...That's why two sticks come with Popsicles

How many different values do you want to use for the X coordinate?
If there's just two, there might be any easy way to do it.

If there's more than two, you might want to use an enviromental variable in the ini file. (X=$Spot$)

Then in an rc file define spot:
Spot 100

Then apply a textedit to the spot definition.

But let me know how many different values first.

Ahh, I think I see.
You could use something like this:

If ResolutionX = 800
X=70
ElseIf ResolutionX = 1024
X=100
ElseIf ResolutionX = 1152
X=120
ElseIf ResolutionX = 1280
X=140
ElseIf ResolutionX = 1600
X=160
EndIf

That kinda thing. You can use simbols too.
Or have I really missed the boat?

Course if the ini file won't read evars at all, that won't work.

Phil.....I think it's not that simple....it's a matter of editing the actual ini file that is to be read.

I think it needs the conditional statement to 'launch' the textedit of the ini file....but the code of actual bang and/or exec or script command is where I get lost.

I need a module to execute the text ion......even to just get one input edited....then adapt for multiple conditionals......

ElseIf ResolutionX = 1024
*ckHotspot -260 -20 260 20 !Sys-Show !Sys-Hide Systray
*ckHotspot 0 -20 260 20 !Tsk-Show !Tsk-Hide Tasks
VWMX   480
*Slider "" 560 -37 2 Volume1.png Volume-Handle.png #0ABHTIU [VOLUME] 0
*Script exec !textreplace $LSImageFolder$vent\Rainmation.ini "X=" "X=700"

That's the sort of thing I'm 'trying to do.....the rest of it works of course....just the last line is a dud...

you know ... layercut works nicely with lsdynamic (same module author). this way you could not only make an animation disappear at one place and popping it up at an other, but actually move the whole thing across the screen with the speed you´d prefer. with these two modules it would be no problem to port this Aquarium Desktop thing (but for steppers "fun" means something different than fish on the desktop of course).

i have not used Rainmation since a while, but as long as each Rainmation has it´s own window title (find out with WinSpy) it should be possible to move it around with lsdynamic as well.

btw: are you trying to do this with mzscript? then you have to check the docs again. this syntax can´t work. this link might help you: http://leaf.terica.net/tutorials/mzscript-overview.html

Ah....Trial and error.....for the life of me I can be thick sometimes....got it going.....and looks like I might just dispense with rainmation afterall.

 

Thanks, moshi for pushing me over the edge......sometimes the longest journey starts with but one step....

I'm glad to hear that...
cause the scripting you were talking about was getting faily complex

Seems the Z-Order of Layercuts is still a bit 'iffy'....but the ANTARES LS theme for OTS2 is up and running.

Animations work OK...which is the main thing....though they aren't as simple to configure as ye olde rainmation was...