Version 0.3 Beta
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Rainmeter is a customizable
resource meter that can display various performance data in histogram or
plain numbers. Rainmeter can display various things like CPU load,
allocated memory, network traffic and so on. Rainmeter can also display
the NT performance data.
The application is a Litestep LoadModule plugin, but it can be used without the Litestep as well. You can use it even with the normal Explorer-shell if you like. Rainmeter is developed and tested on Win2k, but it should work on Win9x also. But Win9x is not officially supported. And no, Rainmeter does not measure how much it rained last night (at least not yet ;-) |
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Installing
for Litestep
To install just copy the Rainmeter.dll and to your Litestep directory (e.g. C:\Litestep\). You don't need the Rainmeter.exe if you are using Rainmeter as Litestep plugin. Also do not copy the included lsapi.dll over your original file as Litestep might not work after that (or at least it will become unstable). After copying, open your step.rc and add following line: LoadModule C:\Litestep\Rainmeter.dll ... and recycle. The configuration of Rainmeter is done in a Rainmeter.ini file and not in the step.rc. Make sure that the Rainlendar.ini-file is in the same folder as the DLL. Installing for some other shell (e.g. Explorer) Copy all the stuff in the zip-file to some location (e.g. C:\Program files\Rainmeter\). The Rainmeter.ini file must be in the same folder where the Rainmeter.dll is. You also need the lsapi.dll somewhere in the path. Important: Currently there is no way to close the Rainmeter if started from the exe-file. You need to kill the Rainmeter process to get rid of the program.
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Configuration of the meters
are done in a Rainmeter.ini-file. The ini-file is divided into
several parts. All the general settings are put under [Rainmeter] section.
All the other sections define one meter. The name of the section can be
chosen freely as long as it is unique. The ini-file must include [Rainmeter]
section. The different meters and measures can have custom settings. All the settings that are specific to a meter or to a measure are placed in the section where they are used. Check the example that is supplied with the package if you didn't understand the previous sentence (I don't blame you :-). Here is some info what goes where: [Rainmeter] Background WindowX WindowY AlwaysOnTop Draggable Update HideOnMouseOver StartHidden General settings for the meters X Y W H Type Measure
InvertMeasure Histogram SecondaryMeasure PrimaryColor SecondaryColor BothColor String FontColor Prefix Postfix FontFace FontSize StringAlign StringStyle Scale AutoScale NetIn NetInSpeed NetOut NetOutSpeed FreeDiskSpace Drive PerfMon PerfMonObject PerfMonCounter PerfMonInstance PerfMonMaxValue PerfMonDifference |
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The Rainmeter can be
controlled also with Litestep !Bang-commands. !RainmeterShow !RainmeterHide |
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This program is free software. Like
Litestep, it is released under GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. Please note that this software is still in beta-state and is most likely to have defects and may not work as it should. Use it at your own risk. The author is not responsible for any damage, direct or indirect, that this software may cause.
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The latest version will be found from my
homepage at:
You may also send comments and bug-reports to author: Please put the name of the product (i.e. Rainmeter) in the subject-field of the mail. It may be useful if you write the version of the product also. If you are reporting a bug, please try to be as exact as possible when describing the symptoms. Also some details of your system (like OS version, Litestep build, and so on) might be helpful.
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Here is some features which may be
included in the future:
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19 AUGUST 2001 (Version 0.3 ß)
19 JULY 2001 (Version 0.2 ß)
22 FEBRUARY 2001 (Version 0.1 ß)
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