Dial Indicator (Needle Gauge)

[bobneumann]

I'm looking for a way to display wmi info as a gauge. I think I've looked everywhere there is to look, and I haven't found anyone who has used autoit to do it.

I can't be that hard, though. Even looking at the source for Analog Clock, I can see how to easily set up the dial background. Then you just have to poll the info you want at whatever interval, and draw the line on the screen. I have begun modifying the source for analog clock (below).

a: am I on the right track?

b: am I reinventing the wheel? If so, tell me where to look....

[Uten]

Your probably on the right track.

Don't think anyone have done it in a AutoIt only udf before. You could probably find external libraries to do it.

Looking forward to see the finished implementation.

Have fun and happy scripting..

Uten

[Lakes]

Hmm, interesting Idea, you could have dials for Internet speed, Volume, Cpu temp, all sorts of things...

[BrettF]

Hmm, interesting Idea, you could have dials for Internet speed, Volume, Cpu temp, all sorts of things...

mmm...... I feel a new project coming on!

[bobneumann]

mmm...... I feel a new project coming on!

Here's what I've got done:

renamed all variables over to make more sense ("dial indicator" instead of "Clock"

remove min and hour hands

mapped in some sample wmi (Available ram) just to see it work.

Yet to be done:

Clean up min/hr hash marks at bottom of screen

reset needle to begin at "0" mark instead of "5" mark. (Should begin at 7 o'clock position instead of 12 o'clock position)

implement timer to refresh and redisplay needle on some time interval (4 times per second or whatever)

format/visual improvements (Background colors, fonts, etc.)

gui to select which wmi you'd like to monitor

Either manual or automatic selection of proper scale for the data that will be displayed.

Do I continue this here, or in example scripts, or what?

Thanks in advance,

Bob

[_Kurt]

You should create a new Topic in the "Example Scripts" subforum if you are ready to release some sort of script.

Kurt

[bobneumann]

You should create a new Topic in the "Example Scripts" subforum if you are ready to release some sort of script.

Kurt

It won't let me. It says I don't have permission. Can someone else open it for me?

Bob

[bobneumann]

here's the latest attachment.

Again, I'd love to create this as a new project in sample scripts....

Bob

dial_indicator.au3

[matrix200]

Ok I couldn't find the topic in example scripts .

I do apologize if I missed it and it is a wrong thread to post.

Anyway I found this wonderful script and wanted to make it more useful for my application (UPS monitoring client).

So I started modifying it in all kinds of ways.

First I replaced all dll stuff with Gdiplus library calls to make the program easier to read.

Second I made the gauge half height (If you run it you will see what I mean).

This is still a work in progress while the ultimate goal for me is to make one function with all parameters (scale values , colors to draw on the scale , labels etc and the size of window) which will draw the dial and another function to update dial's value.

Then I hope others will be able to use it in their applications.

Anyway thanks to all who contributed to the original script and of course comments are welcome

The script is attached to the message.

dial.au3

[weaponx]

Looks good, but instead of reviving a dead topic you should have just created a new topic in Example Scripts.

[matrix200]

I don't think I have a permission to do that.

Can someone of the mods create the topic for me?

Then I will put my script there.

OK I do apologize.

Anyway I created the topic in example scripts and put my script there

Those interested in the script please go there.

Edited February 27, 2008 by matrix200