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[HTC Excalibur] roscoe11q9h:
Installed on Mot Q9h w WM 6.1 Sliding Screens

Just wanted to thank you for spending the time to develop this App. I've loaded this on my Motorola Q9h with WM 6.1 Sliding Screens, and it works perfectly.

It updates lightning faster, and does the various updates when I want them(i.e., not when I'm sleeping). The interface is clean and simple. Superb Job!!!
[HTC Excalibur] EricJilot:
This looks like a great app. If only I could install it and actually have it fuction. I tried installing it a number of time. I have tried the various patches but I am still getting a number of errors trying to write to the registry.
[HTC Excalibur] djbon2112:
Hello everyone. I just got done uninstalling this application (it was really slowing down my home screen, sorry guys :(), followed the instructions in the OP to the letter, and now my phone won't start! When Windows Mobile loads, I get the WM splash screen, then my Start Menu/Contacts bar at the bottom and the status bar at the top show up, but it appears to freeze there. I don't see the "desktop", just the remnants of the WM splash screen, and the keys won't respond. I'm using a Samsung SGH-i616 (Canadian Blackjack 2/Jack). Has anyone had this experience before, or any suggestions? It doesn't get far enough for me to connect to it with ActiveSync.
[HTC Excalibur] billdz:
Can't get forecast or radar??

I am running version 2.14b on a Dash with Kavana 6.1.

I have nice graphics on the start menu with the temp and other scrolling info, but I can't figure out how to get the full forecast, 5-day forecast, or radar. It does appear to be downloading each day's forecast each time it updates.

I see from some of the screen shots that the right soft key should say Weather Options or Next Day, but mine just says Contacts. And I don't have a 1/6 slider like some of the other screenshots.

Any advice?

Thanks,

b
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
Under Feather options, display options, you should be able to choose a panel for feather links to appear in. It will give you choices of available panels that it can use. Set it to a panel, then from that panel's newly created feather page, you can access forecast screens.:)
[HTC Excalibur] billdz:
Thanks much.

Working now.
[HTC Excalibur] aussiedog:
Thanks Sirielia, I was looking for something like this. I hate to sound like a noob, but can you go into more detail on how to do this? I found the HTCSlidingPanel_320x240.cpr and I assume that I move it to the listbox and then make the changes, but how do I copy this desktop text to it? Also, is it working well for you and can you post a screenshot?

If not, Showaco would you please be kind enough to help me out with this? I love your 2.14C weather app, but I also love the NRG Rose rom panels and would like the best of both worlds. Do you have a cab or suggestions on how to place your weather app on the Rose rom HTCSlidingPanel_320x240 clock panel? Post #256 alluded to a chance of that happening, but I realize that you are busy on other things. Thank you in advance to anyone that helps with this.
[HTC Excalibur] dermann:
sorry if this counts as a double post, hope you guys won't mind

this is an addon to featherweather that i slapped together, i grabbed things for NRG's Weather App. as you can see there is a battery and memory on the first panel, and that is the only addon on to show's weather app. the positioning of the battery and memory were put to the left so they don't run on the weather part of the panel, this was made with the text loop in mind.

FeatherWeatherAddon 2.14A

FeatherWeatherAddon 2.14B

FeatherWeatherAddon 2.14C

<------Intallation------>

install as you normally would any cab. match up the Addon to the Weather App your using.

<-------Uninstalling-------->

uninstall by going to settings\remove progams, then put the cpr file that i provided you with into your windows directory then reboot to get showaco's normal weather look.

to uninstall FeatherWeather Apps see first post.

to update battery and memory in first panel. see settings panel, find the battery and press Update Monitor "nothing will open but that's ok" then open any program to update battery and memory info.

if there is a big red x in the battery panel, that can be changed with CHome Config found here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=393104

Thanks go to, Showaco"for allowing me to play with his creation" , NRG "even though he doesn't know yet", Roloracer "for getting me NRG's weather app version 1.1", Paralegal99 at Txcaesar "for making a simple request and allowing it to spiral out of control lol", and everyone else for there support.

<---updates--->

fixed battery percentage display

FeatherWeather214A Addon

FeatherWeather214B Addon

FeatherWeather214C Addon

EDIT!!! Updated links
[HTC Excalibur] thatsaabguy:
So, here's a question that I can't find any info on, despite plenty of searching.

