Ok, Eve, this works great!!  Only 1 problem...it don't recolor these items for some reason. The meter bars stay green, I can probably fix that by using a graphic, rather than a color. The DX player scrolling text and volume/seek slidera turn to black rectangles, until I right click them.

 

Thanx, Eve!

I'm off topic here, should I do this via PM or email?

I don't think you can recolor DX plugin objects (such as meters, etc) You'd have to do it manually.

Bummer...I can easily do that, a lot of the end users won't know how. Thank you very much for the script. You are awesome!!! 

I hve uploaded a sample of how you can use a slider to manipulate things like this here.

Hope this helps.

This is really impossible...    And I think it may be one more thing that should be included into DX 4.x

I realize that controlling topics in a forum is impossible . . but thsi will be part of a larger documemnt and the less drift I have, the better off we all are.  'k?

Understood, boss. I am sorry. My bad. 

OT:

This is correct in that this is not possible to do directly. However, it's relatively straight forward.
1. Create an image for your bar (e.g. colour block /gradient 100x20 pixels)
2. Create a text object to store the meter value
3. Create your meter and use the "Set text of object" option - pointing it to the text object you created
4. Add a simple script to the text object on a timer that (optionally) matches the interval of the meter update and sets the width of the bar you created in (1) based on the text value e.g.
DesktopX.Object("cpu").Width = Object.Text
5. Hide the Text object(2) and meter object(3)
6. Recolour your bar object

Appreciate it's OT, but it may allow up to focus on getting a plugin that works with UAC rather than worrying about the colour

Another thought. What about icons in the DX PopupMenu for files and folders? It would be very and very cool to see this in DX 4.X!

Call me an a** again for criticism to Stardock, but as long as there is no OFFICIAL statement that DX will REALLY be developed further on, we may write what we want here. I've seen too many threads like these (for example about ObjectDock and RightClick) leading to NOTHING in the last 2 years.

Carl, I *AM* official Stardock.  I want to update DX and will do all I can to make it happen.

ObjectDock will get an update this summer.  and RightClick will get an update this next month (and will support using the existing WB skin!)

Awesome, Boss!!!  Will it allow PNGs?  Huh...tell me, tell, me , canya , huh!?

 

Zubaz : Great ! I know You are.

Just out of interest Zubaz, who is the lead developer on DesktopX at the moment? Obviously it was Alberto to start with, but then I got the impression that Laurence (GreenReaper) was the developer. Is anyone actually allocated to DesktopX at the moment?

 

I join!

Just interesting to know why the development of this great software (that no doubt must be in the top of Stardock products) is at the so low level.

I just remembered two things I'd really like to see (cant believe i totally forgot about them):

1. Enable parts of widgets/gadgets to be on different levels (one part Always on top, some other part at Desktop level etc.) It would be also nice if Z-order would be accessible through scripts.

2. Enable widgets/gadgets to steal/get focus - when using global hotkeys its very frustrating because the gadget shows itself because it has been set to visible by the hotkey but it is not in focus so you first must click on it before you can use it and that almost defeats the purpose of hotkeying it in the first place.

pleeease add this this    (seriously, with hese fixed a whole new kind of gadgets will be spawned)

No.  Sorry.  I wish.GreenReaper has that honor (although it's not on his plate at the moment).

That's it! That's what I wanted to request but forgot about. Being able to control z-order would be awesome.

Another idea I had was to have checkboxes in the object navigator to make it easier to select specific objects, instead of doing ctrl+click or ctrl+unclick.

Bummer...

I would like to see a zoom tool integrated into DX4 for placement and alignment of small detailed items.

Please.

There are plenty of other tools that can do this. In Vista there is Magnifier which is built in and Google will yield results for XP and others.

Personally I think development should be concentrated in areas not covered elsewhere.

This can be used in DX? I have never used it. I'll look into it. But I'm for anything taht will make DX easier to use, both for the user, and the builder. 

indeed

 

Also @RedneckDude any magnifier should work with DX since mostly they only have issues with videos (except for flash videos)

I am making a little something atm and it would be a lot more useful if there was a way to open object properties window and do stuff you usually can do only via the properties window using scripts - mostly this would enable users to create own tools for developing new widgets and making their lifes easier.

Also it would be nice to get OnLButtonDownEx and OnRButtonDownEx.

If it hasn't been mentioned (as most of this is mumbo jumbo to me) stop widgets, weather, clocks etc.. from shifting positions after maximizing and minimizing other windows please.