ATW! Global Clock. Features: -16 color styles -4 Analog clocks (System time and 3 others) -4 Digital clocks -Customizable clock labels -30 Time zones -Display of sample countries from each time zone -Ability to pause display of time zones -Ability to choose how ma

Good call, SirSmiley. I found DA's tutorials after completing my 1st object. But I certainly used the tile/stretch feature ALOT in my newest widget. After reviewing my latest widget again, I found that images, in general, account for the majority of the file size. I made a custom about menu/tutorial for this widget. It had up to 12 images. After I reduced the amount of images I went from 1.26MB to 777KB! So from now on I'm going to keep the amount of images to a minimum.

, I should have made those wallpapers PNGs! Thanks for the tip, Koasati. I did attach the wallpapers to the objects and I had a friend try it on his computer. The wallpapers did not load up. It's because the object that sets the wallpaper uses the full path to the files on the user's computer (the wallpapers were on mine), so obviously the paths were non-exsistent on his computer. I gave up and decid

I've downloaded several widgets, objects, and what have you, and I noticed that the file size usually never exceeds kilobytes. My first upload, which I thought was a simple enough application, ended up being 3 megabytes! So, I thought I'd ask the experts: What are some tips to keeping the file size low? I use PNGs for all my images. I try to have as few objects as possible. I try to use a minimal amount of scripts. I figure my sloppy codes

Nevermind. It works again. When all else fails restart your computer.

My tool tip text appears underneath everything. I don't know how this started to happen. The only way for the tooltips to appear correctly is if I set the object z-order to 'always on top' or 'desktop level'. Needless to say, that's not what I want. Has anyone ever experienced this problem? Any suggestions?

It's up now! Comments welcome.

No problem Hillbillyoct19. If I figure out anything else I'll let you know.

Hey thanks, you guys! I combined your suggestions and it worked. Here's an example script: Dim items items= Array("item1","item2","item3") Sub object_OnScriptEnter control.listindex = object.PersistStorage("lastselected") End Sub For x = 0 To 2 control.AddItem items(x) Next Sub Control_OnSelect(Item, string) object.PersistStorage("lastselected")= item End Sub Of course, it kept giving me an error every

I can select an item from the box and everything works, but when I reload DX Builder the box displays the 1st item on the list instead of my last selection. The item IS selected and the results are correct but the display doesn't show the correct item. Does anyone know how to make the combo box keep your last selection on display? Thanks.

That does sound like my widget, but I'm waist deep in the middle of another project right now so I'll have to pass on his offer. Thanks for the referal, though.

Aw man! It was up earilier today. I made one little update (I unchecked "show on my personal page only") and I have to wait another 5 days for approval.

It's a daily wallpaper changer. I've been working on this one for several months, learning to script as a went. Had alot of help from you forumers so THANK YOU! Special thanks to: RomanDA Garibaldi99 thomassen Skarnivorous and everyone else at Stardock and WinCustomize! My Widget ====> WWW Link

Oh, okay. This reminds me of a question I've always wondered about. Does anyone else get slightly discouraged when they get a good idea for a widget and then find a superior one that already exists? That kinda happened to me when I found out about Tiggz's OMNI Wallchanger-- but I went ahead, finished mine and submitted it. Not quite as pro as Tiggz's but, oh well.

Give Tiggz's OMNI Slideshow a look. I thought you can't use any of Tiggz's scripts?