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Well, I've been using it since I downloaded it.. I even went so far as to shut down weatherbug, and take that out of my startup..  I'll probably uninstall that soon also.

A question for you.  The web browser that I modified is in Visual Basic 6.0.  So, when I do the package & deployment for it, I'll include your program and the dotnetfix.exe program.  What I'm wondering is, if you would know of a scripting command I can put into the P&D wizard to automatically check for .NET Framework, and if it isn't installed, then install it?  Then, maybe a script to delete the dotnetfix.exe program after the installation is finished.

I'm fairly new to setting up deployments and even creating programs in VB.  Although, I may get a copy of VB.NET, and see if I can upgrade my browser to it also.  That way, they will get the .NET framework anyhow.

Thanks for your help in this.

Patrick.

Oh, and if you haven't heard of any issues with Windows 2000, I'll let you know.. I'll be rebooting soon, I'm sure.. I've got SP4 on my computer, and as far as I know, all of the updates that are required.

I've done some rudimentary testing on 2K with a VM; I doubt there are any platform-specific issues (I believe that's the point of the Framework in the first place.)

As for detecting the .net framework:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-...rk+installation

To save you the trouble, here's what the MSDN says:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....eoperations.asp

It shows you how to detect and silently install the framework. You may want to ensure it's at least version 1.1; I can't guarantee functionality otherwise.

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I can't decide whether to just add another group in the options for the alert sound file, or to just redo all the options with a tabbed interface. The former is getting too crowded, but the latter doesn't want to work nicely (too much or too little stuff in each tab)

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One thing I'm noticing, and it may just be something with my computer's setup. I'm on Windows 2K with SP4. When I go to restart or shut down, my computer doesn't complete it. I scroll my cursor down on the systray and a few icons have disappeared. Through trial and error, I found that if I close weatherAlert, then do the restart or shutdown again, it finishes.

I haven't tried it by closing WeatherAlert before the first attempt, so I'm not sure if it's actually the program causing the issue. I'll try that and let you know.

I have Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Developers Kit installed on my computer along with .NET Framework 1.0375 and 1.1. I'm not sure if that may be the issue also.

Patrick.

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Yeah, I must have inadvertently broken it but it was fixed immediately after. Anyway I've released the first public release of 2.3 (2.2.9.5, the same as the latest test version) to automatic updates. The only thing lacking is the ability to customize the NWS alerts. That will be 2.3 final. 2.4 will have the detailed forecast stuff, but I return to school very soon so that may be a slightly long time in coming. Thanks for the support everyone!

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Great Program the only thing I dont really like is the memory footprint 35mb :pinch: but it is only 1mb whne minimized to the tray. Keep up the good work :D

Earlier in the thread someone explained that the way the .NET framework works is it reserves an amount of memory for itself (usually way more then it needs/uses) and when another program needs the memory it gives up the unused memory. So while taskmanager may say 35mb its not really USING 35mb.

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Great program, its come in handy around Central Virginia with all the rain we've had lately... Keep up the great work! Have you thought about adding an installer so the file sits in a directory? Also, it doesn't seem to remember the correct color setting for the temperature in the bottom right corner after I restart my computer. I had it set to a blue color with a transparent background, I'm using .Net Framework w/SP1 and Windows XP Home with SP2.

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No, it seems to be a bug in the framework with nested groupboxes that have visual styles enabled (note how all the outside boxes are fine, but the inner ones are all screwed up). There doesn't appear to be any way to fix it for now without redoing the GUI to have no nested boxes. I may end up having to do that :crazy:

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