In the Add Custom Radar Images area, where it says I can put four different URLs on four different lines, I start typing the URL of the images I wish to use (one from Weather Channel, another one from KING 5 here in Seattle), and about 25 characters in the Dash starts beeping and refuses to let me add more characters. The hell? Most of these URLs are plenty long, and for the life of me I can't figure out how to get it to accept more characters.

Anyone?

TIA - Phil
[HTC Excalibur] ninjaap:
How to get Radar working on Moto Q's

If anyone else is interested, you need to download the latest .net (I found 3.5.7283.00 here) and install. Once installed you may have to go into the registry and enable it.

HKLM/Software/Microsoft/.NETCompactFramework/3.5.7283.00/value data[change 0 to 1]

I'm not sure if it will work with other devices as I only have a Q9h winmo 6.1 to test with.

BTW, any suggestions on where to get custom radar URL's?

Thanks for a great weather app.
[HTC Excalibur] Altuswire:
Has anyone been able to get this to run on the new Samsung Jack? I tried but said the program didn't have the proper permissions.

Any help would be appreciated.
[HTC Excalibur] ninjaap:
Sounds like you need your registry unlocked. Not sure which one you need, but try cereg editor. There's also an unlock.cab floating around.
[HTC Excalibur] Altuswire:
Thanks, knew that. Was hoping someone might have a solution to remove. None of the current unlockers work.
[HTC Excalibur] Fantasigraphic:
any idea when i update the weather at 930pm, and its partly cloudy outside why the icon is still showing a sun instead of a moon?
[HTC Excalibur] ninjaap:
How to unlock the Jack

http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=7565
[HTC Excalibur] Altuswire:
Thanks! Worked like a charm. Now I got the software installed but nothing displays.

I think it's the spacing on the clock and in the .cpr file. Just don't know enough about editing that file to make it work.
[HTC Excalibur] notaliberal:
Hi folks

Is anybody else suddenly getting nothing displayed for weather info on the homescreen?

If so, it's because some sort of accu-weather subscription has expired. If you try to go to the URL that feather fetches the info from, you get an error saying the subscription has expired.

Showaco - what's this about? Did you have to subscripbe somehow to get feather to download info, or is this some new implementation from accu-weather, or is this perhaps just a server error on accu's part that will clear itself up?

I think I'll PM you right now as well, in case you're not keeping up with this thread.

THanks,
[HTC Excalibur] stylez:
I'm getting it with XWeather and glad i found another person as was driving me insane lol.

Sure it will get sorted :)

I thought server error but am getting HTC Home "accuweather" showing data to which confused me more?
[HTC Excalibur] ninjaap:
I got the same problem... I hope showaco still checks the thread.
[HTC Excalibur] stylez:
It's not just this app so don't worry, it'll be posted on alot of threadz. :)

In the .mscr this is the new server:

Find link=ReadFile and replace with above :)

Think some of the feeds have changed so some info may not be shown correctly....
[HTC Excalibur] notaliberal:
THanks!

Nice work Stylez!!

I had planned on trying to tweak the .mscr today to read and parse from a different weather site, but you went even better and found a new server address. Much easier!

Updated my feather.mscr and everything looks great again.

Thanks!
[HTC Excalibur] Fantasigraphic:
Changed mscr file and now im getting an error:

Commas and parentheses expected

link=ReadFile("http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/forecastfox/weather_data.asp?location="&location&"&metric="&me tric)

then it trys to connect to accuweather and no luck with update.

Any Idea

Nevermind found error ---> last me tric should be METRIC
[HTC Excalibur] mphaley:
Same issue here with data not updating...last day or so, it's been rainy and 63 degrees. Great app...hope there's an easy fix.
[HTC Excalibur] ninjaap:
Thanks stylez for the info!!! Back in business :D

Thanks Fantasigraphic for pointing out the typo :D
[HTC Excalibur] Fantasigraphic:
No problem!!!!
[HTC Excalibur] stylez:
Sorry bout typo wasn't me just a copy & paste :D
[HTC Excalibur] cd993:
hi does anyone know if this is compatible with the win mo 6.5 roms? been trying a few with no success!

cheers!
[HTC Excalibur] notaliberal:
cd993 - Never tried with 6.5. Kinda doubt it's going to work considering all the major differences. What is happening, exactly, when you install it? You might want to try switching homescreens once it's installed to see if anything shows up in the clock panel. Oh, since you're on 6.5, I don't know if you have a clock panel... :-/

The more I think about it, the more I doubt it's going to work on 6.5...

