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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
It is quite a bit of work to add localization. But if you are willing to translate, I could work on it. There is quite a bit of translating to do:

All the labels (i.e. Humidity, Dew Point, etc.) as well as translating the values (km/h, chance of rain, partly cloudy, Thunderstorms with Small Hail, etc.).

If you are up for it, I can give you more information and a format I want this done.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jolas:
Yes, I can help you with Greek translation :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wevenhuis:
start app

settings

(default settings: metric system, weather alerts and default location are on).

use current position

(aproximate location appears after a few seconds)

save settings

error message

Post edit:

Another error:

Start app

Settings

find location: groningen, the netherlands

after a few seconds the list is made and I choose the first of two available options

I then turn off the default location weather station

a new item appears below the screen: Find Weather Station: Current station: LGAT.

When I press the arrow i get an error.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Can you please try the latest version, 0.2.3. I have added better error checking and fixed a few bugs so the problem might go away. If not, can you post your long/lat that is reported as approx location?

For this error, you are in an unfortunate situation where the Weather Underground website reports two locations with exactly the same name (it's actually the same location). I'll have to look at how I can query for stations on one of the two results because now it will always report the two locations instead of the nearby weather stations.

To see what I mean, look at this xml output.

In order to see weather stations, you have to have ONE result, like this.

I'll see what I can find.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Kameirus:
awesome cool perfect

im not really worried about the auto update i just wanted to make sure

there wasnt an auto update cause im on AT&T and only have a limited data

plan since they dont offer unlimited data anymore and just didnt want

to go over my usage lol .....

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ivona7:
On my HD2 it works fine, I quite like it :D ... hope it'll work with S2U2 soon too :o !
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Thanks, I didn't even notice it until I saw your message. I was using metric most of the time. :) Also there was an issue with Lows in forecast showing ?. I fixed that too. All in version 0.2.3.

1. Can you check whether this is working for you on the latest version?

I have no problems with the approx location using the towers or the GPS location. I posted a little hint on how the Approx Location and GPS location are working. Let me know how it goes.

2. :)

a. Noted. I will think about how to do this (probably thread it with a timer). Double check if you consistently get the same problem or it happened only once. It could be a microsoft dll issue, but hopefully it is just a weak signal issue.

b. I did not really want to program based on softkeys because they take space and I wanted to keep the UI less cluttered. If I get more feedback about using softkeys, I will reconsider. The only ugly part now is the overlapping keyboard when one wants to type a location which goes away when someone clicks away from the location textbox. The X button should be up on the top right and in some roms should close the application (on my Energy 6.5 21916 rom it does). This is why I didn't have an exit button initially.

c. Noted. I'll see about making them slightly bigger for WVGA devices.

d. I have never programmed gestures. I'll look into it but I don't think it's going to be that easy (will probably require some libraries). If you expect the turn-page effect (like click and drug thing), I don't think this is possible because I optimized the top panel to appear on both current and forecast. There is only one copy held to save memory. But I'll look into what's available out there and I might change my mind about this optimization.

e. I thought of having this at the beginning, but I didn't like how I was going to handle it in the UI. Too messy, have to remove locations and add, and change and all that which took away from the simplicity of the UI. Plus, there are some issues with the SenseSDK library I had run into which forced me to show a lot of information on the first page of settings. But when an update is posted on SenseSDK, I'll check how I can make this possible.

1. I thought of this too, but I figured only power users would want to see both. But I guess you guys are power users. =)

I am thinking I will add a little toggle switch saying Show All Info which will allow the app to show both metric and non-metric data. If it's switched off, then the show metric toggle switch will appear to select metric or non-metric. Sounds good?

Thank YOU for the awesome feedback and suggestions! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] J_M_H:
This is a nice app. It would be perfect if you could include wonder radar. Weather underground has the best weather radar, including storm tracking.

Thanks for the hard work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AthenaLod:
heat index, wind chill are also not working.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Kameirus:
just checked it on my fuze and both are working
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ottoman96:
Hi again!

Thanks alot for the WVGA work... Works on the Topaz now :D

Found another error tho- Did you try and include a link to the underground website on that icon on the right (See pic)? If so it causes an error message when I touch on or near it (See pics). Not that its that big of a deal... App is still nice!

One other small thing- Might change the "Chance of Rain:" text to "Chance of Precipation:" since its not always raining in Minnesota :D

Also maybe in the future have a color change option- Would love to see the buttons and city text against BLUE!

