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I need a tool to compare list of strings (numbers and chars).
Maybe someone is interested?  ;)  :Thmbsup:

Do you have any sample files we can work with?
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 30, 2019, 11:30 PM »
Everything looks great now! Haven't come across any issues on Windows 8.1. Works just like it did before the change in the API.

Good to hear and thanks for the report.

On tip I wanted to mention is if anyone is updating the software, if you save the files "config.ini" and "locations.lst" then all your settings will carry over to the new update. So just make a back up of those files, then use them to overwrite the new ones when you install an updated version.

Thanks for the tip, though there shouldn't be any need to back up those files beforehand.  The zip file download doesn't contain a config.ini nor a locations.lst, so you can simply unpack the zip file to your sWeather install folder.  Now, that said, one should always have backups.   :Thmbsup:
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 30, 2019, 03:33 PM »
Hi, selesn777, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.   :up:

Can you please tell me how to set the temperature display only in Celsius?

From the main sWeather window, choose Options > Configure from the menu.  In the Options window, enable the "Use metric units" option and, optionally, enable the "Add 'C' or 'F' to temperatures" option.




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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Comparer
« Last post by skwire on January 28, 2019, 03:14 PM »
Could some moderator please update the Download Link at first post?

Done.   :)
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 28, 2019, 08:55 AM »
For me everything seems fine EXCEPT I noticed the icons in the lower right (for linking to the yahoo website) no longer appear.

Good eye.   ;)

Website & Download
v1.7.9 - 2019-01-28
    ! Statusbar icons were missing.  (Thanks, Mboxer511)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by skwire on January 28, 2019, 08:36 AM »
I downloaded the SCURLed software and I am excited about trying it out.

Please try it out on copies of your LNK and URL files first.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 26, 2019, 03:07 AM »
Uploaded v1.7.8:

Website & Download
v1.7.8
   + New metric windspeed option to use meters per second instead of the kilometers per hour default.  (Thanks, BG)
    * Rearranged the Options dialog a bit.
    ! Hopefully made the menu and button icons work properly in both Windows XP and Windows 7+.  32-bit colour must be enabled in your Windows display options.  (Thanks, Drugwash)
    ! Fixed the titlebar not always displaying the time.  (Thanks, Drugwash)


@Drugwash, let me know if this fixes the icon display issue, please.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 25, 2019, 06:07 PM »
Hello, previously my sweather tray icon would show a weather condition icon such as clouds, sun rain, etc. depending on the weather for my location. Now I only see a square box with the temperature in it. Is there a way to show the nicer weather icons instead and not the temperature?

Which Windows version are you using?

I see now there's a checkbox for the weather condition icon that can be enabled/disabled, but how do I hide the temperature icon? I don't need both (need the space). The drop-down in the settings for temperature doesn't include none and there's no enable/disable checkbox for the temperature. :( The hover info for the condition icon doesn't show the same info (less) as the temp icon

I'll try to explain this: Natively, an AutoHotkey program can only create one icon in the tray.  Many years ago, a tray library was created that let you add and control additional tray icons.  sWeather uses this library; one of the icons is the native one and one is created by the tray library.  This worked fine until Windows 7+ brought about some significant changes in tray icon handling.  It's apparent that Windows 7+ sees the two icons differently but I have my Windows 7 install set to display all tray icons all the time, so I don't experience any tray icon issues.  However, today, I've been testing sWeather on a Windows 10 install, with both icons enabled in sWeather, and I have no issues using the native Windows 10 tray icon handling to hide/show either icon.  It survives reboots, too.  If you're using Windows 7+, have you tried changing the native tray icon settings?

Regarding the difference in the tray icon tooltips (hover info) this, again, is because of the age of the tray library.  The original library was ANSI only and was not updated to support Unicode when AutoHotkey was updated with Unicode compatibility.  I made changes to the library so it would work at all with Unicode AutoHotkey but, as you see, one of the drawbacks is it cannot display the same amount of textual data.  Why?  Probably something to do with Unicode chars taking two bytes.  At any rate, I was pleased that I got the library working at all in Unicode.  =]

I hope this helps to explain things.

Also the settings GUI button is chopped off at the bottom when using a dpi setting of 125%.

I tested this in a VM at 125% DPI and it displays correctly.  On a hunch, what is your screen resolution?

Thanks for getting sWeather working again. :Thmbsup:

You're welcome and thank you for helping out sportman12 earlier.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 24, 2019, 07:43 AM »
Sorry, all.  As you found out, there was a typo in the changelog and I forgot to update the version number on the webpage.  For now, I've recompiled it, without any changes, to v1.7.7.2.  Changelog and webpage have been updated as well.

@Drugwash: I will fix both issues.
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N.A.N.Y. 2016 / Re: NANY 2016 Release: sTray
« Last post by skwire on January 24, 2019, 12:28 AM »
Hi, t0b20, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.

I tried to add sTray to the Context Menu but that didn't work for me.

I'm not sure how you even attempted to do this.

sTray goes directly to the system tray  :(

That's how sTray is designed to work.

