Weeelo

Hi, I've been reading this: http://community.sigames.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/420106/...202081102#5202081102

But it seems like the "date" is still not included?

Am I correct?

tottenhamfmo7

yes, you are right.

try using xml files

radestock

I don't think it has changed for the new game sadly.

However there are always ways around stuff like that. You could use layering to put a box over the top of the part of the date you don't want to see. Make the box match your background exactly and it'll blend in. It's a bit of a hack but without looking at the code you wouldn't notice

You could even I suppose put the date in a container but limit the size of the container and inset the date right/left until you see what you want. This might work but then again I seem to recall when somethign doesn't fit in a container with FM07 it adds an ellipsis which would stop this working.

Weeelo

Thanks radestock. I just don't think I have the skills to figure out a way to fix it, so I'll try something else.

Btw. radestock, the shadow seems to be cutted after the last letter, is there anyway to add a whitespace afterwards, so the shadow fades out instead of beeing cutted?

See screenshot here: http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/723/30981103hw7.png

Here's the functions I know:

[%date#1-day]
[%date#1-time]
[%date#1-month]
[%date#1-year]
[%date#1-long_no_day]
[%date#1-short]
[%date#1-three_line]

Is it them all, or are there other (might be a question for the guys from SI)?

radestock

Not sure about the other date modifiers.

The shadow thing I suspect is down to the container/widget being autosized and the game not taking the shadow into consideration.

I reckon it would solve itself if you used width="x" instead of the autosize="all" or "horizontal". Just set it to autosize="vertical" and width="x" where x is a number that the date fits in.

Seems logical that would work.

Weeelo

Great, it worked. But I have the same problem with text in the titlebar and when I change all_size to vertical the text just disappear.

Any ideas how to fix that?

Weeelo

Any chance for an example Radestock? It would really suit my Simplicity skin if you could work out a working thing for this.

So if you got the time and want to help, I would be very greatful.