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Title: How to keep the pic one day longuer?!?
Post by: Timmy on May 31, 2005, 02:44:23 PM
 @ All,

I've found a very nice animated weather picture for tomorrow:
(http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/wetter/showpicture/0,2236,185,00.gif)

I read it my favorites in my Pocket Internet Explorer. The picture of the URL always changes to the next day. So, if it's monday, the picture changes to tuesday, and so on.

Problem: when it's monday, the picture of monday has gone. So I have no mondag picture. Only the tuesday-picture, the picture of the next day, is there.

Question: does anybody know how to keep the today picture on my PPC? One day longuer?

Timmy
Title: Re: How to keep the pic one day longuer?!?
Post by: uk_skinner on May 31, 2005, 06:29:04 PM
Quote from: Timmy @ All,

I've found a very nice animated weather picture for tomorrow:


I read it my favorites in my Pocket Internet Explorer. The picture of the URL always changes to the next day. So, if it's monday, the picture changes to tuesday, and so on.

Problem: when it's monday, the picture of monday has gone. So I have no mondag picture. Only the tuesday-picture, the picture of the next day, is there.

Question: does anybody know how to keep the today picture on my PPC? One day longuer?

Timmy

Timmy:

Sorry I don't have the answer for you but I do have a question.

Is it a computer model for tomorrow's weather? Or you are from the future? :shock:
Title: How to keep the pic one day longuer?!?
Post by: ZapMe1 on May 31, 2005, 07:40:49 PM
QuoteIs it a computer model for tomorrow's weather? Or you are from the future?
(http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_28_2.gif)
Title: Re: How to keep the pic one day longuer?!?
Post by: Broesel on June 01, 2005, 02:37:39 AM
Quote from: Timmy @ All,

I've found a very nice animated weather picture for tomorrow:

I read it my favorites in my Pocket Internet Explorer. The picture of the URL always changes to the next day. So, if it's monday, the picture changes to tuesday, and so on.

Problem: when it's monday, the picture of monday has gone. So I have no mondag picture. Only the tuesday-picture, the picture of the next day, is there.

Question: does anybody know how to keep the today picture on my PPC? One day longuer?

Timmy

Hey Timmy, I see the picture for wednesday and this is today, so I can't
see, it is changing to tomorrow. You can get an actual radar-pic. It shows
a radar until the actual hour for the actual day:
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/wetter/showpicture/0,2236,161,00.gif

(http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/wetter/showpicture/0,2236,161,00.gif)

Hope that helps
Regards Broesel
Title: How to keep the pic one day longuer?!?
Post by: Timmy on June 01, 2005, 04:32:52 AM
Broesel,

Please take a look in the first post: it's now wednesday, 10 hours in the morning, and the picture is changed to 'Donnerstag'.

Question: Do you know a solution for my little problem?

Timmy
Title: How to keep the pic one day longuer?!?
Post by: Broesel on June 01, 2005, 05:42:37 AM
Quote from: TimmyBroesel,

Please take a look in the first post: it's now wednesday, 10 hours in the morning, and the picture is changed to 'Donnerstag'.

Question: Do you know a solution for my little problem?

Timmy

I see the changing now, it seems to be updated at 10:00 .....
But I can't find a pic, that shows a forecast for the actual day. I think,
the picture is overwritten, when they update the site.

The only pic I found, was that one I mentioned in my last answer ... sorry.

Regards Broesel
Title: How to keep the pic one day longuer?!?
Post by: Timmy on June 01, 2005, 06:12:39 AM
Quote from: Broesel
Quote from: Timmy(...) I think,
the picture is overwritten, when they update the site.
Regards Broesel

Broesel,

That's exactly the way it goes. But I hoped there was a way on my PPC to still keep the previous picture...  So to keep the previous picture in my PPC before it's overwritten by the new one...

Timmy
Title: How to keep the pic one day longuer?!?
Post by: Broesel on June 01, 2005, 08:07:26 AM
Quote from: Timmy
Quote from: Broesel
Quote from: Timmy(...) I think,
the picture is overwritten, when they update the site.
Regards Broesel

Broesel,

That's exactly the way it goes. But I hoped there was a way on my PPC to still keep the previous picture...  So to keep the previous picture in my PPC before it's overwritten by the new one...

Timmy

If you download the picture with the radar.exe, there could be a way,
if there is any developer free to modify the radar.exe (if my idea works):

If we could write a dynamic picturename in the radar.txt, the pics
could be stored with a name containing the day of week (1-7).
Example:
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Radar\radar&dow.jpg
and the file should be stored as radar1.jpg, radar2.jpg .... (one for every
weekday would be possible).

Don't know if that works and if anybody (uk, where are you ?) 8)
has time to think over this idea ...... but it could work ......

Regards Broesel
Title: How to keep the pic one day longuer?!?
Post by: Timmy on June 01, 2005, 09:29:21 AM
@Broesel: Thank you for thinking about my little problem. Thanks!

@Uk_skinner: How do you think about Broesel's idea?

Timmy
Title: How to keep the pic one day longuer?!?
Post by: uk_skinner on June 01, 2005, 02:45:53 PM
Quote from: Broesel

If you download the picture with the radar.exe, there could be a way,
if there is any developer free to modify the radar.exe (if my idea works):

If we could write a dynamic picturename in the radar.txt, the pics
could be stored with a name containing the day of week (1-7).
Example:
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Radar\radar&dow.jpg
and the file should be stored as radar1.jpg, radar2.jpg .... (one for every
weekday would be possible).

Don't know if that works and if anybody (uk, where are you ?) 8)
has time to think over this idea ...... but it could work ......

Regards Broesel

I am here...Just busy with some other stuff and my main computer was not available.

This is an unique case where you need dynamic "file name" for "STOR".  I need to think about it because the current radar.exe get the file name form text file. :think:

But Timmy, this is an animated gif, right?  How are you going to view it, in PIE?
Title: How to keep the pic one day longuer?!?
Post by: Timmy on June 01, 2005, 03:14:01 PM
Quote from: uk_skinnerI am here...Just busy with some other stuff and my main computer was not available.

This is an unique case where you need dynamic "file name" for "STOR".  I need to think about it because the current radar.exe get the file name form text file. :think:

But Timmy, this is an animated gif, right?  How are you going to view it, in PIE?
Hey Uk_skinner,

You sound enthousiast... I like that sound...

To answer your question: yes, it is an animated gif, and I view it in PIE.

Timmy