Hi, when I update teh radar(either in weather page or in satellite&Radar menu), it always feeds back an error message:
Radar.exe
WebException
Can not find the program
HttpWebRequest::finishGetResponse+0*46
HttpWebRequest::GetResponse+0*c
Form1::ReadDataFromWeb+0*2c
Form1::Form1_Load+0*2x
Form::_SetVisiiblenotify+0*1d
Control::set_visible+0*1f
Application::Run+0*7
Form1::Main+0*c
What's the problem?
Also, I use the Radar picture at http://www.weather.gov.hk
such as: http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/intersat/satimg/041203_1623s.jpg
How should I set up the Form at Radar.txt?
Thanks in advance
Questions:
1) Can you see any image at all when you at city or satellite/radar page?
2) Where did you put your radar.exe and radar.txt?
3) Have you set up athe apps-7-1 point to radar.exe in configure?
4) Do you have any image file in the radar1 or radar folder?
5) Have you tried the default radar.txt and got images downloaded?
If you can, post the screenshot of radar page.
Hi UK_Skinner, I see a lot of your post and appreciate your great work. Hope this time you can help me...
1. My radar.txt:
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/east_asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\1.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\2.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/japan_sat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\3.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/goesdisk_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\4.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/goesdisk_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar\1.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar2\2.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/japan_sat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar\3.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/east_asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar\4.jpg
FORM=
When click radar icon at weather page, can see one radar picture, but when switch to other city there is nothing appears.
It seems ok when at satellite/radar page.
when using file explore to open folder, only 1.jpg in radar folder and 1,2,3,4 in radar1 folder.
The problem is when updating, wether in main page or in weather page, radar.exe run for a while then a erreo page appears as below:
2. I put the radar folder in \My Documents\;
3. I also combine radar.exe in Apps-7-1;
4. As said above, in radar folder only has 1.jpg, in radar1 folder have 1,2,3,4 four pictures;
5. I tried several radar.txt, the problem is same;
6. The system I use is DOPOD 696(XDA II China version), windows mobile 2003 SE. I also tried in wm2003, problems remains.
Thanks for your kindly assistant!
Hi qiambi0000,
One thing you may want to check is a problem that we've been seeing here a lot..
Check every line in your radar.txt file, and make sure that there is not any additional "spaces" at the end of the text !!
If you find any spaces, delete them, and re-save, then try to run again !!
Thanks ZapMe1, I check the radar.txt and found 1 space in the lastest line. I deleted it and reload the TP. But the error remains.
Quote2. I put the radar folder in \My Documents\;
3. I also combine radar.exe in Apps-7-1;
Is Radar.exe in your \My Documents folder along with the Radar.txt ??
Also, one other thing to check in the Radar.txt, is that you hit "enter" after the very last line in the txt file !!
Yes, the radar folder with both radar.exe and radar.txt under \My Documents.
What do you mean "hit enter" after the "very last" line of the txt? I just uses the original radar.txt download and replace the SURL.
You had said that you found one space in the last line of the radar.txt.. After the last line : FORM= Make sure there are no more spaces after the "=", then hit Enter on your keyboard to go to the next line, then re-save the file !!
qianbi0000,
I'm attaching a radar.txt file to this post !! Try replacing yours with this one and see if it works !!
ZapMe1, I tried but not work. is it work on your machine?
Quote from: qianbi0000Hi UK_Skinner, I see a lot of your post and appreciate your great work. Hope this time you can help me...
1. My radar.txt:
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/east_asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\1.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\2.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/japan_sat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\3.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/goesdisk_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\4.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/goesdisk_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar\1.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar2\2.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/japan_sat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar\3.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/east_asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar\4.jpg
FORM=
When click radar icon at weather page, can see one radar picture, but when switch to other city there is nothing appears.
It seems ok when at satellite/radar page.
when using file explore to open folder, only 1.jpg in radar folder and 1,2,3,4 in radar1 folder.
The problem is when updating, wether in main page or in weather page, radar.exe run for a while then a erreo page appears as below:
I Think This is the Problem
Wichtel:
For somehow, your 4 eyes are muc better than mine. :approve:
Quote from: qianbi0000ZapMe1, I tried but not work. is it work on your machine?
