Konfabulator widget released - version 0.91

[clarkf1]

Got it working....

I downloaded Konfabulator 2.1.1 and it's fixed (must have been a bug at their end)

Download was slow - DNS problems.

[Red Squirrel]

Hi Neil,
I have been able to change the height of the widget, depending on how many projects are attached, by adding the following code after the buildStats() function calls.

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main_window.height=vGap*(projects+1)+34+14
background.height=vGap*(projects+1) +34 +14

Unfortunately to keep the footer position at the bottom of the widget, it then needs a calculation for the footer position, and another call to buildStats() as follows:

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footerVPos=background.height-2
buildStats();

or maybe more createText calls would be better to display the footer line.
Hope this is of help to those who want to change the height of the widget.
Alan

[Neil]

Thanks for the suggestions.

One of the main problems is that the background image itself is a PNG and can't be resized. I would have to supply various backgrounds to allow for changes in the widget size.

What do you think?

Neil.

[Red Squirrel]

I just used the background image you supplied with the widget, and it seems to stretch or compress itself as required. I've tried it with an account with 7 projects attached (changed max projects attached to 8 ) and one with just two and the background changes height accordingly, still with the curved corners! Not sure why, but it seems to work!
Alan

[Neil]

Cool!

I'll try it out when I get back from my hols - sorting out last minute things at the mo. Luckily, I should have a few days off once I return on the 20th, so I can put some work into the widget, as well as rebuilding my Linux machine so I can get the SuperKaramba widget to work.

Cheers,

Neil.

[Red Squirrel]

Hi Neil,
For changing the length of the widget to take into account the number of projects attached to, I think the following coding might be a bit more efficient than what I suggested earlier:

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buildStats();
		
//Code added to change height of widget depending on no of projects attached to.

main_window.height=vGap*(projects+1)+34+14
background.height=vGap*(projects+1) +34 +14
footerVPos=background.height-2
updatedTxt = createText(4, footerVPos, 10, fontName, "bold", "left", txtColour, statsUpdated);
updatedTxtShadow = createShadowText(updatedTxt);

footerTxt = createText(-1, footerVPos, 10, fontName, "bold", "center", txtColour, "boinc.mundayweb.com");
footerTxtShadow = createShadowText(footerTxt);
versionTxt = createText(-1, footerVPos, 10, fontName, "bold", "right", txtColour, VERSION_NO);
versionTxtShadow = createShadowText(versionTxt);

//End of modification

It just needs adding after each buildStats() call.
Regards, Alan

[Neil]

Hi all,

Tonight I have released version 0.4 of the Konfabulator widget. This version will now automatically resize itself based on the number of projects that a user has.

Thanks to Red Squirrel for the help - I only needed these three lines in the end:

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main_window.height=vGap*(projects+1)+34+14
background.height=vGap*(projects+1) +34 +14
footerVPos=background.height-2 

These were added to the buildStats routine.

I found in testing that at least version 2.1.1 of Konfabulator is needed as versions 2.0 up to but not including 2.1.1 do not process the "delete" object statements!!!

If you have any problems, please let me know.

Cheers,

Neil.

[Red Squirrel]

Hi Neil,
I just noticed a couple of bugs in v0.4 of BOINC widget.
If you change text colour in the preferences, the footer line stays the original colour and the date disappears from the line. Same if you change the User ID - the date disappears. I think this is because the footer line is not rewritten when the widget is already loaded.
Also there is no blank line between the totals and the footer line. Thats why I had

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main_window.height = vGap * (projectTotal +1) + startHOffset + 14;
background.height = vGap * (projectTotal +1)+ startHOffset + 14;

not just

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main_window.height = vGap * projectTotal + startHOffset + 14;
background.height = vGap * projectTotal + startHOffset + 14;

Hope I don't sound too "picky"!
Regards,
Alan

[Neil]

Hi Alan,

Thanks for pointing out the colour bugs - I forgot to add the colour code in the buildStats routine. I also made a semantic error regarding the vOffset property of the date text fields which wouldn't haven been caught at runtime.

These have now been fixed in version 0.41.

I personally prefer not having a gap between the total line and the stats. However, I can introduce an option to put the gap in if users want?

Cheers,

Neil.

[Red Squirrel]

Thanks for the speedy upgrade to v0.41.
Works a treat now!
Alan

[clarkf1]

Neil,

I've created a preference which allows you to switch the background on or off (I prefer it off - it's looks better with my desktop)

I'll email you the .kon file. I've commented the lines I've added.

I've just noticed the preference label would probably be better as just "Background"

[Neil]

Hi all,

I have released version 0.5 which adds two new preferences.

The first was supplied by ClarkF1 and allows you to turn the background image on or off.

The second is the "gap" preference which allows you to add a gap between the total line and the stats lines if you wish.

Any problems, let me know.

Cheers,

Neil.

[Neil]

Hi again.

I have just released version 0.51 after ClarkF1 correctly pointed out that shadow text was lacking on any text that is centered or right aligned.

Basically, when you set the alignment of text to anything other than "left", the hOffset value is set to "-1". Therefore, when aligning the shadow text you can't!

To get round this, I had a hunt around the Konfabulator forums. In the end I created a function called "alignObj" which when given a text object and either "left, "center" or "right", it will align the object correctly. It basically uses the width of the main window and the text object to work out the correct alignment. One pre-condition is that the data property of the text field must be set in order for the correct alignment to be calculated.

Sorry for the constant updates!

Neil.

[clarkf1]

Now I have the option of adding a space between the Projects and the Totals I can't decide which I prefer.

Help

[Tim]

How about setting this up for seti classic???