Note that we have used the variable #AlmostBlack# in the SolidColor option for this meter.
Let's go ahead and add that now, so we can demonstrate the first use of one of those variables we created above. In earlier tutorials, we waited until the end and put a solid background on the skin using an Image meter. In order to change the value in all places it is used, you only need to change it one time in the section of the skin. Variables are used to create a value, which can be used repeatedly in the skin by enclosing the variable name in # (example: #VarName#). The next thing we are going to do is define some variables for the skin. Building the System skinįirst, as we did in our earlier tutorial, let's add the section to control the Update speed of the skin. You only see one hard drive in that image? We will get to that. We are going to monitor the CPU with a Line meter, and display some information about the space on your hard drives. Then we are going to create some circular meters showing the usage with Roundline meters. What we are going to do is measure the percent usage of the CPU, and the space on a couple of hard drives.