The error was caused by /Radar2 folder. The exe could not find the folder therefore quit from there. The problem should be gone once you correct back to /Radar.
WOW !! Good Eyes... :approve:
I re-did the radar.txt for him, and Still didn't catch that !! :oops:
Dear all,
Thank you so much to find my stupid mistake, I have correct it....But the terroble thing is: THE ERROR MESSAGE REMAINS!
Quote from: qianbi0000Dear all,
Thank you so much to find my stupid mistake, I have correct it....But the terroble thing is: THE ERROR MESSAGE REMAINS!
Was the same error message?
Quote from: ZapMe1You had said that you found one space in the last line of the radar.txt.. After the last line : FORM= Make sure there are no more spaces after the "=", then hit Enter on your keyboard to go to the next line, then re-save the file !!
qianbi0000
check all entrys in the Radar.txt for the spaces
Hi uk_skinner,
The error message:
Quote from: qianbi0000Hi uk_skinner,
The error message:
It said "can not find folder", right?
Did you use the radar.txt posted by ZapMe1 and just corrected the /Radar2 to /Radar, right?
Can you tell me how many image files you see in /Radar folder and I assumed the other one is fine?
Checked. When use the default radar.txt on this forum, the error is same
I downloaded the radar.txt file prepared by ZapMe1 and changed the "/Radar2" to "/Radar". It worked on my device. All images were downloaded.
Quote from: qianbi0000Checked. When use the default radar.txt on this forum, the error is same
Sorry, a little bit confusion here. What default radar.txt you refered to?
uk_skinner, I download ZapMe1's radar.txt and correct the mistake. but the it doesnt work on my machine. I also tried the default txt included in the HammerSkin 1.05.2 QVGA, still error
qianbi0000,
Here is a "correct" radar.txt, and I also included a new Radar.exe... They work on my device.. Try replacing "both" files, and try again !!
Long shot, but maybe there is something wrong with your Radar.exe also !!!
Quote from: qianbi0000uk_skinner, I download ZapMe1's radar.txt and correct the mistake. but the it doesnt work on my machine. I also tried the default txt included in the HammerSkin 1.05.2 QVGA, still error
Is your device Chinese OS or you insatll Chinese language software? If you have English OS, can you turnoff the Chinese Language then try again? You also can try to download the radar.exe again to rule out the possibility of corrupt of exe.
Yes I use Chinese OS, can not change to english OS, I also think it may be the problem. The radar.exe may be a mission impossible on my machine....but thank you all so much for your help and time
I tried to change region to English in Region Set and use the new radar.exe, still not work...feel very sad
Quote from: qianbi0000Yes I use Chinese OS, can not change to english OS, I also think it may be the problem. The radar.exe may be a mission impossible on my machine....but thank you all so much for your help and time
The things puzzled me were that you did download some files before, right? When you tried the new radar.txt, did you see the ones you downloaded previoused got updated again? Previous, you only saw 1.jpg in Radar folder, how about now?
If you did download images before, I think it might not be the problem of Chinese OS.
Quote from: qianbi0000I tried to change region to English in Region Set and use the new radar.exe, still not work...feel very sad
What I would like to suggest you is:
1) Deleted all he images in Radar and Radar1 folder.
2) Redownload the radar.exe and get radar.txt from ZapMe1 just posted.
3) Make sure the exe and txt in the same folder and tap the exe.
4) Check what files are downloaded even you get the error message.
5) If you do get the same error message,and do get some images. Start to remove url address from the bottom one by one. You probably will find which one is the problem.
Yes, but something stange now. In radar folder there is no *.jpg now, in radar1 folder there are 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, 4.jpg, AND ALSO HAVE 1. jpg, 2. jpg, 3. jpg and 4. jpg, where there is a space between "." and "jpg"!
Quote from: qianbi0000Yes, but something stange now. In radar folder there is no *.jpg now, in radar1 folder there are 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, 4.jpg, AND ALSO HAVE 1. jpg, 2. jpg, 3. jpg and 4. jpg, where there is a space between "." and "jpg"!
Is your PC also Chinese OS? If so open the text file again, then select "save as" and look what is says in "Encoding" window.
