[gagabriel]

Is it possible to change the x and y position of a layer through controls and parameters? Because I can't do it. I do modify things like images, but i'm unable to change the positions...
I can post the code if you need to see it...

[AndreasV]

function onclick()

{

  this.layers("somelayername").x = this.layers("somelayername").x + 1;

}

Like this?

[gagabriel]

I'm using sth like:

function ApplyAdvSettings(){
  this.parameters('FlipX').Value = parseInt(this.controls('FlipX').Value);
  this.FlipTo(0);
  this.ReDraw(true);
}

and i have

<layer name="FrontFlip" x="%FlipX%" y="%FlipY%" width="13" height="13" src="flipit.png" onclick="!FLIP:1" mousecursor="crDefault" alpha="0" fontalign="LT" fullhittest="yes"/>
}

But it does not seem to work... I tried without the parseInt , but does not work either...

[AndreasV]

Ah, rebinding the parameter is not automatically, unfortunately. So, you'll need to modify to code with:

function ApplyAdvSettings(){

  var newXval  = parseInt(this.controls('FlipX').Value);

  this.parameters('FlipX').Value = newXval;

  this.layers("FrontFlip").x = newXval;

  this.FlipTo(0);

  this.ReDraw(true);

}

[gagabriel]

I understand. Thanks you very much!!
But one question: why does this work?

function ApplySettings(){
  var StampParam = this.parameters('StampImage');
  var StampImage = this.controls('StampImage');
  StampParam.Value = StampImage.Value;	
  this.FlipTo(0);
  this.ReDraw(true);
}
...
<layer name="FrontBG" x="59" y="41" width="128" height="128" src="%StampImage%.png" fontalign="LT" mousecursor="crSizeAll"/>

[AndreasV]

maybe redraw auto rebinds images? better let phil answer...

[pcm]

Position isn't auto rebounded. Actually position at first wasn't even allowed to be parameters. I added parameter option a couple of version ago so I would be able to have rebinding option available in the near future.

The image is auto rebinding.

The only reason was I was trying to conserve Memory space so I don't store the parameter information "string" value in memory but since the source is stored in string it is autorebinding.

The last version I introduced the option to force a "Rebind" on layers. Layers.ReloadSkin which makes all layers rebind.

I'm debating on making it more flexible at the cost of more memory for the future version.

[gagabriel]

Ok, i get it now. But what about refresh intervals? Is this OK?

<xmls>
	  <xml src="%SiteAddress%" interval="%RefreshDelay%" usewintmp="yes" ongetdata="UpdateMails();"/>
</xmls>
....
  var RefreshParam = this.parameters('RefreshDelay');
  var RefreshVal = this.controls('RefreshDelay');
  RefreshParam.Value = parseInt(RefreshVal.Value);

[pcm]

YEs that will work, BUT (always a but) you will need to call the Resettimer for the new value to take effect. For speed purpose I don't compare the timer every millisec doing a convert of string to a value so that I can see if its ok. I instead convert on start of a timer and use the converted value until the timer is reset.

[gagabriel]

Sorry, but i don't understand how to call the ResetTimer. Could you give an example?
(I did look in the SDK, but i didn't get it from those examples)

[pcm]

When you create a timer, you have an object that you can call, just like a layer.

So if you have a timer called 'EveryDayTimer'

You can do the following to reset

timer = desklet.timers('EveryDaytimer'); //Get the timer in question
timer.ResetTimer(); //To reset the timer

[gagabriel]

Ah, but i have no timer. I have:

	<xmls>
	  <xml src="%SiteAddress%" interval="%RefreshDelay%" usewintmp="yes" ongetdata="UpdateMails();"/>
	</xmls>
....
	  <param name="RefreshDelay" default="2" save="yes" onupdate=""/>
.....
  var RefreshParam = this.parameters('RefreshDelay');
  var RefreshVal = this.controls('RefreshDelay');
  RefreshParam.Value = parseInt(RefreshVal.Value);

Do I have to use a timer to change the interval attribute?

[pcm]

XML does the same thing, it doesn't recheck the parameter every time.

The only thing you can do is onupdate of the param you can call a XML.Reset() which will then reset the values of the xml.