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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 14, 2012, 03:37 PM »

it copies a couple of times for each icon, I cant figure out when it happens

-tomos (August 14, 2012, 03:24 PM)

Very very strange.  I just vetted the code for any extraneous clipboard calls and there are none except for the right-click context menu on the main interface.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 14, 2012, 02:30 PM »

I'm very pleased with the way sWeather has developed. Nice

-Ath (August 14, 2012, 11:34 AM)

Thanks, I'm rather pleased with it, too, since this is one of my apps that I use myself.

There's only one, maybe rather big, feature I'd like to request: A setting for Fahrenheit or Celcius/Metric per location, so I can easily see, and optionally quote, the 'actual' temperature for locations in the non-metric using parts of the world
A possible alternative for this feature could be a tooltip displaying the 'other' value then the default display-metric, when hovering the mouse over it. A quick calculation from F to C or back would be just fine, polling the Yahoo API twice would be overkill, IMHO.

-Ath (August 14, 2012, 11:34 AM)

That's actually a slick idea so what I've done is this:

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v1.3.0 - 2012-08-14
    + Added status bar mouseover conversions for all values that can be converted.
      Hover your mouse above a reading, e.g., the current temperature, and the
      converted value should appear in the status bar.  (Thanks, Ath)
     * Cleaned up navigation button positioning and widened their click areas
       slightly.

Messing with tooltips on controls in AHK is a kludgy hack so I hope my solution covers your request.   

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 14, 2012, 02:27 PM »

Well, I like this way of displaying. If it's not discreet it's neat.

-joiwind (August 14, 2012, 01:26 PM)

Hehehe...yeah, it's a toss-up.   

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 14, 2012, 12:26 PM »

I was clicking the forward and back buttons in the main window & I heard a couple of "pops".
I notice this in the clipboard

-tomos (August 14, 2012, 12:15 PM)

Odd, there is no code in there to do that.  Does it do it even after restarting sWeather?

Is it correct that these be in a $$$$$_sWeather_temp temp folder:

-tomos (August 14, 2012, 12:15 PM)

Yes.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 14, 2012, 12:02 PM »

Yep, I know...and that's part of the struggle I've had since designing this app.   

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 14, 2012, 11:52 AM »

What do you all think of this layout with buttons at the bottom?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Arranges in a txt file

« Last post by skwire on August 14, 2012, 10:05 AM »

How can I find a script for doing this works and many other similars ?

-Contro (August 12, 2012, 07:06 AM)

Contro, I'd like to offer some friendly advice, if I may.  Spend some time learning a scripting language so tasks like these can be easily solved on your own (rather than waiting, potentially days, on forum replies).

Here's an example in AutoHotkey.  Save this code to a .AHK file and then drag and drop one of your text files onto the .AHK file you created.

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. sFile = %1% ; Dropped filename path.
2. If ( sFile )
3. {
4.     FileRead, myData, % sFile
5.     Loop, Parse, myData, `n, `r
6.     {
7.         ; Strip out extra whitespace.
8.         myLine := RegExReplace( A_LoopField, ",\s+(\w)", ",$1" )
9.         ; Replace all commas with quotes-comma-quotes.
10.         StringReplace, myLine, myLine, `,, "`,", All
11.         ; Rebuild file, adding quotes at the beginning and end
12.         ; of each line.
13.         myBlock .= """" . myLine . """`r`n"
14.     }
15.     ; Ask user to save file.
16.     FileSelectFile, mySelectedFile, S16, % sFile, Save as...,
17.     If ! ( ErrorLevel ) ; User did not cancel, proceed.
18.     {
19.         ; Delete original and save new file.  Yes, we should save
20.         ; to a temp folder and such but that's out of scope for this
21.         ; simple script.
22.         If FileExist( mySelectedFile )
23.         {
24.             FileDelete, % mySelectedFile
25.             If ( ErrorLevel ) ; Basic sanity check to see if the file deleted.
26.             {
27.                 MsgBox, 16, Error!, Could not overwrite file.  Exiting...
28.                 ExitApp
29.             }
30.         }
31.         ; Write file to disk.
32.         FileAppend, % myBlock, % mySelectedFile
33.     }
34. }
35. ExitApp

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 14, 2012, 07:21 AM »

One small problem with the five-day display : the icons sometimes disappear after an automatic refresh, a manual refresh brings them back.

-joiwind (August 14, 2012, 03:12 AM)

I noticed this, too, and did put an extra window refresh command in there but it's still not 100%.

Suggestion for the GUI : that you move the small panel that is now middle-right with the arrows etc. up to top-right, that would be more consistent with the context (or something like that  ).

-joiwind (August 14, 2012, 03:12 AM)

Ahhh, yes, the bane of my existence with this application.  I have struggled with the positioning of that button bar since I started writing this app.  I've tried it at the top, bottom, upper right, lower left, ad nauseum.  None have ever really looked "right."  Where it is now is where I'm the least displeased with it.  Notice that I didn't say happy with it.   

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 13, 2012, 01:33 PM »

Website | Download
v1.2.9 - 2012-08-13
    + Added new tray condition theme based on the Farm Fresh web icons from
      FatCow (http://www.fatcow.com/free-icons).
    + Added F3 hotkey to bring up Options panel.

v1.2.8 - 2012-08-13
    + The "Change Weather!?" panel now functions as a theme browser.
    + Added new tray condition theme based on the LED icons from http://led24.de

v1.2.7 - 2012-08-12
    + Added condition icons to the expanded view's 5-day forecast columns.

v1.2.6 - 2012-08-12
    ! Fixed an issue where stale 5-day data from one location was affecting
      locations that didn't have 5-day data to start with.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 11, 2012, 10:56 PM »

Thanks, mouser.  =]

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 11, 2012, 07:02 PM »

Just cobbled in a five-day forecast to the main window.  The data is also in the Expanded View.



