Widgets ok but not gadgets..

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Does anybody know a way to get gadgets to save their settings(position/ second hand-showing..I made a few clocks and noticed that widgets work fine but when it comes to making gadgets they just don't work right.. sVis wrote me a couple of scripts for clocks. When they work right you can choose whether to show/hide second hand plus second hand has a bounceback to it... Default is not showing.. But when(as a gadget) I choose to show second hand and move to different part of screen it always goes back to the place where it first loaded with the second hand not showing(when restarted). But as a widget it saves settings  just fine, when restarted. I guess I'll just make them widgets unless someone knows how to fix this.. Windows 7 64 bit....

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks for helping me out guys...

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

i'm still looking thru posts..... X-(

 

 

 

 

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

i have noticed that gadgets i have used alway default back to original settings

 

but not to despair....

 

I'm sure that shortly one of those smart scripters like sViz will drop by.

 

 

 

 

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I tried a few gadgets I made and the settings stick for me.

The only other thing I can think of for you to try is to create an INI file. So when the gadget closes, it saves its settings to an external file. On reload it will read the file and set itself up again.

Here's an example:

Code: vbscript
  3. Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
  4. Dim fso : Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
  5. Dim filename : filename = "myobjectsettings.txt"
  7.  
  9. 'Called when the script is executed
  10. Sub Object_OnScriptEnter
  11.  setup
  12. End Sub
  14.  
  16. 'Called when the script is terminated
  17. Sub Object_OnScriptExit
  18.  writeFile
  19. End Sub
  21.  
  23. Function setup
  24.  iData = readFile
  25.  If iData <> "" Then
  26.   iDataSettings = split(iData,vbcrlf)
  27.   object.Left = iDataSettings(0) '--apply the first setting listed
  28.   object.top = iDataSettings(1)  '--second setting
  29.   'object.visible = iDataSettings(2) '--third setting
  30.  End If
  31. End Function
  34. Sub writeFile
  35.  textfile = DesktopX.ExecutableDirectory & "\" & filename
  36.  Set f = fso.OpenTextFile(textfile, ForWriting, True)
  37.  'List settings to write to file
  38.  xpos = object.Left
  39.  ypos = object.Top
  40.  'othersetting = object.visible
  41.  f.Write xpos & vbcrlf & ypos '& vbcrlf & othersetting
  42.  f.Close
  43. End Sub
  46. Function readFile
  47.  textfile = DesktopX.ExecutableDirectory & "\" & filename
  48.  fileinfo = ""
  49.  If fso.FileExists(textfile) Then
  50.   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile(textfile, ForReading)
  51.   fileinfo = f.readall
  52.   f.Close
  53.  Else
  54.   writeFile
  55.  End If 
  56.  readFile = fileinfo
  57. End Function

In the example above, you set "filename" to the name of your INI file. It will be saved in the ExecutableDirectory, i.e., wherever the gadget is launching from (you'll likely find it in the main DesktopX folder.) The "writeFile" function is where you would add any extra settings you want to save (see the examples commented out.) The "setup" function is where you would apply the settings in the order in which they were saved to file.

 

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sorry didn't have thing checked that says, persist object status across reloads (position, size, etc) Everythings fine now, thanks..Thanks sVis & Bichur..& sVis what's your name anyway? Get tired of jusy saying sVis. Anyway I may try that on something else..Also these sliding drawer templates I downloaded when I thought I was downloading Summer weather 2(updated cache) are pretty neat.. Are you going to upload them or do a tutorial using them?, cause I might like to use them sometime but I don't want to use them if you've got plans for them in the future. I won't even condider using them unless you give the ok..

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Glad You got it sorted out Richard! :thumbsup: