Need Help Setting up Weather and Stock on my Axim 30

[houstonguy]

Hello All.  I have learned much from reading the forum.  I am using the hammerskin QVGA and the weather and stock information is not appearing on my screen.  I reset the date to Feb 1st and did a soft reset and nothing happened.  I have been trying to update, and it never seems to finish updating.  I copied the radar information from another post to see if I could get it to work, but no luck.  Here is the radar info:

SURL=http://image.weather.com/images/sat/asiasat_440x297.jpg
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar\1.jpg
FORM=
SURL=http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/t?s=^HSI
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Stocks\1.gif
FORM=
SURL=http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/t?s=0005.HK
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Stocks\3.gif
FORM=
SURL=http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/t?s=^DJI
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Stocks\5.gif
FORM=
SURL=http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/t?s=^IXIC
STOR=\Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Stocks\7.gif
FORM=


Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

[ZapMe1]

Hi Houstonguy,

Sometimes when you copy / paste the data into radar.txt, spaces are added at the end of the text lines, and will cause the download process to stop in error !!
Check to see that there are no spaces !!   Let's start there ...  

Also, if you want to post your radar.txt here, I can check it for you !!!

[houstonguy]

My weather is working now when I am connected to my home computer.  Must be a problem at work due to firewall.  But my Satellite images and stock market has no information. I am attaching my radar file for your review.  Thanks.

[houstonguy]

My file did not attach.  I am trying again to attach.

[Timmy]

My file did not attach.  I am trying again to attach.

houstonguy,

I've tested all your radar images, and they all work fine. So that's not the problem.

Maybe your radar.exe and your radar.txt aren't in the same directory?!?

Timmy

[houstonguy]

Both my radar.txt and radar.exe are in the same folder.  The Path is Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar.  Is this ocrrect?  I also ran the radar.exe to see if it would update it.  No such luck.

[Timmy]

Both my radar.txt and radar.exe are in the same folder.  The Path is Program Files\TodayPlus\Images\Radar.  Is this ocrrect?  I also ran the radar.exe to see if it would update it.  No such luck.

houstonguy,

The path is correct. So that's not the problem, too.

But you say something more now: the update didn't succeed! With this problem we are reaching chapter two: more difficult... And that chapter is too difficult for me. But I'm sure the other guys of this forum will help you out of this problem!

Timmy

[Wichtel]

Hi houstonguy

try this Radar.txt

[houstonguy]

Hello Wichtel.  I downloaded the file and updated, but I see no radar images or stock graphs.  The weather forecast and rss information did update though.  I have read othe rposts with similar problems.  I do have a 1.jpg file in my radar folder and I have 1.gif, 3.gif. 5.gif and 7.gif in my stocks folder.

[Wichtel]

Ok, delete all files with Numbers example 1.jpg in the Folders: Radar-Radar1-Stocks.

Other Question your Todayplus installation is in Program Files\Todayplus\.... right ?.

Next Tipp: the Radar.exe runs only by a manuall sync, not automatical. Go to the Weather Page and click "update" at the bottom of the Skin. After this click the Radar.exe must Popup und Downloading the images.

[houstonguy]

I have deleted the files with numbers.

My program is located in program files\todayplus.

I went to the weather page nd clicked on the update button.  It changed colors for a few seconds and displayed updating, then returned to the normal color and the word update, but no information was updated.

[houstonguy]

I went  and ran radar.exe through the file explorer.  I now see one map in the weather and four graphs on the stock charts section.  Why does it not update using the update button?

[Wichtel]

Oh, this is the problem  

You must setup the Shortcuts in the Config.exe correctly, otherwise this feature doesn't work.

You must setup seven Shortcut groups. The first for the Mainpage then four Groups for the Launcher, the sixt group for apps-6 and the seventh group for Radar. In this Group for Radar you must create a shortcut to your Radar.exe. Thats all  

Read the Instructions for the correct setup

[houstonguy]

Its updating now.  Thanks.

Two other set up questions.
1.  The time is showing 24 hours.  Is there any way to show the time as 4:38pm instead of 16:38?

2.  Is there any way to change the color of the skin - for example the color of the buttons?

Thanks

[uk_skinner]

Its updating now.  Thanks.

Two other set up questions.
1.  The time is showing 24 hours.  Is there any way to show the time as 4:38pm instead of 16:38?

Thanks

Use "hh:mm tt" in the skin.  I believed there should be a version of Hammerskin where the time format is in USA style.

Found it:

http://forums.jhollin1138.com/viewtopic.php?p=9605#9605