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[HTC Excalibur] rnadolny:
portrait Cab nov 12

Been running a week or so now. Problems I have seen. intermittently will not update. Sometimes cannot get forecast to update. Hit Feather file to update forecast. Would be nice if forecast would up date with manual update. Do not know if it is suppose to or not. Forecast is on soft key. that is fine with me but I thought I read were it is on icon on my slide panel.
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
A little bug

Found this in the extended forecast today. I'm using 2.12b. The condition icon is listed as 31.png. Obviously something is not right... :confused:
[HTC Excalibur] blackjack2:
Just wondering when the next update is coming, just curious, and what possible changes are happening.Thanks guys :)
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
hey show..... 2 things... 1. is there a way you can also make a .lnk or something like that to allow us to see the extended forecast screen using some other button push besides the right soft key? i cant use it since i use smarttoolkit ( and no im not going to stop using it cuz i love it). im not asking you to chage the key to push, more or making it an option to push another key or what to do type in to setup a hotkey (using smarttoolkit) so i can see the extended forecast.

2. can you design a .mscr so it doesn't do any loops. when i remove or tweak the loop.mscr it makes mortscript go crazy and makes the phone really sluggish. I really don't want the scrolling info (if i can avoid it) i mcu prefer just the carrier name without needing to know the cloud cover the humidity and such.
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
If your update happens to be at the beginning of the hour, it is probably updating fine, but the update time will be wrong. For the first 9 minutes of every hour, AccuWeather's feed reports the observation time 1 hour behind. The next version will use the phone time instead of the feed's update time to avoid confusion.

The manual update does not force a full forecast update. We can put an option in options to do both.

Make a link to forecast.mscr in "\Program Files\FeatherWeather" to switch to the forecast screen.

Go to Options > Display Options > Enable/Disable Texts in Loop > Enable/Disable all looping text and choose No. You will still see the text saying an update is happening, but it will go back to your carrier's name shortly after.
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
It seems that icon lost it's alpha channel when I was resizing it. Replace these 2 files in \Program Files\FeatherWeather\condicons. Thanks for the feedback.
[HTC Excalibur] rnadolny:
But I did not have forecast update first thing in morning. So I do not think it updated. still showing tuesday as first day.
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
Showaco has already mentioned that it was oversight with new ON/OFF hours feature with a full update is not being forced at the beginning of the ON time. This will be changed in the next version.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
Look here tomorrow:D This one will add radar images(lagasi wrote a exe to download the images since mortscript wouldn't) and landscape will have 3 versions(a,b,c). You know the a and b version icons, here's a look at the c setup.

The last version actually moved it to actionURL instead of softkey url since options is available thru start menu for those that use smart Toolkit:)
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
How about fullscreen radar instead of the thumbnail plus it you can set it to connect to your own radar image url if you want. The regional Accuweather pic is the default image provided with weather feed, the more detailed is from my local tv station and I set it thru the new custom radar url option:D
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
AccuWeather's mobile site has big radar and satellite images too, but I'll not sure if they have it for all locations.

Go the radar page and right-click the radar image to get the url. Change the image size and zoom levels by adjusting the url. I don't think lan, lon, anim, and af parameters are needed. Animated gifs don't animate on my phone, but you can try if you want.

http://www.accuweather.com/m/US/wigs.axd?city=Kirkland&state=WA&w=240&h=266&type=_SIR&geoWidth=200
[HTC Excalibur] gbenrus25:
hey Lagasi,

something i noticed is that if you aren't on a 3g network (i.e. you have a normal data plan which implies you can't call and be connected to the internet at the same time), then if featherweather tries to update when you're on the phone, it gives an error message and messes up the internet on the phone so you can't even connect using internet explorer. To solve this, i have to restart.