But by all means, let us know what your symptoms are, and if you actually DO get it working...

THanks, and good luck,
[HTC Excalibur] cd993:
Im flashing my phone with a 6.5 rom again after going back to a 6.1, I will try feather weather and others as I really want the speed of 6.5 but with a working weather app, preferably one that wokrs with the sliding panel and displays clock etc!
[HTC Excalibur] cd993:
Success! I tried the Feather total clock but that didnt quite work, despite changing the feather file with the correct link (see 1st screenshot). The 2.14a version did work perfectly (after correcting the file with the link) and displayed the weather icon picture however the other version of feather weather which you can enable a panel on home screen didn't quite work as although the clock panel integration displayed info ok, the additional panel info was wrong and had the wrong date (see 2nd screenshot) and consequently wrong info (saying its sunny). Does the panel have a different link info that needs correcting perhaps?

update: Ok I settled on feather weather 2.14a as seen in my 3rd screenshot in total, but any ideas how I could get it so that the weather picture icons are larger and looks more like that of screenshot 4?
[HTC Excalibur] cd993:
any ideas guys??
[HTC Excalibur] notaliberal:
Here's a screenshot of what yours should look like after the edit. However, I have mine tweaked to only show the Feels like temp, wind speed, and update time - without rotating through everything, so that part of yours might not look right. The icon and temp should though...

Let me know if you want to know how I tweaked that.

Otherwise, let us know how it goes.
[HTC Excalibur] cd993:
Hi many thanks for getting in touch!

I won't get chance until the weekend to try this out but will let you know asap how I get on with your suggestion, and yeah your screenshot looks good would be grateful if yoy could let me know how you did that too!

cheers

ps Im presuming you've got windows mobile 6.5, how do you get the battery icon that you've got?
[HTC Excalibur] Gunde:
Wrong thread - nevermind
[HTC Excalibur] notaliberal:
Oh, no, I'm running WM 6.1 on the Erofich ROM. I don't think it will matter for this tweak though.

Look in the Feather.mscr file in the FeatherWeather program directory. On about line 614 or so, you'll see a section with txt0, txt1, txt2, etc. Here's what I edited mine to look like:

txt0 = city&" feels like "&realfeel&"°"&units
txt1 = city&" feels like "&realfeel&"°"&units&" Winds ("&cwinddir&") at "&cwindspeed&" to "&cwindgust&windunits&" Updated at "&updatetime
txt2 = "Winds ("&cwinddir&") at "&cwindspeed&" to "&cwindgust&windunits
txt3 = "UV: "&uvindex&", Hum: "&humidity
txt4 = "Vis: "&vis&distunits&", Dewpoint: "&dewpt&"°"&units
txt5 = "Updated at "&updatetime

I set my txt1 field to show the realfeel, winds, and update time using the variables I found on the other lines, and added a bunch of spaces to wrap the lines correctly. You can pretty much tweak it to show whatever you want out of the variables listed - UV index, humidity, visability, dewpoint, pos of precip, etc.

You can also tweak any of those for this, txt0, txt1, txt2, etc. You just need to remember which one you tweaked. Once you've done this, you have to go into Feather, go to options, and into Display Options. THen, select Enable/Disable texts in loop, and select ONLY the one that corresponds to the txtX you just tweaked. I tweaked txt1, so I ENABLED the second item in the list (well, actually the third, because the first enables/disables them all).

Just one more quick edit, to free up processor usage a tiny bit. In the feather directory, edit the file loop.mscr. look for this section:

While(1)
For i = 0 to 5 step 1
If (t[i])
Call("WriteToClock","txt"&i)
Sleep(10000)
EndIf
Next

if (tuser)
Call("WriteToClock","usertext")
Sleep(10000)
EndIf

EndWhile

Change your sleep times as mine are above which sets the loop to 10 seconds )values are in milliseconds). You could go alot more if you like, but every once and a while the T-Mobile gets re-written to the registry on my phone so this makes it only take about 10 seconds to get written back.

Might sound like alot, but it'll take you all of 5 mintes.

Good luck and enjoy!

Jeff
[HTC Excalibur] notaliberal:
Oh, and for the battery and signal icons, you'll have to look up Rinku Iconbar. It's here and over at AllShadow. Pretty sweet.

