On 12 Mar 2007 14:14:16 -0700, Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Vijay Shankar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am writing an rss/atom reader in C++. I need your help on how to > > decide/remember whether a particular item is read by the user. > > This is a saturated market. You are going to have a tough time > distinguishing yourself from others if you plan on selling it.
I am writing it as a mobile phone application. I hope there is some space available. > I have completed writing some part of my program. My program takes one > > URL as the input and can fetch the rss/atom feeds from the servers in > > the Internet. It can also display the list of available item titles. > > Once the user selects any item, it will display the description part > > of that particular item. All these implementation is done. > > > > Now my problem is to remember which are all the items the user has > > already visited, so that i can hide them or show in a different color. > > What logic i can follow to remember this? Do i have to maintain a list > > in a file which stores all the titles that are read, or the list of > > time stamps of items which are read? how do i do it with atom feeds? > > can someone help please.. > > Both the RSS and ATOM specifications include an item GUID. This is a > unique string that identifies the item. Note that if a GUID isn't > included, you'll have to base the ID on something else such as the URL > of the item. > > Most feed readers only keep a certain number of entries cached and offer > the user a dialog to configure how many entries are cached - old entries > are automatically deleted. Thank you for the input. I will continue based on this. -Vijay -- > Thomas Hruska > CubicleSoft President > Ph: 517-803-4197 > > *NEW* VerifyMyPC 2.2 > Change tracking and management tool. > Reduce tech. support times from 2 hours to 5 minutes. > > Free for personal use, $10 otherwise. > http://www.CubicleSoft.com/VerifyMyPC/ > > > > > To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
