A docklet for ObjectDock and AveDesk that allows you to create interesting widgets with zero programming. There is also an integrated scripting facility to enable the creation of more complex widgetry.
You will find many examples of SysStats widgets here on DockEx.
SysStats hs its own website -
sysstats.jools.net/Release Notes
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*2.5.11*
- Added a 'take screenshot' context menu item. Actually just allows you to save an image of the widget itself which is useful for those of us who develop widgets.
- Added a 'player' meter. This will play just about anything, including videos.
- Added a 'Sens' controller that detects user presence.
- Updated the 'support sysstats' link to point to the new site.
*2.5.10*
- In AveDesk you can now drop other desklets on a SysStats desklet and have it do something with them. I dunno. Like maybe behave like a dock or something?
- Will now run in a limited user accout, provided you run it at least once as an administrator.
*2.5.9*
- ImageOverlays can now load images from the web - just enter a URL as the 'path' of an image overlay.
- You can now specify an limit rectangle for an ImageOverlay and an alignment within that rectangle. The image will be resized proportionally to stay within the rectangle and aligned within it as specified.
*2.5.8*
- Fixed a bug that would cause SysStats to crash if a COM component upped its major version number (like iTunes).
- Fixed some innacuracies with the rendering of images and text.
- The XML meter now holds on to the latest copy of the document if the network connection goes away, so configs that use the XML meter won't display %s for everything any more.
- Added a 'nerd knob' to the ImageOverlay for use by scripts that write to an image file being used by an overlay.
2.5.7:
- Now has a speedfan meter
- Fixed a ton of memory leaks (especially for the RSS config)
- Loads and Saves *much* faster
- Changes to the interval of a meter take immediate effect.
2.5.6 is more robust
2.5.3 fixes a startup bug where widgets would appear to be corrupt.
See the help available from the right-click context menu for more details.
Notes
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- Not everything works on ObjectDock (dropped files allegedly)
- Not everything works on AveDesk 1.1 or earlier (anything that requires dragging).
- There are no configs with this release (to keep it small). All existing configs
will work. I will release showcase configs for all the new features over the coming
weeks/months.
- The SDK will be updated sometime too.
Installing
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1. Quit all copies of AveDesk, ObjectDock and YzDock.
2. Unzip directly into your ObjectDock and/or AveDesk folder
Make sure you replace *all* copies of SysStats.
3. Restart ObjectDock/AveDesk.
Thanks
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Ave
Herd
All my beta testers
Support SysStats
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SysStats has taken a huge chunk out of my life. Its been fun learning about Windows
development but I can't continue to devote this amount of time to it without a little
compensation (other than the enjoyment I get out of seeing it being used). If you would
like to see improvements to SysStats (and maybe a decent web-site to support it)
please consider donating some of your hard earned cash. You can find a link here:
http://webpages.charter.net/jool...
New/Changed functionality
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Controllers:
This relase adds 'controllers' - a generalized way of interacting
with a SysStats docklet/desklet. With controllers you can specify regions
of a docklet/desklet that respond to various events such as a mouse event,
a key press, a timer, files being dropped, the mouse hovering over a part of
the desklet, a control being dragged etc.
You can execute an application, change the appearance of the docklet,
or execute a script.
Specific controllers include:
CursorController Changes the appearance of the cursor
DropTargetController Accepts dropped files
MappedController Use this to implement slider controls of any shape (e.g. circular)
MessageSender Use this to convert one message type to another
ValueSetter Use this to set the value of a meter
ScriptController Executes a script in response to an event
ASyncScriptController Executes a script in the background
Shortcut Executes an application
TimerController Sends a windows message at regular intervals
New Meters
- An animation meter used to control overlay animations
- A MAPI mailcheck meter
- ASycnhronous script meter
New Overlays
- A scroller overlay (controlled by an animation meter)
- An animator overlay that implements 'in-betweening'
(you can use this to implement 'drawers')
- Animated images (in combination with an AnimationMeter).
- A 'mapped' image overlay that can be used to change the shape of an image
according to the value of a meter.
Integration with AveDesk 1.2:
- Added an AveDesk 1.2 hack to allow a user to create a new config by selecting the
skin called '_New' from the list.
- Improved windows message handling
- Integrated SysStats config browsing into 'add desklet' dialog.
- Added support to navigate to SysStats object model from AveDesk
object model. i.e. you can get to the SysStatsModel object from
an AveDesk script. As an example, you can contol the AeroWeather
widget using the included script 'aeroweather.vbs'.
- Integrated with AveDesk desklet show/hide
- Fixed missing 'Properties' window
General Improvements:
- Uses less CPU
- Added hue and saturation controls to image and mapped overlays
- Added 'Help' button to configuration dialog, since that's where
it is most useful.
- Dialogs no longer hog the limelight :)
- Any overlay can now act as a mask for any other overlay.
- Can scale the whole desklet for AveDesk
- Can access items by name in scripts
- Help documentation is much improved.
- Plugins are now automatically loaded without having to restart.
- Plugins are now versioned.
Improved XML Meter:
- Added extra method to XML meter to allow scripts to access nodelists
- The XML meter can now use full XPath expressions
Improved Localalization:
- Fractional update times for meters now work in all locales.
- Time meter display now uses current locale properly (i.e. French in France
English in England, etc. etc.)
- In fact all meters now support current locale (e.g. ',' for decimal points).
- Time meter now supports timezones
Improved Text Overlay:
- Added text wrapping
- Added alternate text rendering that includes control over antialiasing
- Easier to create outlined text (can set blur color separately from font color).
Improved Scripting
- SysStats now emulates some of the features found in the WScript object
such as 'ConnectObject()' and 'Echo()'.
- There is now a script console for each script that can be used to help
debugging.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a lot of memory problems
- PDH meter dialogs no longer give the message 'Can't connect to machine'.
- Relative pathnames are now always computed correctly.
- SysStats no longer crashes on a dual CPU machine when a docklet is destroyed.
- Works on W2K (yay).
- XML meter should work on just about everything.