Haven't looked at the script but is it possible that if an error is gotten, the internet is reset. I currently have my options set so featherweather tries to create an internet connection before it updates. Thanks!
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
I have noticed this happening to me as well. For me, I just have to run the update again. When something like this happens, it throws an exception and there is nothing that can be done. It is possible to detect if there is an active call, but if a call starts when the update is happening, I don't know what will happen.
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
here's the only problem with the forecast.mscr .lnk file.. i still don't have a way to get it OFF the screen once i have it on the screen, since you have to press the right soft key to go "back" which doesn't happen when you are using smarttoolkit. Is there a shortcut .lnk you can make for that too?
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
nice find, works for me, I just plugged in city and state name and had no problems. Nice that it has the zoom amount(geoWidth = miles) as well so that you can choose the size of the area shown.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
It uses the same script to go both ways, so you should be able to just press the same key you have set to forecast.mscr.lnk:D So the one key will turn on and off.
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
ok. thanks show.... just wished it acted a little bit faster with pulling up and closing down....but now i'm just being picky....

umm.... i can take that out of context...but i'll leave that one up to gixx.
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
GREAT job lagasi! I knew that with enough perseverance, anything is possible! Hehe.. seriously.. this product is good enough to get listed on the Handango website as a paid-for software... ;) Showaco and you could be the next internet millionaires. :rolleyes:

Looking forward to the next release. I've got some other ideas for feature requests that I'll put in soon.
[HTC Excalibur] parthabhatta:
I am using 2.12 portrait version in vox. Yesterday suddenly the update for 5th day failed and a big red cross was shown only for 5th day forecast panel. Today the red cross shifted to 4th day and 5th day forecast is not getting downloaded and infact the 5th day panelnhas vanished. Updates upto 3rd day is ok though. Any ideas how to solve this and how the problem has cropped up?

I uninstalled the app and reinstalled only to find the problem recur. Then I changed the city and the problem was solved. Everything was working ok. After changing again to my original city the problem came back.

So I think there is some sort of problem with my city (calcutta) only. Any opinion on this by experts.
[HTC Excalibur] venusrising:
Battery

anyone notice big battery consumption?
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
Funny that you mention that. Just today I noticed that I lost 20% in the four hours that the phone has been off the charger without a single call.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
thats funny because I have weather updates and email downloading every 30 minutes and don't use 20% all day.
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
The 5th missing day is done on purpose if only 4 days are received from AccuWeather's feed. This happens at the around 12am-2am. The last day having a big red cross (4th or 5th) I'm not sure about. For that day, is the day or and other data showing up? If all the data is showing, but just the weather icon being a red x, then it's just an icon problem.
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
Addendum: I should have added that my phone is a Shadow - notorious for battery usage.

I'm not sure how the Dash is in that. Today's battery usage was a little odd, so I'm not sure if it's the software. I just responded because I happened to notice it the same time the original post was put up. :rolleyes:
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
Ok, I found the bug. I will put it in the next update.
[HTC Excalibur] parthabhatta:
So you could find out a bug in this too! However, my problem has been solved automatically - I think it was a problem with accuweather site.

Suggestions for next versions

1) A "reset to default settings" option which will set everything to default and bring the software to "newly installed" state.

2) An option to remove the forecast panels once for some reasons you want to remove this - This is really required.

Thanks to both of you.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
1) reset to default settings we'll see about adding

2) not sure I understand removing forecast panels, since they're only accessed when you initiate it.

@ Everyone

New landscape versions are up in first post with lagasi's new radar and a few fixes/changes. Portrait will follow soon.
[HTC Excalibur] parthabhatta:
it is true that forecast panels appear as and when I initiate it through settings or other panels where they are set. But I was talking about that I don't need forecast and I don't want the forecast panels in settings / links panel - then how to remove it permanently?

Presently I remove them through CHome configuarator permanently.
[HTC Excalibur] blackjack2:
Showaco

Just installed version C and deleted it bcuz the icons were too big and all the fonts were huge, huge, so I went thru the uninstall process and now my home screen is black, how can I reset my home screen back to normal.