Could you please add an option to launch sTray Menu directly from the Context Menu.

I'm not quite sure what you mean.  By context menu, did you mean the menu you get when you right-click a file?  If so, again, that's not how sTray is designed to work.  sTray is designed to run in your system tray.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 24, 2019, 12:22 AM »
Which is  the latest sWeather version ?

You can always find the latest version on the sWeather website: http://www.dcmembers...e/download/sweather/
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 23, 2019, 06:07 PM »
I'm having an issue with the time not displaying correctly and the forecast not working.

As Drugwash mentioned, for the time issue, try disabling the "Use HTTPS when possible" setting.  For the forecast issue, thank you for testing and I'm glad the interim build fixed things.  I've included those changes in the v1.1.7 mainline release below.

There's a problem with the GUI icons in XP, noticed it right after you eliminated the resources DLL but thought it might just be a different icon set. Apparently it's a rendering error for the transparent PNGs.

They're actually icons but I tested with PNG files and got the same results.  I can't win here.   :(  I really don't want to go back to extra loose files if I can help it.

Also noticed 'Minimize to tray' is missing from the configuration panel but it does work as such; maybe you made it permanent?

No, haha.  I mistakenly deleted that line when adjusting the Options GUI.   :-[  It's back in the v1.7.7. build.

Reminder: date/time still dissapears from titlebar when in TooWindow mode. The tray click is the trigger.

Still working on this.  Sometimes it goes away, sometimes it stays.  There's really no rhyme or reason to it.

Nevermind I fixed the time issue not appearing in 12 hour format in the title bar.  Had to change the "Date/time format" from:

Yep, that's why I made it completely configurable.   :up:

Website & Download
2019-01-23 - v1.7.7
! Fixed speed issue when getting weather data.  It was my fault and not the new API.
! Fixed 5 & 10 day forecast data not showing for some users.
! "Minimize to tray" option is back.  I must have erroneously deleted it in the last build.  (Thanks, Drugwash)
! Pressure reading wasn't correct for imperial values.

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N.A.N.Y. 2016 / Re: NANY 2016 Release: sTray
« Last post by skwire on January 23, 2019, 04:41 PM »
I believe because print service (spoolsv.exe) is stopped here, so in such case this program is unusable.

Interesting scenario, and one I hadn't considered.   :)  Thanks for reporting it.

Can it be fixed?

Yes, see below.   :D

Website & Download
v1.0.2 - 2019-01-23
    ! Handled situations where no printers exist or the print spooler service is inactive.  (Thanks, rm)
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 23, 2019, 10:29 AM »
forecast not working

http://www.dcmembers...Weather_v1.7.6.2.zip

Please try that build and let me know if the forecast works.  Thank you.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 22, 2019, 05:32 PM »
skywire  please give me step  by step install directions I did have old version do I delete old version first or ? please

  • Shut down sWeather.
  • Make a copy of your current sWeather folder for backup.
  • Download new version of sWeather.
  • Unzip the version into your current sWeather folder, overwriting current files.
  • Start up sWeather.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 22, 2019, 04:42 PM »
sWeather has been updated to v1.7.6.  Thanks to all for your testing and patience.  :Thmbsup:   I also received word from Yahoo! that the wind chill reading for Celsius has been fixed.   :up:

Website
v1.7.6 - 2018-01-22
    + Added support for the new Yahoo! Weather API.  The old API was retired on
      2019-01-03.  The new API seems slower than the previous one but I don't
      know if it's because of the new OAuth requirement for this new API or
      something else.  Whatever...it works, so please be patient with it and
      apologies for any inconvenience.
    + Hovering over the "Full forecast", "Radar", and "Powered by Yahoo!" links
      shows their URL in the statusbar.  (Thanks, Drugwash)
    + Right-clicking the "Full forecast", "Radar", and "Powered by Yahoo!" links
      gives the option of copying the URL to the clipboard.
    + Added "Minimize to tray" option.  (Thanks, Drugwash)
    + Added menu option to display raw weather data.
    + Added tooltips to statusbar icons.
    + Option to break location menu into multiple columns.
    * Eliminated dependencies on resources.dll and temp directory.
    - Took out the WOEID search feature because the new API doesn't support that
      currently.  Had to go back to the old method of manually getting the WOEID
      from the URL of a location on the main weather.yahoo.com website.  Yuck,
      what a travesty.  >=[
    ! Right-click clipboard context menu was broken.
    ! Fixed an extra line in one of the tray tooltips.  (Thanks, Drugwash)
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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - Spews
« Last post by skwire on January 22, 2019, 03:24 PM »
v1.1.3 released today.  Download from here: http://www.dcmembers...wire/download/spews/

v1.1.3 - 2019-01-22
    + Added option to remember the image list position between sessions.  (Thanks, Martin E.)


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N.A.N.Y. 2016 / Re: NANY 2016 Release: sTray
« Last post by skwire on January 22, 2019, 03:21 PM »
so, is there such a version?

"There is now," Skwire said, three years later.   :P

Can the available options be made configurable?
I don't want the Shutdown, Sleep and Hibernate options available for systems that are actually located in a hosting farm

Added in the new version.