THANKS AGAIN for all your work- it's coming along great :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
What location and station are you using? Metric units?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bsinclair:
As for language, why don't you separate it's resources from the application, an ini (or similar) text file?

This way, we all can help translating to other languages by posting the files here.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MasterGadgets:
When I try to "use current position" it just sits there and does nothing [waited about 15 min]. It was locked up. Multiple tries with no success.

If I lived in Athens, Greece it would be fine.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AthenaLod:
Location: Amman, Jordan

Station: OJAM

Metric Units

Screen shot attached
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tcooper185:
Same here. Sprint Touch Diamond running EnergyROM.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Done, with wildcards! Check the latest version (0.3) and check the 2nd post for customizations. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
I made a few changes for the first issue. Yes it is trying to show you the detailed weather on your default browser. Can you check if it works for you please?

For your second comment, I made the change. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

For the third point, I'll add that as a Todo, but customizing colors is messy in terms of how to display it to the user to customize.

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
In Athens nothing really is working! =)

I've made changes to not block the system when you click on use current position. Check the latest version (0.3).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Yeah, unfortunately this station does not provide this data. If you look at the xml returned the value says N/A. Not all stations provide all the data. Depends on the make and the quality of the station.

If you wanted to take a look, look here. You will see an element called windchill_c and windchill_f. Their values are N/A. Yeah, I could show N/A but yeah. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Try the latest version (0.3). I've made the app not block when you look for a position. I set the timeout to 60 seconds for finding tower and gps location. You can change it if you want. Read 2nd post for that.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Yeah, I'll make that a todo. There is a lot of work in this (not the translation but the facilitating for the different language, lots of code change). I also have to think of the format of the file for the translation. Also need translating of values, like km/h, heavy thunderstorms, etc. Some obvious issues are that some words might be too long when you translate them so they get truncated. I guess I can leave that up to the translator to abbreviate words meaningfully. =) Soon, soon...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ottoman96:
Hi again!

Thanks for making these changes/todo's! Every change makes the program a little more perfect :D

1. The link seems like it should work but I still get an error message (Maybe my location is a problem, but I tried it for 2 others and same result)... Maybe a problem? (see pic)

View attachment 498760

2. I can't help agree with previous posts that there are 2 major things missing- a manual update button on forcast/current tabs, and a close button on one or both as well. Maybe add one or both of these?

3. VERY VERY low priority, maybe stupid... but I'd love to press on the moon and get a link to the site or a little screen with upcoming moon dates or something... Again, its a kinda dumb thing and most likely an acquired taste but I thought i'd mention it.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK! This is a great program and is getting better every time! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bsinclair:
I guess an XML (as you are already parsing it) will be just fine. Something like:

<rain>lluvia</rain> for spanish
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AthenaLod:
i see that now. do you have any idea on where do other programs and websites (e.g. weather.com, accuweather.com) get such info from?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ottoman96:
I know that sometimes it's a conversion equation that takes temperature, wind speed, and one or two other variables and calculates them out. Something we looked at once in earth sciences but I don't remember what it is... Sources like weather.com could still be using something like this. Hope that helps.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nek46:
Working fine , my htc mini HVGA version πολυ καλο πατριδα:D:D:D:D:D

Μπραβο:):):)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] y0himba:
Works perfectly on my HTC Imagio running NRG Rom with CHT.

Only feature request I have is for an exit button so I can easily exit instead of minimize. Currently in order to exit I pull up Arkswitch and kill the program from there.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Hi, I can look into including a radar. Can you be more specific about what you want to see in the radar image?

This is what I can display from the xml.

This, I could probably grab, but what would be good values for the radar to display? Meaning, what Radar Control values would be good here?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MasterGadgets:
First, I want to thank you for all your efforts in making this app. Great work!

I agree that the Wunderground radar is superior. Here is a link [with my location of course] that would be good. Make that your link when you tap the Wunderground icon on the main screen.

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/r....val=0&setprefs.7.key=RADSMO&setprefs.7.val=0

I would also suggest on the "Forecast" page to only show 5 days instead of 6 days. That way you could increase the font size to make it more readable.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ottoman96:
This is a nice idea, or maybe create an option to select how many days you want to show... 5, 6, 7... maybe a link included too
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MasterGadgets:
The second option you posted would be good.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] phalkon30:
The biggest thing I look for with a radar is that it's animated. For zoom level I'd say it's nice to have the width of Wisconsin or so in the image :)

I noticed the latest version has a timeout on the radar, that's a nice improvement. Would be nice if it said something however as to why it won't work. Is there any chance you could just pull the "sense" location from the phone? I'm a CDMA user, so it seems like all the weather location programs never find me, but sense has no problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MasterGadgets:
To follow up on my suggestion; on the "Forcast" page you put the current day in the forcast. That is a duplication of information. If you removed that then you would have only 5 days forcast and then could increase font size.