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v1.2.5 - 2012-08-11
    + Added 5-day forecast to main window and Expanded View.
    ! More checks for duplicate names in the WOEID list.  (Thanks, lanux128)

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 11, 2012, 07:45 AM »

This update might move the expanded view's name column to the far right as the last column.  If so, simply drag it back to where you want it and close the window.  The order will be saved for next time.  Thanks.

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v1.2.4 - 2012-08-11
    + Added "Last update time" column to expanded view.  (Thanks, ZorMi)

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: SFV Ninja (Simple File Verification application)

« Last post by skwire on August 11, 2012, 07:30 AM »

Thanks, kyrathaba, I appreciate it.  =]

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 11, 2012, 07:07 AM »

Expanded table view should contain a column with time of last update, some data could be several hours old and unrealistic.

-ZorMi (August 11, 2012, 12:59 AM)

I'll see what I can do.

If Yahoo update schedule is fixed and reliable (I dunno about that) there could be an 'Automatic' refresh working like:
- read current Yahoo weather data and when it's updated.
- based on this and Yahoo schedule calculate next update.
- read again a minute (or five) after calculated time.
- if it's refreshed... great. wait next update.
- if it's still old... try again in 5 (or 15) minutes.
... or something similar.

-ZorMi (August 11, 2012, 12:59 AM)

I"ll consider this but, with the new 15 minute update cyclye, I don't see a whole lot of benefit.

Who's KorMi? 

-ZorMi (August 11, 2012, 12:59 AM)

Doh!  My apologies...     I've fixed this in the changelog and uploaded a minor build update.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 10, 2012, 10:44 PM »

@skwire - thanks for the new version.
This site WOEID lookup might interest you, it's quicker and easier than the Yahoo site.

-joiwind (August 10, 2012, 05:37 AM)

Very nice.  Thank you.  I did some digging and Yahoo! provide an API for the WOEID lookups so I added the functionality directly to sWeather.  This should really make it easy to add multiple locations.  You can even search on terms like "taj mahal" or "eiffel tower."  Very cool.  Here's a screenshot of the new sWeather Options panel.



This version also includes ZorMi's Celsius colour icons.  Thanks, again!

Website | Download
v1.2.3 - 2012-08-10
    + Added new WOEID lookup in the Options panel.
    + Added option for adding a "C" or an "F" to the temperature readouts. (Thanks, lanux128)
    + Included a new, Celsius colour, tray temperature theme made by ZorMi.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 10, 2012, 03:09 AM »

That was quick.. thanks.

-ZorMi (August 10, 2012, 02:57 AM)

You're welcome.  Let me know if it seems to work better.

I made some temperature tray icons in colors for Celsius scale (blue-cold ... green-good... red-hot). It's not professional work but informative to me...

-ZorMi (August 10, 2012, 02:57 AM)

Fantasic!  Those look great.  With your permission, I'd like to include them in the zip archive so all users can benefit.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by skwire on August 10, 2012, 02:10 AM »

Hi, ZorMi, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.

Hi... I like this utility, only refresh rate should be higher.

-ZorMi (August 09, 2012, 03:37 AM)

You're right and I've been lax in adding that functionality so thanks for the nudge.  Here you go:

Website | Download
v1.2.2 - 2012-08-09
    + Added custom refresh settings.  (Thanks, ZorMi)
    * Removed the ANSI build from the archive.

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fSekrit / fSekrit mentioned on the What's On My PC site

« Last post by skwire on August 10, 2012, 02:02 AM »

http://whatsonmypc.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/fsekrit-2/

 

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Newbie's observations, suggestions

« Last post by skwire on August 08, 2012, 12:28 PM »

I'm getting extra Copy sound notifications after a copy. They don’t seem to do anything but are annoying.

-Paul1149 (August 08, 2012, 11:58 AM)

FWIW, this can also depend on the application being copied from (Excel is notorious for this).  Also, this can be caused if you're using any sort of remote control or virtualisation type of software (VNC, VirtualBox, VMware, etc.).  Finally, if you're running multiple clipboard-handling applications, this can happen.  Just some thoughts...

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General Software Discussion / Re: In search of ... desktop/mobile calendar/task list/appointments app

« Last post by skwire on August 06, 2012, 06:27 PM »

Perhaps Tim's thread here will give you some ideas?

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=30298.0

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General Software Discussion / Re: Activate/deactive a windows service with a script

« Last post by skwire on August 06, 2012, 12:51 AM »

That's interesting. In Win7-64, the "NET" command only has these options - i.e., no RESTART:

-IainB (August 06, 2012, 12:07 AM)

You should be able to string it all together in one command like this: net stop <servicename> && net start <servicename>

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Living Room / Re: Happy Birthday C=64

« Last post by skwire on August 05, 2012, 03:14 PM »

Hehehe...yep, great machine.  My wife still has me hook it up occasionally so she can kick some ass on Impossible Mission.  She's badass at that game.   

"Another visitor. Stay awhile... staaaaay FOREVER!"

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Living Room / Re: Happy Birthday C=64

« Last post by skwire on August 05, 2012, 01:13 PM »

I still have our Commodore 128D that can be started up in C64 mode.  Does that count for anything?  I also still have our Atari 130XE as well.  Both fully work and I still have working software on 5.25 floppies.

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Coding Snacks / MOVED: Extract url link from plain text files

« Last post by skwire on August 05, 2012, 11:59 AM »

This topic has been moved to Finished Programs.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=27820.0

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Coding Snacks / MOVED: Close all opened explorer windows

« Last post by skwire on August 05, 2012, 11:58 AM »

This topic has been moved to Finished Programs.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=31130.0