No my laptop is english. I tried to delete all the file in radar and radar1 folder, and delete all lines in radar.txt, then add lines one by one. i find if there is only one url it seem ok, if have two or more urls, the error appears.
such as:
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/east_asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\1.jpg
FORM=
is ok
and
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\2.jpg
FORM=
is ok
but if:
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/east_asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\1.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/asiasat_277x187.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar1\2.jpg
FORM=
the error appears
We could discuss this in the forum "chat" room... May be faster for a solution !!
Can you still check what is encoding? Did you make any change in your PC when you tried use the default radar.txt? I am still try to figure out, how comes you can download 4 jpg in Radar1 folder before you have "/Radar2" problem. In my text file, the encoding is "ANSI". If yours is not, you might want to try this.
I am in chat room.
Zapme1
your last Radar.zip hav also the Radar2 fault
qianbi0000
please try this Radar.txt
qianbi,
Ok, this should work for you !! :pray:
The attached zip file contains (2) files: EZDownload.exe & qianbi_radar.exe
1) Copy EZDownload .exe to : \Windows
2) Copy qianbi_radar.exe to : \my documents
3) Delete 1,2,3,4.jpg files from your radar1 & radar folders to ensure new images are downloaded
4) Modify your skin file to call qianbi_radar.exe instead of the radar.exe that you have now !!
Your images should be downloaded.. (4) in Radar1 & (4) in Radar
I assumed that the path to your radar folders is:
\program files\todayplus\images\radar1
&
\program files\todayplus\images\radar
If this is different, let me know... Good Luck !!! :D 8)
QuoteZapme1
your last Radar.zip hav also the Radar2 fault
Strange, I was sure I had fixed this !! Sorry... :oops:
But qianbi also said that he corrected this.. :?:
@qianbi,
Try Wichtel's corrected radar.txt and see if it works, if not, try the EZ-Download setup I posted above !!
Zapme1
This isn't so bad. We work much and each of us makes faults.
Great! When I use EZdownload and qianbi_radar provided by Zapme1, it runs smoothly and no bothersome error message appears!!!!
But something strange: at first in radar folder i only find 1.jpg and 2.jpg and all 4 jpgs in radar1 folder. when update again, i found 1.jpg, 2.jpg and 3.jpg in radar folder and 4 jpgs in radar1 folder. update again, still three jpgs in radar folder..
And ZapMe1, could u tell what's the diffrence between ezdownload, qianbi_radar.exe and radar.exe? I think it is confuse but interesting..
And again, thanks all of u !
Quote from: qianbi0000Great! When I use EZdownload and qianbi_radar provided by Zapme1, it runs smoothly and no bothersome error message appears!!!!
But something strange: at first in radar folder i only find 1.jpg and 2.jpg and all 4 jpgs in radar1 folder. when update again, i found 1.jpg, 2.jpg and 3.jpg in radar folder and 4 jpgs in radar1 folder. update again, still three jpgs in radar folder..
And ZapMe1, could u tell what's the diffrence between ezdownload, qianbi_radar.exe and radar.exe? I think it is confuse but interesting..
And again, thanks all of u !
qianbi:
The EzDownload was used at early stage to download image via http becuase it is free and can be call out via a simple exe. However, the whole package could be bulky depends how you do it.
Your url address were hard code into qianbi_radar.exe and you can not change it unless you install evc3/evc4 and get the codes from ZapMe1.
The ones I sent to you was modified and can read the url and file pathway from a text file but still use 2 exe to do the downloading, EzDwonload and radar.exe. But it is easier if you want change the url and file pathway. It was Rotlaus who developed by his own and came out the one we are using right now. Only one exe and txt need. For some reason, it did not run well in your device.
QuoteBut something strange: at first in radar folder i only find 1.jpg and 2.jpg and all 4 jpgs in radar1 folder. when update again, i found 1.jpg, 2.jpg and 3.jpg in radar folder and 4 jpgs in radar1 folder. update again, still three jpgs in radar folder..
And ZapMe1, could u tell what's the diffrence between ezdownload, qianbi_radar.exe and radar.exe? I think it is confuse but interesting..
quanbi,
I tried this again on my device, and I had all 8 images downloaded.. Maybe the connection you have is part of the problem.. Maybe we could split up the 8 images you have into 2 exe files, to only download 4 at one time !! You could still use one tap in your skin to do both updates!!