Might be nice to have a "start screensaver" item on there too.

Added in the new version.

Website
v1.0.1 - 2019-01-22
    + Added a printers menu to easily set your default printer.  (Thanks, c.gingerich)
    + Added "Start screensaver" option.  (Thanks, mouser)
    + Added "Turn monitor off" option.
    + Added option to open the menu with a left-click on the tray icon.
    + Added ability to configure which items are in the menu and their order.  (Thanks, Ath)


2019-01-22_143057.png  2019-01-22_141431.png
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 21, 2019, 04:22 PM »
skwire I am a disabled person can not find the In  Options  the button next to the WOEID field for instructions can you give me a screenshot please

Did you update to the latest sWeather I posted?  If not, update to this version here, first:

http://www.dcmembers...eather_v1.7.5.35.zip

2019-01-21_161934.png




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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 21, 2019, 03:42 PM »
I can not add my location with the new version how do I do it ?

In sWeather's Options dialog, click the button next to the WOEID field for instructions on how to do that.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 20, 2019, 06:44 PM »
Just uploaded interim build 35 which adds back in the custom location name option I mistakenly took out when redoing all this.

http://www.dcmembers...eather_v1.7.5.35.zip
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 20, 2019, 06:04 PM »
It wasn't the WOEID stuff that was a pain, it was the new OAuth requirements.  OAuth is a damn nightmare.

My experiences with OAuth.



In other words, I agree.  Totally.

Yeah, it's bloody ridiculous.  It's like it's complicated just for the sake of being complicated.  As for troubleshooting, yeah, right.  Troubleshooting is just trying random shit until 1) it works or 2) you just give up (re: your surrender flag above, haha).
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 20, 2019, 05:40 PM »
- Bug?: no more minimize button in titlebar.

Eh? Did you enable the "Do not show taskbar button" option or something?
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 20, 2019, 02:58 PM »
There's an extra "`n" (new line) at the end of the tooltip text

As mentioned previously, the version below should have a fix.

There's another "fix" I did in my local version: tooltips for the statusbar icons.

I had meant to add those last night (and have in the version below).  Thanks for the reminder.   :Thmbsup:

Nice job Jody, thank you! Looks like it works fine.

Great to hear.  Thank you for the report.   :Thmbsup:

Latest interim build here:
http://www.dcmembers...eather_v1.7.5.34.zip
http://www.dcmembers...eather_v1.7.5.35.zip

Please read the following changelog and let me know how this version works for you (changes from the .25 build to the .34 build are in bold):

    + Added support for the new Yahoo! Weather API.  The old API was retired on
      2019-01-03.  The new API seems slower than the previous one but I don't
      know if it's because of the new OAuth requirement for this new API or
      something else.  Whatever...it works, so please be patient with it and
      apologies for any inconvenience.
    + Hovering over the "Full forecast", "Radar", and "Powered by Yahoo!" links
      shows their URL in the statusbar.  (Thanks, Drugwash)
    + Right-clicking the "Full forecast", "Radar", and "Powered by Yahoo!" links
      gives the option of copying the URL to the clipboard.
    + Added "Minimize to tray" option.  (Thanks, Drugwash)
    + Added menu option to display raw weather data.
    + Added tooltips to statusbar icons.
    * Eliminated dependencies on resources.dll and temp directory.
    - Took out the WOEID search feature because the new API doesn't support that
      currently.  Had to go back to the old method of manually getting the WOEID
      from the URL of a location on the main weather.yahoo.com website.  Yuck,
      what a travesty.  >=[
    ! Right-click clipboard context menu was broken.
    ! Fixed an extra line in one of the tray tooltips.  (Thanks, Drugwash)
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 20, 2019, 11:24 AM »
Basically working but the "Feels Like" temperature is 28C when the actual temperature is 0C.
It's mostly working, except for the aforementioned "Feels like" which is also 28°C for me while real temperature is 1°C.

The data shown is the data given by Yahoo!.  However, as best I can tell, that wind chill data is not being coverted to Celsius.  Basically, it's a Fahrenheit value no matter if I'm requesting Celsius values.  Of course, I could do the math and fix it, but I've written an email to Yahoo! to see if they'll fix it first.  If they don't, within a fair amount of time, I'll fix it manually.

The 'High' appears as N/A, no idea if that's how it comes from the API or some bug in the script.

It's a formatting bug in the data returned from Yahoo!.  I mentioned this bug as well in the aforementioned email, but I've also fixed it in my interim sWeather build in the meantime.

The blank line in the tooltip is still present (you probably didn't have time to address it - just a reminder)

I don't see this extra blank line, but let me know if I fixed it when I release the next interim build later today.

and the date/time in the titlebar still shows Thu, January 01, 00:00 due to the IE libraries being unable to connect to the site (TLS 1.2 missing in IE8 or something).

You can try disabling the "Use HTTPS when possible" option in sWeather.  However, if the TimeZoneDB site force a redirect to HTTPS (or force TLS 1.2), I doubt I can fix this for you.
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