Thanks
[HTC Excalibur] 123SIT:
Upgrade?

What's the upgrade procedure for this or is there one, cause I just installed over the old version and it hosed my panels. All I was left with was Alt6 with radar and no other panels. So frustrating.

Edit:

Ok got my panels back by restoring a working CPR file, but when I go into Forecast View dlfile.exe causes a error and complains about needing a newer version of .net framework. Which version is required? Thanks in advance.
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
Make sure you uninstall in FW Options, then through the phone's Remove Programs. Restart your phone to complete the uninstall. You can also just install another version.

If you only have the Alt6 panel, then just do a full update to get the other ones back. I don't know what showaco changed in the fullscreen.cpr, but I doubt the the old one will work with the radar image.

Downloading of radar image requires .NET Compact Framework 3.5. Hmmm....the only time dlfile.exe is called is through an update, not when you switch to the forecast view.
[HTC Excalibur] 123SIT:
.NET

I'm installing 3.5 as I type, so I'm guessing the rom comes with 2.0? I got the panels back, I restored my SlidingPanel_320_240.cpr file that I backed up before I did the install. Thanks.

Edit:

Forgot to say I did a full update, doh!

Edit2:

No longer getting the error since I updated to 3.5, but my forecast view looks like this:
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
This program uses CHome_320x240.cpr so you will need modify your Sliding Panels xml file to use CHome_320x240.cpr instead of SlidingPanel_320x240.cpr.
[HTC Excalibur] 123SIT:
?

Before I upgraded to the new version I had renamed the chome...cpr file to slidingpanel...cpr based on a post previously. Do I need to do that again after the upgrade?

Edit:

Problem solved. I forgot to replace the forecast.mcr with the updated one because I use sliding panels and not the htc panels. Show, once again great job. lagasi thanks to you also.

In all this mess I've caused myself by not running what FeatherWeather wants, I was curious as to the differences between HTC's panels and Microsofts?
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
Well.. it makes sense since I think the panel only displays a static image. But it would be REALLY nice to see the animated GIF file in the panel. I can see the image animate just fine in PIE, and would love to not go there to see the animation.

Bug: if there's no animation downloaded then the default icon for the Weather panel is a red x.
[HTC Excalibur] bpaluch:
I installed the landscape version first then realized I needed the portrait version (doh). So I tried uninstalling the landscape version using the instructions. I uninstalled in FW first, then I tried uninstalling in remove programs. I tried removing it there, and it still shows up in the list no matter how many times I tried uninstalling. I tried to install the portrait version over it and it says I don't have the rights to do such an action. Feather L is still installed, and I can't remove it.

Please help.

Thanks
[HTC Excalibur] kwoodall:
Instead of using MediaFire, which happens to be blocked by many work, library and school filters, could you go back to simply attaching the files and pictures in the messages like you did previously?

Thanks!

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
edited the .cpr to better adjust the font size and locations (v 2.13C)

Here's a screenshot...

As you can see...I have made the font size of the time smaller so it fits the entire time of day on the screen with AM & PM and no "...." at the end of it.

I have also moved the date and also added the day of the week plugin just above the date. I also moved the alarm icon and also the wi-fi text so it all lines up straight up and down (i hope) i also changed all of the font weights in all of the other panels from "bold" to "regular" since the text size was large enough already. I also changed the position of the condensed and expnded icons so they align and don't shift when moving from one panel to another.

The only thing i can't seem to get to display is the Phone icon in the CHome panel (the one that has your notifications in it) it seems to have disappeared. Any suggestions on this would help greatly. If anyone would like this .cpr file, please PM me. I don't want to post it here and upset showaco for "invading his turf".

P.S. and another thing....why did the "colored" panels go away? is it because of the size of the panels? i tried placing one of my custom bronzeres.dll's inthe /windows directory but it didnt change anything, even after i soft-resetted my device.
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
Portrait Version 2.13 cabs

Here are the new install cabs until showaco can update post #2.