Good luck,
[HTC Excalibur] BeRad:
Thanks for the great program. I just wanted to throw out there that I was able to get forecast working for both L and P orientation on the ROSE if anybody is interested.
[HTC Excalibur] notaliberal:
Hey, cd993 -

Just wanted to check in and see if you ever got this to look the way you wanted. Post a screen shot or two and let us know!

Thanks,

Jeff
[HTC Excalibur] JMak00:
Looks I'm really late to the party...

showaco, excellent work with this weather app.

Couple questions that I can't resolve via search...and I dl'd the 2.14c version on my Sprint Q9c.

a) decimal points. The humidity % for me is coming out with 5 decimal points, similar to the poster who got cloud cover at 5 decimal points. Anyway to fix that?

b) Is there a way to break out the forecast panel? I don't want it on the settings panel and would like to place it on a new panel I'll make with chome configurator. Or, alternatively, do I just need to activate the CWelcomeCenter panel via CHome Configurator to have the forecast as a stand-alone panel?

c) I'd also like to use the rinku top color bar on my HS, but it doesn't look like I can choose that in my HS settings. Am I missing something and is just not available with this weather app?

d) slim panels. I saw another poster asked about slim panels and there was a zip file with a fix, however, it looked the zip file preceded the final update this app. Is there a slim panels option in 2.14c or do I have to dl and install the zip file poster previously.

e) error message. I edited the 320x240 .cpr file to add day of the week to the home panel. I edited it so that it would appear beneath the date. Upon restart, the weather data will not scroll, it just displays "Sprint". If I run either update, the scroll works just fine, but only after I get an error message, the "We"re Sorry" message, about an error with the dlfile.exe. Any idea what this might be? The following bolded part is what I edited in the .cpr file:

f) radar. I get an error when I try to update the radar. The app will tell me it's "finished" but then display an error page indicating a problem with the dlfile.exe.

Thanks in advance and, again, sweet app you have here.
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
Was this always like this?

Hey guys.. Remind me.. Do your extended forecast screens look like this? The values are not lining up with the corresponding headings. Since I've been using this for so long, I can't remember if it was always like this, or something screwed up. Any hints on what I need to change to line this up correctly? Thanks!
[HTC Excalibur] notaliberal:
Yeah, mine looked like that too. I had to play around with it and add some spaces to get things lined up, but off the top of my head I can't remember which file I had to edit.

I think it was the fullscreen.cpr in the feather program folder, but I'm not sure and I can't play around to try to find it right now. It may have been in one of the .mscr files, in the area where it writes the registry values for the actual data. Adding spaces inside the quotes for the registry values will move stuff around, but it takes alot of trial and error.

Wish i could be of more help. Just look through all the files (.cpr and .mscr) using notepad to find the forecast data and start tinkering. Then come back and tell everybody where you had to make the edit.

Thanks and good luck!

Jeff
[HTC Excalibur] Demetrius3D:
Custom "Radar" URLs

Once it occurred to me that the custom radar URLs could be any image online that is updated periodically, I thought I'd try something different. I set one of my custom radar URLs to the giraffe cam at the zoo. And, it worked! :D I'm going to try to set up webcams at home to update pictures of the driveway and backyard on my own webspace. Then, I could use FW to check on the house when I'm gone.
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
I finally got enough motivation to try this out. Looks like editing the Fullscreen.cpr and Feather.mscr moves things around. I managed to align the Sunrise/Sunset times but the second line is not lining up. Do you mind posting these two files from your phone (from \Program Files\FeatherWeather directory? (Or anyone who is reading this and has their extended forecast showing up properly).

That way I can compare with what I have in mine. Thanks!
[HTC Excalibur] notaliberal:
Here you go. Hope this helps.

I still could move my sunset time over to the right a bit, but it looks good enough for me and I just got lazy... ;-)

Good luck,

Jeff
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
Perfect! This was what I needed. Drop and replace, and back to being like it was! Thanks again.
[HTC Excalibur] Fantasigraphic:
Sorry if this has been talked about in this thread, but ive been using this app for a while and love it.

here the last few days whenever i turn on my phone the mortscript screen keeps recycling where before in the past when i installed this app it showed one time telling me it was registered and now it pops up everytime i turn the phone on. Is it syupposed to do this? thought it only does it one time.. How do i stop this?

Thanks again for a great app!!!
[HTC Excalibur] notaliberal:
Sounds like perhaps something odd got stuck in your startup folder?

Look in \Windows\Startup

and post back with what's listed in there...

