JonMisurda

I am making an alpha version of my new version of RadarWatch available in the hopes that people will download it and tell me if it runs on your device.

Version 2.0 is a complete rewrite from C#/.NET Compact Framework to Visual C++. I became immensely frustrated with the limitations of the .NET CF, and how if I wanted to do anything at all I needed to call native functions anyways. So I am rewriting it entirely in native calls.

This alpha is a technical demo. All I want is to see if it runs and can download a map onto your device. If it fails or crashes, post what device and what version OS you have. It may not work on PPC2002 devices. If so I can fix that in a subsequent release. Let me know.

This first alpha is primitive: there is no support for animation, for current weather, or for saving any configurations at all. Everytime you start up it will need to be told your city and which of the 4 types of radar you want to download.

Click the green arrow to download the latest radar. The box of arrows toggles fit to screen, or actual size. The program is HI_RES_AWARE for VGA devices. The map, when in full size, can be scrolled using the stylus. Redraw is done on stylus up (will make smoother later.)

My goal is to get this up to the level of the 1.1 betas soon. That means no new features unless they are an obvious update given the newfound freedoms I have in C++/Win32 API.

Just let me know if it runs.

Download it from: http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~jmisurda/ppc...atch2alpha.zip

Unzip, copy anywhere. It will create a file called latest.gif in the same directory.

Jon

joedoe101

I will install later :) Once on my axim...

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darkdestroyer

Not bad looking. Will try it soon

Rishad

worked on mine. I could zoom/out and could drag the image too. only the bottom texts were a little chopped. can Canadian cities be added?

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joedoe101

Works great on x30h wm2003se

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JonMisurda

Originally Posted by akheron

worked on mine. I could zoom/out and could drag the image too. only the bottom texts were a little chopped. can Canadian cities be added?

Ok, there's an issue with loading the wrong toolbar on QVGA devices. I will straighten that out. THanks.

As for Canadian cities, I get the images from http://www.weather.gov/ which is just American maps. Does canada have an analogous service? In the final version you'll be able to add custom maps for anywhere you have a URL to, but most of the features will be for the USA since thats where I have free, convenient data from.

Thanks for testing. I'll have a new version tomorrow or wednesday for everyone to try.

Jon

joedoe101

Yes, I did notice the bottom toolbar looked a bit wierd

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lkingzin53

thanks so much for continuing developed on thiS!! it looks A ok on my x50v rom3. like it!

JonMisurda

I've made one last version for tonight: alpha 2.

Alpha 2 adds basic animation support back in. Click on the blue triangle to play. It always will download every image every time, something I need to fix once we hit Beta stage. it will create 10 files anim0.gif...anim9.gif so you may want to put the program in its own directory.

I've also placed in the dialog for managing custom radars. This is just the GUI design. It does NOT WORK yet. I will add this soon. Still no configuration saving either.

It should fix the toolbar issue, and be a bit less flickery in the downloading. Let me know of any unresolved issues.

Download from: http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~jmisurda/ppc...tch2alpha2.zip

Jon

AtTheCross

"Alpha 2 adds basic animation support back in. Click on the blue triangle to play."

This doesn't work, it DL's the file but no animation when blue triangle is tapped

JonMisurda

It appears not to work unless you've hit the green arrow already.

I'll look into it tomorrow.

[edit] oh i'm dumb, i realized why. I'll fix it in a couple minutes.

Jon

JonMisurda

Ok, should be fixed now. Redownload from the above link for alpha 2.

Jon

JonMisurda

And then there was another problem. Which is now fixed. This is what I get for coding at 1:30 in the morning. Download from above, I'm going to bed.

Jon

AtTheCross

kewl working for me now

Driftless

nice job so far!