a few issues help needed
Wednesday, March 30, 2005 by Verinos | Discussion: DesktopX
Howdy folks. Ok first posting on the help boards. Be gentle 
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I'm currently running desktopx pro 3. and have encountered a few issues and was hoping for some help.
First lemme say I don't script. I use the default desktop stuff.
My first issue is when making meters....cpu,memory,uptime, kb/s in and out etc etc.
The meters will work fine UNTIL I group them as soon as i group them one of the meters starts freaking out trying to be all of them at once by the looks of it. As soon as I delete the one everything is fine but if i try to remake it and group it with the others the same thing happens again. I'm not using images. Strictly text display. It seems I can make about 5 meters roughly anymore then that and they start wigging out.
Second. How does one make a group ummm inivisible? By that I mean.....lets use media player as an example. I have all the buttons set up they all work fine and they're grouped. How does one make the group invisible until needed. Basically how do I stop em from all showing up when I load up the theme. Mine all appear as soon as the theme is loaded no matter how I save the theme. I have the player set up with an object controller which works fine but as I said it always appears on theme loadup (same thing with the meters)
Third. I've had object controllers open all the objects that are available. Umm an example. I had tiggz dock installed as I was making meters and setting them up with an object controller. When I clicked the object controller it opened up tiggz visualization and media playlists objects and was only setup to open the meters.
Fourth and final. This is more a general question. The widgets created in desktopx 3.0 the ones that can be made as stand alones without needing desktopx installed. Is there any way to include these in a theme without having to manually load them up? I'm thinking specifically of the omni wallpaper changer ( i believe tiggz again the artist) I'd like to have it continually loaded up with my theme but I always have to do it manually which can be annoying. Anything that can be done about this?
So those are my major questions. As I said be gentle I don't script I just have fun. Thanks in advance for any input
. I'm currently running desktopx pro 3. and have encountered a few issues and was hoping for some help.
First lemme say I don't script. I use the default desktop stuff.
My first issue is when making meters....cpu,memory,uptime, kb/s in and out etc etc.
The meters will work fine UNTIL I group them as soon as i group them one of the meters starts freaking out trying to be all of them at once by the looks of it. As soon as I delete the one everything is fine but if i try to remake it and group it with the others the same thing happens again. I'm not using images. Strictly text display. It seems I can make about 5 meters roughly anymore then that and they start wigging out.
Second. How does one make a group ummm inivisible? By that I mean.....lets use media player as an example. I have all the buttons set up they all work fine and they're grouped. How does one make the group invisible until needed. Basically how do I stop em from all showing up when I load up the theme. Mine all appear as soon as the theme is loaded no matter how I save the theme. I have the player set up with an object controller which works fine but as I said it always appears on theme loadup (same thing with the meters)
Third. I've had object controllers open all the objects that are available. Umm an example. I had tiggz dock installed as I was making meters and setting them up with an object controller. When I clicked the object controller it opened up tiggz visualization and media playlists objects and was only setup to open the meters.
Fourth and final. This is more a general question. The widgets created in desktopx 3.0 the ones that can be made as stand alones without needing desktopx installed. Is there any way to include these in a theme without having to manually load them up? I'm thinking specifically of the omni wallpaper changer ( i believe tiggz again the artist) I'd like to have it continually loaded up with my theme but I always have to do it manually which can be annoying. Anything that can be done about this?
So those are my major questions. As I said be gentle I don't script I just have fun. Thanks in advance for any input
aufisch
Reply #2 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 5:37 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 5:37 PM
First problem: no clue....., sorry
Second Problem: create a transparent layer and set it as a parent object for all your player-buttons. Right-click on the layer > Properties > Relation > click on visible "no". Then change the popup to "Toggle". Finally assign a unique name to this Layer (e.g. Player_back). Then use an object-controller object to toggle this layer.(you said you already have it setup with a controller, so I assume you know how to do that).
Third problem: I found that DX sometimes changes things (a little bit like MS-Word changes your formatting without you wanting it, grrrr...). Sometimes it helps to restart DX-builder to get rid of quirks like that.
Fourth problem: If you import the widget to your theme through 'Import' > Widgets > choose the Widget you like.., and then save this theme (with the loaded widget) the widget should load every-time you load the theme. You can also then right-click on the widget and configure it like any dx-object.
Second Problem: create a transparent layer and set it as a parent object for all your player-buttons. Right-click on the layer > Properties > Relation > click on visible "no". Then change the popup to "Toggle". Finally assign a unique name to this Layer (e.g. Player_back). Then use an object-controller object to toggle this layer.(you said you already have it setup with a controller, so I assume you know how to do that).
Third problem: I found that DX sometimes changes things (a little bit like MS-Word changes your formatting without you wanting it, grrrr...). Sometimes it helps to restart DX-builder to get rid of quirks like that.
Fourth problem: If you import the widget to your theme through 'Import' > Widgets > choose the Widget you like.., and then save this theme (with the loaded widget) the widget should load every-time you load the theme. You can also then right-click on the widget and configure it like any dx-object.
Verinos
Reply #3 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:55 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:55 PM
Kewl thnx.
I had actually figured out the second problem though I didn't do the transparent layer but i just selected everything and did the visible and toggle thing hehe. Ummm outta curiousity though how does one go about making a transparent layer? Not sure what it is.
The third problem I'd done that and your right it usually helps as does a reboot. I have a habit of leaving my pc on way to long and it's a crappy pc so resources go bye bye eventually hehe.
4th problem I'll try and get back to you on hehe.
thnx again.
I had actually figured out the second problem though I didn't do the transparent layer but i just selected everything and did the visible and toggle thing hehe. Ummm outta curiousity though how does one go about making a transparent layer? Not sure what it is.
The third problem I'd done that and your right it usually helps as does a reboot. I have a habit of leaving my pc on way to long and it's a crappy pc so resources go bye bye eventually hehe.
4th problem I'll try and get back to you on hehe.
thnx again.
Verinos
Reply #4 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:12 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:12 PM
Okies yup it works for the 4th one as well though I don't seem to have the system tray icon or the option to minimize the wallpaper changer. ah well i assume thats a glitch with that widget. not the end of the world i found the option to make it run on windows startup so i'm happy hehe.
thnx again
thnx again
aufisch
Reply #5 Thursday, March 31, 2005 3:57 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, March 31, 2005 3:57 PM
Actually, I only suggested you make the layer transparent (just make a transparent png in photoshop, but warning! it is very hard to see a transparent layer 
) because I thought you didn't want a background to your player buttons, since you obviously didn't make one. 
As for your minimizing problem with imported widgets; you could always make a controller button/toggle button for it...
) because I thought you didn't want a background to your player buttons, since you obviously didn't make one. 
As for your minimizing problem with imported widgets; you could always make a controller button/toggle button for it...
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Reply #1 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:45 PM
here's a pic of what I'm doing
as you see quite simple just having issues with some features