Thanks,

Jeff
[HTC Excalibur] Fantasigraphic:
ConfigXML, FactBoot, Ipad, MGCHide, MortScript, PhotoContacts, Time Wizard, TranslastionMGCstr...

(MGC is MagiCall)
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
Unzip and try running this cab first, then try the reset again. Let me know if it helps.
[HTC Excalibur] jbinmn:
FeatherWeather on Treo Pro

Hello. I have a Treo Pro and just tried installing FeatherWeather on it. The good news, it seems to work. The bad news, it seems to have installed inside a "comm manager" addin on the Treo Pro Today Screen. I've attached a screen shot for reference (I couldn't figure out how to imbed it in this post). I'm wondering if anything can be done to control where FeatherWeather appears. SInce it's inside this comm manager gizmo, I can't seem to access the featherweather app specifically. WHen I click Feather Options in Programs, it tells me to access options from the application. Any help would be most appreciated.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
no way to change where, as it writes that text to the operator name. I assume thats what used to be there.:)
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
First post updated with zip for "Update At" time not showing. Download the zip file attached on post 1(FeatherUpdateFix) and unzip. Then overwrite the original feather.mscr in \program files\featherweather folder.
[HTC Excalibur] bigboy38:
unknown command connect

when i try to run featherweather2 this error comes up 'UKNOWN COMMAND 'CONNECT' LINE: CONNECT{THE INTERNET} could you help me here everything else works nices job you have here.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
Did you by chance already have mortscript installed before installing this? Sounds like an old mortscript version that doesn't recognize this command.:confused:
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
Portrait Version

Here's my attempt at a portrait version.

Install showaco's FeatherWeather. Don't restart phone.

Replace CHome_240x320.cpr in Windows folder.

Replace rest of files in \Program Files\FeatherWeather.

Restart phone.
[HTC Excalibur] showaco:
Excellent work!!! I like ittt! Mind if I cab this and add to first post tomorrow?
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
Please go ahead. Excellent app.
[HTC Excalibur] parthabhatta:
Excellent piece of enhancement by lagasi. Kudos to both Showaco and Lagasi for this app. I am using it in my VOX with latest ROSE ROM. Working fine except some minor glitches in forecast screen about which I will post later. I feel its the best weather app for 6.1 CHome theme.
[HTC Excalibur] blackjack2:
Clarification

Ok, I'd really like to give this application a fair opportunity but I've never set it up correctly.

Questions

1. Will it work properly on landscape

2. Is the download only 1 cab or multiple things(this is always where I fall short and give up on the app)

3. Will it reshape the panels in landscape to show the little panels or will it just be regular

Thanks in advance
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
Un-freakin-believable! You guys are outstanding!

I loved the original, but this is better! Why? I like the full screen weather info with the icons. Very, very nice. Makes the information easier to read with things not being cluttered.

One thing.. In my main clock icon, one of the texts goes into 3 lines (Hum shows up in line 3). I don't know if this is a wrap-around from line 2, or if there really is a line 3. In either case, the text ends up dropping down from the bottom edge of the panel. Purely cosmetic, but I know developers are anal about their products. :)

I can put up a screenshot if you don't know what I mean.

Can I ask for a feature request here? Would it be possible to actually *download* images (jpegs?) of radar and other map information? I know some other mapping programs do it, but I don't know how easy or difficult it would be to do.
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
The text is actually 1 line designed to wrap into 2 lines. Please do post a screenshot so I can see how much I need to adjust.

Yes. From the feed, there is a link to download the radar image, but that's all I can find.
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
Here you go...
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
Portrait Version Text wrap fix

Here's the Feather.mscr that fixes the text wrapping issue. CHome_240x320.cpr is not necessary, but it gives the text little more room.

Fixed: Home screen text wrapping to 3rd line (txt3 space adjustment)

Fixed: Feather options texts fits in screen

Fixed: Bar and UV showing extra chars ">
[HTC Excalibur] lagasi:
1. Yes.

2. Download FeatherWeather.CAB and Feather2UpdateFix.zip. See note on 1st post. Download feathercprs.zip if don't use standard sliding panels.

3. Yes, the full panel will condense into a smaller panel. See screen shots on 1st post.
[HTC Excalibur] bipinsen:
You do great work! One more thing - sorry, I should have mentioned it!

In the feed for wind gust, there's no value populated. Is this because nothing's coming in? I noticed in the script there's a cwindgusts and a windgusts variable - maybe that's the problem?