Possible software conflict from systems tray.

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Posted by EMH8220 at the forum 05/04/2009:
Open post.

I've been using the beta versions of rainmeter recently and noticed a
strange behavior when my screensaver is enabled/disabled via the system
tray. This is only a problem in the beta versions, it does not happen with
v0.14. I have a small screensaver tool called Tarsier
(http://trainedmonkey.com/tarsier/) that sits in the system tray and runs a
script to enable/disable my screensaver when double clicked. It seems that
with the new betas of rainmeter, clicking on this tool also refreshes some
of my skins. It is usually the weather and calendar skins that refresh -
these are slightly modded from MoxaWeather and the calendar included with
Kaelri's Enigma.

Has anyone experienced anything like this with other system tray utilities?
I have the source script for Tarsier if that would help. I'm not a
scripter/coder by nature, so I'm not sure what language it uses or what was
changed in Rainmeter's coding in the new betas that would interfere with
it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Having the skins refresh
unexpectedly (especially the calendar) can be quite jarring.

Thanks!

End post.

original message can be obtained here:
http://www.rainmeter.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=140&p=660#p660

If you require anything, please advise JMHarris, as I will be mostly
unavailable for the next couple of weeks, and I am sure he can communicate
your needs as required.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by evmckay on 4 May 2009 at 7:46

[GoogleCodeExporter]

This problem can be confirmed by the build after 
Rainmeter-Latest-20090405-32bit.exe.
i.e. It may be inferred that there is a cause after r23.

Original comment by kenz0.sa...@gmail.com on 4 May 2009 at 11:33

[GoogleCodeExporter]

First guess is that the script is triggering the WM_SETTINGSCHANGE message to 
be sent
to the meter windows.  This message will trigger Rainmeter to re-layout all the
meters to handle a new screen resolution on the addition or removal of a new 
monitor.
 Does your screen saver change the resolution or color bit depth of the screen?  That
may be causing it.

Original comment by brian.to...@gmail.com on 4 May 2009 at 6:14

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Response to BTodoroff's response

Open post:
New postby EMH8220 » Today, 1:14 pm
The screensaver I use is the built-in My Pictures screensaver from Microsoft. 
As far
as I know, the only thing the systray utility does is toggle it on and off. 
Nothing
should be changing. If looking at the script the utility runs would help, the 
source
files are available at http://trainedmonkey.com/tarsier/. When I click the 
utility to
disable/enable the screensaver I don't notice anything else flickering or 
refreshing
other than Rainmeter. If the resolution or color bit depth changed wouldn't the 
whole
screen flicker or refresh?

Thanks for looking into this. Should I copy and paste the script it runs here?

End post

Post can be found here:
http://www.rainmeter.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=140&sid=52d4fdd0148e57804640
b17d7e91b822&p=679#p679

Original comment by evmckay on 4 May 2009 at 11:26

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I have what might be a related issue. I don't have any problem with things
repositioning, but I do use DesktopWorkArea. Anything that changes the 
resolution
causes Rainmeter to "lose" DesktopWorkArea, meaning things maximize to full 
screen
then. The only way to recover it is to exit and restart Rainmeter. That I 
expect,
however certain actions that wouldn't seem to cause a res or color depth change 
will
cause the same thing to happen. Exiting Winamp for instance causes it to 
happen. On my
girlfriend's account it happens every few minutes with no discernable cause. 

Original comment by JMHarris...@gmail.com on 5 May 2009 at 3:11

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Unknown if this may be a related issue!?!!

Posted to the forum 5/12/09
Open Post 

Postby jsmorley » Today, 10:40 am 
3) If you change the Windows Taskbar from "Autohide" to not auto-hidden, or the 
other
way around, many of Rainmeter's "plugins" stop displaying. You have to exit 
Rainmeter
and restart it.
End of Post

Again jsmorley is using the latest untested release.

Original comment by evmckay on 13 May 2009 at 12:07

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Original comment by kenz0.sa...@gmail.com on 8 Jul 2009 at 8:11

• Added labels: Version-0.14.1

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Original comment by kenz0.sa...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2009 at 7:58

• Changed state: Done