Thanks for your work!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ottoman96:
I agree; the second one presents alot more information/a more realistic view than the first option... Would you do this as a link to browser to open, or as a downloaded image viewed through the application (if that makes sense)?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
Very nice application, congratulations....

Is there a chance to include that the application opens the gprs connection by itself when starting up? Now it always tells me that there is no active connection.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KrisM22:
TP2

0.3 cab

says it can't access internet.

All other internet works fine (Opera...)

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Corwin9S:
same here... wm6.1 fr on i900

solution: open a webconnexion before launching mwunderground and it will be ok... until it's fixed

;-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
I will probably do this inside the app as a downloaded image. I still would like someone who knows the radar well to give me some good values for the Radar Control in this page. It will take quite some time to do this because I have to rearrange/add buttons, etc.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
All these are quite related. They have to do with establishing connections before retrieving data.

From what Corwin9S is saying, if you enable gprs and you have not connected anywhere first (say open your browser somewhere), you are not allowed to download data (gives you the messagebox saying cannot connect to internet, retry/ cancel)? Do I have to first create a connection somewhere before I can retrieve the xml data? The check I do is calling GetHostEntry (i.e. get ip address of a url from dns servers) which I have not tested if it enables the connection. If it returns correctly, I have a connection. This was the fastest way to check for a connection. Any ideas?

For claus1953 request, I have to add a toggle switch in the settings saying use data connection if no connection available. I wanted to avoid adding more and more stuff to settings so I left this to the user to enable the internet. But if you find this useful, I could implement it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] claus1953:
For my case i would find it very useful.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcbofkc:
Same here. Awesome program. Just what I was looking for. My dream would be able to view Wundermap from this app.

I am in tornado alley in Kansas. Having a moving live map would earn a donation from me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Pandaman09:
Fantastic! Doesn't support landscape mode but otherwise works great on my Sprint HTC Touch Pro 2. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] buck08:
Hi,

I still have the problem as described in post # 20 even with the newest version 0.3

Got this error when changing the settings:

Mwunderground.exe

NullReferenceException

bij Mwunderground.MainForm.FillForecastData(ForecastDa ta forecastData, CurrentData currentData, SettingsData settingsData)

bij Mwunderground.MainForm.RetrieveAndFillData()

bij Mwunderground.MainForm.itmSave_OnClick(Object Sender)

bij StedySoft.SenseSDK.SensePanelButtonItem._notifyCli ck()

bij StedySoft.SenseSDK.SensePanelButtonItem.OnMouseUp( Int32 x, Int32 y)

bij StedySoft.SenseSDK.SenseListControl.OnMouseUp(Mous eEventArgs e)

bij System.Windows.Forms.Control.WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)

bij System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)

bij Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop(IntPtr hwnMain)

bij System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm)

bij Mwunderground.Program.Main()

This error occured after I changed the current location. Now I can not restart the app. I get the same error message every time I restart the app. I can not even get into the start screen.

The program won't start anymore even after a softreset of the device.

Cheers,

buck08
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Hi,

In order to get the program running again, just reinstall the cab (it will uninstall first and clear the registry of Mwunderground's data which probably contains some garbage). If you know how to check the registry, can you check the contents of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mwunderground\Location, TypedLocation, UseGPS and GPSLocation (you don't need to post the exact coordinates if you don't wish but check that they seem valid) and post them here?

Can you also tell me what exact steps you did that made the app crash? Like exact locations you typed and all that. Did you change the stations? I'd like to help fix this bug.

The bug in post 20 is a bug I've contacted Weather Underground about and I am waiting to hear back. It might be their bug.

Let me know so I can fix this somehow.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
BTW, wunderground is hammered since the new release (new UI, forecast for stations, etc.). So if you are getting errors or super slow response, the api server could be hammered. I am also unable to load forecast and stuff myself. This will be resolved soon I suppose.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Timmy_01:
Hi I_konst,

Thanks for your nice program! I use it since yesterday at my HTC HD2, and I've met no errors so far.

Nice program! Thanks! :)

Regards,

Timmy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Timmy_01:
Hello I_konst,

I have a few wishes for your ToDo list: :cool:

• In the Netherlands (my counntry) we don't use hPa for pressure, but mBar.

• We mostly use Bft (Beaufort) for the wind instead of km/h.

