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IMBoguss
Comment #62 Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:40 PM
Comment #62 Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:40 PM
OK, I'm begging now......
Could you please give me a hint as to what I would need to change to make all of the objects "pop up" or maximize to the bottom instead of the bottom left?
Could you please give me a hint as to what I would need to change to make all of the objects "pop up" or maximize to the bottom instead of the bottom left?
IMBoguss
Comment #63 Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:41 PM
Comment #63 Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:41 PM
(This time with all the info)
OK, I'm begging now......
Could you please give me a hint as to what I would need to change to make all of the objects "pop up" or maximize to the bottom RIGHT instead of the bottom left?
OK, I'm begging now......
Could you please give me a hint as to what I would need to change to make all of the objects "pop up" or maximize to the bottom RIGHT instead of the bottom left?
jjjansen
Comment #64 Thursday, October 14, 2004 2:16 PM
Comment #64 Thursday, October 14, 2004 2:16 PM
Again Will this absolutly deserves a 10!
One minor problem. I am using on a dual monitor system with the weather on the second monitor on its top right corner. When I hover over a daily forcast the tooltip displays on the main monitor's right edge. The hourly tooltip however displays ok.
One minor problem. I am using on a dual monitor system with the weather on the second monitor on its top right corner. When I hover over a daily forcast the tooltip displays on the main monitor's right edge. The hourly tooltip however displays ok.
Will Rose
Comment #65 Thursday, October 14, 2004 2:17 PM
Comment #65 Thursday, October 14, 2004 2:17 PM
IMBoguss: You might have a flakey mouse button, as this is the second time you've double-posted the question... A malfunctioning mouse can be very aggravating. 
The answer is: a LOT. It's definitely a modification for an advanced user. You'd have to change the position and alignment of all the objects in the top part of the frame, modify and reposition the resize button, modify the frame image, rewrite the ShrinkFrame and GrowFrame procedures, and modify the positioning code for the weather alerts and hourly forecast. And that's just off the top of my head. I'm afraid you're on your own for this. Good luck.
The answer is: a LOT. It's definitely a modification for an advanced user. You'd have to change the position and alignment of all the objects in the top part of the frame, modify and reposition the resize button, modify the frame image, rewrite the ShrinkFrame and GrowFrame procedures, and modify the positioning code for the weather alerts and hourly forecast. And that's just off the top of my head. I'm afraid you're on your own for this. Good luck.
Rauliux
Comment #66 Thursday, October 14, 2004 6:54 PM
Comment #66 Thursday, October 14, 2004 6:54 PM
Amazing! Great Job!
Is there any chance of releasing lite or ultra lite version?
Is there any chance of releasing lite or ultra lite version?
Will Rose
Comment #68 Friday, October 15, 2004 4:52 PM
Comment #68 Friday, October 15, 2004 4:52 PM
jjjansen: Thanks a lot.. But it's still only a 9!!! (And some of the other editions are only at 8, which is an outrage ) Get more of your friends to vote and put some 10s in there!
As for that tooltip, it's a catch22. You're going to have to play with lines 68-71 in the NarrativeTooltip object. You can experiment with changing the System.Workarea??? statements to System.VScreen???. (see the DX scripting guide) That will fix your multimonitor problem, but at the cost of not honoring any docks or taskbars you have at the edges of the monitors (you might get a tooltip showing up behind a dock). Depending on which statements you use, you could also have issues with LG sitting at the right edge of the left monitor. I couldn't find a method that was universally compatible with everything, so a compromise had to be made.
) Get more of your friends to vote and put some 10s in there!As for that tooltip, it's a catch22. You're going to have to play with lines 68-71 in the NarrativeTooltip object. You can experiment with changing the System.Workarea??? statements to System.VScreen???. (see the DX scripting guide) That will fix your multimonitor problem, but at the cost of not honoring any docks or taskbars you have at the edges of the monitors (you might get a tooltip showing up behind a dock). Depending on which statements you use, you could also have issues with LG sitting at the right edge of the left monitor. I couldn't find a method that was universally compatible with everything, so a compromise had to be made.
GT3RSR
Comment #69 Sunday, October 17, 2004 2:10 AM
Comment #69 Sunday, October 17, 2004 2:10 AM
I love weather and this has got to be the coolest object yet... IMHO! Thank you very much for all of the time and effort you put in!!! 
LOL
LOL
Vorsavhit
Comment #70 Monday, October 18, 2004 7:03 AM
Comment #70 Monday, October 18, 2004 7:03 AM
This is my absolute favorite desktop object, it's stunning.
Will Rose
Comment #72 Tuesday, November 2, 2004 2:01 PM
Comment #72 Tuesday, November 2, 2004 2:01 PM
Wendi, either one of the objects "Satellite and Radar Image" or "Satellite and Radar BigImage" is missing or its script is not running or has not been initialized by DesktopX. I don't know why any of those things might be true on your computer.
Dakobacsi
Comment #73 Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:47 AM
Comment #73 Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:47 AM
This DesktopX object is great, but unfortunately I can't use it. I am from Budapest, Hungary and if I enter this zip HUXX0002 it just don't brings up the local weather. http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where= HUXX0002 can't find this zip code, but http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/HUXX0002?dayf=5&unit=m
exist. Could you please help me how to solve this problem? Thanks, and gratulation to this object its a great work.
