WeatherScout

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Few updates:

- Double-click on tray icon now restores program

- Added buttons for switching between views (images right now are just placeholders)

- Added compact forecast view (see below)

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I am working on the add location interface right now. Once I have that working, I will upload the next version.

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Sep 25th, 2008 -- ClimateWatcher 0.2.0.0 -- Alpha 2:

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- Add Location interface has been redesigned

- Added view toolbar (can be hidden from the edit menu)

- New forecast display -- more compact, should fit on smaller screen sizes

For those with alpha 1:

The updater should catch this when you launch the application, let me know if you have any issues with the autoupdate.

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Updated via the app, I get an error when I switch locations:

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Could you post the rest of the exception text if you can reproduce it?

Also, if you can give me the location name I can get a better look at the error.

It looks like tijuana does not have the short-term on wunderground, which would likely cause this error.

I will upload a patch for you today (hopefully).

Edit: Patched ClimateWatcher

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The location name is Tijuana, MX. The app switches to San Ysidro, CA (zip 92143) when I restart it, this is the only other location I've added.

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I just tried the patched version, I got the same crash when changing locations but it only happened once, it's working fine now. It also keeps the default location when I run the app (Tijuana) although it doesn't show forecast data for it, just the current conditions. You may be right about wunderground not providing consistent info for this location.

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Application looks cool.

I wrote a weather application several years ago for my own personal use.

I was using data directly from NOAA.

The NOAA webservice had a non-standard SOAP implementation back then. So I had use plain HTTP calls and parse instead of simply using .Net's built-in Webservice access functions.

Hope they have fixed it now.

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I know people are commenting on the widget side of the equation, but I like that it's not. We don't allow most people at schools to use any widget stuff at all, so a nice stand-alone app like this would be cool to run from a network.

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I would just try to add some graphics to the whole thing, so it doesn't look like it was created in .NET VB..

Please elaborate. What graphics should I add and where? I know the toolbar buttons need to change (current ones are temporary), but how fancy should a weather application be?

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I am not sure if ClimateWatcher is the best name for the app. Climate has to do with long-term atmosphere changes, whereas weather is short-term. As this application does not track climate changes, it probably shouldn't have the word climate in the name. That's just me.

I added another poll question that excludes ClimateWatcher, but whoever voted before cannot vote on the new question. Would I need to ask a mod to reset the poll?

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Never had liked these type apps as they ALL call home in some shape or form. I especially hate that when first booting up the computer. I know, you can probably disable auto start, but then that almost defeats the purpose of having it because once I'm online, it only takes a click to go to ANY weather site in the world.

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Just a thought..

Climate is "the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time".

ClimateWatcher sounds like a program to watch the average of the weather over time,.. I think WeatherScout would be a better name for it.

Edit: I'm also getting a "Could not load or assembly 'System.Xml.Linq, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=Nutural, PublicKeyToken=#' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified." error.

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Never had liked these type apps as they ALL call home in some shape or form. I especially hate that when first booting up the computer. I know, you can probably disable auto start, but then that almost defeats the purpose of having it because once I'm online, it only takes a click to go to ANY weather site in the world.

What are you talking about? If you call checking a website folder for an updated zip file "calling home" then you seriously need to remove your tinfoil hat.

Just a thought..

Climate is "the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time".

ClimateWatcher sounds like a program to watch the average of the weather over time,.. I think WeatherScout would be a better name for it.

Edit: I'm also getting a "Could not load or assembly 'System.Xml.Linq, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=Nutural, PublicKeyToken=#' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified." error.

My thoughts exactly on the name.

You need .NET 3.5 SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

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