The difference in EZDownload and Radar.exe is just like UK_Skinner said in his post.. Radar.exe uses a user-changable txt file, and EZDownload uses a "hard coded" exe that can only be changed by using Embedded Visual Basic 3.0 or 4.0, which is available from Microsoft !! :D
qianbi,
UK_Skinner and I were talking about this and wondering, about how long does it take for you to update your 8 images ??
With EZDownload ??
With Radar.exe ??
EZDownload is quite fast which should be within 30 sec. but radar.exe is slow with about 1 minutes or more
Were you ever able to get all 8 images downloaded ??
still strange. in weather page clicking icon only download 3 images, in menu can download 4 images. network problem?
Quote from: qianbi0000EZDownload is quite fast which should be within 30 sec. but radar.exe is slow with about 1 minutes or more
Just let you know, the qianbi_radar.exe did not have any "error" report codes. In other words, you will have no information provided to you if something goes wrong. It was designed to run in the background. When everything works, great. But if there is an error, it is tough to do trubleshooting.
The radar.exe was devloped by a Professional Programer and gets better control and error repoting system.
If you can use qianbi_radar.exe to download all the images then you probably have no choice to use it.
Quotestill strange. in weather page clicking icon only download 3 images, in menu can download 4 images. network problem?
Maybe.. I will try to split the 8 images into 2 exe's, and send them to you !! If this still don't work, then UK_Skinner had an idea of adding a small delay to the exe file to maybe help with your type of network !!
Quote from: qianbi0000still strange. in weather page clicking icon only download 3 images, in menu can download 4 images. network problem?
I think ZapMe1 will make you two exe and to see you can download 4 at one time and eventually get all 8 downloaded. Personally, I have no experience with gpsr connection.
Quote from: ZapMe1Quotestill strange. in weather page clicking icon only download 3 images, in menu can download 4 images. network problem?
Maybe.. I will try to split the 8 images into 2 exe's, and send them to you !! If this still don't work, then UK_Skinner had an idea of adding a small delay to the exe file to maybe help with your type of network !!
But it will slow down for the downloading.
Old question, can you get internet connection through ActiveSync? If it does and no problem to download the 8 images, then we know it is your gpsr connection may be the key.. Just a thought for you to try.
maybe still something wrong.. Before i using ezdownload, when clicking update, all weather date updated. but now with using new ezdownload u send me, when clicking update, ezdownload run and finish. the image renewed, but the weahter date still old, the update time still old ones...i will test more and infome u what else will happen
ok i will try activesync.. but personally i like gprs for you can update data every where and no needing a pc
Quotemaybe still something wrong.. Before i using ezdownload, when clicking update, all weather date updated. but now with using new ezdownload u send me, when clicking update, ezdownload run and finish. the image renewed, but the weahter date still old, the update time still old ones...i will test more and infome u what else will happen
Weather update and the radar update are seperate, but can be linked to work together within the skin... But with your type of network, I would do seperate !!
seperated? do u mean when i click update on today screen, it only update radar?
You could have 2 update buttons on the today screen, one for radar, and one for weather... Or they can be made to work together from one update button !!
It is your choice !!
The Radar Button could be made to update the Radar as well !!
to control radar by using update icon in radar page and update weather by clicking icon in main page and weather page is a good idea. i will try to modify the skin...
Quote from: qianbi0000ok i will try activesync.. but personally i like gprs for you can update data every where and no needing a pc
qianbi: I agree with you. Testing image download via activesync just to confirm that your problem was due to the connection speed. If that so, we could tweak the downloading time to allow you dowload all the image you need. I have no experience with gprs. Do you know what the downloading speed? Is this also depends on the "strength" of siignal you have?
Quoteto control radar by using update icon in radar page and update weather by clicking icon in main page and weather page is a good idea. i will try to modify the skin...
qianbi,
The attached zip file contains 2 files :
qianbi.exe : Which will download images to
radar folder
qianbi1.exe : Which will download images to
radar1 folder
You could try linking "both" of these files to your Radar button in your skin, so all will be updated at once !!
If this setup still doesn't work, then UK_Skinner is working on adding a small delay to see if this would help !!
Good Luck !!!! :D