Chris, Not sure if you got Moscow working - I did, but I used code RSXX0063 (note double zero). Maybe that's the problem with the US ones you tried?
This is where I get the maps from: http://weather.msn.com/localmaps.aspx?setunit=C&wealocations=wc:UKXX0037 My patch simply reads this page then parses the html to derive the url of the map itself, which is then downloaded. Actually, for the mistyped RUXX case, the original code also crashes, albeit in a different place. Using my newly acquired Python 'skills' I had changed the displayed date from the back-to-front US style (sorry) to the format we use in the UK - that's where my code crashes but the original also crashes in the same routine. Looks like error handling needs to be smartened up a bit. I'm not sure that I'm quite ready to properly maintain code. My Python programming is quite inelegant still. But maybe one day. Happy to share my findings with the experts, though. I also take your point about not refreshing all locations at once. But more worrying for me at the moment is the fact that although I've now added a second location, I don't seem to get a sub menu at all. John. > ---------------------------------------- > From: Chris Jones <cjns1...@gmail.com> > Sent: Mon Aug 03 04:02:39 CEST 2009 > To: <freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Weather forecast > > > On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 03:16:39PM EDT, John Percival wrote: > > > Chris, > > > Don't know about a cache. There is WEATHER_AGE which I have set to 1 > > sec to force it to get the data every time (normally it's set to an > > hour). > > Now it's working.. Must have been sloppy testing on my part. > > > I'll have a look at the places you're having trouble with. I did warn > > you it was a hack, though !! > > One who fixes a lowly user like myself's issue in a couple of hours > becomes the official maintainer of the code. > > That's precisely why I was giving you a heads-up re: the results of my > testing. > > A possible design flaw in the plugin is that it fetches all the data for > all weather stations when you access the subdirectory from the main > menu. This is OK when you have about 2-3 entries.. less so when you have > defined 20-30 entries or more. > > Takes forever.. so maybe it would be better to retrieve the data when > the user actually accesses a given weather station. > > Seriously, I was NOT whining, quite the contrary.. > > I figured some form of feedback from a real life "user" might be useful. > > Thanks for fixing my problem...!!! > > CJ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ----------------------------------------------------- Mail.be, WebMail and Virtual Office http://www.mail.be ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