Is anyone interested in the version C icons for the portrait? If there is enough interest, I will make one. Also, if any wants to take the challenge of designing the cprs for them, please do so.
[HTC Excalibur] kwoodall:
I think the attachments are missing...

Kermit Woodall

Managing Editor

GadgetNutz.com
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
I for one don't care about the birds flying thing... too cheesy.

- I was going to ask for the update time to show when the *phone* did the update, and I'm pleased to see that this was added. I don't care for knowing when the next update is going to be (that's just simple math) so in my own file I took out the "next update..." part.

- Any idea why the GIF won't animate in the panel? It animates just fine in PIE and I have an animated GIF for a startup image. So I know those images aren't a problem.

Small feature request: it will probably be easy to come up with code that automatically creates the radar url based on user location, and other parameters (like zoom level in miles)
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
The plugin FW uses for the panel wasn't designed for animated gifs. I haven't seen a plugin/panel that has any animation.

The default radar image is actually a satellite image from the feed. The radar url I found is only available in the US. If I think of good way to do this, I'll add it.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
Using Chome Config or manually editing reg is only way to remove the forecast panels. If you don't want feather link panel either, then you could reinstall without setting it to a panel and just use the start menu link for options. Or you could leave the link panel and edit the actionurl and text1 to run a manual update instead by linking to \Program Files\FeatherWeather\Feather.mscr:)

Yeah, sorry for the confusion there. I'll get it updated for the option of switching to SlidingPanel cpr instead of CHome cpr to make transistion easier. HTC panels have some new panels included, I don't have access to them is the only reason why I haven't added support for them. The SlidingPanel panels seem to just be the CHomr panels with a new name. Which is stupid, I don't understand why they did that. The rom cookers could probably change the name back if they wanted by editing the needed files(cpr, scheme.xml).

Please go ahead and post:) I enjoy other peoples layouts and use them as well as my own. Thats what the forum is for is sharing, and I'm sure someone else would like your new design as well.

The "colored panels" are still there, just open your cpr and turn opacity back to 1.0 instead of 0. I had it turned off as a personal preference for the C version.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
Thats strange, because I tried all the cabs and did same steps you did without problems. Is your phone application unlocked? If not, you may try running SDA application unlock.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
The icon I removed here:

<Layer ID="NotificationCondensed" Visible="False" Width="320" Height="22">
<Layer ID="Page">
<!-- Icon on left side -->
[B]<!-- Image ID="Icon" Left="14" Top="10" Width="21" Height="21" Opacity="0.8"/ -->[/B]

To turn it back on, just change it to this:

<Layer ID="NotificationCondensed" Visible="False" Width="320" Height="22">
<Layer ID="Page">
<!-- Icon on left side -->
[B]<Image ID="Icon" Left="14" Top="10" Width="21" Height="21" Opacity="0.8"/>[/B]
[HTC Excalibur] 123SIT:
Loop

Thanks for all the help guys. My layout is perfect, but it seems the loop that replaces the operator name isnt looping anymore. When I do an update it changes to connecting to accuweather and shows progress, but no longer loops the condition before or after that. Any ideas?
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
Can you go to Options > Display Options > Enable/Disable Texts in Loop to make sure the looping text is enabled?
[HTC Excalibur] parthabhatta:
Is radar image available for all places say for Calcutta (India) because mine is not downloading any. Wait cursor is going on for a long time without downlaoding anything, then it stops.

I surfed accuweather.com for Calcutta but could not find any radar image whereas the same was there for US cities.
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
You get this: http://www.accuweather.com/m/ASI/IN/IN036/CALCUTTA/satellite.aspx

which is a satellite image of all India. Better than nothing, I'd say.

