problems with the if action

[DarknesFreak]

hi
i'm having a problem with the if action, basically what I'm trying to do is make a HDD bar that has color blue
and i want it to change to the color red if HDD capacity is above 75% and to blue if the HDD capacity is blow 75%

can someone please help me with that

her is a simple code

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[MeasureUsedDiskSpace1]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=C:
UpdateDivider=30
InvertMeasure=1
IfAboveValue=74
IfAboveAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeter ProgressFill2][!RainmeterHideMeter ProgressFill]
IfBelowValue=75
IfBelowAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeter ProgressFill][!RainmeterHideMeter ProgressFill2]

[ProgressBarBG]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=Progress Bar.png
X=r
Y=120
Hidden=0
AntiAlias=1

[ProgressFill1]
Meter=BAR
MeasureName=MeasureUsedDiskSpace1
BarImage=Progress Fill Blue.png
BarOrientation=Horizontal
X=r
Y=120
Hidden=0
AntiAlias=1


[ProgressFill2]
Meter=BAR
MeasureName=MeasureUsedDiskSpace1
BarImage=Progress Fill Orange.png
BarOrientation=Horizontal
X=r
Y=120
Hidden=1
AntiAlias=1

i can't seem to get it to work is there something wrong

[Seahorse]

I do it with a calc & substitution, Redbar.png is greater than 75% ELSE normal (Bar.png):

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[CalcHD1Bar]
Measure=Calc
Formula=((MeasureHD1Space/MeasureHD1TotalDiskSpace)*100)>75 ? -1 : -2
Substitute=".0":"","-1":"#ROOTCONFIGPATH#\Images\BarRed.png","-2":"#ROOTCONFIGPATH#\Images\Bar.png"

[MeterHD1Bar]
Meter=Bar
MeasureName=MeasureHD1Space
BarOrientation=Horizontal
X=r
Y=r
W=191
H=14
Flip=0
BarImage=[CalcHD1Bar]
DynamicVariables=1

[jsmorley]

You just misspelled ProgressFill1 in the two actions. You have it as ProgressFill

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IfAboveAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeter ProgressFill2][!RainmeterHideMeter ProgressFill1]
IfBelowValue=75
IfBelowAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeter ProgressFill1][!RainmeterHideMeter ProgressFill2]

Otherwise, it should work fine.

As Seahorse says, there are several way to come at this. I would probably use:

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureUsedDiskSpace1]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=C:
UpdateDivider=30
InvertMeasure=1
IfAboveValue=74
IfAboveAction=!SetOption ProgressFill BarImage BarRed.jpg
IfBelowValue=75
IfBelowAction=!SetOption ProgressFill BarImage BarGreen.jpg

[ProgressBarBG]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=BarBack.jpg
X=r
Y=120
AntiAlias=1

[ProgressFill]
Meter=BAR
MeasureName=MeasureUsedDiskSpace1
BarImage=BarBack.jpg
BarOrientation=Horizontal
X=r
Y=120
AntiAlias=1

Nothing at all wrong with the way you are doing it, but "hiding / showing" meters has often been made unneeded with the addition of !SetOption. Saves a lot of extra meters this way over time.

[DarknesFreak]

thank you so much for the help

[Arne Anka]

As Seahorse says, there are several way to come at this. I would probably use:

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[MeasureUsedDiskSpace1]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=C:
UpdateDivider=30
InvertMeasure=1
IfAboveValue=74
IfAboveAction=!SetOption ProgressFill BarImage BarRed.jpg
IfBelowValue=75
IfBelowAction=!SetOption ProgressFill BarImage BarGreen.jpg

But would it work as intended? Probably not, since FreeDiskSpace returns Bytes, not percantage.

Calculation as Seahorse does, do work. But why do the calculation

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[CalcHD1Used]
Measure=Calc
Formula=((MeasureHD1Used/MeasureHD1Total)*100)

Return the Error
Calc: #Infinity somewhere! in [CalcHD1Used]

Is it a bug or a feature? I hate errors in the log!

