Trying to create a text object

First attempt at doing a DesktopX item

Published on April 20, 2005 By xvolution In DesktopX

Hi. I've finally decided to try my hand at making a desktopX object. I'm already having problems with the script coding.

I'm trying to make a text object that will take a value in a variable and display it as text on the desktop. A rate value is added to the variable every second and is updated every second. The question I have is: how do you get it to display as text on the desktop? The tutorials didn't help me out at all. I tried object.Text(myVariable), but I kept getting errors with it.

Thanks in advance.

Comments

WickedP

on Apr 20, 2005

Object.text=MyVariable

Wicked.

xvolution

on Apr 20, 2005

Thanks again. That worked.

The tutorials don't say anything about how to do that. Someone needs to make a tutorial on how to do things like this in DX cause the tutorial is too vague.

CerebroJD

on Apr 21, 2005

Well, really, its VBscript. DX has a few extra bits added into it, but if you learn VBscript, you're set. Just do a google search for VBscript tutorials. I'd recommend the w3school websites...super good learning there.

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