This is the link to the actual image: http://sirocco.accuweather.com/sat_mosaic_234x175_public/ir/isINDIAM_LOCAL.png
[HTC Excalibur] parthabhatta:
Yes, but this image is not getting downloaded through featherweather or am I doing something wrong.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
The download exe require .NET 3.5, so you will have to install this for it to work. If you have it, I'm not sure. The default image it downloads from feed should be a satellite image for your area. If you can find a radar image for your area, just click on properties and get the direct link for image to set in the Custom radar url in Feather options.

edit: The spinning wheel is present while file is dlfile.exe is running, did you check forecast screen after running update? If so, try this, go to \Program Files\featherweather and run chomerefresh.exe and then check image again to see if it appears for you.
[HTC Excalibur] samuraicyber:
can i ask what is different between Landscape and Portrait version?
[HTC Excalibur] stylez:
The landscape is for devices with a larger area sideways than upwards and the opposite goes for portrait...

EG:

Dash Landscape

c600 Portrait
[HTC Excalibur] samuraicyber:
thanks mate :eek:
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
playing with idea of adding multiple radar images and multiple cities. Any thoughts? I have added a second radar image already using custom urls option. So on mine, when I open forecast pages, I have two radar panels, one is closeup and second is regional.
[HTC Excalibur] 123SIT:
Looping

lagasi you were correct. When I installed the previous version this was on by default. When I upgraded I just thought it would be on and I never checked. Thanks again.
[HTC Excalibur] parthabhatta:
Thanks to bipinsen (from India/Calcutta ??) and showaco. My radar image is getting downloaded.

My suggestions

!) Custom URL for radar image should be a separate menu. I may not like to auto update radar image but may input a custom URL (which happened with me). Then what to do ? You cannot select cutom URL page without selecting "yes" in "auto update radar" option.

Showaco : Good you are thinking about multiple cities for your next version. Lagasi may be thinking in your lines too for the Portrait version.

Anyway, whatever you have given us till now is highly satisfactory and praiseworthy.
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
Hehe. Neither. From Chicago, IL. :D
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
This might or might not work, but try this:

Go to options to enter your custom URL. Then go back and select No for radar auto-updates. Go to the last page on forecast view and press the right soft key to update radar.
[HTC Excalibur] parthabhatta:
I tried this but the wait cursor is going on spinning and ultimately no image is downloaded.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
Next version will have auto updates and custom urls seperate to make it easy to turn off without disturbing your custom urls for the manual updates.:)

The next version allows up to 4 custom urls and displays the images as seperate pages on the radar/accuweather link panel. Here's my current setup for 4 images with new version we're working on. I have 3 different levels of zoom for my area and a precipitation forecast map for the next 24 hrs. During hurricane season, I could also set up one for that to see what heading toward Texas.:D
[HTC Excalibur] parthabhatta:
Thanks that you have already started thinking for separate menu options. We will be waiting eagerly for the next portrait version.

By the way, I opted for auto updates of radar images and then put my custom URL in the next menu. Radar image updates were downloaded but vey slow.

Next I disabled auto update of Radar image and came out pressing cancel without disturbing the custom url setting. But to my surprise I saw the "Update Radar" option in right softkey gone (instead replaced by back optionj). I went upto my custom URL page and saw that my custom URL also got replaced by default one.

Now how to get back the update radar key and how to permanently store cutom url for radar image so that it doesn't get replaced by the deafult one.
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
This patch will disable the auto-update of radar image and fix the softkey issue. After installing, go to Options and set the auto-update of radar to "Yes" and enter custom URL.

The download speed greatly depends your network and signal. I download 3 radar images (about 12 kB each) in about 7-8 secs on EDGE.

I'm lazy to enter the long URLs so I CeRegEditor to enter them. The URL is stored in \HKLM\Software\Feather\radarurl, but this will change slightly in the next version.
[HTC Excalibur] parthabhatta:
Shall I enter my custom URL in from option /Radar URL or staright by editing Reg in \HKLM\Software\Feather\radarurl
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
Either way. I just find it faster to cut and paste.