[jsmorley]

Of course you are right. I was so focused on the !SetOption vs Hide/Show that I forgot you need a calc to get the percentage. Given that, I think Seahorse's approach is as good as any.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[Variables]
Drive1=C:

[MeasureTotalDrive1]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=#Drive1#
Total=1
IgnoreRemovable=0
UpdateDivider=2

[MeasureUsedDrive1]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=#Drive1#
InvertMeasure=1
IgnoreRemovable=0
UpdateDivider=2

[CalcHD1Bar]
Measure=Calc
Formula=((MeasureUsedDrive1/MeasureTotalDrive1)*100)>75 ? -1 : -2
Substitute=".0":"","-1":"BarRed.jpg","-2":"Bar.jpg"

[MeterDrive1BarBack]
Meter=Image
SolidColor=150,150,150,150
X=0
Y=1R
W=130
H=2

[MeterDrive1Bar]
Meter=Bar
MeasureName=MeasureUsedDrive1
BarOrientation=Horizontal
Flip=0
BarImage=[CalcHD1Bar]
X=0
Y=0r
W=130
H=2
DynamicVariables=1

You WILL get one error message when the skin is loaded or refreshed, as initially the values of all measures are zero, and you will get a "divide by zero" error from that calc for one update.

[DarknesFreak]

it didn't work it stays blue it doesn't change i really don't know what's wrong i did everything you said

her it is

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[MeasureTotalDrive]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=C:
Total=1
IgnoreRemovable=0
UpdateDivider=2

[MeasureUsedDrive]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=C:
InvertMeasure=1
IgnoreRemovable=0
UpdateDivider=2

[CalcHD1Bar]
Measure=Calc
Formula=((MeasureUsedDrive/MeasureTotalDrive)*100)>75 ? -1 : -2
Substitute=".0":"","-1":"Blue.png","-2":"Red.png"


[ProgressBarBG]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=Progress Bar.png
X=r
Y=120
Hidden=0
AntiAlias=1


[ProgressFill]
Meter=BAR
MeasureName=MeasureUsedDrive
BarImage=[CalcHD1Bar]
BarOrientation=Horizontal
X=r
Y=120
Hidden=0
AntiAlias=1
DynamicVariables=1

i kept changing the the limit percentage from 75 to other numbers but it does not change color please help

[smurfier]

I have found in the past that Bar meters do not like Dyanmic Variables.

If this doesn't work for you, you'll have to go back to using two bar meters.

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[MeasureTotalDrive]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=C:
Total=1
IgnoreRemovable=0
UpdateDivider=2

[MeasureUsedDrive]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=C:
InvertMeasure=1
IgnoreRemovable=0
UpdateDivider=2

[CalcHD1Bar]
Measure=Calc
Formula=(MeasureUsedDrive/MeasureTotalDrive)>0.75 ? -1 : 1
IfAboveValue=0
IfAboveAction=!SetOption ProgressFill BarImage "Red.png"
IfBelowValue=0
IfBelowAction=!SetOption ProgressFill BarImage "Blue.png"

[ProgressBarBG]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=Progress Bar.png
X=r
Y=120
Hidden=0
AntiAlias=1

[ProgressFill]
Meter=BAR
MeasureName=MeasureUsedDrive
BarImage=Blue.png
BarOrientation=Horizontal
X=r
Y=120
Hidden=0
AntiAlias=1
DynamicVariables=1

[Arne Anka]

it didn't work it stays blue it doesn't change i really don't know what's wrong i did everything you said

I don't use images, just colors. And it works...

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[Variables]
Drive1=C:
BarRed=255,0,0,255
BarGreen=0,255,0,255
Line=0,0,0,128

[MeasureHD1Total]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Total=1
Drive=#Drive1#

[MeasureHD1Used]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=#Drive1#
InvertMeasure=1

[CalcHD1Used]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Trunc((MeasureHD1Used/MeasureHD1Total)*100)
IfAboveValue=74
IfAboveAction=!SetVariable BarColor1 "#BarRed#"
IfBelowValue=75
IfBelowAction=!SetVariable BarColor1 "#BarGreen#"
UpdateDivider=2

[BarLine11]
Meter=IMAGE
X=0
Y=0
W=180
H=2
SolidColor=#Line#

[BarLine12]
Meter=IMAGE
X=r
Y=8r
W=180
H=2
SolidColor=#Line#

[BarStart11]
Meter=IMAGE
X=r
Y=-6r
H=6
W=2
SolidColor=#Line#

[BarEnd11]
Meter=IMAGE
X=178
Y=r
H=6
W=2
SolidColor=#Line#

[MeterDrive1Bar]
Meter=BAR
MeasureName=MeasureHD1Used
X=2
Y=r
W=176
H=6
BarOrientation=HORIZONTAL
BarColor=#BarColor1#
DynamicVariables=1

I hope you can make use of it...

[Seahorse]

A quick glance suggests [CalcHD1Used] is not shown in BarColor=#BarColor1# which should read BarColor=[CalcHD1Used]