Display the Status of a Custom Indicator as Text?

I want to create a custom Indicator called !Window, and when I hit a particular button I want it to toggle between setting the indicator ON and OFF. I am using the SWITCHBUTTON in the button code to do that toggle.

My questions are:
1) Can I get the status of my custom indicator to show up as text in the LABEL of the button, and what is the syntax for that?

2) Can I write the status of my custom indicator to an ini file ( or some other better way) so that the correct indicator is showing when I restart RideRunner?

I am using this button to toggle between 2 states of GPS controlled volume, and in the past I was using SWITCHLABEL and SWITCHBUTTON to toggle between the 2 states. This however does not show the actual status of the setting but reverts to the first state of the SWITCHLABEL when I restart RR.

Here is the code I was trying to use to display the text as a Label:

Code:

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L6,516,527,71,50,#DFX1R#,#DFX1G#,#DFX1B#,20,"Nissan:B","!WINDOW","CENTER"

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Here is my button code:

Code:

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B5,500,526,100,74,"SETVAR;speedatt;$p1speedatt$||
SETVAR;speedattmute;$p1speedattmute$||
SETVAR;speedattunit;$p1speedattunit$||
SETVAR;speedattvola;$p1speedattvola$||
SETVAR;speedattvolb;$p1speedattvolb$||
SETVAR;speedattspeeda;0||
SETVAR;speedattspeedb;$pspeedattspeedb$||
SETVAR;speedattmode;line||
SETVAR;speedattmute;$p1speedattmute$||
SETVAR;speedattmaxstep;15||
SAVETOINI;speedatt;$p1speedatt$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmute;$p1speedattmute$||
SAVETOINI;speedattunit;$p1speedattunit$||
SAVETOINI;speedattvola;$p1speedattvola$||
SAVETOINI;speedattvolb;$p1speedattvolb$||
SAVETOINI;speedattspeeda;0||
SAVETOINI;speedattspeedb;$p1speedattspeedb$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmode;line||
SAVETOINI;speedattmute;$p1speedattmute$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmaxstep;15||
"SETIND;!WINDOW;OFF"||
SWITCHBUTTON;5>>
"SETVAR;speedatt;$p2speedatt$||
SETVAR;speedattmute;$p2speedattmute$||
SETVAR;speedattunit;$p2speedattunit$||
SETVAR;speedattvola;$p2speedattvola$||
SETVAR;speedattvolb;$p2speedattvolb$||
SETVAR;speedattspeeda;0||
SETVAR;speedattspeedb;$pspeedattspeedb$||
SETVAR;speedattmode;line||
SETVAR;speedattmute;$p2speedattmute$||
SETVAR;speedattmaxstep;15||
SAVETOINI;speedatt;$p2speedatt$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmute;$p2speedattmute$||
SAVETOINI;speedattunit;$p2speedattunit$||
SAVETOINI;speedattvola;$p2speedattvola$||
SAVETOINI;speedattvolb;$p2speedattvolb$||
SAVETOINI;speedattspeeda;||
SAVETOINI;speedattspeedb;$pspeedattspeedb$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmode;line||
SAVETOINI;speedattmute;$p2speedattmute$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmaxstep;15||
"SETIND;!WINDOW;ON"||
SWITCHBUTTON;5",""

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You can do these things using a variable, but not with the custom indicator alone.

Try this:

Code:

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L6,516,527,71,50,#DFX1R#,#DFX1G#,#DFX1B#,20,"Nissan:B","BYVAR;VARWINDOW;OFF<<ON","CENTER"

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with this:

Code:

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B5,500,526,100,74,"SETVAR;speedatt;$p1speedatt$||
SETVAR;speedattmute;$p1speedattmute$||
SETVAR;speedattunit;$p1speedattunit$||
SETVAR;speedattvola;$p1speedattvola$||
SETVAR;speedattvolb;$p1speedattvolb$||
SETVAR;speedattspeeda;0||
SETVAR;speedattspeedb;$pspeedattspeedb$||
SETVAR;speedattmode;line||
SETVAR;speedattmute;$p1speedattmute$||
SETVAR;speedattmaxstep;15||
SAVETOINI;speedatt;$p1speedatt$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmute;$p1speedattmute$||
SAVETOINI;speedattunit;$p1speedattunit$||
SAVETOINI;speedattvola;$p1speedattvola$||
SAVETOINI;speedattvolb;$p1speedattvolb$||
SAVETOINI;speedattspeeda;0||
SAVETOINI;speedattspeedb;$p1speedattspeedb$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmode;line||
SAVETOINI;speedattmute;$p1speedattmute$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmaxstep;15||
SETIND;!WINDOW;OFF||
SETVAR;VARWINDOW;0||
SAVETOINI;VARWINDOW;$VARWINDOW$||
SWITCHBUTTON;5>>
"SETVAR;speedatt;$p2speedatt$||
SETVAR;speedattmute;$p2speedattmute$||
SETVAR;speedattunit;$p2speedattunit$||
SETVAR;speedattvola;$p2speedattvola$||
SETVAR;speedattvolb;$p2speedattvolb$||
SETVAR;speedattspeeda;0||
SETVAR;speedattspeedb;$pspeedattspeedb$||
SETVAR;speedattmode;line||
SETVAR;speedattmute;$p2speedattmute$||
SETVAR;speedattmaxstep;15||
SAVETOINI;speedatt;$p2speedatt$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmute;$p2speedattmute$||
SAVETOINI;speedattunit;$p2speedattunit$||
SAVETOINI;speedattvola;$p2speedattvola$||
SAVETOINI;speedattvolb;$p2speedattvolb$||
SAVETOINI;speedattspeeda;||
SAVETOINI;speedattspeedb;$pspeedattspeedb$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmode;line||
SAVETOINI;speedattmute;$p2speedattmute$||
SAVETOINI;speedattmaxstep;15||
SETIND;!WINDOW;ON||
SETVAR;VARWINDOW;1||
SAVETOINI;VARWINDOW;$VARWINDOW$||
SWITCHBUTTON;5",""

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Keep your custom indicator as is, but you should execute this when loading the screen or skin (i.e. using ONSKINSTART) to restore the custom indicator after starting RR:

Code:

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"BYVAR;VARWINDOW;<<SETIND;!WINDOW;ON"

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NOTE: I assume you DO NOT actually have those line breaks in the .skin file or it certainly would not work as everything has to be in the same line...

couldnt you also use byvar to do somehting like this? When you set the save the variable, use savetoini;myvatname;test then when rr loads it will set myvar to "test" as thats whats in the ini. then use ByVar on that variable to determine what to do. You can then display the variable as a label.

I hope I said that all right, I am in China and going on little sleep for the past few days....

lol you have to go all the way to china just to sleep lol....

:rofl: :whs:

Wow that actually seems to make sense. I will try all that.

Yes you assume correct. I only have one line in the code. I just thought with such a long command it would be easier to read with the line breaks.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by carputer1

lol you have to go all the way to china just to sleep lol....

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Blue ZX3

:rofl: :whs:

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Yea yea yea.....

But even on the opposite side of the planet, it does not prevent the on going nagging of "When is the skin going to be released?"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/whipping.gif
LOL

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Originally Posted by guino

You can do these things using a variable, but not with the custom indicator alone.

Try this:...

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So I tried this and still have no text displaying in my button.

Also the purpose of the button is to toggle between 2 different sets of variables of GPS speed controled volume. The windows up (OFF) volume starts at 65% at stop and slowly goes to 100% at 80mph. The Windows down (ON) volume starts at 40% and quickly got to 100% at 50mph.

With the changes you proposed, the volume goes to 0% at skin start.

Any further suggestions?

I am out of town for a few more days, so not at my desktop puter to try to test stuff.

My thought is simple though, when you press the button, make part of that button code to save your variable in the rr.ini, press the button again, save the other value you want. then when rr starts, that variable will be loaded, and avail for use and display. To display a variable you have to use a label, with the code =$YourVariableName$


Having the volume go to 0 at skin start, means you are not setting the volume to match what the variable is that you saved is my thinking.

Well John that wast the solution. The text alternates back and forth between ON and OFF. However all I have really accomplished is a more complex way of what I was already doing with Switchlabel and Switchbutton.

See the problem now is that if I close RR in the ON position, it takes 2 button pushes to get to the off position the first time. The first half of the code is ON, and the second half obviously OFF. But if I close RR ON, with the first button push being ON, it takes the second button push to be OFF.

Is there a way to accomplish this so the button is in the right state on RR start.

Make sense?