David
exist. Could you please help me how to solve this problem? Thanks, and gratulation to this object its a great work.
David
Dakobacsi
Comment #74 Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:48 AM
Comment #74 Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:48 AM
Hi,
I have problems on line 583 in the script with the validDoc.documentElement
I enter the zipcode HUXX0002. Could you help me whats the problem? I am absolutly beginner in scripting, and I couldn't solve the problem. Regards:
David
I have problems on line 583 in the script with the validDoc.documentElement
I enter the zipcode HUXX0002. Could you help me whats the problem? I am absolutly beginner in scripting, and I couldn't solve the problem. Regards:
David
Will Rose
Comment #75 Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:24 PM
Comment #75 Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:24 PM
David, Weather.com may have been sending extremely corrupted data. I just tried it, both by using your HUXX0002 code and just by typing in "Budapest, Hungary" and it worked perfectly both ways. Sometimes something can go temporarily wrong with weather.com's XML feed that will cause any weather object to malfunction. It seems to be working fine now, and there does not appear to be a problem with LookingGlass.
I'm glad you like it...
I'm glad you like it...
Dakobacsi
Comment #76 Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:49 AM
Comment #76 Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:49 AM
Will,
For me it is still giving that there is an error in line 583, with validDoc.documentElemenent variable. I use DesktopX 2.3, maybe thats the problem? Which version do you use? Regards:
David
For me it is still giving that there is an error in line 583, with validDoc.documentElemenent variable. I use DesktopX 2.3, maybe thats the problem? Which version do you use? Regards:
David
Will Rose
Comment #77 Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:03 PM
Comment #77 Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:03 PM
It works fine with DX 2.3, which I am using now. Does it give you this error with ALL locations, or only some or only Budapest? If it's not will ALL locations then I'd say something is up with the XML feed, except I have never seen the issue, nor has it been reported by any of the more than 10,000 users. If it happens with ALL locations, I would suspect there's an issue with the XML libraries on your machine, or with caching at your ISP. Saying "error in line 583 with validDoc.documentElement" doesn't help much. At least post the exact and complete error message you get. Sometimes, however, the errors DX provides are not precise, or the complete text doesn't even display in the box, making them useless. Sorry I can't help more, but Budapest works perfectly on all the PCs I've tested.
ScottyK
Comment #78 Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:15 PM
Comment #78 Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:15 PM
i have a question about using a webcam URL as the background image - i can't input all the address, the object limits the number of characters that i can type in. unfortunately, i can't find any webcams that have a short enough url.
also, how do you change the text/fram colors? i thought you said you could do it by dblclicking on the background, but i only see options to change the background image
also, how do you change the text/fram colors? i thought you said you could do it by dblclicking on the background, but i only see options to change the background image
Will Rose
Comment #79 Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:54 PM
Comment #79 Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:54 PM
The object doesn't limit the number of characters you can type in. The input field scrolls to the right as your input grows. Try pasting with Shift-Insert. I've input URLs more than 270 characters long. Any limitations you might encounter are either in DX or VBScript. Nothing in my code limits the length of what you type in. I use this url all the time:
http : //images.ireland.com/webcam/liveview.jpg?999999
I inserted the spaces around the colon here to prevent wincustomize from inserting the image. Enter the url as you would in your browser.
And on the dialog that pops up when you double click the background, you'll see in the lower left corner the words "Text Color", that lights up when you mouse over it. Try clicking that. If you want a different frame, you'll need to make one yourself and replace the image file.
http : //images.ireland.com/webcam/liveview.jpg?999999
I inserted the spaces around the colon here to prevent wincustomize from inserting the image. Enter the url as you would in your browser.
And on the dialog that pops up when you double click the background, you'll see in the lower left corner the words "Text Color", that lights up when you mouse over it. Try clicking that. If you want a different frame, you'll need to make one yourself and replace the image file.
Dakobacsi
Comment #80 Monday, November 15, 2004 3:05 AM
Comment #80 Monday, November 15, 2004 3:05 AM
Hi,
Here is the complet message it gives me when I try to get the weather for Budapest. As You mentioned before it is not to helpfull. I think the XML feed will be wrong. Here is the error message:
Object required: 'validDoc.documentElement'
Line: 583
Code:
(not available)
How do I insatll a new XML library on my machine. What to install, from where can I get it. Thanks for your help:
David
Here is the complet message it gives me when I try to get the weather for Budapest. As You mentioned before it is not to helpfull. I think the XML feed will be wrong. Here is the error message:
Object required: 'validDoc.documentElement'
Line: 583
Code:
(not available)
How do I insatll a new XML library on my machine. What to install, from where can I get it. Thanks for your help:
David
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Comment #61 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:09 AM
Really though, performance will be better as an object. Each time a widget is run, the whole thing must be unzipped. As an object, unless you "delete" the object from within DesktopX, all the files are cached in your theme directory and need not be unzipped again. This makes startup much faster. If a widget is tiny, the unzipping causes an unnoticeable delay. LookingGlass has a huge amount of animation, so the unzip takes a few seconds. I exported the widget just to show it could be done.