Well, this isnt really a problem i was told to post here to get ahold of rainy. I was thinking about converting youre C++ plugin examples to Visual Basic, it seemed all possible except the fact of inputting and receiving data. You made the rainmeter.dll C++ ONLY. If you were to make it a COM dll then i could make vb examples. i cant actually add the .dll to a vb project meaning there would be no way i could do this. if you eventually add vb support so i can add it to a project i could help you greatly. Thanks :)