Yust two wishes. (It's not important).

Regards,

Timmy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] klimpetje:
nice

Same here, nice and on my HD2 working and in the NL (see post above)

Maybe some future build could incorporate multi locations? So i can see not only the waeather where i am, but also where i go to (say tomorrow far away) you get it? :o
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] randy7628:
This works really well on my Samsung Omnia sch-i910. I have only had two issues.

1. Use Current Position on partially works. It determines my location, but when I went to save it, it threw and error and I had to re-install.

2. On the Current Weather page, Humidity only displays 1 digit. For example, the humidity is 66% but it only shows 6%. Chance of Rain only displays " Chance of" and below it is correct. I attribute this to my screen resolution. wqvga (240x400) I think.

This is a great app! Keep up the good work and thank you!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
1. What exactly did you see on the settings (i.e. Approx Location: 12.121312,123.123123 or GPS Location: 12.121312,123.123123). And what numbers did you get exactly (so I can see if this throws an exception for me too)? In addition, once you get the application to crash, can you check the registry (if you know how to do this) and tell me the values of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mwunderground\Location, TypedLocation, UseGPS and GPSLocation? I want to see if something wrong is being stored in there.

2. For humidity, I'll look into this. I might be parsing something wrong. For the chance of, it probably is a wqvga issue, but I'll see if I can do a quick fix.

Thanks. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Hi Timmy,

Thanks for comments and suggestions.

Both your suggestions are great, but I am not sure how to classify showing mBar and Bft as opposed to hPa and km/h. You see, I looked at the units that weather underground shows when I type a location, say Rotterdam, Netherlands, and they, themselves use hPa (same value as mbar anyway) and km/h. How could I know which country uses what and to make that generic in the application? For example, is showing mbar or bft the actual metric unit? This would be an easy fix.

One possibility to show these values would be in the ToDo feature "Show All Information", which will show both Metric and Standard units. I could also show these two values. What do you think?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Thanks!

I've added the multiple locations on the todo list since there are a couple people who asked for this. I initially did not want to have this as it gets messy (have to add, remove, edit locations and all that). Maybe when the next release of SenseSDK is released and it has better support for nested menus I can work on this, so I don't have to have everything on the first page of settings.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Timmy_01:
Hi I_konst,

It's not my intention to give you big troubles! So I think you gave a very good suggestion. Let's first try that, before doing difficult things! I agree with your suggestion.

Thanks!

Regards,

Timmy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Timmy_01:
Hello I_konst,

First: as you said hPa is the same as millibar. It's always someting around the 1000.

But very strange: the 'Presure' of my town in Mwunderground says 2986 hPa, and that's impossible... It must be 1011, that should be right.

Do you know what's wrong?!?

Regards,

Timmy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
What value do you see on wunderground.com? I see around 1000 for Rotterdam and the same value returned from the XML they provide. Is the app giving you a different value from wunderground for the same weather station? If so, then it might be something I am doing wrong.

Are you using personal weather stations (PWS)? Those can sometimes produce incorrect data. But again, if you also see an incorrect value on wunderground.com then it's not an app problem.

Let me know.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Timmy_01:
Hi I_konst,

A picture tells more than hundred words, so here we go:

..........

And this is what Weather Underground tell us:

..........

Do you know what's wrong?!? For your information: I use version 0.3.0.0

Regards,

Timmy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jesterfell:
Reading offline information

Hi, i_konst! Thank you for a great application!

Is it possible to see previously downloaded information while not online? I have been unable to open the Mwunderground while offline.

Since the forecast covers an entire week, I could use the information even when unable to connect.

Thanks.

BTW:

- with v 0.3 (QVGA) it is much easier to read the information, although it is still very small.

- I also have the "Chance of [blank]" line that was mentioned before.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Added exit button on top right.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
2. Added exit button on top right in version 0.4.

b. Same as above. For getting an update, see 2nd post.

c. Added in version 0.4.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
This is not really fixed, but I've put a patch to tell you you cannot receive stations when you get more than one identical location returned. I have contacted weather underground (it's their bug) and they have not gotten back to me yet. I'll contact them again until they either ban me or fix it. =D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Added in version 0.4. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
2. Added on top right in version 0.4.

3. If you click the weather underground logo, it should take you to the weather underground page which shows moon phases. As far a little screen, I'll keep that in mind and maybe do that in a future release.

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Added on top right in version 0.4.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] i_konst:
Both radar and 5-day instead of 6-day forecast are done in version 0.4! :)

Thanks for the suggestions.